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11:25 PM ET, April 3, 2006

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Mike Allen / Time:
Exclusive: Tom DeLay Says He Will Give Up His Seat  —  The embattled former Republican leader tells TIME that he will leave Congress and not seek reelection  —  Rep. Tom DeLay, whose iron hold on the House Republicans melted as a lobbying corruption scandal engulfed the Capitol …
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Washington Post:
Rep. DeLay Won't Seek Reelection  —  Rep. Tom DeLay (R-Tex.), a primary architect of the House Republican majority who became one of the most powerful and feared leaders in Washington, told House allies tonight that he will resign from the House rather than face a reelection fight that appears increasingly unwinnable.
Dana Bash / CNN:
Sources: DeLay to leave House re-election race  —  Former majority leader to announce move Tuesday  —  WASHINGTON (CNN) — Rep. Tom DeLay will drop out of his re-election race, two Republican congressional sources told CNN on Monday.  —  DeLay was forced to step down as House majority leader …
Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Capitol police ask for arrest warrant for McKinney  —  Black leaders say McKinney victim of racial profiling  —  WASHINGTON — Capitol Hill police on Monday asked a federal prosecutor to approve an arrest warrant for Rep. Cynthia McKinney for her role in a scuffle with a police officer last week, the prosecutor's office confirmed.
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wsbtv.com:
McKinney Admits Misusing Taxpayer Money  —  WASHINGTON — Rep. Cynthia McKinney admits that she broke government rules by spending money to fly a celebrity to Atlanta.  —  Channel 2 Action News has uncovered documents showing McKinney, D-Ga., spent about $1,000 of taxpayer's money …
accessnorthga.com:
McKinney incident referred to U.S. Attorney's Office
Discussion: Squiggler
Ian / Expose the Left:
McKinney: I Don't Look Different (VIDEO)
Discussion: Pirate's Cove
Fred Barbash / Washington Post:
Supreme Court Refuses to Review Padilla Case  —  Bush Stance on Enemy Combatants to Remain Unchallenged  —  A divided Supreme Court handed the Bush administration a significant victory today when it decided not to review, for now, the federal government's powers to detain U.S. citizens as enemy combatants.
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Adam Cohen / New York Times:
Anthony Kennedy Is Ready for His Close-Up
Discussion: Althouse
Robert Mayer / Publius Pundit:
SHIITES FINALLY SPLIT ON JAAFARI  —  Not that they already weren't, as Dawa party candidate and current Prime Minister Ibraham al-Jaafari only won by a single vote within the UIA due to backing by the Sadrists, but the barrier for removing him has been broken as several independent politicians …
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Kirk Semple / New York Times:
U.S. Announces Deaths of 9 American Troops
Discussion: american footprints
New York Times:
Jury Finds Moussaoui Eligible for Execution  —  ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 3 — A federal jury found today that Zacarias Moussaoui was responsible for at least some of the deaths that occurred in the terror attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, meaning that he could be subject to the death penalty.
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Washington Post:
Jury Finds Moussaoui Eligible to Die  —  A federal jury today found Zacarias Moussaoui eligible to die for his role in the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks, concluding that Moussaoui's lies to federal agents paved the way for the deadliest terrorist strike in U.S. history.
Dwight Meredith / Wampum:
2005 Koufax Awards —The Winners  —  I apologize for the delay in posting the winners.  We had a big turn out both in comments and in emails and a number of the categories had excruciatingly close races (one category had an exact tie, more on that below).  The voting was roughly evenly split between comments and email.
Greg Sargent / TAPPED:
HIATT TARS DEMS.  Fred Hiatt's Washington Post column today slams the Democratic Party's "Real Security" plan.  His chief objection appears to be that it's way too short on platitudes for his liking.  Hiatt writes: … Castigating the Dem plan for failing to match such grandiloquence, Hiatt continues:
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Jamie Mobley / story.seguingazette.com:
UT professor says death is imminent  —  AUSTIN — A University of Texas professor says the Earth would be better off with 90 percent of the human population dead.  —  Â"Every one of you who gets to survive has to bury nine,Â" Eric Pianka cautioned students and guests at St. EdwardÂ's University on Friday.
Media Matters for America:
Limbaugh called alleged Duke rape victim a "ho[ ]" … During the March 31 broadcast of his national syndicated radio program, Rush Limbaugh referred to the alleged victim of a rape by members of the Duke University lacrosse team as a "ho[]."  During an on-air discussion with a caller …
Kim Willsher / Guardian:
Head of Sorbonne attacks 'ignorant' student protesters  —  The president of the world-renowned Sorbonne University has branded French students protesting about the country's new employment law "ignorant and stupid".  —  Reacting to protests over the law, which makes it easier for employers to fire …
Ryan Lizza / New York Magazine:
The Bush-Cheney Era Ends Here  —  If Chuck Schumer can make his dream of a Democratic-controlled senate come true.  —  D  —  emocrats have a dream.  They dream that they will wake up on November 8 and that West Virginia senator Robert Byrd, the 88-year-old antiwar firebrand …
NY Daily News:
Gore gets 'Green' and mean with W  —  George W. Bush as Neville Chamberlain?  —  That's the comparison Al Gore makes in Vanity Fair's environmentally correct "Green Issue."  —  The former veep — President Bush's 2000 election opponent — keeps insisting that he has no intention of running again for the White House.
Ms. Underestimated:
Too Soon?  I Say Long Overdue!  "United 93"  —  I saw the article on Drudge earlier about people who got the trailer to this movie, "United 93," pulled from play because they said it was "too soon."  I say, it's way overdue!  We desperately need to be reminded why we're in the fight we are now …
New York Times:
A Letter to Our Readers  —  To Our Readers:  —  Our goal when we set out to redesign The Times Web site more than a year ago was to make experiencing The New York Times online simpler and more useful.  We hope you conclude that we have done that on the new pages appearing for the first time this month.
 
 
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