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John Byrne / rawstory.com:
Democrats will propose eliminating federal gas taxes for sixty days; 18 cents a gallon — Mulling proposal to give feds more power to target price gougers — Democrats are set to introduce a measure that would create a "federal gas tax holiday" by eliminating the federal tax on gas and diesel for sixty days, RAW STORY has learned.
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Nedra Pickler / Associated Press:
Bush Eases Environmental Rules on Gasoline — WASHINGTON - President Bush on Tuesday ordered a temporary suspension of environmental rules for gasoline, making it easier for refiners to meet demand and possibly dampen prices at the pump. He also halted for the summer the purchase of crude oil for the government's emergency reserve.
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Bush Orders Probe Into Gas Pricing — President Bush has asked the Energy and Justice departments to investigate whether gasoline prices have been illegally manipulated, he announced in a speech this morning. — The White House is also asking states to guard against unfair pricing.
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Denny Pelosi — Gas prices rise, and Republicans panic. — Few things are less becoming in a political party than desperation, as Republicans are now demonstrating as they panic over rising oil and gas prices. If blaming private industry for Congress's own energy mistakes is the best the GOP can do …
Henry Payne / Detroit News:
Mad about gas prices? Blame government, not Big Oil — D espite strong economic growth, the poll numbers of national Republicans dove this month as gasoline prices soared above $3 a gallon. — As opportunistic Democrats pile on, Republicans defensively point to their passage last year …
Rick Moran / Right Wing Nut House:
CIA VS. THE WHITE HOUSE: TY COBB AIN'T NO BENCHWARMER — The Mary McCarthy story just took a fascinating turn with the revelation that high powered criminal attorney Ty Cobb has taken on McCarthy as a client. — What is significant about Mr. Cobb is that he defended some of the highest profile criminals …
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Dafna Linzer / Washington Post:
CIA Officer Fired for Leaking Classified Data — Post, Others Received Information; CIA Investigations Ongoing — Washington Post staff writer Dafna Linzer was online Tuesday, April 25, at 11 a.m. ET to discuss the firing of CIA intelligence officer Mary McCarthy for leaking classified information …
Tom Maguire / JustOneMinute:
Help Me! I Am Trapped In This Circle Of Logic! — Dana Linzer of the WaPo answered questions about sacked CIA officer Mary McCarthy in an online WaPo chat. I am still spinning from this one: … But... but... if Ms. McCarthy was *not* a source for Dana Priest, then there is no compact, yes?
Washington Post:Dismissed CIA Officer Denies Leak Role
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Bill Roggio / Counterterrorism Blog:
Zarqawi Releases Video Tape (Updated) — Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, al-Qaeda's commander in Iraq, has released "the first [videotape] to contain a 'message'... U.S. intelligence officials told NBC News." The tape is titled A Message to the People. This is his first video without a mask …
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Suzanne Malveaux / CNN:
Sources: Tony Snow likely to take White House post — WASHINGTON (CNN) — Sources close to the White House said Monday that Fox anchor Tony Snow is likely to accept the job as White House press secretary, succeeding Scott McClellan. — The sources said they expect him to announce his decision within the next few days.
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Jeff Goldstein / protein wisdom:
"Cole Fire: Yale is set to ditch Taliban Man and may hire a notorious anti-Israel professor" (UPDATED) — From the good news / bad news file. From John Fund, WSJ: … [My emphases] — Fabulous! And predictable: any outcry over the welcoming of the Other at Yale was sure to be muted at best …
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Jonathan Weisman / Washington Post:
Lone Lawmaker Blocks Flight 93 Monument in Pa. — For emotional wallop, there are few rivals to the windswept, grassy field outside of Shanksville, Pa., where United Airlines Flight 93 crashed on Sept. 11, 2001. — But for three years, that field has made do with a makeshift monument …
Christopher Elliott / New York Times:
One Day, That Economy Ticket May Buy You a Place to Stand — The airlines have come up with a new answer to an old question: How many passengers can be squeezed into economy class? — A lot more, it turns out, especially if an idea still in the early stage should catch on: standing-room-only "seats."
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Michael Forsythe / Bloomberg:
Democrats Beat Republicans in 2005 Fund-Raising on Wall Street — April 24 (Bloomberg) — Democrats outdid Republicans last year in attracting political donations from investment banks, brokerages and fund managers for the first time since 1994, helped by support from hedge funds and companies such as Merrill Lynch & Co.
Wendell Edwards / khou.com:
Life support battle at St. Luke's — A life or death struggle is taking place at St. Luke's Hospital, where doctors are planning to remove a woman from life support. — The patient is not brain dead, and according to her family, she wants to live. — They may be small in number …
Ben Platt / MLB.com:
Monday's act heroic after 30 years — Outfielder recalls protecting country's honor from protesters — LOS ANGELES — It was 1976, a fun year for America. It was the country's bicentennial, the war in Vietnam had ended a year earlier and everyone really wanted to put all the problems from the 1960s …
Eric Schmitt / New York Times:
Interrogation Chief at Abu Ghraib to Face Charges — WASHINGTON, April 25 — The Army plans to charge Lieut. Col. Steven L. Jordan, the former head of the interrogation center at Abu Ghraib prison, with dereliction of duty, lying to investigators and conduct unbecoming an officer, the officer's lawyer said Tuesday.
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