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7:00 PM ET, April 26, 2006

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Pete Yost / Associated Press:
Rove to Testify Again in CIA Leak Case  —  WASHINGTON - Top White House aide Karl Rove arrived at the federal courthouse Wednesday for his fifth grand jury appearance in the Valerie Plame affair.  —  Escorted by his lawyer Robert D. Luskin, Rove went into the building for a closed-door session …
Christy Hardin Smith / Firedoglake:
BREAKING: Back in the Grand Jury Saddle This Morning  —  UPDATE: Crooks and Liars has the video of the MSNBC reporting from O'Donnell.  (Thanks, John!)  —  Guess who went back before the Grand Jury this morning, according to the AP?  Yep, it's our boy Fitz.
Jason Leopold / truthout.org:
Target Letter Drives Rove Back to Grand Jury  —  Karl Rove's appearance before a grand jury in the CIA leak case Wednesday comes on the heels of a "target letter" sent to his attorney recently by Special Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald, signaling that the Deputy White House Chief of Staff …
Discussion: The All Spin Zone
John Solo / Associated Press:
Source: Rove to Testify in CIA Leak Case  —  WASHINGTON - Top White House aide Karl Rove prepared to testify Wednesday for a fifth time before the federal grand jury investigating the leak of a CIA officer's identity, a person familiar with the case said.  —  Rove consulted with his private lawyers …
Jane Hamsher / Firedoglake:
Yeah I Got Your Spin Right Here
Discussion: JustOneMinute
John Amato / Crooks and Liars:   MSNBC Reports: Rove to testify
White House:
President Announces Tony Snow as Press Secretary  —  THE PRESIDENT: Good morning.  I'm here in the briefing room to break some news.  I've asked Tony Snow to serve as my new press secretary.  —  Tony already knows most of you, and he's agreed to take the job anyway.  (Laughter.)
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CNN:
Snow takes White House job  —  Fox News analyst replaces McClellan as press secretary  —  WASHINGTON (CNN) — President Bush announced his new White House press secretary on Wednesday: former Fox News host Tony Snow.  —  "As a professional journalist, Tony Snow understands the importance …
Steve Doocy / Fox News:
Tony Snow Is Moving On
Discussion: The Indepundit
Dave Winer / Dave's Wordpress Blog:
Rather may blog after leaving CBS  —  Last night I had a 5-minute talk with Dan Rather, former CBS News anchor and managing editor.  We covered topics that weren't covered in the 1.5 hour interview with Orville Schell.  Dan Farber of CNET took a picture of us talking.
Sean-Paul Kelley / The Agonist:
Victory Even As Markey Amendment Fails  —  The Markey Amendment failed in committee 22-34.  Democrats Rush, Green, Gonzalez, Towns, and Wynn all voted no on the amendment and betrayed the netroots.  The rest of the committee Democrats voted for the amendment.  —  Action now moves to the Senate.
Theresa Agovino / Associated Press:
Percentage of Uninsured Americans Rising  —  NEW YORK - The percentage of working-age Americans with moderate to middle incomes who lacked health insurance for at least part of the year rose to 41 percent in 2005, a dramatic increase from the 28 percent in 2001 without coverage, a study released on Wednesday found.
New York Times:
Lethal Cruelty  —  Lethal injection is considered by some to be a more humane alternative to the electric chair.  But the Supreme Court hears arguments today in a case that shines a light on the reality: if lethal injection is poorly administered, it can in fact be particularly barbaric.
Chris Bowers / MyDD:
Demographics of Democratic Blog Activists  —  As Jerome indicated in Breaking Blue, yes, the new Blogads readers surveys have indeed made my day.  I am pouring over the results as I type.  —  Before going over the results, the first caveat I would like to note is that this is not a scientific survey …
Chicago Tribune:
U.S. media response to cartoons skewered  —  As dozens gathered Tuesday night in a University of Chicago lecture hall to discuss the visceral and sometimes violent reaction to cartoon depictions of the Prophet Muhammad, Muslim students who had been invited decided to watch a movie across campus instead.
Spiegel Online:
German Brothel Removes Muslim Flags Amid Threats  —  It must have seemed like a good idea at the time.  Europe's largest brothel, the Pascha in Cologne, which incidentally claims to be the world's only brothel with a money-back guarantee for dissatisfied customers, attached the flags …
hotair.com:
Great to see that someone is keeping tabs on the culture of corruption on the other side of the aisle as well.  —  Keep up the good work Michelle!  —  No way Mollohan could be a part of the "Culture of Corruption" after all, he is a democrat.  We all know democrats are honest, not like across the aisle.
Discussion: Peaktalk
 
 
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Jan Sliva / Associated Press:
EU Lawmakers Allege Numerous CIA Flights
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FDA grilled about Plan B contraceptive
New York Times:
Rumsfeld and Rice Visit Baghdad
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I canceled my appearance on the upcoming panel with Gannon/Guckert …
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