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6:30 PM ET, May 3, 2006

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Washington Post:
Jury Rejects Death Sentence for Moussaoui  —  A federal jury decided today to spare the life of Zacarias Moussaoui, sentencing the avowed al-Qaeda conspirator to life in prison for his role in the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist plot.  —  The verdict was reached after seven days of deliberations following …
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Michael J. Sniffen / Associated Press:
Moussaoui Gets Life for Role in Sept. 11  —  ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A federal jury rejected the death penalty for al-Qaida conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui on Wednesday and decided he must spend life in prison for his role in the deadliest terrorist attack in U.S. history.
New York Times:
Jury Decides Against Execution for Moussaoui  —  ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 3 — A federal court jury spared the life of Zacarias Moussaoui today, voting to send him to prison for the rest of his days rather than condemn him to death for the carnage of Sept. 11, 2001.
Dr. Rusty Shackleford / The Jawa Report v3.0 Beta:
Moussaoui Gets Life: Travesty of Justice  —  A jury has sentenced Zacarias Moussaoui to life in prison for his part in the 9/11 conspiracy.  News reports just breaking the story.  Updates soon.  —  Moussaoui deserved death.  This is a travesty of justice. … Here is a link to the complicated jury form.
Michael J. Sniffen / Associated Press:
Moussaoui Gets Life in Prison  —  A federal jury decided Wednesday al-Qaida conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui deserves life in prison for his role in the deadliest terrorist attack in U.S. history, on Sept. 11, 2001.  —  On the seventh day of deliberation, the jury of nine men …
Phil Hirschkorn / CNN:
Jury spares 9/11 plotter Moussaoui  —  9/11 trial ends after wrenching images, heartbreaking testimony  —  ALEXANDRIA, Virginia (CNN) — Al Qaeda terrorist Zacarias Moussaoui should spend the rest of his life in prison for his role in the September 11, 2001, attacks on the United States, a federal jury decided Wednesday.
Glenn Reynolds / Instapundit.com:
MAX BOOT: … Of course, if we seized the Saudi and Iranian oil fields and ran the pumps full speed, oil prices would plummet, dictators would be broke, and poor nations would benefit from cheap energy.  But we'd be called imperialist oppressors, then.  —  UPDATE: Various people …
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Max Boot / Los Angeles Times:
Filling tanks, funding dictators
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David Ignatius / Washington Post:
A Man Who Won't Sell His Soul  —  BRUSSELS — Sen. John McCain likes the moral high ground, and he takes palpable pleasure in delivering zingers to errant Russians, Iranians and Europeans, as he did at a conference here last weekend.  But as the apparent front-runner in the 2008 presidential race …
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Reuters:
Britons find media hard to trust  —  LONDON (Reuters) - Britain may have a sophisticated media industry but it also has some of the most sceptical consumers, with nearly two-thirds (64 percent) believing the media does not report all sides of the story.  —  A 10-country opinion poll for Reuters …
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Raymond Hernandez / New York Times:
Democrats Push Fight for House in the Northeast  —  George Ruhe for The New York Times, left; Steven Lee Miller for The New York Times, right  —  Nancy L. Johnson, center, a 12-term Republican congresswoman in Connecticut, discussed issues recently with two constituents, Leo McIlrath and Alice Neville.
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Juan / Informed Comment:
Hitchens the Hacker; And, Hitchens the Orientalist
Susan_Spencer-Wendel / Palm Beach Post:
Limbaugh denies arrest, charge on radio show  —  WEST PALM BEACH — Conservative king Rush Limbaugh opened his talk show Monday with an account of the agreement he struck with prosecutors and his quick trip to the Palm Beach County Jail Friday.  —  "There was no arrest.  There were no handcuffs.
Charlie Savage / Boston Globe:
Hearing vowed on Bush's powers  —  Senator questions bypassing of laws  —  WASHINGTON — The chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, accusing the White House of a ''very blatant encroachment" on congressional authority, said yesterday he will hold an oversight hearing into President Bush's assertion …
Michael Yon / Online Magazine:
A Virgin Market  —  Car bomb 01 May 2006 in Tarin Kot, Afghanistan  —  I've never posted a rebuttal to a news story.  Today is an exception.  —  Last week I participated on a panel at the Marine Command General Staff College in Quantico, Virginia.  The dais was stacked with distinguished journalists …
CNN:
Tsunami warnings lifted after massive quake off Tonga  —  (CNN) — All tsunami warnings issued after a major quake in the southern Pacific Ocean have been canceled, according to the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center.  —  The alerts for the southwestern Pacific Islands were issued early Thursday …
Robert Spencer / Front Page Magazine:
Justice for a Traitor  —  Sami al-Arian, the former University of South Florida professor, has been a master manipulator for years, gaining strong and vocal support for the American Left.  But his luck has now completely run out.  When he pled guilty not long ago to "conspiracy …
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