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2:50 PM ET, July 29, 2006

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Adam Nagourney / New York Times:
After Sluggish Start, Lieberman Heeded Warnings of Trouble  —  Senator Joseph I. Lieberman commissioned a poll in January as he prepared for his fourth campaign for the Senate, and the results were sobering.  Mr. Lieberman was tied against a hypothetical primary opponent …
Discussion: The Horse's Mouth and Decision '08
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David Lightman / Hartford Courant:
Big List Of Big Givers Bolsters Lieberman  —  Lamont Far Back In Fundraising  —  WASHINGTON — Every day a fax machine in a Senate office spits out lists of the latest big donors to the Democratic primary campaigns of Joe Lieberman and Ned Lamont.  —  The Lieberman list is long …
David Espo / Associated Press:
Struggling Lieberman faces political abyss
Discussion: LamontBlog and New York Times
David Lightman / Hartford Courant:
Lieberman Leans On Democrat Record
Discussion: Firedoglake and ConnecticutBLOG
TMZ.com:
Gibson's Anti-Semitic Tirade — Alleged Cover Up  —  TMZ has learned that Mel Gibson went on a rampage when he was arrested Friday on suspicion of drunk driving, hurling religious epithets.  TMZ has also learned that the Los Angeles County Sheriff's department had the initial report doctored to keep the real story under wraps.
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Michelle Caruso / NY Daily News:
Mel gives cops hell  —  Report: Drunken Gibson threatens officer in rant  —  LOS ANGELES - A blitzed Mel Gibson launched into an obscenity-laced tirade when he was busted on suspicion of drunken driving early yesterday, threatening an officer and making anti-Semitic and sexually abusive remarks, according to a police report.
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
Mel Gibson Self-Destructs?
Discussion: Gay Orbit and TMZ.com
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New York Times:
Bush and Blair Push Plan to End Mideast Fighting  —  President Bush and Prime Minister Tony Blair of Britain said Friday that they would present a plan to end hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah at the United Nations next week as Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice headed into an urgent round …
Washington Post:
Rice: Hezbollah Comments a 'Positive Step'
Discussion: Captain's Quarters
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Scott Shane / New York Times:
Leak of Classified Information Prompts Inquiry  —  A federal grand jury has begun investigating the leak of classified information about intelligence programs to the press and has subpoenaed a former National Security Agency employee who claims to have witnessed illegal activity while working at the agency.
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Dan Eggen / Washington Post:
Grand Jury Probes News Leaks at NSA
Discussion: Captain's Quarters
Associated Press:
Iranian Leader Bans Usage of Foreign Words  —  TEHRAN, Iran — Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has ordered government and cultural bodies to use modified Persian words to replace foreign words that have crept into the language, such as "pizzas" which will now be known as "elastic loaves," state media reported Saturday.
Anne E. Kornblut / New York Times:
2008 May Test Clinton's Bond With McCain  —  Two summers ago, on a Congressional trip to Estonia, Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton astonished her traveling companions by suggesting that the group do what one does in the Baltics: hold a vodka-drinking contest.  —  Delighted, the leader …
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Tim Booth / Associated Press:
Gunman shoots 6 at Seattle Jewish center
James Glanz / New York Times:
Audit Finds U.S. Hid Actual Cost of Iraq Projects  —  The State Department agency in charge of $1.4 billion in reconstruction money in Iraq used an accounting shell game to hide ballooning cost overruns on its projects there and knowingly withheld information on schedule delays from Congress …
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
Anne Plummer Flaherty / Associated Press:
Bush submits new terror detainee bill  —  WASHINGTON - U.S. citizens suspected of terror ties might be detained indefinitely and barred from access to civilian courts under legislation proposed by the Bush administration, say legal experts reviewing an early version of the bill.
Tristero / Hullabaloo:
The Man Is Clear In His Mind, But His Soul Is Mad  —  Apparently, when John Podhoretz read Heart of Darkness he came to the conclusion that Kurtz had the right attitude: … In other words, as Kurtz memorably wrote, "Exterminate all the brutes."  And then Podhoretz asks: … Why yes, John, I can.
Discussion: Fact-esque, The RBC and The Peking Duck
Nell Henderson / Washington Post:
U.S. Economy Cools As Consumers Pull Back  —  The U.S. economy slowed sharply in the three months ended in June, expanding at less than half its pace earlier this year, as consumers and businesses hunkered down in response to climbing inflation and interest rates.
Texas Rainmaker:
That's Gonna Leave a Mark...  John Kerry, meet John Bolton.  —  Transcript: … Hat tip: Gateway Pundit  —  Another flip-flop as well.  Kerry is now advocating a "go it alone" strategy.  Wasn't that the very thing he criticized Bush for doing back in 2004?
 
 
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Alan Dershowitz / Washington Times:
A public advocate for the United States
Discussion: Macsmind
Chad The Elder / Fraters Libertas:
Painting The Field Purple
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Brad Wilmouth / NewsBusters.org:
Olbermann Denies Liberal Bias in Lewinsky Scandal, Ignores Starr Nazi Comparison
Paul Kiel / TPMmuckraker:
Bush Talks and Talks and Talks  —  Over at TPM, Josh referred …
Josh Gerstein / New York Sun:
Campaign Finance Effort Resumes, Without McCain
David Lawder / Reuters:
UN rights body urges D.C. vote in Congress
Discussion: TigerHawk
New York Times:
Housing Slows, Taking Big Toll on the Economy
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Jack Shafer / Slate:
How the New York Times Makes Local Papers Dumber
John Amato / Crooks and Liars:
Letterman: Clinton responds to Coulter-parody
Discussion: The Heretik
Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Young backs McKinney
Monica Duffy Toft / NiemanWatchdog.org:
Is it a civil war, or isn't it?  —  There are objective characteristics …
Discussion: Liberty Street
Washington Post:
Signing Off  —  Presidential signing statements aren't a problem.
Stephen Dinan / Washington Times:
Chertoff hails end of let-go policy
David Ignatius / Washington Post:
Do or Die Against Iraq's Death Squads
Discussion: Rantingprofs
 

 
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