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1:30 PM ET, August 24, 2006

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Associated Press:
Pluto gets the boot  —  Pluto no longer a planet, say astronomers  —  PRAGUE, Czech Republic (AP) — Leading astronomers declared Thursday that Pluto is no longer a planet under historic new guidelines that downsize the solar system from nine planets to eight.
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William J. Kole / Associated Press:
Pluto Is No Longer a Planet, Astronomers Say  —  PRAGUE, Czech Republic (AP) — Leading astronomers declared Thursday that Pluto is no longer a planet under historic new guidelines that downsize the solar system from nine planets to eight.  —  After a tumultuous week of clashing over the essence …
Herb Keinon / Jerusalem Post:
Israel may 'go it alone' against Iran  —  Israel is carefully watching the world's reaction to Iran's continued refusal to suspend uranium enrichment, with some high-level officials arguing it is now clear that when it comes to stopping Iran, Israel "may have to go it alone," The Jerusalem Post has learned.
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Mark Mazzetti / New York Times:
Some in G.O.P. Say Iran Threat Is Played Down  —  Some senior Bush administration officials and top Republican lawmakers are voicing anger that American spy agencies have not issued more ominous warnings about the threats that they say Iran presents to the United States.
Opinion Journal:
The Ayatollah's Answer  —  Iran's nuclear strategy is to divide and conquer the U.N.  —  Two months ago the U.N. Security Council offered Iran a choice: Stop enriching uranium in violation of its treaty agreements, and the world would negotiate better diplomatic and commercial relations.
Andrew Bridges / Associated Press:
FDA Eases Limits on Plan B Sales  —  WASHINGTON (AP) - Women may buy the morning-after pill without a prescription - but only with proof they're 18 or older, federal health officials ruled Thursday, capping a contentious 3-year effort to ease access to the emergency contraceptive.
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Washington Post:
FDA Allows OTC Sales of Plan B
Associated Press:
FDA eases limits on morning-after pill
Nicholas Wade / New York Times:
In New Method for Stem Cells, Viable Embryos  —  Biologists have developed a technique for establishing colonies of human embryonic stem cells from an early human embryo without destroying it.  This method, if confirmed in other laboratories, would seem to remove the principal objection to the research.
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Rick Weiss / Washington Post:
New Method Makes Embryo-Safe Stem Cells  —  Scientists have for the first time grown colonies of prized human embryonic stem cells using a technique that does not require the destruction of embryos, an advance that could significantly reshape the ethical and political debates that have long entangled the research.
Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
12 Passengers Detained After Plane Turns Back  —  A Northwest Airlines flight from Amsterdam to Mumbai, India, turned back shortly after takeoff today and returned to Schiphol airport under fighter-jet escort.  —  After the plane landed, Dutch authorities took 12 passengers into custody.
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Redstate Network / Redstate:
Is John McCain Running in '08 From a Third Party?  —  ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY DEGREES!  —  What do Air America Radio, Barack Obama's Senate campaign, the Clinton Global Initiative, Democratic gubernatorial candidate John DeStefano in Connecticut, the campaign of Democratic Governor Jennifer Granholm in Michigan …
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Lolita C. Baldor / Associated Press:
General: Iran Training Shiite Insurgents  —  WASHINGTON — The Iranian government is training and equipping much of the Shiite insurgency in Iraq, a senior U.S. general said Wednesday, drawing one of the most direct links by the Pentagon.  —  Brig. Gen. Michael Barbero also said it was too soon …
Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
Rice Orders Difficult Posts Filled First  —  New Rules Will Push Foreign Service Officers Toward More Dangerous Spots  —  The State Department plans to implement sweeping changes in the way foreign service officers bid for new assignments in an effort to more quickly fill vacancies in Iraq …
Discussion: Outside The Beltway and Redstate
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Sue Pleming / Reuters:
Iran's ex-president asks for U.S. visa to give speech
Discussion: TigerHawk and The Corner
New York Times:
A Matter of Appearances  —  When Judge Anna Diggs Taylor was given the job of deciding whether the Bush administration's wiretapping program was unconstitutional, she certainly understood that she would be ruling on one of the most politically charged cases in recent history.
Christopher Isham Reports / The Blotter:
Al Qaeda Comes to Gaza?  —  Christopher Isham Reports:  —  Terrorism analysts say al Qaeda may have conducted their first operation in Gaza.  This after a video was released today of the two Fox News journalists held hostage since August 14 along with an accompanying written statement issued …
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Greg Myre / New York Times:   Gaza Captors of 2 Newsmen Pressure U.S.
Michael Noer / Forbes:
Careers and Marriage  —  Forbes.com published a story Aug. 22 by editor Michael Noer on two-career relationships that provoked a heated response from both outside and inside our building.  Elizabeth Corcoran, a member of our Silicon Valley bureau and principal author of the magazine's current cover story …
Victor Davis Hanson / Real Clear Politics:
Relearning Lessons in the War on Terror  —  From the recent Israel-Hezbollah war in southern Lebanon to the jihadists in Iraq's Sunni Triangle to the repeated efforts by Islamists across the globe to trump Sept. 11, what old lessons about terrorism are we in the West finding ourselves having to relearn?
Discussion: Hyscience
Jane Hamsher / Firedoglake:
Lieberman to Campaign With Republicans Today  —  Because nobody could have predicted it — Joe Lieberman will be campaigning with GOP candidates Jodi Rell and Rob Simmons today at the Groton sub base (the one that Holy Joe claims to have singlehandedly saved).
Discussion: MyDD and DownWithTyranny!
Michael Getler / PBS Ombudsman:
Ombudsman's Mailbag — Contrary Views  —  In my Aug. 16 column, I wrote about a situation, first disclosed two days earlier by Washington Post columnist Al Kamen, who writes the popular "In The Loop" feature.  This one involved PBS's long-running, all-women, weekly current affairs panel show "To The Contrary," hosted by Bonnie Erbe.
Discussion: TPMmuckraker and Romenesko
Schneier / Schneier on Security:
What the Terrorists Want  —  On Aug. 16, two men were escorted off a plane headed for Manchester, England, because some passengers thought they looked either Asian or Middle Eastern, might have been talking Arabic, wore leather jackets, and looked at their watches — and the passengers refused to fly with them on board.
Discussion: Instapundit.com
 
 
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Taegan Goddard's Political Wire:
Candidates from Both Parties Shun Partisan Label
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MSNBC:
'Hardball with Chris Matthews' for August 23
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Reuters:
Megadeth targets United Nations on new album
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Vickie Welborn / RSS - LSUBEAT:
Black students ordered to give up seats to white children
Jason L. Riley / Opinion Journal:
Incumbent on the Brink
Gateway Pundit:
A Rave Against the Mullahs!  —  Iranian youths throw a rave party!
Discussion: Publius Pundit
Ellen Knickmeyer / Washington Post:
'Shiite Giant' Extends Its Reach
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David Crary / Associated Press:
Christian Coalition losing chapters
Richard Lloyd Parry / Times of London:
Death row bomber plotted new attack on smuggled laptop
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Cornelia Dean / New York Times:
Evolution Major Vanishes From Approved Federal List
Los Angeles Times:
Anniversary Draws Bush to Gulf Coast
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Matt Taibbi / Rolling Stone:
THE LOW POST: Off With Their Heads
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Peter Baker / Washington Post:
Bush's New Iraq Argument: It Could Be Worse