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7:10 AM ET, August 30, 2006

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San Francisco Chronicle:
Up to 14 hurt in SF hit-and-run spree 7 critical; driver believed to have struck, killed a man in Fremont earlier  —  (08-29) 15:56 PDT SAN FRANCISCO — As many as 14 people were injured this afternoon by a motorist who drove around San Francisco running them down before he was arrested, authorities said.
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Bookworm Room:
Horror on San Francisco streets  —  A madman ran amok all over San Francisco today, targeting pedestrians with his car and deliberately running them over: … There is, of course, a substantial likelihood that Popal is just a homicidal maniac of the type that crops up occasionally.
Discussion: Hot Air and The American Thinker
KPIX-TV:
Police: SUV Driver Runs Over 15 People, 1 Dead  —  (CBS 5 / AP / BCN) SAN FRANCISCO One person was killed and at least 14 others injured when a rampaging man intentionally targeted pedestrians with his sport utility vehicle in San Francisco and Fremont on Tuesday afternoon, according to police.
Hugh Hewitt / Hugh Hewitt's TownHall Blog:
Terrorist Attack in SF?
Discussion: Way Off Bass and alphabet city
Gateway Pundit:
One Dead, 15 Hurt in San Francisco SUV Rampage
Discussion: Pajamas Media
Bryan / Hot Air:
The Buses of New Orleans  —  It was a year ago yesterday that hurricane Katrina roared ashore as a Category 3 storm and with a glancing blow destroyed New Orleans along with a direct hit that wrecked much of the Gulf Coast.  That storm, more than any other single event …
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Paul J. Gough / Reuters:
CNN sorry for Bush speech gaffe  —  NEW YORK (Hollywood Reporter) - CNN apologized Tuesday after an open mike transmitted an anchor's bathroom conversation with another woman live over the network as it was carrying President Bush's speech in New Orleans.  —  "Live From" anchor Kyra Phillips …
MSNBC:
Bush sees rebirth from 'sadness' of Katrina  —  As bells toll on anniversary, president says New Orleans 'still a mess'  —  NEW ORLEANS - President Bush called the anniversary of the devastation of Hurricane Katrina "a moment of great sadness" Tuesday but said it would be the springboard …
New York Times:
Bush Repeats Vow to Help New Orleans
Discussion: Pensito Review
Christopher Hitchens / Slate:
Plame Out  —  THE RIDICULOUS END TO THE SCANDAL THAT DISTRACTED WASHINGTON.  —  I had a feeling that I might slightly regret the title ("Case Closed") of my July 25 column on the Niger uranium story.  I have now presented thousands of words of evidence and argument to the effect that …
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Neil A. Lewis / New York Times:
First Source of C.I.A. Leak Admits Role, Lawyer Says  —  Richard L. Armitage, a former deputy secretary of state, has acknowledged that he was the person whose conversation with a columnist in 2003 prompted a long, politically laden criminal investigation in what became known as the C.I.A. leak case …
Max Blumenthal / The Nation:
Beyond Macaca: The Photograph That Haunts George Allen  —  Barnstorming around Virginia in the re-election campaign that Republican Senator George Allen hopes will provide the impetus for his 2008 run for the presidency, he has suddenly been forced on the defensive.
Captain Ed / Captain's Quarters:
Bill Frist Pledges To Take S 2590 To Floor  —  I had the pleasure of attending a luncheon in honor of Senator Bill Frist at the Minneapolis Club this afternoon.  The Senate Majority leader spoke on a wide range of topics, which will form the basis of at least a couple more posts today and tomorrow.
Discussion: Dean's World
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Associated Press:
Former VP candidate Jack Kemp to campaign for Lieberman  —  NEW LONDON — Sen. Joe Lieberman, running for re-election as an independent after losing the Democratic primary and being abandoned by top-ranking Democrats earlier this month, will campaign with former Republican vice presidential candidate Jack Kemp, Lieberman said Tuesday.
Discussion: Firedoglake and The Reaction
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Hartford Courant:
A Union Boost For Lamont, DeStefano
Discussion: Blogcritics and Crosstabs.org
Amit R. Paley / Washington Post:
Iraqi Hospitals Are War's New 'Killing Fields'  —  Medical Sites Targeted By Shiite Militiamen  —  BAGHDAD — In a city with few real refuges from sectarian violence — not government offices, not military bases, not even mosques — one place always emerged as a safe haven: hospitals.
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Associated Press:
Rumsfeld: Bush foes lack courage on terror  —  Adjust font size:  —  SALT LAKE CITY, Utah (AP) — Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld on Tuesday accused critics of the Bush administration's Iraq and counterterrorism policies of lacking the courage to fight terror.
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Ann Scott Tyson / Washington Post:
Rumsfeld Assails Critics of War Policy
Associated Press:
Perry calls special election for DeLay's unexpired term  —  AUSTIN — Republican Gov. Rick Perry on Tuesday called a Nov. 7 special election to temporarily fill the seat left vacant when former U.S. Rep. Tom DeLay resigned.  —  DeLay, a Republican whose term would have expired in January, resigned in June.
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Associated Press:
Special elections set for DeLay's seat
Discussion: Redstate and PoliPundit.com
Ironman / Political Calculations:
Air America's Spring 2006 Ratings  —  The Arbitron books have recently closed on the Spring 2006 ratings period for radio stations across the country, so we thought we'd update our previous look at how Air America Radio is doing.  —  The ratings below were transcribed from Radio & Records' online listing for the Spring 2006 period.
David Ignatius / Washington Post:
Ahmadinejad's High-Stakes Game  —  TEHRAN — Drivers here play a high-risk game of chicken at every intersection.  They barge into the frantic stream of traffic and you think there's going to be a crash for sure.  But at the last moment someone usually gives way, and a collision is avoided.
Stuart Taylor Jr / Slate:
Witness for the Prosecution?  —  THE NEW YORK TIMES IS STILL VICTIMIZING INNOCENT DUKIES.  —  Imagine you are the world's most powerful newspaper and you have invested your credibility in yet another story line that is falling apart, crumbling as inexorably as Jayson Blair's fabrications …
 
 
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Fox News:
Kidnapped Journalists Recall Chilling Abduction
Discussion: Hot Air
Mark Tapscott / Tapscott's Copy Desk:
FEC Officially Votes to Silence Political Speech for Last Two Months of 06 Campaign
Brian / TVNewser:
Katie's Extreme Makeover?
Matt Moore / Associated Press:
3 more charged in jetliner bomb plot
Anick Jesdanun / Associated Press:
Times blocks article to U.K. Web readers
Linda Greenhouse / New York Times:
Women Suddenly Scarce Among Justices' Clerks
Smash / The Indepundit:
Coffins & Beer  —  WHEN I HAD LEFT THE CORNER outside Walter Reed …
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Brain injury budget faces cut
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Gov. Arnold tosses school moral codes
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