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2:20 PM ET, October 3, 2006

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Washington Times:
Resign, Mr. Speaker  —  The facts of the disgrace of Mark Foley, who was a Republican member of the House from a Florida district until he resigned last week, constitute a disgrace for every Republican member of Congress.  Red flags emerged in late 2005, perhaps even earlier …
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MSNBC:
Hastert won't resign over Foley scandal  —  Washington Times opines House Speaker 'must do the only right thing'  —  WASHINGTON - Despite a call from a conservative newspaper for his resignation over his handling of a congressional sex scandal, House Speaker Dennis Hastert, R-Ill., intends to retain his leadership position.
New York Times:
Papers Knew of Foley E-Mail but Did Not Publish Stories  —  At least two news organizations were tipped off to e-mail messages sent by Representative Mark Foley long before the story of his sexually explicit remarks to teenage pages broke last week and forced him to resign.
The Blotter:
New Foley Instant Messages; Had Internet Sex While Awaiting House Vote  —  Brian Ross and Maddy Sauer Report:  —  Former Congressman Mark Foley (R-FL) interrupted a vote on the floor of the House in 2003 to engage in Internet sex with a high school student who had served as a congressional page …
Discussion: Macsmind, Mia Culpa and Michelle Malkin
Investor's Business Daily:
Did Democrats Page Mark Foley?
Opinion Journal:
Paging Mr. Hastert  —  Could a gay Congressman be quarantined?
Discussion: Andrew Sullivan
Washington Post:
After Foley, New Fears For the GOP
Miami Herald:   Foley's shame; Congress' stumble
Bo-Mi Lim / Associated Press:
North Korea says it will stage nuke test  —  SEOUL, South Korea - North Korea said Tuesday it will conduct a nuclear test in the face of what it claimed was "the U.S. extreme threat of a nuclear war," ratcheting up tensions amid international pressure to return to negotiations on its atomic program.
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Jonathan Thatcher / Reuters:   North Korea says will conduct nuclear test
New York Times:
North Korea Vows First Nuclear Test
Discussion: TAPPED
Bo-Mi Lim / Associated Press:
N. Korea Says It Will Conduct Nuke Test
Discussion: The Jawa Report
BBC:
N Korea statement on nuclear test
Discussion: The Agonist
Glenn Reynolds / Instapundit.com:
The Glenn and Helen Show: John Fund on Election Fraud and its Cures  —  With the elections only a month away, we talk to John Fund, Wall Street Journal writer and author of Stealing Elections: How Voter Fraud Threatens Our Democracy.  Fund talks about high-tech problems with electronic voting machines …
Discussion: Tapscott's Copy Desk
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Politics Central:
THE GLENN AND HELEN SHOW: JOHN FUND ON ELECTION FRAUD AND ITS REMEDIES
Discussion: Dr. Helen and Hot Air
Captain Ed / Captain's Quarters:
Three Years Of CQ  —  Three years.  8,156 posts.  Over 109,000 comments and 16,000 trackbacks. 23 million visits.  And the best blog community in the 'sphere.  —  It all started with this post: … When I first started this blog, I expected it to serve two purposes …
Real Cities:
Rumsfeld, Ashcroft received warning of al Qaida attack before 9/11  —  WASHINGTON - Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld and former Attorney General John Ashcroft received the same CIA briefing about an imminent al-Qaida strike on an American target that was given to the White House two months before the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.
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James Rosen / Fox News:
RICE OFFERED TO RESIGN FOLLOWING BUSH'S 2004 RE-ELECTION
Discussion: Andrew Sullivan
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Lieberman says he has been promised seniority  —  Sen. Joe Lieberman, the longtime Democratic senator from Connecticut running for re-election as an independent, says the party leadership has assured him he would keep his seniority if he returns to Congress.
BBC:
'Pope protesters' hijack airliner  —  A Turkish airliner flying from Tirana to Istanbul has been hijacked and flown to Brindisi in southern Italy in an apparent protest against the Pope.  —  It sent out an SOS twice in Greek airspace, and both Greece and Italy scrambled fighter jets to escort it before it landed in Brindisi.
Judd / Think Progress:
CBS Turns Over News Broadcast To Man Who Blames School Shootings on Teaching Evolution and Abortion  —  Last night, the CBS Evening News turned their broadcast over to a man named Brian Rohrbough, who lost his son during the Columbine massacre.  Mr. Rohrbough proceeded to blame recent school shootings on …
Pete Hegseth / Opinion Journal:
More Troops, Please  —  "Not losing" isn't the same as winning.  —  I've heard President Bush repeatedly state he will send more troops to Iraq if the commanders on the ground ask for them.  I think, having returned home from Iraq two months ago, that there must be a breakdown in communication somewhere along the line.
Martin Merzer / Miami Herald:
Herald publisher will resign  —  The publisher of The Miami Herald and El Nuevo Herald will step down today and reverse recent firings of writers at El Nuevo Herald.  —  mmerzer@MiamiHerald.com  —  Jesús Díaz Jr. will resign today as president of the Miami Herald Media Co …
Discussion: CBS News, Media Blog and Pensito Review
Deb Riechmann / Associated Press:
Bush says Democrats shouldn't be trusted  —  STOCKTON, Calif. - President Bush, on a campaign swing in the West, is arguing the Democratic Party is weak-kneed on national security and shouldn't be trusted to hold the reins of Congress.  —  "If you listen closely to some of the leaders …
 
 
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