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4:40 PM ET, October 13, 2006

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Seth Sutel / Associated Press:
Air America Radio Files for Chapter 11  —  Air America Radio, a liberal talk and news radio network that features the comedian Al Franken, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, a network official told The AP.  —  The network had denied rumors just a month ago that it would file for bankruptcy.
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The Smoking Gun:
Free Fall Radio: Air America Goes Bankrupt  —  Liberal network lists $20.2 million in debts, assets of $4.3 million  —  Air America Radio today filed for bankruptcy, listing liabilities in excess of $20 million and assets of only $4 million.  The Chapter 11 filing by Piquant LLC …
Brian Maloney / The Radio Equalizer:
Sheldon Drobny, Air America Radio
Discussion: Redstate and Sister Toldjah
PR Newswire:
AP: Air America Radio Files Chapter 11
Discussion: IMAO and Pajamas Media
Washington Post:
Mr. Reid's Nondisclosure  —  The Senate minority leader's incomplete financial filings  —  THE BEST CASE for Senate Minority Leader Harry M. Reid (D-Nev.) is that he was sloppy about financial disclosure rules in accounting for a real estate deal on which he made a $700,000 profit.
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Pete Yost / Associated Press:
Rep. Ney pleads guilty; GOP vows ouster  —  WASHINGTON - Rep. Bob Ney (news, bio, voting record) pleaded guilty Friday in the Jack Abramoff influence-peddling investigation, the first lawmaker to confess to crimes in an election-year scandal that has stained the Republican-controlled Congress and the Bush administration.
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Glenn Greenwald / Unclaimed Territory:
Peggy Noonan's poetic love of dissent, civility and grace
Discussion: Shakespeare's Sister
MSNBC:
Feds probe trip that Kolbe made with pages  —  NBC exclusive: Congressman alleged to have been inappropriate on '96  —  WASHINGTON - Federal prosecutors in Arizona have opened a preliminary investigation of a camping trip Congressman Jim Kolbe, R-Ariz., took 10 years ago that included …
Discussion: TPMmuckraker and BlondeSense
Michael Lind / American Prospect:
The Alternative to Empire  —  The author of The American Way of Strategy responds to James Lindsay. … James M. Lindsay thinks that George W. Bush's foreign policy may be as good as, or better than, the alternatives put forth by me and by Anatol Lieven and John Hulsman …
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Associated Press:
Microloan Pioneer and His Bank Win Nobel Peace Prize  —  OSLO, Norway (AP) — Bangladeshi economist Muhammad Yunus and the Grameen Bank he founded won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for their pioneering use of tiny, seemingly insignificant loans — microcredit — to lift millions out of poverty.
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Jim Rutenberg / New York Times:
Bush Joins Hastert at Rally, and Lavishes the Praise  —  President Bush came to the home turf of the House speaker, J. Dennis Hastert, on Thursday to give him a resounding pledge of support before a revved-up group of Republican donors, activists and leaders who were clearly glad to witness …
Ryan Sager / Miscellaneous Objections:
Armey: On Christians and Big Government  —  Dick Armey: "When it comes to James Dobson, my personal experience has been that the man is most interested in political power."  —  In the midst of this big fight with Evangelical leader Dr. James Dobson, Dick Armey has released a truly remarkable letter.
Jeff Carlton / Associated Press:
Texas School Tells Classes to Fight Back  —  BURLESON, Texas (AP) — Youngsters in a suburban Fort Worth school district are being taught not to sit there like good boys and girls with their hands folded if a gunman invades the classroom, but to rush him and hit him with everything they got - books, pencils, legs and arms.
Discussion: joannejacobs.com
Daily Mail:
North Korea might now have The Bomb, but it doesn't have much electricity  —  As the world grapples with how to rein in the "axis of evil" state which this week conducted a nuclear test, this spectacular satellite photo unveiled yesterday by US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld shows …
Discussion: Don Surber and The Remedy
Wall Street Journal:
Bush's Approval Ratings Slip  —  President Bush's job-approval rating fell, with 34% of Americans voting him "excellent" or "good," down from 38% in September, according to a new Harris Interactive poll.  —  Sixty-four percent of U.S. adults now have a negative view of Mr. Bush's job performance …
R. Jeffrey Smith / Washington Post:
Bush Confounded by the 'Unacceptable'  —  President Wields Word More Freely as His Frustration Rises and His Influence Ebbs  —  President Bush finds the world around him increasingly "unacceptable."  —  In speeches, statements and news conferences this year, the president has repeatedly declared …
David Barboza / New York Times:
China Drafts Law to Boost Unions and End Labor Abuse  —  SHANGHAI, Oct. 12 — China is planning to adopt a new law that seeks to crack down on sweatshops and protect workers' rights by giving labor unions real power for the first time since it introduced market forces in the 1980's.
Rasmussen Reports:
Montana Senate: Burns Still Down by 7  —  Burns (R) 42% Tester (D) 49%  —  As November 7 looms, the reelection bid of Republican U.S. Senator Conrad Burns continues to stall.  State Senate President and wheat farmer Jon Tester (D) now leads 49% to 42% (see crosstabs).
 
 
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Eric Lichtblau / New York Times:
Documents Reveal Scope of U.S. Database on Antiwar Protests
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E. J. Dionne Jr / Washington Post:
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CNN:
UK army head in Iraq pullout storm
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Vive la France!
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600,000 Iraqis Killed By War, Credible?
Stacy Schiff / New York Times:
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New York Sun:
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Ji Jobs / Journal Inquirer:
GOP Joe  —  On Monday of this week Sen. Joe Lieberman appeared …
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Mark Pazniokas / Hartford Courant:
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James Carney / Time:
Why Did Mark Warner Quit?
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Kathleen Hennessey / Associated Press:
Clinton says right wing has hurt U.S., predicts win by Democrats
Discussion: Redstate and Classical Values
Jim VandeHei / Washington Post:
In Key Races, Democrats Look at Rivals' Personal Lives
Washington Post:
GOP Redirects Funds From Faltering Races
Sharon Begley / Wall Street Journal:
When Terror Strikes, Liberals and the Right Vote Further Apart
Discussion: Balkinization and TalkLeft
Newsweek:
Tip Off  —  A new book says that a comment by former CIA …
Discussion: The RBC and NewsHog
Samuel G. Freedman / New York Times:
Despite a Doctorate and Top Students, Unqualified to Teach
 

 
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New York Times:
The NBC News-Ronna McDaniel saga highlights the perks and perils of partisan talk TV; a source says McDaniel is now seeking $600K+ for her two year deal

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