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2:40 PM ET, October 26, 2006

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Geoff Mulvihill / Associated Press:
N.J. court opens door to gay marriage  —  TRENTON, N.J. - New Jersey's highest court opened the door Wednesday to making the state the second in the nation to allow gay marriage, ruling that lawmakers must offer homosexuals either marriage or something like it, such as civil unions.
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David W. Chen / New York Times:
New Jersey Court Backs Full Rights for Gay Couples  —  Cindy Meneghin, right, and her partner, Maureen Kilian, heard about the New Jersey Supreme Court's decision on gay marriage Wednesday at their lawyer's office in Newark.  With them was Sarah, left, their daughter.
Business Wire:
Voters Increase Support for Stem Cell Research After Viewing Michael J. Fox Ad  —  Republicans' Support for Republican House Candidates Declines  —  FLEMINGTON, N.J.—(BUSINESS WIRE)—A new national study revealed that American voters' support for stem cell research increased after they viewed …
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Steven Ertelt / lifenews.com:
Patricia Heaton, Sports Stars Rebut Michael J. Fox on Missouri Stem Cell Ad  —  St. Louis, MO (LifeNews.com) — Pro-life advocates in Missouri have prepared a response ad to one that actor Michael J. Fox has made in numerous states that contains misleading information about pro-life candidates and their views on stem cell research.
Robin Toner / New York Times:
Ad Seen as Playing to Racial Fears  —  The Tennessee Senate race, one of the most competitive and potentially decisive battles of the midterm election, became even more unpredictable this week after a furor over a Republican television commercial that stood out even in a year of negative advertising.
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Cecile Brisson / Associated Press:
Youths torch 3 buses in suburban Paris  —  PARIS - Youths forced passengers off three buses and set the vehicles on fire overnight in suburban Paris, raising tensions Thursday ahead of the first anniversary of the riots that engulfed France's rundown, heavily immigrant neighborhoods.
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BBC:
Youths torch two buses near Paris  —  Youths in the Paris suburbs have attacked two buses on the eve of the first anniversary of rioting among immigrant communities.  —  In Nanterre, northwestern Paris, about 10 passengers fled a bus as masked youths set it ablaze, police said.
Deb Riechmann / Associated Press:
Bush signs U.S.-Mexico border fence bill  —  WASHINGTON - President Bush signed a bill Thursday authorizing 700 miles of new fencing along the U.S.-Mexico border, hoping to give Republican candidates a pre-election platform for asserting they're tough on illegal immigration.
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Senator Bill Frist:
Secure Fence Act Signed by the President
Discussion: Blue Crab Boulevard
Jennifer Medina / New York Times:
Kerrey Offers His Support to Lieberman  —  As Senator Joseph I. Lieberman stood beside Bob Kerrey, the former Nebraska senator, to accept his endorsement on Wednesday, the two seemed to differ about whether the war in Iraq had made the United States safer.  —  Like Mr. Lieberman …
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David S. Broder / Washington Post:
Connecticut Crucible for a War Debate
Ze'ev Schiff / Associated Press:
Argentine lawyer asks to jail Iran officials for Jewish center blast  —  Argentine prosecutors on Wednesday asked a federal judge to issue an arrest warrant against former Iranian president Hashemi Rafsanjani and seven others for the 1994 bombing of a Jewish cultural center that killed scores of people.
Discussion: Blogs for Bush
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David D. Kirkpatrick / New York Times:
Rights Group Fires Publisher of Foley E-Mail  —  A liberal gay rights group said Wednesday that one of its employees, acting anonymously, had created the Web site that first published copies of unusually solicitous e-mail messages to teenagers from former Representative Mark Foley, which led to his resignation.
Katherine Kersten / Minneapolis Star Tribune:
Airport taxi flap about alcohol has deeper significance  —  The airport taxi controversy may go deeper than the quandary over whether to accommodate Somali Muslim cabdrivers who refuse to carry passengers carrying alcohol.  Behind the scenes, a struggle for power and religious authority is apparently playing out.
Cincinnati Enquirer:
Schmidt angry to see 'cowards' speech in TV ad  —  Political Notebook  —  Rep. Jean Schmidt blasted Democrat Victoria Wulsin on Wednesday for allegedly breaking a U.S. House rule that prohibits using the broadcast of House floor proceedings in campaign ads.
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and TAPPED
Peter Bergen / New York Times:
What Osama Wants  —  THE French saying, often attributed to Talleyrand, that "this is worse than a crime, it's a blunder," could easily describe America's invasion of Iraq.  But for the United States to pull entirely out of that country right now, as is being demanded by a growing chorus of critics …
Bill Turque / Washington Post:
An Ascent Shadowed By Questions on Race  —  In February 2004, Sen. George Allen was on a bus taking him from Birmingham to Selma, Ala. On a video screen in front of him was "Eyes on the Prize," the acclaimed documentary chronicling the civil rights movement.
Glenn Reynolds / Instapundit.com:
The Glenn and Helen Show: Gov. Mark Warner on Politics, Family, and Not Running for President  —  Mark Warner looked to be the strongest Democratic contender for President in 2008 except for Hillary Clinton.  We'd been slated to interview him when he decided not to run …
Discussion: Politics Central
Ibon Villelabeitia / Reuters:
Five US troops killed in Iraq as Bush under fire  —  Source: Reuters  —  The military said on Thursday five more American troops were killed in Iraq, bringing the U.S. death toll for October to 96, as President George W. Bush sought to deflect mounting election-year pressure over the war.
Discussion: Confederate Yankee
Tom Zeller Jr / New York Times:
A New Campaign Tactic: Manipulating Google Data  —  If things go as planned for liberal bloggers in the next few weeks, searching Google for "Jon Kyl," the Republican senator from Arizona now running for re-election, will produce high among the returns a link to an April 13 article from The Phoenix New Times, an alternative weekly.
Discussion: Cold Fury and NewsBusters.org
Jack Shafer / Slate:
Love Me, I'm a Journalist  —  A PROFESSION'S ROMANCE WITH ITSELF.  —  On Monday, I singled out Tim Rutten of the Los Angeles Times and the Washington Post's Howard Kurtz as I admonished journalists for overreacting to staff cuts at newsrooms around the country.
Discussion: Romenesko
 
 
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Rinker Buck / Hartford Courant:
Johnson Ups Ante In New Ad Salvo
Jeremy Roberts / The Australian:
Media blamed for Islam bias
Bloomberg:
More Republican Candidates Distance Themselves From Bush on War
Discussion: TPMmuckraker
Associated Press:
New poll shows Kulongoski pulling ahead in Oregon governor's race
Ben Adler / TAPPED:
BUT HE STARTED IT.  I've long been of the opinion, in all seriousness …
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John M. Broder / New York Times:
Bush Focuses on Iraq as G.O.P. Tries to Change Subject
Ralph Kinney Bennett / TCS Daily:
Goodbye, Jelly Bean
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Ellen Knickmeyer / Washington Post:
In Syria, Iraq's Fate Silences Rights Activists
Redstate:
MilBlogs: Losing a Precious Resource
Stephanie Strom / New York Times:
Watchdog Group Accuses Churches of Political Action
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Clinton digs deep, seeking landslide win
Discussion: Brendan Nyhan