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5:05 AM ET, November 19, 2006

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NY Daily News:
Rupe is in soup with troops  —  O'Reilly rips Murdoch, book, show  —  Fox News firebrand Bill O'Reilly threatened yesterday to whack Rupert Murdoch in the wallet for promoting O.J. Simpson's how-I-murdered-my-wife book.  —  Vowing to boycott any company that advertises on Fox's …
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Washington Post:
O.J. Deal Leaves Sour Taste in Many Mouths  —  An angry wave of criticism swept through the publishing and broadcast worlds Friday over the coming Fox television interview tied to the promotion of a book by O.J. Simpson, in which he describes how he would have murdered his ex-wife …
Discussion: Don Surber and Think Progress
Shaun D. Mullen / Kiko's House:
O.J. Simpson: Still Juicing Us After All These Years  —  O.J. Simpson is back in the news for writing a book in which he explains how he would have killed Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman had he been the murderer.  —  Ahem.  —  O.J.'s former wife and her friend gave their lives.
New York Times:
A Tough Road Ahead for Rove  —  Karl Rove, the top White House political strategist, is coming off the worst election defeat of his career to face a daunting task: saving the president's agenda with a Congress not only controlled by Democrats, but also filled with Republican members resentful …
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Peter Baker / Washington Post:
Embittered Insiders Turn Against Bush  —  The weekend after the statue of Saddam Hussein fell, Kenneth Adelman and a couple of other promoters of the Iraq war gathered at Vice President Cheney's residence to celebrate.  The invasion had been the "cakewalk" Adelman predicted.
Discussion: Mia Culpa and CorrenteWire
David Morgan / Reuters:
Chertoff says U.S. threatened by international law  —  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A top Bush administration official on Friday said the European Union, the United Nations and other international entities increasingly are using international law to challenge U.S. powers to reject treaties and protect itself from attack.
Discussion: Ruminate This and Booman Tribune
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Pamela Geller Oshry / Atlas Shrugs:   FOOKIN JOHN BOLTON!
Brian Wheeler / BBC:
Web 'fuelling crisis in politics'  —  Tony Blair's outgoing chief strategy adviser fears the internet could be fuelling a "crisis" in the relationship between politicians and voters.  —  Matthew Taylor - who stressed he was speaking as a "citizen" not a government spokesman - said the web could be "fantastic" for democracy.
Discussion: Done With Mirrors and The Corner
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Guido Fawkes Esq / Guy Fawkes' blog …:
Crisis, What Crisis?  —  Matthew Taylor, Tony's chief adviser …
Discussion: Dodgeblogium
Stephen Dinan / Washington Times:
Bush's nominees for judgeships to be conservative  —  Even with Democrats controlling the Senate, President Bush will continue to nominate conservative judges such as Supreme Court Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. and Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr., Vice President Dick Cheney said yesterday.
Discussion: Power Line
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Glenn Greenwald / Unclaimed Territory:
Dick Cheney at the Federalist Society last night — translated
David Charter / Times of London:
Dutch set to ban burka in public after election  —  A BAN on wearing the burka in public in the Netherlands moved a step closer yesterday, just five days before voters go to the polls in elections that had not until now focused on issues of race and immigration.
Discussion: Power Line
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David D. Kirkpatrick / New York Times:
Democrats Split on How Far to Go With Ethics Law  —  Left and right: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images; Center: David Scull for The New York Times  —  After railing for months against Congressional corruption under Republican rule, Democrats on Capitol Hill are divided on how far their proposed ethics overhaul should go.
Terence Hunt / Houston Chronicle:
S. Korea won't back Bush on inspections  —  HANOI, Vietnam — President Bush, trying to stiffen global resolve to confront North Korea, failed to win South Korea's support Saturday for intercepting ships suspected of carrying supplies for the communist regime's nuclear weapons program.
Discussion: News Hounds
Kevin Bohn / CNN:
O'Connor details half-baked attempt to kill Supreme Court  —  WASHINGTON (CNN) — Cookies mailed to the U.S. Supreme Court last year contained enough rat poison to kill all nine justices, retired member Sandra Day O'Connor said at a conference last week.  —  Barbara Joan March …
Discussion: alicublog
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Kent Fischer / Dallas Morning News:
Ruling: Classes divided by race  —  At Preston Hollow, principal tried to appease affluent parents, halt white flight, judge says  —  For years, it was an open secret at North Dallas' Preston Hollow Elementary School: Even though the school was overwhelmingly Hispanic and black …
New York Times:
Unlike Clinton, Bush Sees Hanoi in Bit of a Hurry  —  President Bush likes speed golf and speed tourism — this is the man who did the treasures of Red Square in less than 20 minutes — but here in the lake-studded capital of a nation desperately eager to connect with America, he set a record.
Dean Barnett / Townhall.com Blog's TownHall Blog:
FAQ - Republican Congressional Leadership  —  1) How could this have happened?  The entire weight and heft of the right-wing blogosphere stood behind a campaign to change the House leadership and nothing happened.  Kos holds a putz-fest in Vegas and virtually the complete Democratic establishment comes to kiss his ring.
Discussion: The Mahablog and Riehl World View
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Jon Henke / QandO:
BLOGS, CAMPAIGNS AND THE 2006 ELECTION
Anahad O'Connor / New York Times:
No Grunting, They Said, and He Was at the Gym  —  Albert Argibay, a bodybuilder and a state correction officer, was at a Planet Fitness gym with 500 pounds of weight on his shoulders one afternoon this month when the club manager walked over and told him it was time to leave.
Discussion: Fausta's blog and protein wisdom
Imad Khadduri / Free Iraq:
Our Ali  —  . Yesterday, I received an Email from a friend citing a very touching obituary for a young Iraqi boy by the name of Ali who died of leukemia in his family's self imposed exile in Jordan.  It was written by one of his teachers and published in Al Rai newspaper.
Discussion: The Sideshow
Charles Babington / Washington Post:
Party Shift May Make Warming a Hill Priority  —  Dramatic changes in congressional oversight of environmental issues may pump new life into efforts to fight global warming, activist groups and lawmakers said yesterday.  —  Sen. John W. Warner (R-Va.) announced his intention to become …
Discussion: Raising Kaine and MyDD
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Peter Lance / The Huffington Post:
Al Qaeda and The Mob: How the FBI Blew It on 9/11
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Times of London:
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The Big Trunk / Power Line:
THIS TIME THE DREAM'S ON ME  —  I jumped the gun in celebrating …
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Ezra Klein:
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Hindrocket / Power Line:
HYPOCRISY, YES, BUT WITH A POINT
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Albany Times Union:
Bid to 'lock up' Sweeney report described
Hindrocket / Power Line:
WISHFUL THINKING AT THE BBC
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Henry A. Kissinger / Khaleej Times:
What do we do with Iran?  —  IRAN'S nuclear programme …
Discussion: TPMCafe blogs
Greyhawk / Mudville Gazette:
A REFERENDUM ON IRAQ (PART IV - QUALIFICATIONS)
Robert Novak / Real Clear Politics:
Steele Speaking Out, Chafee's Last Defection
Juan Forero / Washington Post:
Colombian Government Shaken By Lawmakers' Paramilitary Ties
Discussion: This Modern World
Atrios / Eschaton:
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How MowPod, which sells podcast advertising tools, uses mobile game ads to incentivize gamers to follow shows on Apple Podcasts in order to earn in-game tokens

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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