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NEWS CORP. CANCELS O.J. SIMPSON BOOK AND TV SPECIAL — NEW YORK — News Corp., the parent company of book publisher HarperCollins and the FOX network, has canceled publication of the O.J. Simpson book and television special "If I Did It." — "I and senior management agree with the American public …
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David Bauder / Associated Press:
O.J. Simpson Book, TV Special Canceled — After a firestorm of criticism, News. Corp. said Monday that it has canceled the O.J. Simpson book and TV special "If I Did It." — "I and senior management agree with the American public that this was an ill-considered project," said Rupert Murdoch, News Corp. chairman.
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Fortune:
Gingrich '08: The stealth candidate — The controversial former House Speaker seems to throw his hat in the ring as a GOP presidential candidate, and promises that health care reform will be the big issue. An exclusive Fortune interview. — WASHINGTON (Fortune) — Even a crisp Guinness stout …
Mark / CNN Political Ticker:
Clinton is '08 frontrunner, Kerry's support slips — WASHINGTON (CNN) — Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-New York, remains the frontrunner for the Democratic Party's presidential nomination in 2008, with more than twice the support of any of her potential rivals, a new CNN poll shows.
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CNN:
Poll: Clinton leads '08 Democratic pack, Kerry slips — (CNN) — Recently re-elected Sen. Hillary Clinton of New York is twice as popular as her nearest Democratic rivals in the 2008 presidential race, according to a new CNN poll. — Clinton was favored by 33 percent of people asked who they were …
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Anne Plummer Flaherty / Associated Press:
House panel chair pushes for Iraqi army — WASHINGTON - The United States should push for available and trained Iraqi security forces to be sent to the front lines of the fight to stabilize the wartorn country, House Armed Services Committee Chairman Duncan Hunter said Monday.
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Times of London:
Fighting back: the city determined not to become al-Qaeda's capital — A power struggle is taking place in the Sunni triangle, with tribal leaders and coalition forces aligning against a common enemy — A convoy of five US military humvees, each with radios crackling and a machine-gunner poking through …
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The Strata-Sphere, The Jawa Report, Flopping Aces, Wake up America and THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS
Jamie Holly / Crooks and Liars:
Olbermann Delivers A Special Comment Educating Bush on Vietnam — Keith gives us another great special comment, this time explaining to Bush the lessons he should have learned in his recent trip to Vietnam. — Video - WMV Video - QT — Keith: "It is a shame and it is embarrassing …
TMZ.com:
"Kramer's" Racist Tirade — Caught on Tape — WARNING: WHAT YOU ARE ABOUT TO SEE IS PROFANE AND RACIAL — Michael Richards exploded in anger as he performed at a famous L.A. comedy club last Friday, hurling racial epithets that left the crowd gasping, and TMZ has obtained exclusive video of the ugly incident.
Glenn Greenwald / Unclaimed Territory:
Jose Padilla also rules Iraq — (updated below) — The New York Sun has a really, really scary column this morning about The Terrorists and how much stronger they are now because the Democrats won: … Democrats are soul mates not just with The Terrorists generally …
Donald Sensing / One Hand Clapping:
Rangel's dumb and astronomically expensive idea — Hey buddy, can you spare $800,000,000,000 for Rangel's mandatory-service corps? — Barry Goldwater ran for president in 1964 as the Republican nominee. I was was not even 10 then so obviously didn't vote in that election.
Hindrocket / Power Line:
IS YOUR NEWSPAPER AMERICA'S WORST? — Scott recently suggested that the Minneapolis Star Tribune may be America's worst newspaper. That produced lots of emails from readers who nominated their own newspapers, or others with which they are familiar, for the honor.
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Carpetbagger / The Carpetbagger Report:
McCain literally sticks to the script on Iraq — Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) stuck to the script yesterday during an appearance on ABC's This Week, repeating his desire to see more troops sent to Iraq. What's interesting, however, is that McCain seemed to need his notes quite a bit to get through the discussion.
Associated Press:
Iran Urges Summit With Iraq and Syria — Iran has invited the Iraqi and Syrian presidents to Tehran for a weekend summit with Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to hash out ways to cooperate in curbing the runaway violence that has taken Iraq to the verge of civil war and threatens to spread through the region …
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The Adventures of Chester, Hot Air, Middle Earth Journal, Mensa Barbie Welcomes You and JunkYardBlog
Sam Dillon / New York Times:
Schools Slow in Closing Gaps Between Races — When President Bush signed his sweeping education law a year into his presidency, it set 2014 as the deadline by which schools were to close the test-score gaps between minority and white students that have persisted since standardized testing began.
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Cato-at-liberty, Eduwonk.com, JustOneMinute, Matthew Yglesias, CBS News and The Education Wonks
Deanna Bellandi / Associated Press:
Democrat urges gradual Iraq withdrawal — CHICAGO - Democratic Sen. Barack Obama, who is contemplating a run for the presidency, on Monday called for a "gradual and substantial" reduction of U.S. forces from Iraq that would begin in four to six months. — Speaking to the Chicago Council …
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David Herszenhorn / New York Times:
N.Y. Is Ordered to Pay $1.93 Billion for City Schools — New York State's highest court ended a landmark 13-year court battle over education financing today by releasing its ruling that an additional $1.93 billion must be spent each year on New York City's public schools.
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