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10:05 PM ET, December 15, 2006

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Ron Word / Associated Press:
Official says Fla. execution was botched  —  OCALA, Fla. - Gov. Jeb Bush suspended all executions in Florida after a medical examiner said Friday that prison officials botched the insertion of the needles when a convicted killer was put to death earlier this week.
Discussion: JURIST and TalkLeft
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Henry Weinstein / Los Angeles Times:
Judge calls California's lethal-injection procedure 'intolerable'  —  A federal judge in San Jose said that California's lethal injection procedure represents "an undue and unnecessary risk" of a violation of the constitutional prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment.
Discussion: The Volokh Conspiracy and JURIST
Elrod / The Moderate Voice:
Beginning of the End of the Death Penalty in America?
Discussion: Captain's Quarters
John F. Burns / New York Times:
Military Considers Sending as Many as 35,000 More U.S. Troops to Iraq, McCain Says  —  Senator John McCain said Thursday that American military commanders were discussing the possibility of adding as many as 10 more combat brigades — a maximum of about 35,000 troops — to …
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Wall Street Journal:
Call to Add U.S. Forces Is Resisted at Home, in Iraq  —  Bush Administration Leans  —  Toward Temporary Boost;  —  General Wants Clear Mission  —  The Bush administration is leaning toward temporarily sending as many as 20,000 additional U.S. troops to Iraq, even as the Democrats taking charge …
Associated Press:
Carter Nixes Debate With Outspoken Prof  —  Former President Carter turned down a request to debate Alan Dershowitz about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, saying the outspoken Harvard law professor "knows nothing about the situation."  —  Carter, author of a new book advocating …
Al Kamen / Washington Post:
In the 83rd Congress, a Senate in Constant Turmoil  —  Sen. Tim Johnson's sudden illness has consumed the political class the past two days.  Everyone is talking about what happens if the South Dakota Democrat leaves the Senate and is replaced by a Republican to create a 50-50 split.
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Scott Horsley / NPR:
Border Fence Firm Snared for Hiring Illegal Workers  —  · A fence-building company in Southern California agrees to pay nearly $5 million in fines for hiring illegal immigrants.  Two executives from the company may also serve jail time.  The Golden State Fence Company's work includes …
Discussion: The Democratic Daily
Alicia Colon / New York Sun:
The Mendacity Of the Liberal Press  —  The first time I heard the word "mendacity" was in the film "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof."  I loved the way Burl Ives's character spits out the word as something vile and unacceptable.  —  Unfortunately, we live in a society where untruthfulness …
Federal Reserve:
The Chinese Economy: Progress and Challenges  —  The emergence of China as a global economic power is one of the most important developments of recent decades.  For the past twenty years, the Chinese economy has achieved a growth rate averaging nearly 10 percent per year, resulting in a quintupling of output per person.
John Amato / Crooks and Liars:
Matt Damon: Ship the Bush Twins off to Iraq  —  Robert De Niro and Matt Damon will be on Hardball next week, so they played a little teaser clip for us.  Damon thinks that all of America should share the burden of war and maybe the Bush Twins could be serving our country better shopping in Baghdad.
Discussion: NO QUARTER
Laura Mansnerus / New York Times:
Legislators Vote for Gay Unions in N.J.  —  The Legislature voted on Thursday to make New Jersey the third state in the nation to recognize civil unions for same-sex couples.  In doing so, it moved quickly to fulfill a court mandate to provide equal rights to gay couples but frustrated people on both sides of the emotional issue.
Discussion: The Remedy
Karen DeYoung / Washington Post:
Castro Near Death, U.S. Intelligence Chief Says  —  Cuban President Fidel Castro is very ill and close to death, Director of National Intelligence John D. Negroponte said yesterday.  —  "Everything we see indicates it will not be much longer . . . months, not years," Negroponte told a meeting of Washington Post editors and reporters.
White House:
Press Briefing by Tony Snow  —  White House Conference Center Briefing Room  —  MR. SNOW: Just a quick preliminary note, and then I'll be happy to take questions.  —  Prime Minister Maliki tomorrow is convening another national reconciliation conference for political leaders from across Iraq.
Discussion: The Caucus and Extreme Mortman
IraqPundit:
Aiming For Abdul Mahdi  —  There's been an attempt on the life of Iraq's Shiite vice president, Adel Abdul Mahdi, according to Reuters.  No one was hurt in the attack, since U.S. forces helped chase the gunmen away from Abdul Mahdi's convoy.  But while there's violence in the streets of Baghdad everyday …
Discussion: Hot Air and IRAQ THE MODEL
Stephen Hunter / Washington Post:
'Pursuit of Happyness': An Uphill Climb That's an Exhilarating Breath of Fresh Air  —  You can look up "The Pursuit of Happyness" on the Internet Movie Database and see that a guy named Gabriele Muccino made it.  Or you can pay attention during the credits and learn the same thing.  —  Except it's wrong.
 
 
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