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4:15 AM ET, January 16, 2007

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Washington Post:
Iraqi Hangings Bring More Condemnation  —  Head of Hussein's Half Brother Is Severed  —  By the time the corpses of Saddam Hussein's half brother and another top official, hanged before dawn Monday, arrived in the village of Auja for burial, the word had spread among the mourners …
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Kiyori Ueno / Bloomberg:
Al Gore Says U.S. States May Force Change in Climate Policy  —  Jan. 15 (Bloomberg) — Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore said many businesses and state governments ``embrace'' the aims of the Kyoto Protocol, which may force President George W. Bush to alter his opposition to the effort to cut greenhouse gas emissions.
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Brian Dickerson / Detroit Free Press:
Adultery could mean life, court finds  —  That's what the law says in sex-drug case Cox appealed  —  In a ruling sure to make philandering spouses squirm, Michigan's second-highest court says that anyone involved in an extramarital fling can be prosecuted for first-degree criminal sexual conduct …
Discussion: Daily Pundit, TalkLeft and Adam's Blog
Michael Oren / Los Angeles Times:
Apple pie and the Middle East  —  The U.S. has long tried to steer the Mideast toward Western values.  —  THE STALLED U.S. mission in Iraq has prompted calls for a return to "realism" in American foreign policy.  Instead of striving for freedom and national cohesion in the Middle East …
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SilentPatriot / Crooks and Liars:
President Bush on 60 Minutes: UPDATED
Mark Memmott / On Deadline:
USAT Poll: Americans 'more pessimistic' after Bush's Iraq speech  —  "President Bush's address to the nation last week outlining a 'new way forward' in Iraq failed to move public opinion in support of his plan to increase U.S. troop levels and left Americans more pessimistic about the likely outcome …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo, MyDD and Daily Kos
Akiva Eldar / Haaretz:
Secret understandings reached between representatives of Israel, Syria  —  In a series of secret meetings in Europe between September 2004 and July 2006, Syrians and Israelis formulated understandings for a peace agreement between Israel and Syria.  —  The main points of the understandings are as follows:
Valerie Strauss / Washington Post:
Despite Lessons on King, Some Unaware of His Dream  —  In a recent survey of college students on U.S. civic literacy, more than 81 percent knew that the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. was expressing hope for "racial justice and brotherhood" in his historic "I Have a Dream" speech.  —  That's the good news.
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Carpetbagger / The Carpetbagger Report:
Why the right doesn't get Martin Luther King
Discussion: Hullabaloo
fmqb.com:
Kucinich: Congress To Take On FCC  —  Over the weekend, the National Conference for Media Reform was held in Memphis, TN, with a number of notable speakers on hand for the event.  Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) made an surprise appearance at the convention to announce that he would be heading …
Jim Krane / Associated Press:
UAE beats Americans' environmental harm  —  DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - When it comes to squandering the earth's natural resources, residents of this desert land of chilled swimming pools, monster 4x4s and air-conditioned malls are on a par with even the ravenous consumption of Americans, according to the World Wildlife Fund.
Cathy Young / Boston Globe:
Common sense in the warming debate  —  GLOBAL WARMING is the subject of intense debate.  But if ideology is getting in the way of science, maybe both sides of the debate are letting that happen.  —  While the evidence of global climate change is overwhelming, there are skeptics who challenge …
Discussion: The Huffington Post and The RBC
Guardian:
Iran target of US Gulf military moves, Gates says  —  Mark Tran and agencies  —  Increased US military activity in the Gulf is aimed at Iran's "very negative" behaviour, the Bush administration said today.  —  The defence secretary, Robert Gates, told reporters that the decision to deploy …
Hotline On Call:
For Democrats, This May Be THE Week....  "They're in lock-down."  —  That's what a Clinton outsider tells us about the small circle of insiders who're preparing a presidential bid for Sen. Hillary Clinton.  —  Excitement among Clinton supporters is building in anticipation of an expected announcement …
Taylor Marsh:
Debbie Schlussel Threatens Me with a Lawsuit  —  updates below—  Good morning to you too, Ms. Schlussel. … First, the point I made that Schlussel "was critical of Barack Obama's last name" charge.  Early this morning I posted on last night's "24," citing Ms. Schlussel's "PC 24."
Discussion: BobGeiger.com
M.E. Sprengelmeyer / Rocky Mountain News:
Allard: No third term  —  WASHINGTON — Sen. Wayne Allard said today he will honor his term-limits pledge and leave at the end of 2008, creating a replacement fight that should turn Colorado into one of the country's biggest electoral battlegrounds.  —  "I just didn't think I could back away from the (term limits) commitment.
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Video: "Dispatches: Undercover Mosque"; Update: Part 2 added; Update: Part 3 added  —  Here it is, fresh from Channel 4 (UK) by way of our pal kasper kasper's Tivo: what happens when "moderate" Muslims stop being polite and start getting real.  —  Parts 2 and 3 to follow, promises kk.
 
 
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Clara Jeffery / MotherJones.com:
Bush Says Iraqis Not Grateful Enough
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Glenn Reynolds / New York Times:
A Rifle in Every Pot
Discussion: Instapundit.com
Ashley Cross / New York Times:
I Fell for a Man Who Wore an Electronic Ankle Bracelet
CBS News:
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CNN:
Bush: Congress can't stop troop increase
Discussion: Sirotablog
Bill / INDCJournal:
"Because the language they use is killing:" …
Discussion: Hot Air
See-Dubya / Michelle Malkin:
KSFO: not helping matters one bit
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Thers / Whiskey Fire:
Marinating in the Swamp  —  I read the new Time online magazine blog …
Discussion: Eschaton
Atrios / Eschaton:
The Great and Glorious First Gulf War
Discussion: TalkLeft and Dover Bitch
Matt Stearns / Wichita Eagle:
Brownback adds flat tax to platform
USA Today:
Police in Iraq see jump in recruits
Discussion: Hot Air
Amir Taheri / New York Post:
IRAQ: WHY THE MEDIA MISSTEP
Newsdesk / The Swamp:
Bush: It's all 'unacceptable'
Discussion: DownWithTyranny! and Attytood
Gerard Henderson / Times of London:
How Australia confronts militant Islam
Discussion: Michelle Malkin
Jeff Goldstein / protein wisdom:
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