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6:40 AM ET, February 2, 2007

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Associated Press:
FBI Agent Testifies Libby Learned About Plame from Cheney  —  WASHINGTON The "CIA leak" trial resumed today, after two critical days of testimony from reporters Judith Miller and Matt Cooper.  As in past days, E&P will provide running updates here.  —  After a long day or legal wrangling …
Discussion: CANNONFIRE
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David Ignatius / Washington Post:
A Failed Cover-Up  —  Why was the White House so nervous in the summer of 2003 about the CIA's reporting on alleged Iraqi attempts to buy uranium from Niger to build a nuclear bomb?  That's the big question that runs through the many little details that have emerged in the perjury trial …
Discussion: Soccer Dad
Washington Post:
FBI Agent: Libby Said He Was Surprised to Hear About Plame From Russert
Discussion: True Blue Liberal
Tom Ashbrook / onpointradio.org:   The Cheney Factor
Emptywheel / Firedoglake:
Libby Live: FBI Agent Bond Four
Discussion: JustOneMinute and Booman Tribune
CNN:
Two plead not guilty to Boston hoax charges … CHARLESTOWN, Massachusetts (CNN) — Two men pleaded not guilty Thursday to charges they created panic by placing "bomblike" electronic light boards displaying a cartoon character with an upraised middle finger throughout Boston.
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Wikinews:
Cartoon promotion goes awry and causes bomb scare in Boston  —  From Wikinews, the free news source you can write!  —  Two men alleged to have placed the boxes have been charged, and Turner Broadcast Systems apologized.  Boston's mayor will pursue compensation to the city for the cost of the scare.
Discussion: Donklephant
Jim Kuhnhenn / Associated Press:
Senate ups wage to $7.25 over two years  —  WASHINGTON - The Senate voted overwhelmingly Thursday to boost the federal minimum wage by $2.10 to $7.25 an hour over two years, but packaged the increase with controversial tax cuts for small businesses and higher taxes for many $1 million-plus executives.
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Bob Geiger:
Senate Democrats Hammer Through Minimum Wage Hike  —  The celebration must be starting in the offices of Senator Ted Kennedy (D-MA) right about now.  —  Just moments ago, by a resounding vote of 94-3, the United States Senate passed legislation raising the Federal Minimum Wage for the first time in a decade.
Discussion: DownWithTyranny! and The Agonist
U.S. Newswire:
Landmark Legal Foundation Nominates Rush Limbaugh for 2007 Nobel Peace Prize  —  Contact: Eric Christensen of Landmark Legal Foundation, +1-703-554-6100, +1-703-554-6119 (fax), eric@landmarklegal.org  —  LEESBURG, Va., Feb. 1 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Landmark Legal Foundation today nominated …
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Tom Lasseter / Real Cities:
Mahdi Army gains strength through unwitting aid of U.S.  —  BAGHDAD, Iraq - The U.S. military drive to train and equip Iraq's security forces has unwittingly strengthened anti-American Shiite Muslim cleric Muqtada al-Sadr's Mahdi Army militia, which has been battling to take over much of the capital city …
Ian Sample / Guardian:
Scientists offered cash to dispute climate study  —  Scientists and economists have been offered $10,000 each by a lobby group funded by one of the world's largest oil companies to undermine a major climate change report due to be published today.  —  Letters sent by the American Enterprise Institute …
William M. Arkin / Early Warning:
A Note to My Readers on Supporting the Troops  —  I knew when I used the word "mercenary" in my Tuesday column that I was being highly inflammatory.  —  NBC News ran a piece in which enlisted soldiers in Iraq expressed frustration about waning American support.
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Hindrocket / Power Line:   SENATORS CHALLENGE POST ON ARKIN COLUMN
Thomas E. Ricks / Washington Post:
Senators Challenge Gen. Casey On Iraq War  —  Army Gen. George W. Casey Jr., the Bush administration's nominee to be the Army chief of staff, got an unusually harsh reception yesterday from some members of the Senate Armed Services Committee for his performance as the top U.S. commander in Iraq …
Discussion: Horses Mouth and DownWithTyranny!
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Spencer Ackerman / TPMmuckraker:
McCain Dishes, Casey Takes, Bush Ducks
Washington Post:
Iraq at Risk of Further Strife, Intelligence Report Warns  —  A long-awaited National Intelligence Estimate on Iraq, presented to President Bush by the intelligence community yesterday, outlines an increasingly perilous situation in which the United States has little control …
Jonathan Martin / The Politico:
McCain, Giuliani Skipping Some Conservative Events  —  A speech given by former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney before a National Review-sponsored conference last week may have been panned as unfocused, but in the eyes of those who attended, he at least had one thing going for him: He showed up.
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Mark Blumenthal / Pollster:
TWO SIDES OF THE GIULIANI COIN
Glenn Greenwald / Unclaimed Territory:
Blog news  —  Beginning next Thursday, February 8, this blog will be moving to Salon, where it will be a featured front-page blog (full access to Salon is available by subscribing or for free, by clicking through an ad to obtain a 24 hour day pass).  I will also be a Salon Contributing Writer and will write …
Michael Freund / Jerusalem Post:
Right On: The straightforward arithmetic of jihad  —  It's time we open our eyes and confront reality.  Ever since the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, the media has sought to reassure us that only a tiny minority of Muslims actually support …
Newsweek:
The 'Lame Duck' Label  —  With a series of media events, President Bush is working hard to avoid the negative tag as he enters the last two years of his presidency.  —  On Tuesday, President Bush popped in for a surprise visit to the Sterling Family Restaurant, a homey diner in Peoria …
Discussion: Attytood and Mercury Rising
 
 
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Blake Robinson / CrunchGear:
Source: Microsoft Zune Phone In the Works
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Jim Lindgren / The Volokh Conspiracy:
CHIEF JUSTICE JOHN ROBERTS SPEAKING AT NORTHWESTERN. …
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John Porretto / Associated Press:
Exxon Mobil Posts Record Annual Profit
Associated Press:
Brief Gaza cease-fire ends in gunfire
Discussion: alphabet city and Jay Currie
Adam Schreck / Los Angeles Times:
Senate bill targets suppression of voters
Discussion: Obsidian Wings
US News:
Political Bulletin  —  Senators Join Forces On Iraq Resolution
New York Times:
Florida Shifting to Voting System With Paper Trail
Discussion: Liberal Values
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Video: Blackfive rips William Arkin on "The Big Story"; Update …
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Mark Mazzetti / New York Times:
Key Lawmakers Getting Files About Surveillance Program
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Video: The Boston pranksters' surreal, moronic press conference
Carl Hulse / New York Times:
Senate Critique of Bush's Iraq Plan Wins New Support
Michael Hedges / Houston Chronicle:
N.Y. Times to apologize for photo, video of soldier
Discussion: GINA COBB
Arthur Silber / Once Upon a Time:
Time Has Run Out — and the Choice Is Yours
Discussion: Hullabaloo
Martin Crutsinger / Associated Press:
2006 personal savings drop to 74-yr. low
WorldNetDaily:
People magazine: Don't stop, get a shot
Discussion: Feministing and TAPPED
 

 
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Matthew Keys / The Desk:
C-SPAN's own business choices keep the network from being offered on streaming TV platforms like YouTube TV, as it stays reliant on cable and satellite funding

A.J. Perez / Front Office Sports:
Lineup Publishing says it plans to relaunch Deadspin next week; it appears the new Deadspin will focus on sports betting

Christi Carras / Los Angeles Times:
LAist initiates a voluntary buyout program for staff to avoid layoffs as it faces a “significant budget shortfall” ranging from $4M-$5M in the next two years

 
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