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8:20 PM ET, February 22, 2007

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Carrie Budoff / The Politico:
BREAKING NEWS: Lieberman Says War Vote Could Prompt Party Switch  —  Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman of Connecticut told the Politico Thursday that he has no immediate plans to switch parties, but suggested Democratic opposition to funding the war in Iraq might change his mind.
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Massimo Calabresi / Time:
What Joe Lieberman Wants...  In his 18 years in the U.S. Senate, Joe Lieberman has cultivated an image of himself as a lonely prude among the morally corrupt, that rare Washington official who places principle above politics.  But with the Democrats' hold on power dependent on just one vote …
Editor and Publisher:
Preview of Friday's 'Time' Magazine: Lieberman and Hagel Speak Out  —  NEW YORK The next issue of Time magazine, due on Friday, features several takes on the Iraq war and domestic politics.  —  "Independent" Sen. Joe Liebeman receives a mini-profile titled "What Joe Wants," a key question since he is …
David Sirota / Sirotablog:
I Hope Joe Lieberman Becomes A Republican  —  After reading about Joe "I've given my word I will caucus with Democrats" Lieberman threatening to switch parties and potentially throw control of the Senate to Republicans, I had a thought: Would it really be that big a deal?
Discussion: PSoTD and Roger Ailes
Chris Bowers / MyDD:   The Senate's Iraq Problem: Lieberman
Michael Gove / Times of London:
Fears grow over Iran  —  Tony Blair has declared himself at odds with hawks in the US Administration by saying publicly for the first time that it would be wrong to take military action against Iran.  The Prime Minister's comments came hours before the UN's nuclear watchdog raised the stakes in the West's showdown with Tehran.
Discussion: Daily Pundit, Newsweek and Hot Air
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Julian Borger / Guardian:
US Iran intelligence 'is incorrect'
Discussion: NewsHog
New York Times:
Report Finds Iran in Breach of U.N. Order
Discussion: AMERICAN FUTURE
George Jahn / Associated Press:
Report says nuclear work ongoing in Iran
Maggie Fox / Reuters:
Hunting chimps may change view of human evolution  —  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Chimpanzees have been seen using spears to hunt bush babies, U.S. researchers said on Thursday in a study that demonstrates a whole new level of tool use and planning by our closest living relatives.
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Rick Weiss / Washington Post:
Chimps Observed Making Their Own Weapons  —  Chimpanzees living in the West African savannah have been observed fashioning deadly spears from sticks and using the hand-crafted tools to hunt small mammals — the first routine production of deadly weapons ever observed in animals other than humans.
Nitya Venkataraman / ABCNEWS:
McCain: Bush Pursuit of Iraq a 'Train Wreck'  —  McCain Slams Bush Administration on Iraq and Global Warming, Criticizes Both Cheney and Rumsfeld  —  Proving that presidential infighting isn't just for Democrats, Republican front-runner Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., took several sharply worded shots …
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New York Times:
In Both Parties, 2008 Politeness Falls to Infighting
Michael Hirsh / Newsweek:
In For the Long Haul  —  The Petraeus plan will have U.S. forces deployed in Iraq for years to come.  Does anybody running for president realize that?  —  The British are leaving, the Iraqis are failing and the Americans are staying—and we're going to be there a lot longer than anyone in Washington is acknowledging right now.
Discussion: The Agonist
Charles Hurt / Washington Times:
Senate illegals bill near complete  —  Senators and lobbyists are putting the final touches on a comprehensive immigration-reform bill that includes an easier citizenship path for illegal aliens and weaker enforcement provisions than were in the highly criticized legislation that the Senate approved last year.
Mother Jones:
Iraq 101: The Iraq Effect  —  Research fellows at the Center on Law and Security at the NYU School of Law.  Bergen is also a senior fellow at the New America Foundation in Washington, D.C.  —  "If we were not fighting and destroying this enemy in Iraq, they would not be idle.
Discussion: The Huffington Post
Nadia Abou El-Magd / Associated Press:
Egyptian Blogger Sentenced to Prison  —  ALEXANDRIA, Egypt — An Egyptian blogger was convicted of insulting Islam and President Hosni Mubarak and sentenced to four years in prison on Thursday in Egypt's first prosecution of a blogger.  —  Abdel Kareem Nabil, a 22-year-old former student …
Associated Press:
U.S. troops find chemicals in Iraq raid  —  BAGHDAD, Iraq - U.S. troops raided a car bomb factory west of Baghdad with five buildings full of propane tanks and ordinary chemicals the military believes were to be used in bombs, a spokesman said Thursday, a day after insurgents blew up a truck carrying chlorine gas canisters.
Associated Press:
Porn DVD Screams Prompt Sword 'Rescue' … OCONOMOWOC, Wis. (AP) — A man says he broke into an apartment with a cavalry sword because he thought he heard a woman being raped, but the sound actually was from a pornographic movie his upstairs neighbor was watching.
 
 
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Kristin M. Hall / Associated Press:
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George F. Will / Washington Post:
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