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12:50 PM ET, April 14, 2007

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Ari Shapiro / NPR:
Documents Show Justice Ranking U.S. Attorneys  —  · The Justice Department sent Congress a new batch of documents about the dismissals of eight U.S. attorneys.  The documents show Justice Department and White House staffers planning the firings and trying to control the subsequent fallout.
New York Times:
E-Mail Identified G.O.P. Candidates for Justice Jobs  —  A Justice Department e-mail message released on Friday shows that the former chief of staff to Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales proposed replacement candidates for United States attorneys nearly a year before they were dismissed in December 2006.
Scott Shane / New York Times:
Political Résumé, Not Court, Stood Out for a Contender  —  Rachel L. Brand, by her own admission, has never prosecuted so much as a traffic case.  But in January 2006, when Justice Department officials began to discuss removing some United States attorneys …
Washington Post:   Gonzales Aide Floated Replacements Early On
Stephen F. Hayes / Weekly Standard:
From the Courthouse to the White House  —  Fred Thompson auditions for the leading role.  —  A strange thing happened a few weeks back when I went to the Café Promenade at the Mayflower Hotel for an off-the-record interview with an unpaid adviser to the non-campaign of unannounced presidential candidate Fred Thompson.
Discussion: Captain's Quarters
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The Big Trunk / Power Line:   THE FRED FACTOR, PART 2
Mike Puccinelli / Chicago news, weather …:   Bird Flies Into Engine Of Cheney's Plane
New York Times:
In the Spotlight, the Politics of Buckling Up  —  As constituents and public officials wished Gov. Jon S. Corzine of New Jersey a full recovery from his injuries in a car accident, many were shaking their heads that someone who is so smart, and has so much to lose, would put himself at risk by apparently not wearing a seat belt.
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Sudarsan Raghavan / Washington Post:
Sunni Factions Split With Al-Qaeda Group  —  Rift Further Blurs Battle Lines in Iraq  —  Key Sunni militant groups are severing their association with al-Qaeda in Iraq, a Sunni group that claims allegiance to the organization led by Osama bin Laden.  The split could help isolate a primary foe …
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Thomas Joscelyn / Weekly Standard:
Who's Spinning Intel?
Discussion: The Corner and Captain's Quarters
Tom Hamburger / Los Angeles Times:
Rove, others were warned to save e-mails  —  WASHINGTON — Karl Rove and other White House employees were cautioned in employee manuals, memos and briefings to carefully save any e-mails that might discuss official matters even if those messages came from private e-mail accounts, the White House disclosed Friday.
Discussion: CANNONFIRE
Ken Kolker / MLive.com:
Snow won't dampen global-warming rallies  —  The weather forecast for Saturday's global warming rallies in Grand Rapids and Holland calls for snow and cold rain and temperatures in the 40s — about 10 degrees below normal.  —  For some, this might make global warming a tough sell.
Jesse McKinley / New York Times:
In a Filmdom Premiere, a Foe for Gore  —  The screening here on Thursday night had many elements of a classic film-world shindig.  There were gift bags and television cameras, cold cocktails and hot popcorn.  Ushers showed V.I.P.'s to their seats, and local politicos rubbed shoulders with the movie's backers and flacks.
Sinan Salaheddin / Associated Press:
37 die as car bomb hits near Iraq shrine  —  BAGHDAD - A car bomb blasted through a busy bus station near one of Iraq's holiest shrines Saturday, killing at least 37 people, police and hospital officials said.  —  The bus station bombing occurred about 200 yards from the Imam Hussein shrine in Karbala …
David Carr / New York Times:
Flying Solo Past the Point of No Return  —  For a few days, it seemed as if Don Imus would somehow pull out of the death spiral.  After all, once he came under fire, Mr. Imus said he was sorry for the racial insult, said he was sorry again and then began a week of penance …
Washington Post:
Excessive Force By Marines Alleged  —  Afghan Report on Killings of Civilians Is Called Consistent With U.S. Findings  —  A platoon of elite Marine Special Operations troops reacted with "excessive force" after an ambush in Afghanistan last month, opening fire on pedestrians and civilian vehicles along …
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
Tim Blair / NEWS.com.au:
Life's little contradictions  —  We all know people whose passionate beliefs stand in direct opposition to their other passionate beliefs.  Here's a handy list of 30 contradictory concepts.  —  1 The same people who claim to worry most about future generations surviving climate change …
Discussion: Wizbang
Ynetnews:
'Israeli melons have AIDS'  —  Text message spreading through Saudi Arabia claiming melons entering the kingdom from Israel are infected with AIDS causes frenzy.  Officials deny rumors  —  Roee Nahmias  —  "Beware of Israeli melons infected with AIDS arriving in Saudi Arabia!" …
Discussion: Jihad Watch
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Olivier Guitta / Counterterrorism Blog:   Morocco's mistakes in anti-terror strategy are today costly
 
 
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Faiz / Think Progress:
Evidence Emerging Of Cheney-Led Smear Campaign Against Pelosi Over Syria Trip
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Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
Various items  —  (1) According to this latest New York Times …
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International Herald Tribune:
Pakistan says it's reining in tribal areas
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First 100 Days: At Least There's Sound and Fury
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The World Bank, Stuck In the Mud
Cernig / The Newshoggers:
Huh?  —  What happened to Newshog?  —  Well, there's been some ch-ch-ch-changes.
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Paul Mirengoff / News Bloggers Blog:
Imus, a postscript
Patrick Goodenough / CNSNews:
Islamist Group Denies Report of Hoyer Invitation to Visit Congress
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Sudarsan Raghavan / Washington Post:
In an Instant, a Junkyard of Humanity
Tim Craig / Washington Post:
Warner's Fundraising Prompts Speculation on Reelection Plans
Laura Sessions Stepp / Washington Post:
Study Casts Doubt on Abstinence-Only Programs
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