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12:35 PM ET, April 17, 2007

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ABCNEWS:
Virginia Tech Killer Identified  —  Cho Seung-Hui, 23-Year-Old Student, Left 'Distrubing Note'  —  We now know the identity of the killer at Virginia Tech.  —  He is Cho Seung-Hui, a 23-year-old resident alien of the United States, as first reported by ABC News.
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Associated Press:
Israeli professor killed in US attack  —  As Jews worldwide honored on Monday the memory of those who were murdered in the Holocaust, a 75-year-old survivor sacrificed his life to save his students in Monday's shooting at Virginia Tech college that left 32 dead and over two dozen wounded.
John M. Broder / New York Times:
32 Shot Dead on Virginia Tech Campus  —  Thirty-two people were killed, along with a gunman, and at least 15 injured in two shooting attacks at Virginia Polytechnic Institute on Monday during three hours of horror and chaos on this sprawling campus.  —  The police and witnesses said some victims …
Doug Donovan / Baltimore Sun:
'I don't think my teacher got out' … In Monday morning's lecture on solid mechanics, all was quiet except for the sound of Professor Liviu Librescu's voice.  —  Then came the gunshots — in the classroom next door.  In an instant, Virginia Tech's Norris Hall, a building dedicated …
Adam Geller / Associated Press:
Va. Tech president: Gunman was student  —  BLACKSBURG, Va. - A Virginia Tech senior from South Korea was behind the massacre of at least 30 people locked inside a campus building in the deadliest shooting rampage in modern U.S. history, the university said Tuesday.
Washington Post:
Gunman Kills 32 at Virginia Tech In Deadliest Shooting in U.S. History  —  An outburst of gunfire at a Virginia Tech dormitory, followed two hours later by a ruthless string of attacks at a classroom building, killed 32 students, faculty and staff and left about 30 others injured yesterday …
Sheldon Drobny / The Huffington Post:
Take A MSM Holiday  —  If you want to get through the aftermath of the Virginia Tech massacre in a healthier way, don't watch the news for about a week.  If you did not need an anti-depressant before this event, you may have to start if you decide to listen, watch, or read the news.
Discussion: Shakesville and KnoxViews
Ilya Somin / The Volokh Conspiracy:
HOW COMMON ARE MASS SHOOTINGS AT US SCHOOLS?  Eugene poses …
Discussion: Reason Magazine
Juan / Informed Comment:
7 US Troops Killed;  —  Iraq Has Two Virginia Techs Every Day;
Discussion: Sister Toldjah
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David Johnston / New York Times:
Ex-Aide Says Gonzales Discussed Firings  —  The former top aide to Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales has told Congressional investigators that Mr. Gonzales was "inaccurate," or "at least not complete" in asserting that he had no role in the deliberations about individual United States attorneys …
Washington Post:
Senate Delays Gonzales Testimony on Firings  —  After Slayings at College, Judiciary Panel Moves Session on Prosecutors to Thursday  —  The Senate Judiciary Committee canceled testimony scheduled for today from Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales after concluding that the hearing …
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Margaret Talev / Real Cities:
Bush, Gonzales reportedly discussed fired prosecutor
Paul Kiel / TPMmuckraker:
Today's Must Read
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Washington Post:
New Loyalties for Old Fundraising Networks  —  The two most dominant political fundraising networks of the past quarter-century have splintered during the wide-open 2008 presidential race, newly released campaign finance records show.  —  Large numbers of the Rangers and Pioneers …
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Dan Balz / Washington Post:
Fundraising Totals Challenge Early Campaign Assumptions
Discussion: The Caucus
Jules Crittenden:
PC Racists  —  It's worse than I thought.  —  What we did to the German people, I mean.  —  Here's that Bundeswehr training vid.  * The sausage-eater sergeant actually says "drei Afro-Amerikaner."  So the reported comments weren't sanitized after all, though the quote was truncated for reasons of taste.
Discussion: The Jawa Report
Eduardo Porter / New York Times:
For Illegal Immigrants, Housing Slump Takes Toll  —  HURON, Calif. — Some of the casualties of America's housing bust are easy to spot up and down California's Central Valley.  —  From Fresno to Sacramento, big tangles of wire and PVC pipes clutter vacant lots in silent subdivisions, waiting for houses to be built — some day.
Curt Brown / Minneapolis Star Tribune:
Taxi drivers can't refuse riders, MAC rules  —  All airport taxi drivers must transport riders carrying alcohol or risk suspension of their licenses, the Metropolitan Airports Commission ruled Monday.  —  Starting May 11, airport taxi drivers who refuse to transport riders carrying alcohol will be suspended for 30 days.
Rocco DiPippo / American Thinker:
Hypocrisy has a Human Price on the Streets of Baghdad … I have observed first-hand the effects of the Bush Administration's new Iraq security plan since it began two months ago.  Street violence in Baghdad and surrounding areas has declined.  Shops and markets once boarded up are reopening.
Discussion: Power Line and Blogs of War
 
 
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Recovery From Virginia Tech, Columbine High School, 911 Massacres …
Fred Kaplan / Slate:
McCain Self-Destructs  —  HIS APPALLING TIMES INTERVIEW ABOUT THE IRAQ WAR.
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Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
The warped reality of our media stars
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Associated Press:
University Of Texas Tower Sniper Recalled
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Happy Tax Day  —  Oh, and happy 5th blogiversary to me.
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Will France Abandon Socialism?
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Three Cheers for Lawyers
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