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4:30 AM ET, April 19, 2007

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Countdown With Olbermann:
Full coverage: Virginia Tech massacre  —  April 18: NBC News releases a picture of Cho Seung-Hui that was in the package the Virginia Tech gunman sent to NBC between the two shootings on Monday.  —  Photos & audio  —  Virginia Tech students, faculty come to terms with the horror of the mass shooting at the Blacksburg, Va., school.
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NBC Nightly / The Daily Nightly:
ONE WORD  —  This morning, about five miles outside of Roanoke, Va., I watched a Nissan pickup truck merge into traffic in front of us on the interstate.  I noticed there was something written on the rear cab window.  When we got closer, I was able to read what it was — just one word, written in white shoe polish on the glass: WHY?
ABCNEWS:
VT Killer Ruled Mentally Ill by Court; Let Go After Hospital Visit  —  Harassed Two Female Students; Concerns He Was Suicidal  —  A Virginia court found that Virginia Tech killer Seung-Hui Cho was "mentally ill" and potentially dangerous.  Then the state let him go.
Dinesh D'Souza / News Bloggers Blog:
Where Is Atheism When Bad Things Happen?  —  Notice something interesting about the aftermath of the Virginia Tech shootings?  Atheists are nowhere to be found.  Every time there is a public gathering there is talk of God and divine mercy and spiritual healing.
Calvin Woodward / Associated Press:
McCain says he backs no gun control
Discussion: theneweditor.com
Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
High Court Upholds Curb on Abortion  —  5-4 Vote Affirms Ban on 'Partial-Birth' Procedure  —  The Supreme Court broke new ground yesterday in upholding federal restrictions on abortion, with President Bush's two appointees joining a court majority that said Congress was exercising its license to …
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Scott Lemieux / Lawyers, Guns and Money:
Four Things To Remember When Reading Gonzales v. Carhart  —  As an antidote against the inevitable chorus of fake moderates arguing that today's abortion case is no big deal, four things to keep in mind as you ponder today's decision:  — Don't take assertions by the Court …
Linda Greenhouse / New York Times:
In Reversal, Justices Back Ban on Method of Abortion  —  The Supreme Court reversed course on abortion on Wednesday, upholding the federal Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act in a 5-to-4 decision that promises to reframe the abortion debate and define the young Roberts court.
LII:
Supreme Court collection
Discussion: Pacific Views
Lyle Denniston / SCOTUSblog:
Commentary: Some consequences of Carhart II
Discussion: The Sideshow
Michael Stokes Paulsen / Balkinization:   The Pernicious Doctrine of Stare Decisis
The Hill:
FBI searches Republican lawmaker's home  —  The FBI searched the Virginia home of Rep. John Doolittle (R-Calif.) last Friday in its investigation into ties between the congressman and his wife, Julie, and disgraced former lobbyist Jack Abramoff, according to law enforcement and other Congressional and K Street sources.
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Eric Boehlert / Media Matters for America:
Can conservative bloggers tell the truth?  —  Here's a simple challenge for John Hinderaker, a writer for the popular conservative blog Power Line who recently revisited the 2004 Swift Boat Veterans for Truth campaign controversy.  Upset by recent media references that suggested …
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Hindrocket / Power Line:   INEFFECTIVE, EVEN FOR A LIBERAL  —  Eric Boehlert of Media Matters must …
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Video: Carolyn McCarthy doesn't understand her own gun-control legislation  —  I wish I could show you the bill (H.R. 1859) but the text isn't online at Thomas yet.  It's probably identical or nearly identical to this bill, which she introduced in February, to reinstate the assault-weapons ban.
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Ian / Hot Air:
Video: Eisner says it's time to get the public "emotional" about gun control
Political Radar:
Fred Thompson 2008: A Matter of When — Not If  —  ABC News' Teddy Davis Reports: Fred Thompson's top cheerleader on Capitol Hill — Rep. Zach Wamp, R-Tenn. — said Wednesday that the former Republican senator's entrance into the 2008 presidential race is a matter of when — not if.
Discussion: TIME and Don Surber
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Tour De Fred Draws 53 Members
Jane Hamsher / Firedoglake:
Don't Reward Failure By Giving Money to NARAL  —  I'm sure Nancy Keenan is licking her sweet chops over the latest SCOTUS decision.  It is, after all, probably going to be the biggest fundraising opportunity she's had during her tenure at NARAL.  Bigger even than Sandra Day O'Connor's retirement.
Rick Maze / Marine Corps Times HOME:
Experts: Force increases may not be enough  —  The Senate Armed Services Committee heard testimony Tuesday that increasing the size of the Army and Marine Corps may not resolve severe and growing personnel problems.  There was even talk of returning to the draft to fill the ranks.
Discussion: Crooks and Liars
Kirk Semple / New York Times:
Bombings Kill at Least 171 Iraqis in Baghdad  —  Bombs ravaged Baghdad in five horrific explosions aimed mainly at Shiite crowds on Wednesday, killing at least 169 people in the deadliest day in the capital since the American-led security plan for the city took effect two months ago.
Discussion: Pacific Views and Hullabaloo
Jerry Bowyer / TCS Daily:
Ismail Ax: The Shooter Was Another 'Son of Sacrifice'  —  First it was Johnny Muhammad, now it was Cho Sueng Hui aka Ismail Ax.  Precisely how many mass shooters have to turn out to have adopted Muslim names before we get it?  Islam has become the tribe of choice of those who hate American society.
 
 
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