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10:30 AM ET, April 24, 2007

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Tom Hamburger / Los Angeles Times:
Low-key office launches high-profile inquiry  —  The Office of Special Counsel will investigate U.S. attorney firings and other political activities led by Karl Rove.  —  WASHINGTON — Most of the time, an obscure federal investigative unit known as the Office of Special Counsel confines itself …
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Maddy Sauer Reports / The Blotter:
Security Breakdown at the White House?
Discussion: The Agonist
William Branigin / Washington Post:
Sen. Reid Says Bush Is in 'Denial' of Iraq Situation
Discussion: Shakesville and The Corner
MSNBC:
Suicide blast kills 9 U.S. soldiers  —  Attack in Diyala province comes same day 5 other explosions kill 46  —  Demonstrators in Baghdad's Adhamiya district protest Monday against the construction of concrete walls in the area.  —  NBC video  —  Walling off neighborhoods
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CNN:
U.S. military: Suicide bombers kill 9 U.S. soldiers in Iraq
Discussion: Middle Earth Journal
Karin Brulliard / Washington Post:
Iraq Blast Kills 9 GIs, Injures 20 At Outpost
Tbogg / tbogg.blogspot.com:
I did it all for the nookie...and some sweet sweet Soros cash  —  Ian at Hot Air (he's the Baby Huey-looking one on the right, next to that chick and the bad-ass mofo in the disco shirt) breathlessly relays what Bill O'Reilly said on TV about that Jew bastard George Soros:
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John Amato / Crooks and Liars:
George Soros rules the world! Bill O'Reilly loses it...
Discussion: Firedoglake
Ian / Hot Air:
Video: O'Reilly names those who recycle Media Matters' garbage
Discussion: Wizbang
Oliver Willis:
WE ARE THE NEXUS. THE ALPHA AND THE OMEGA.
Discussion: News Hounds
my.barackobama.com:
Remarks of Senator Barack Obama to the Chicago Council on Global Affairs  —  Good morning.  We all know that these are not the best of times for America's reputation in the world.  We know what the war in Iraq has cost us in lives and treasure, in influence and respect.
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Kevin Drum / Political Animal:
OBAMA'S SPEECH....Barack Obama gave his big foreign policy speech today.
Discussion: The RBC
Jeff Zeleny / New York Times:
Obama Outlines His Foreign Policy Views
Clyde Haberman / New York Times:
David Halberstam, 73, War Reporter and Author, Is Killed in a Car Crash  —  David Halberstam, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and tireless author of books on topics as varied as America's military failings in Vietnam, the deaths of firefighters at the World Trade Center and the high-pressure world …
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Raymond Hernandez / New York Times:
Obama's Rise Strains Loyalty on Clinton Turf  —  Only a few months ago, the vast majority of black elected officials in New York were expected to support the presidential candidacy of Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton.  But no longer.  —  In a series of interviews, a significant number …
Kenneth P. Vogel / The Politico:
Gingrich hires pollster  —  Newt Gingrich has hired a pollster and a fundraiser, but not for a presidential campaign - at least not yet.  —  Gingrich, the former speaker of the House and leader of the 1994 Republican revolution, has not discouraged speculation he'll add his name to the list …
Discussion: TIME and The Caucus
BBC:
Crow calls for limit on loo paper  —  Singer Sheryl Crow has said a ban on using too much toilet paper should be introduced to help the environment.  —  Crow has suggested using "only one square per restroom visit, except, of course, on those pesky occasions where two to three could be required".
Watertiger / Dependable Renegade:
The Manhattan Project.  —  Carmela returns:  —  Meet Ann Altmouse:  —  Special thanks to dan at A Blog Named Sue for his camera and editing.  You rule, Dan.
Alexei Barrionuevo / New York Times:
Bees Vanish, and Scientists Race for Reasons  —  What is happening to the bees?  —  More than a quarter of the country's 2.4 million bee colonies have been lost — tens of billions of bees, according to an estimate from the Apiary Inspectors of America, a national group that tracks beekeeping.
Michael McCarthy / The Independent:
An island made by global warming  —  The map of Greenland will have to be redrawn.  A new island has appeared off its coast, suddenly separated from the mainland by the melting of Greenland's enormous ice sheet, a development that is being seen as the most alarming sign of global warming.
Discussion: Riehl World View
Michael R. Gordon / New York Times:
U.S. Command Shortens Life of 'Long War' as a Reference  —  When the Bush administration has sought to explain its strategy for fighting terrorism, it has often said the United States is involved in a "long war" against Islamic extremists.  —  The phrase was coined by Gen. John P. Abizaid …
Steven R. Weisman / New York Times:
Wolfowitz Hires Prominent Lawyer in Fight to Stay at World Bank  —  Paul D. Wolfowitz, signaling anew that he will fight for his job as World Bank president, has enlisted a prominent lawyer who defended President Bill Clinton against accusations of sexual misconduct to help convince …
 
 
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USA Today:
Al-Maliki support eroding in Iraq
Susan Crabtree / The Hill:
Miers weighed Yang's firing according to Sen. Feinstein
Michelle / Hot Air:
Hot Air turns one
Discussion: Captain's Quarters
Outside the Wire:
Doesn't Look Lost To Me  —  Just back inside some civilized wire …
Jan Hefler / philly.com:
Did Corzine's driver get an e-mail?
Richard Cohen / Washington Post:
Why Boycott Israel?  —  In Iran, the government overturned …
Discussion: Betsy's Page
New York Times:
At Least the Boss Was Satisfied by Gonzales's Answers
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Lance Morrow / New York Times:
Be My Neighbor  —  Kurt Vonnegut's Billy Pilgrim (in …
Discussion: Cafe Hayek and Catallarchy
WSLS.com:
'He was Creeping me Out'
Discussion: Captain's Quarters and Hot Air
Henry M. Paulson, Jr / ssa.gov:
A MESSAGE TO THE PUBLIC:  —  Each year the Trustees …
Marilyn Berger / New York Times:
Boris Yeltsin, Russia's First Post-Soviet Leader, Is Dead
Tim Novak / Chicago Sun Times:
Obama and his Rezko ties
Alexander Mooney / CNN Political Ticker:
Bush Sr.: 'Bush fatigue' may be setting in