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10:05 AM ET, June 5, 2007

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Mary Clare Jalonick / Associated Press:
Wyoming Sen. Craig Thomas Dies at 74  —  WASHINGTON (AP) - Wyoming Sen. Craig Thomas, a three-term conservative Republican who stayed clear of the Washington limelight and political catfights, died Monday.  He was 74.  —  The senator's family issued a statement saying he died Monday evening …
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Susan Jo Keller / New York Times:
Senator Craig Thomas of Wyoming Dies at 74  —  Senator Craig Thomas, a three-term Republican from Wyoming, died Monday evening, just hours after his staff reported that the treatment he was receiving for leukemia was no longer working.  He was 74.  —  Under Wyoming's election laws …
CNN:
Wyoming Sen. Craig Thomas dies … (CNN) — Republican Sen. Craig Thomas of Wyoming, who had been battling leukemia since November, died Monday night at the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland, a family spokesperson told CNN.  He was 74.  —  Reacting to the news of Thomas' death …
Discussion: The American Mind
Mary Clare Jalonick / Associated Press:
Wyoming Sen. Thomas dead at 74
Discussion: CALIFORNIA YANKEE
Frank Ahrens / Washington Post:
Broadcasters Win Appeal Of FCC's Profanity Ruling  —  A federal appeals court tossed out an indecency ruling against Rupert Murdoch's Fox television network yesterday and broadly questioned whether the Federal Communications Commission has the right to police the airwaves for offensive language.
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New York Times:
An Unacceptable Nominee  —  President Bush's latest appeals court nominee, Leslie Southwick, has a disturbing history of insensitivity to blacks and other minority groups.  The Senate should reject this nomination and make clear to the White House that it will reject all future nominees …
Discussion: DownWithTyranny!
Washington Post:
Libby Faces Sentencing  —  U.S. District Judge Reggie B. Walton this morning began the sentencing phase in the trial of I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, former chief of staff to Vice President Cheney, who has been convicted of lying to investigators about his role in leaking the identity of an undercover CIA officer.
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Christy Hardin Smith / Firedoglake:
Sentencing For Libby Today  —  It's sentencing day today for I. Lewis Libby.  Today, Judge Reggie Walton will sentence Libby based on his conviction on multiple felony counts after a trial and conviction before a jury of his peers.  —  Elizabeth de la Vega has a great article on what is truly the heart of this case.
Discussion: TomPaine.com
USA Today:
Court advisers lean to leniency in Libby's sentencing
Discussion: TalkLeft and Daily Kos
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Manu Raju / The Hill:   Obama tries to lure more Latino voters
Jonathan Weisman / Washington Post:
Democrats Fear a Wider Black Caucus-Pelosi Rift  —  Democratic leaders fear that Rep. William J. Jefferson's indictment yesterday on racketeering and bribery charges, coming exactly one year after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi engineered his ouster from the powerful Ways and Means Committee …
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New York Times:
Congressman Sought Bribes, Indictment Says  —  Representative William J. Jefferson, the Louisiana Democrat at the center of an investigation that included an F.B.I. raid at his Congressional office and accusations that he hid $90,000 in bribe money in his home freezer, was indicted Monday …
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Damien Cave / New York Times:
Cheated of Future, Iraqi Graduates Want to Flee  —  They started college just before or after the American invasion with dreams of new friends and parties, brilliant teachers and advanced degrees that would lead to stellar jobs, marriage and children.  Success seemed well within their grasp.
Discussion: The Huffington Post
Bella Thomas / Prospect Magazine:
A Cuban death rehearsal  —  135 » Witness » A Cuban death rehearsal  —  With Fidel Castro apparently on the verge of death, I returned to Cuba to visit old friends.  Little has changed over recent years and life for most Cubans remains harsh.  Yet western visitors continue to romanticise the place
Discussion: Redstate
Greg Gordon / Real Cities:
Justice Department actions expected to draw congressional scrutiny  —  WASHINGTON - Saying it was out to combat widespread voter fraud, the Justice Department in recent years has stepped up enforcement of election laws to ease the purging of ineligible voters from state registration rolls.
WBZ-TV:
Retired Officer Subdues Unruly Plane Passengers  —  (WBZ) BOSTON A former police officer is being called a hero after he helped subdue two unruly passengers on a plane over the weekend.  —  Retired police officer Bob Hayden, who served in Boston and Lawrence for several years …
Discussion: Captain's Quarters
 
 
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Steven Greenhouse / New York Times:
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John Edward Ames / Christian Science Monitor:
Hey, journalists, enough with the fancy leads already!
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Discussion: Greatscat!
Margery Eagan / Boston Herald:
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Thomas H. Maugh II / Los Angeles Times:
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Brendan Carlin / Telegraph:
London unveils 2012 Olympics logo
Patrick O'Connor / The Politico:
GOP to push for Jefferson expulsion