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10:10 AM ET, June 29, 2007

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Telegraph:
Car bomb found in London's West End  —  Police have defused a car bomb found near Piccadilly Circus in London's West End.  —  The "explosive device", discovered at 2am, posed a real and substantial threat to the surrounding area, according to a police source.
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Associated Press:
Police Discover, Defuse Bomb in London  —  LONDON — Police defused an explosive device found in a parked car in central London on Friday, and the new government called an emergency meeting of senior security chiefs to investigate what many feared could have been a planned terror attack.
New York Times:
Explosive Device Found in London, Police Say  —  British police said they discovered an explosive device in a car abandoned outside a nightclub in the West End theater and entertainment district of central London early today and began a terrorism investigation.
Guardian:
London car bomb 'could have killed many'  —  A bomb made from gas cylinders, petrol and nails was found in an abandoned car in central London today, sparking a major terrorism alert.  —  Peter Clarke, Scotland Yard head of counter-terrorism, said the device, discovered in Haymarket …
Sky News:
Terror Car Packed With Petrol And Nails  —  The car bomb found in London's West End contained 60 litres of petrol, a large amount of nails and several gas canisters, police have revealed.  —  Detectives believe they have foiled a major terror attack after the "big" explosive device was discovered in a Mercedes early this morning.
Telegraph:
Car bomb would have caused 'carnage'
Discussion: ThreatsWatch
David Stringer / Associated Press:
Explosives-packed car defused in London
Times of London:
London car bomb 'packed with nails and gas'
Discussion: Daily Mail
Sky News:   Bomb Designed To Cause Devastation
Linda Greenhouse / New York Times:
Justices Limit the Use of Race in School Plans for Integration  —  With competing blocs of justices claiming the mantle of Brown v. Board of Education, a bitterly divided Supreme Court declared Thursday that public school systems cannot seek to achieve or maintain integration through measures …
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E. J. Dionne Jr / Washington Post:
Not One More Roberts or Alito  —  The Senate's Democratic majority …
Discussion: Firedoglake and TalkLeft
CNN:
Toobin: School ruling 'a victory for conservatives'
Discussion: Cato-at-liberty
ACSBlog:
"if this is the birth of a new constitutional era . . . what an ugly baby"
Discussion: Crooks and Liars
Roger Simon / The Politico:
Debate winners at the latest panderfest!  —  Who won the Democratic debate at Howard University Thursday night?  —  The American people.  As always.  —  But if you want a more reckless, immature and irresponsible view, you have come to the right place!  —  Once again, here are the winners …
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Kathryn Jean Lopez / National Review:
Do Idiots Run Washington?  —  I don't blame any American for wondering.  Did you see the NYTimes picture of the illegal immigrants immigration-bill proponents brought to the Senate??  —  As a Senate friend said to me about it: "all they did was remind people what the problem is.
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New York Times:
Immigrant Bill Dies in Senate; Defeat for Bush  —  President Bush's effort to overhaul the nation's immigration policy, a cornerstone of his domestic agenda, collapsed Thursday in the Senate, with little prospect that it can be revived before Mr. Bush leaves office in 19 months.
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Fairness Doctrine hammered 309-115  —  The House voted overwhelmingly Thursday to prohibit the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) from using taxpayer dollars to impose the Fairness Doctrine on broadcasters who feature conservative radio hosts such as Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity.
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David Brown / Washington Post:
Why Do Cats Hang Around Us?  (Hint: They Can't Open Cans)  —  Genetic Research Suggests Felines 'Domesticated Themselves'  —  Your hunch is correct.  Your cat decided to live with you, not the other way around.  The sad truth is, it may not be a final decision.  —  But don't take this feline diffidence personally.
Associated Press:
Obama: Impeachment is not acceptable  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama laid out list of political shortcomings he sees in the Bush administration but said he opposes impeachment for either President George W. Bush or Vice President Dick Cheney.
John Bresnahan / The Politico:
Pelosi, Reid plan new push to end war  —  Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) are expected tomorrow to announce a new coordinated effort to force votes in July to end the Iraq war, according to Democratic insiders.
Daily Mail:
Putin's Arctic invasion: Russia lays claim to the North Pole - and all its gas, oil, and diamonds  —  Russian President Vladimir Putin is making an astonishing bid to grab a vast chunk of the Arctic - so he can tap its vast potential oil, gas and mineral wealth.
Discussion: Daimnation! and Wizbang
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
[TS] Op-Ed Columnist: The Murdoch Factor  —  If Rupert Murdoch does acquire The Wall Street Journal, it will be a dark day for America's news media — and American democracy.
 
 
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Rich Lowry / Townhall.com:
A Techno-Populist Victory on Immigration
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White House:
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Taipei Times:
Taiwan Quick Take  —  A new laboratory to study animals …
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Mark Leon Goldberg / UN Dispatch:
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WHAT TO DO ABOUT AL GORE?  —  Despite his repeated assertions …
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