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12:25 PM ET, July 25, 2007

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Elana Schor / The Hill:
Sens. say Gonzales lied  —  The Senate veered closer to a contempt finding against the White House on Tuesday after an acrimonious appearance by Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, with the Judiciary Committee's senior Republican offering options for taking the Bush administration to court.
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Amy Goldstein / Washington Post:
Report Suggests Laws Broken in Attorney Firings  —  House Democrats, preparing for a vote today on contempt citations against President Bush's chief of staff and former counsel, produced a report yesterday that for the first time alleges specific ways that several administration officials …
Matt / Think Progress:
Rep. Harman: White House Never Sought Approval For 'Other Intelligence Activities'  —  In his testimony yesterday, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales claimed that when James Comey raised objections to the administration's spying program, he was referring to "other intelligence activities," …
Discussion: Salon and State of the Day
Christy Hardin Smith / Firedoglake:   HJC Contempt Hearing, Part I
Fox News:
Sept. 11 Security Bill to Include Protections for Citizens Who Report Suspicious Activity  —  WASHINGTON — After nearly a week of intense, behind-the-scenes wrangling, congressional negotiators late Tuesday agreed to include in the pending Sept. 11 security bill sweeping liability protections …
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Russell Berman / New York Sun:
Terror Whistleblower Aid Advances on Capitol Hill  —  WASHINGTON — A provision aimed at providing whistleblower protection to Americans who report suspicious activity has advanced on Capitol Hill despite opposition from some Democrats, as top Republicans announced an agreement last night.
Discussion: Day In, Day Out and Wizbang
Peter Baker / Washington Post:
Disfavor for Bush Hits Rare Heights  —  In Modern Era, Only Nixon Scored Worse, And Only Truman Was Down for So Long  —  President Bush is a competitive guy.  But this is one contest he would rather lose.  With 18 months left in office, he is in the running for most unpopular president in the history of modern polling.
Associated Press:
Taliban Allegedly Kill One South Korean Hostage Killed, Others Freed  —  KABUL, Afghanistan — Taliban militants claimed they shot and killed one South Korean hostage on Wednesday while a group of abductees was freed and taken to a U.S. military base, officials said.
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Associated Press:
Bullet-riddled body of S. Korean found
Discussion: michellemalkin.com
BBC:
Few Muslims 'back suicide bombs'  —  Support for suicide bombings against civilians has fallen sharply across the Muslim world since 2002, a major survey has suggested.  —  However, 70% of Palestinians interviewed said they believed such attacks were sometimes justifiable.
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Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Pew poll: Support for suicide bombings drops throughout Muslim world
Discussion: The BIDINOTTO BLOG
Carrie Budoff / The Politico:
Specter to probe Supreme Court decisions  —  Sen. Arlen Specter (R-Pa.) plans to review the Senate testimony of U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Samuel J. Alito to determine if their reversal of several long-standing opinions conflicts with promises they made to senators to win confirmation.
Discussion: Macsmind, rubber hose and ACSBlog
Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
How Fresh Is Your Cable News?  Check the Label  —  This just in!  There's no more news on TV, at least not on the cable news networks.  Plain old news apparently just isn't good enough anymore, so TV news stories have been getting new and improved names.  —  President Bush's latest news conference?
Discussion: CBS News and Attytood
New York Times:
Bush and Iraqi: Frequent Talks, Limited Results  —  Once every two weeks, sometimes more often, President Bush gathers with the vice president and the national security adviser in the newly refurbished White House Situation Room and peers, electronically, into the eyes of the man to whom …
Jack Shafer / Slate:
Shut Your Loophole  —  ADD LOOPHOLE TO THE LIST OF WORDS THAT SHOULD BE BANNED FROM JOURNALISM.  —  Upon entering the English language in the late 16th century, the word loophole defined the narrow opening in a wall through which defenders jetted arrows, javelins, or stones at foes.
Discussion: Outside The Beltway
Jim Nichols / Cleveland Metro News:
Michigan Young Republican pleads guilty in sex case  —  The former head of the Michigan Federation of Young Republicans admitted today that he sexually abused a colleague during a national convention here last summer.  —  Michael Flory, a 32-year-old attorney from Jackson, Mich. …
Ann Scott Tyson / Washington Post:
Service Civilians and the Wounds of War  —  Many Fill Vital Roles in Iraq, but Medical Care Can Be Spotty  —  Traveling through Sunni insurgent territory north of Baghdad, the U.S. military convoy was nearing a base when a roadside bomb ripped into the lead Humvee, leaving its gunner …
Agence France Presse:
On patrol with Iran's fashion police  —  It all starts with one simple sentence, spoken almost in a whisper, but which has a thunderous effect.  —  A female police officer deployed in Tehran's latest moral crackdown tells a woman that her manto (overcoat) is too short and infringes Iranian Islamic dress rules.
Discussion: QandO and The Jawa Report
KTVT-TV:
UPDATED: Fire And Explosions Rock Central Dallas  —  (CBS 11 News) DALLAS Several explosions and a large fire rocked an industrial company near downtown Dallas Wednesday morning.  —  The business, Southwest Industrial Gases, Inc., is a welding supply company.  It went up in flames at about 9:30 a.m.
Discussion: Pajamas Media
 
 
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Haaretz:
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Scott Helman / Boston Globe:
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Manu Raju / The Hill:
Conservatives call for Bush to emphasize 'leaving Iraq'
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New York Times:
No Exit Strategy  —  The American people have only one question left …
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