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10:55 AM ET, August 2, 2007

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Minneapolis Star Tribune:
I-35W bridge collapses  —  The Interstate Hwy. 35W bridge over the Mississippi River collapsed during the evening rush hour Wednesday, dumping at least eight cars and a truck into the water and onto the land below, creating a horrific scene of damage, fire, smoke, injuries, frantic rescuers and terrified motorists.
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Dan Browning / Minneapolis Star Tribune:
Bridge was rated 'structurally deficient' in 2005  —  The highway bridge that collapsed into the Mississippi River on Wednesday was rated as "structurally deficient" two years ago and possibly in need of replacement.  —  The highway bridge that collapsed into the Mississippi River on Wednesday was rated as …
Discussion: Power Line, Lean Left and Rook's Rant
KCCW-TV:
Dolan: Bridge Collapse Recovery Will Be Slow  —  (WCCO) Minneapolis Mangled concrete sitting in a river, smashed cars and thousands of pounds of twisted metal don't even begin to tell the story of what happened when the Interstate 35W bridge spanning the Mississippi River in Minneapolis collapsed …
Associated Press:
7 killed in Minneapolis bridge collapse
Discussion: Pam's House Blend
Ed Morrissey / Captain's Quarters:
Was The Bridge Deficient?  —  Normally, in the wake of a catastrophe …
Discussion: Blue Crab Boulevard
Noah Kunin / Blanked Out:   35W just came down right in front of my house
Ed Morrissey / Captain's Quarters:
Death Toll To 9 As We Wait For Sunrise
Discussion: Middle Earth Journal
TwinCities.com:
Inspections, reports raise questions about bridge's safety
Discussion: Captain's Quarters
CNN:
Gonzales: 'I may have created confusion'  —  WASHINGTON (CNN) — With potential perjury accusations hanging over him, embattled Attorney General Alberto Gonzales sent a letter to Senate leaders Wednesday acknowledging he "may have created confusion" in his previous testimony.
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Newsweek:   Judge's ruling spurs scramble for spy powers
Peter Brookes / New York Post:
BARACK'S BLUNDER  —  INVADE A NUCLEAR POWER?  —  IN an "I am too tougher than Hillary" speech, Sen. Barack Obama warned Pakistan yes terday that as commander-in-chief he might act unilaterally if Islamabad didn't do more against the terrorists there.  —  "Let me make this clear …
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Lynn Sweet / Chicago Sun Times:
Obama's 'hidden side'
Robert Pear / New York Times:
House Passes Children's Health Plan 225-204  —  Over angry Republican objections, the House on Wednesday passed a sweeping expansion of the Children's Health Insurance Program, financed with increases in tobacco taxes and cuts in subsidies to private Medicare insurance plans for older Americans.
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Michael Wines / New York Times:
Caps on Prices Only Deepen Zimbabweans' Misery  —  The government of Zimbabwe tried to allay the effects of inflation by setting prices, but as a result, basic goods cost too much to produce, leaving shelves empty.  Instead, families are relying on melons and what little meat can be shared.
Russ Buettner / New York Times:
In Fox News, Giuliani Finds a Friendly Stage  —  Roger Ailes and Rudolph W. Giuliani have been pulling for each other for nearly two decades.  —  Mr. Ailes was the media consultant to Mr. Giuliani's first mayoral campaign in 1989.  Mr. Giuliani, as mayor, officiated at Mr. Ailes's wedding …
Robert D. Novak / Washington Post:
Thompson's Top Adviser  —  Speaking at his $1,000-a-ticket fundraiser at the J.W. Marriott Hotel in downtown Washington on Monday night, Fred Thompson began by introducing "my campaign manager — oh, I mean my wife."  That little joke about Jeri Thompson reveals how the prospective Republican …
Mark Mazzetti / New York Times:
Iraq Snapshots Give 2 Views  —  July ended with a monthly death toll for American troops in Iraq that was the lowest this year.  Then August dawned with car bombs in Baghdad that killed scores of Iraqis.  —  In war, good news and bad news often coexist.  But in Iraq, where battle lines are murky …
Discussion: Outside The Beltway
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Dean woos faith voters  —  Democratic Party Chairman Howard Dean, who once criticized the GOP as a "white Christian party" and also said "my religion doesn't inform my public policy," is building a sophisticated infrastructure to woo so-called values voters.
Editor and Publisher:
Bush Insults BBC Political Editor at Press Conference  —  NEW YORK At a recent press conference at Camp David, President George Bush insulted BBC political editor Nick Robinson, the Daily Mirror reports.  —  Robinson, who has asked Bush pointed questions in the past such as whetherthe president was …
The Atlantic Online:
O'Hanlon  —  Totally backed down.  Said the progress has only been against aqi, that sectarian violence and the civil war is as bad as ever, and that the current strategy will probably fail.  He thinks we should partition the country.  Why the turnabout from the optimistic op-ed?  He didn't say.
John Harwood / Wall Street Journal:
America's Economic Mood: Gloomy  —  Broad Public Pessimism  —  Spurs Democratic Candidates  —  To Target Business Interests  —  WASHINGTON — Americans are feeling decidedly sour about the economy and those in charge of it, fueling Democratic efforts to target business interests in the 2008 election campaign.
Discussion: MSNBC
Rhonda Schwartz Reports / The Blotter:
New Al Qaeda Web Ad Threatens 'Big Surprise'  —  Rhonda Schwartz Reports:  —  A new al Qaeda propaganda ad, headlined "Wait for the Big Surprise" and featuring a digitally altered photograph of President George Bush and Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf standing in front of a burning White House, was posted on the Internet today.
 
 
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