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10:40 AM ET, August 16, 2007

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Washington Post:
An Early Clash Over Iraq Report  —  Senior congressional aides said yesterday that the White House has proposed limiting the much-anticipated appearance on Capitol Hill next month of Gen. David H. Petraeus and Ambassador Ryan C. Crocker to a private congressional briefing …
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Associated Press:
Dutch Bishop Suggests Calling God Allah
Discussion: Once Upon a Time
CNN:
Unknown noises from mine shift drilling plan  —  HUNTINGTON, Utah (CNN) — Rescue workers said they detected a noise Wednesday night — though it's unclear what it was — deep inside the Utah mine where six men have been trapped for nine days.  —  "We saw some indication of noise for a period …
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Huffington Post:
Utah Mine Owner: Troubling Safety Record, Useful Political Clout
Discussion: TPMmuckraker
New York Times:
Earthquake in Peru Kills Hundreds  —  A powerful earthquake shook Peru Wednesday night, killing at least 337 people, Civil Defense authorities said today.  More than 800 people are believed to have been injured.  —  Most of the reported dead were in the region near Ica, south of the capital …
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David S. Broder / Washington Post:
Fred Thompson's Gamble  —  When Fred Thompson makes his long-delayed entrance into the Republican presidential race, he will not tiptoe quietly.  Instead, he will try to shake up the establishment candidates of both parties by depicting a nation in peril from fiscal and security threats …
Gulf News:
REGION  —  Dubai: Under pressure from the Congress, Arab states and Sunni Iraqi leaders, the US administration on Tuesday set the stage for "major" political changes in Iraq.  —  The changes will be in "the structure, nature and direction of the Iraqi state," a senior American official in Baghdad was quoted by AP as saying.
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David Lerman / Hampton Roads Daily Press:
Drake: U.S. surge working in Iraq
Discussion: The Huffington Post and Sirotablog
Mark Steyn / The Corner:
More unidirectional multiculturalism  —  In the land of the blind, the Muslim taxi driver is king: … Sounds like Mr Gilmour won, right?  Not in the long run: … Canada's ghastly human rights commissions are an an ersatz-judicial abomination to enforce PC bullying.
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Daniel Henninger / Opinion Journal:
The Death of Diversity  —  People in ethnically diverse settings don't care about each other.  —  Diversity was once just another word.  Now it's a fighting word.  One of the biggest problems with diversity is that it won't let you alone.  Corporations everywhere have force-marched middle managers …
RushLimbaugh.com Home:
Rush Interviews Karl Rove  —  BEGIN TRANSCRIPT  —  RUSH: I would like to introduce you all to Karl Rove.  Karl, welcome to the EIB Network.  I cannot tell you how great it is finally to have you here with us.  —  KARL ROVE: Well, thanks, Rush.  I'm honored you'd ask me and delighted to be with you.
Steven Stark / Real Clear Politics:
The Debates Are Killing Edwards & Obama  —  Conventional wisdom says that, in the presidential-nomination process, debates help everyone but the front-runner in the polls, because they give the pack exposure and face time next to the leader.  But so far in Campaign 2008, the opposite has been true.
Jack Shafer / Slate:
Reign of Error  —  THE AVERAGE NEWSPAPER CORRECTS VERY FEW OF ITS FACTUAL ERRORS, SAYS PROFESSOR.  —  The average newspaper should expand by a factor of 50 the amount of space given to corrections if Scott R. Maier's research is any guide.  —  Maier, an associate professor at the University …
Discussion: Right Wing News
McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Death toll from Iraq bombings likely to be worst of war  —  BAGHDAD — Officials said Wednesday that as many as 500 people probably died in a series of coordinated truck bombings that devastated two northern Iraqi villages Tuesday and set a record for mass carnage in war-torn Iraq.
Ralph Peters / New York Post:
KILLING FOR CONGRESS  —  TWO days ago, al Qaeda det onated four massive truck bombs in three Iraqi vil lages, killing at least 250 civilians (perhaps as many as 500) and wounding many more.  The bombings were a sign of al Qaeda's frustration, desperation and fear.
Discussion: BLACKFIVE
Boston Herald:
Patriotic parents needed to reignite Ruskie baby boom  —  MOSCOW - This would make a heck of a reality TV show.  —  The baby-poor Russian region of Ulyanovsk wants to its people to procreate, and has come up with a holiday and prizes to encourage them to their duty for Mother Russia.
Pauline Jelinek / Associated Press:
Army Suicides Highest in 26 Years  —  WASHINGTON — Army soldiers committed suicide last year at the highest rate in 26 years, and more than a quarter did so while serving in Iraq and Afghanistan, according to a new military report.  —  The report, obtained by The Associated Press ahead …
Jim Romenesko / Poynter Online:
Seattle Times editor elaborates on cheering item  —  My Raves admonition on politically based cheering in the newsroom has ignited the predictable flame-throwing in the blogosphere, particularly from the portside.  Allow me to riff a bit further on that, and on my reasoning.
Richard Luscombe / Guardian:
Blogger gets hot and bothered over Nasa's climate data error  —  An amateur meteorologist in Canada has embarrassed Nasa scientists into admitting that some of the data they used to show significant recent increases in global warming is flawed.  —  As a result of Stephen McIntyre's calculations …
 
 
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Reid Wilson / Real Clear Politics:
Fred Has Waited Too Long
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Muslim Groups Oppose a List of 'Co-Conspirators'
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THINKING ABOUT ELVIS  —  Today is the anniversary of the death …
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Mississippi Governor's Associates Profit From Katrina Recovery
Chicago Tribune:
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Mark Mazzetti / New York Times:
U.S. Is Prodding Pakistan Leader to Share Power
Eric Lipton / New York Times:
Some Baby Bibs Said to Contain Levels of Lead
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Editor and Publisher:
GALLUP: Gen. Petraeus Viewed Favorably By Public — So His 'Surge …
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