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2:40 PM ET, August 16, 2007

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Curt Anderson / Associated Press:
Padilla is convicted in terrorism case  —  MIAMI - Jose Padilla was convicted of federal terrorism support charges Thursday after being held for 3 1/2 years as an enemy combatant in a case that came to symbolize the Bush administration's zeal to stop homegrown terror.
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Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Breaking: Padilla verdict expected at 2 p.m.
Discussion: Captain's Quarters
Associated Press:
Jury reaches verdict in Padilla terror case
Discussion: Firedoglake
Ed Morrissey / Captain's Quarters:
Verdict Reached In Padilla Case
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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Laura Rozen / MoJoBlog:
Alleged White House-Petraeus Arm Wrestling Over September Report a Ruse?  —  Add me to the list of the puzzled.  Many signs are from those advising Iraq commander Gen. David Petraeus that he and his advisors think they have a strategy that they say is somewhat succeeding and don't want Congress to pull the plug.
Horses Mouth:
Wow, that didn't take long.  —  Yesterday I wondered whether the big news orgs would continue describing the imminent September Iraq progress report as representing solely the word of General Petraeus — as the Gospel According To Petraeus — now that we know that the report is being written by the White House.
Larry Kudlow / The Corner:
The T-Bill Message for Bush & Bernanke  —  The power outage in banking and credit markets continues to deepen as the sub-prime mortgage infection spreads throughout the U.S. and the global financial system.  —  As I mentioned in yesterday's column, it is time for a major Fed operation.
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Joe Bel Bruno / Associated Press:   Dow drops 300 but gains most of it back
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 …
Associated Press:
Dutch bishop: Call God 'Allah' to ease relations  —  Roman Catholic leader stokes already heated debate on religion  —  AMSTERDAM - A Roman Catholic Bishop in the Netherlands has proposed people of all faiths refer to God as Allah to foster understanding, stoking an already heated debate …
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Associated Press:
UN: Peru quake death toll reaches 450  —  ICA, Peru - Rescuers struggled across a shattered countryside on Thursday to reach victims of a magnitude-8.0 earthquake that the U.N. said killed at least 450 people.  More than 1,500 people were reported injured.  —  The center of the destruction …
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New York Times:
Earthquake in Peru Kills Hundreds
Discussion: TVNewser
Mark Finkelstein / media.newsbusters.org:
MSNBC Newsroom Booed Bush State of the Union  —  UPDATE: Joe and Mika discuss this NB item.  See below.  —  Joe Scarborough has pulled back the curtain on the liberal bias at MSNBC, describing an incident in which people in its newsroom ceaselessly booed President Bush during a State of the Union address.
Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup Poll:
Obama's Appeal to Well-Educated Not Conducive to Winning Nomination  —  Dukakis only candidate who appealed more to well-educated who has won since 1988  —  PRINCETON, NJ — Illinois Sen. Barack Obama is a clear second place behind New York Sen. Hillary Clinton in the race …
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 …
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 …
Paul Kiel / TPMmuckraker:
Leahy Asks Inspector General to Probe Gonzales Statements  —  In a letter today, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-VT) asked the Justice Department's inspector general to probe whether Alberto Gonzales has made false or misleading statements.
Stephen Dinan / Washington Times:
GOP hits 2008 candidates on illegal aliens  —  The Republican Party's national chairman scolded his party's two top presidential candidates this week for their tough stance on illegal immigration, even as both men moved to try to one-up each other in calling for stricter enforcement.
Discussion: Redstate and The Swamp
SilentPatriot / Crooks and Liars:
Jon Stewart Grills Cheney Biographer Stephen Hayes: Calls out John Gibson too  —  Jon asks sycophantic Cheney biographer Stephen Hayes why we should trust the Vice President when literally every prediction he's made has turned out wrong.  If only we listened to 1994 Dick Cheney...  Download (9287) |
 
 
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Heidi Przybyla / Bloomberg:
Huckabee Says Iowa Showing Gives Chance to Keep Thompson at Bay
New York Times:
The Less-Than-Generous State
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Libby Quaid / Associated Press:
Giuliani: 'Leave my family alone'
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Garance Franke-Ruta / American Prospect:
The group blog of The American Prospect
Peter Grier / Christian Science Monitor:
Democrats gain among US voters, but support is soft
Discussion: The Corner and Right Wing News
Ronald Bailey / Reason:
The Cost of Cooling the Climate
Tyler Cowen / Marginal Revolution:
Paying the Tab  —  The subtitle is The Costs and Benefits …
Ralph Peters / New York Post:
KILLING FOR CONGRESS  —  TWO days ago, al Qaeda det onated …
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Muslim Groups Oppose a List of 'Co-Conspirators'
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Gulf News:
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Jack Shafer / Slate:
Reign of Error  —  THE AVERAGE NEWSPAPER CORRECTS VERY FEW …
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