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5:30 PM ET, September 5, 2007

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Jackie Kucinich / The Hill:

Rep. Gillmor dies — Rep. Paul Gillmor (R-Ohio) passed away suddenly Tuesday night, according to his office. He was 68. — According to an inter-conference email obtained by The Hill, Gillmor did not show up to the office this morning causing his staff to become concerned.

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Patrick O'Connor / The Politico:

Gillmor found dead in apartment — Rep. Paul Gillmor (R-Ohio), a 10-term congressman from northwest Ohio, has died at the age of 68. — Gillmor, who just returned to Washington after the monthlong recess, did not show up at his office today. His staff went to check in at his apartment and found that he had died.

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Jim Abrams / Associated Press:
Ohio congressman found dead in apartment

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Fox News:

Dems Dirty Donor Norman Hsu Fails to Show for Bail Reduction Hearing Leading to Speculation He's On the Run — DEVELOPING STORY: California businessman Norman Hsu, a former New York apparel executive and major contributor to Democratic candidates and causes, failed to appear …

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Gateway Pundit:

Norman Hsu Skips Bail Hearing Today! New Warrant Issued! — NORMAN HSU SKIPS BAIL HEARING! — Hsu forfeits $2 million! — Norman Hsu, center, leaves a San Mateo County jail with Jason Booth, left, and attorney Somnath Raj Chatterjee, right, in Redwood City, Calif., Friday, Aug. 31, 2007.

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Ed Morrissey / Captain's Quarters:
Hsu On The Lam — Again

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Duff Wilson / New York Times:

Craig Moves to Block Senate Ethics Panel Complaint — Lawyers for Senator Larry E. Craig of Idaho delivered a letter to the Senate ethics committee today asking the committee to reject a complaint relating to his guilty plea in an airport sex sting operation.

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Greg Sargent / TPM Election Central:

Breaking: GOP Senate Leader McConnell Says Craig Won't Resign If Cleared — Crazier and crazier. Now GOP Senate leader Mitch McConnell has gone and said at a press conference and said that Larry Craig won't be resigning if he's ultimately exonerated of the charges against him.

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Daniel W. Reilly / The Politico:
McConnell: Craig wants full term

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Andrew Sullivan / The Atlantic Online:

The Next Attack — It may well happen in Europe and it may well look like this: … Congrats to the Germans. Some obvious points: these men are educated, two of three are German nationals, all seem to have been trained not in Iraq, Iran or Afghanistan, but in Pakistan, a putative ally.

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New York Times:

German Police Arrest 3 in 'Imminent' Terrorist Plot — The police in Germany have arrested three Islamic militants suspected of planning large-scale terrorist attacks against several sites frequented by Americans, including discos, bars, airports and military installations.

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David McHugh / Associated Press:
Germans arrest 3 in alleged terror plot

Fred Thompson / The Trail:

More Departures For Thompson Team — On the eve of his big day, Fred Thompson has let another staffer go. — Jim Mills, the former Fox News producer who joined the campaign only weeks ago, has resigned due to "strategic differences." This from campaign manager Bill Lacy in a memo to the staff …

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Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Video: Fred's first ad

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John King / CNN: Thompson will officially join 2008 race tonight

Lisa Wangsness / Boston Globe:

Democrats unveil a file on Romney — Tout exhaustive site as online weapon — The site, called RomneyFacts.com, will present a wealth of documents on Mitt Romney such as personal financial disclosure statements he filed as governor, policy proposals he put forward in his 2002 campaign, and several old campaign ads.

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John Distaso / New Hampshire Union Leader:

Did Souter cry over 2000 recount vote? — Did U.S. Supreme Court Justice David Souter of Weare weep and consider resigning after being on the losing side of the historic 2000 split decision that ended the Florida recount and effectively installed George W. Bush as President?

Discussion: Salon, The Corner, Boston Globe, TIME and INSTAPUTZ

Seattle Post-Intelligencer:

Former Congresswoman Jennifer Dunn dies at 66 — Jennifer Dunn, a former six-term member of Congress, former chairwoman of the Washington State Republican Party and one of the state GOP's most respected members, died Wednesday, her family announced. She was 66.

Discussion: The Politico and Wonkette

USA Today:

Nuclear warheads mistakenly flown on B-52 — A B-52 bomber mistakenly loaded with at least five nuclear warheads flew from Minot Air Force Base, N.D, to Barksdale Air Force Base, La., on Aug. 30, resulting in an Air Force-wide investigation, according to three officers who asked not to be identified …

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Gretel C. Kovach / New York Times:

Musician Is Killed for Banging on a Door — A Texas rock musician was shot to death here early Monday by a neighbor who fired through a closed door, thinking he was scaring off a burglar. — The incident occurred just three days after a new law took effect strengthening the right of Texans …

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Washington Post:

New Book Details Cheney Lawyer's Efforts to Expand Executive Power — Vice President Cheney's top lawyer pushed relentlessly to expand the powers of the executive branch and repeatedly derailed efforts to obtain congressional approval for aggressive anti-terrorism policies for fear …

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Amanda / Think Progress:

Bush 'Still Believed Saddam Possessed WMD' In April 2006 — In Oct. 2004, President Bush finally admitted that Saddam Hussein had no weapons of mass destruction: "Iraq did not have the weapons that our intelligence believed were there." — Yet according to former White House chief of staff Andy Card …

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Reuters:

Airline sacrifices goats to appease sky god — KATHMANDU (Reuters) - Officials at Nepal's state-run airline have sacrificed two goats to appease Akash Bhairab, the Hindu sky god, following technical problems with one of its Boeing 757 aircraft, the carrier said Tuesday.

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Matthew Mosk / Washington Post:

The Magic Touch? — Winfrey Lends Her Brand and Her Empire in Support of Obama's Presidential Bid — The Oprah-Obama '08 bumper sticker was meant to be only a lark, hawked on the Internet for $3.99 under the catchphrase "Just when you thought there was no hope for the Democratic Party . . ."

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