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6:50 PM ET, September 22, 2007

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Ellen Nakashima / Washington Post:
Collecting of Details on Travelers Documented  —  U.S. Effort More Extensive Than Previously Known  —  The U.S. government is collecting electronic records on the travel habits of millions of Americans who fly, drive or take cruises abroad, retaining data on the persons with whom they travel …
Jennifer Loven / Associated Press:
Bush: Kids' health care will get vetoed  —  WASHINGTON - President Bush again called Democrats "irresponsible" on Saturday for pushing an expansion he opposes to a children's health insurance program.  —  "Democrats in Congress have decided to pass a bill they know will be vetoed," …
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The Politico:
Protecting kids at the expense of politics
Discussion: The Swamp
New York Post:
BAD CALL BY RUDE RUDY  —  PUTS NRA CROWD ON HOLD FOR JUDI  —  Hold on, it's Judi.  —  That's the stunning line Rudy Giuliani told an already-skeptical crowd of gun enthusiasts yesterday when he abruptly interrupted his speech - to take a call from his wife.
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Agence France Presse:
N Korea trains Syrian missile engineers: report  —  A report says North Korea has trained Syrian missile engineers and the Arab nation has bartered farm products and computers for missiles from the Stalinist state.  —  The two countries have recently strengthened missile cooperation …
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New York Times:
Israeli Raid on Syria Fuels Debate on Weapons
Lewis Smith / Times of London:
Rapeseed biofuel 'produces more greenhouse gas than oil or petrol'  —  A renewable energy source designed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions is contributing more to global warming than fossil fuels, a study suggests.  —  Measurements of emissions from the burning of biofuels derived …
David Freddoso / The Corner:
Romney Falls Flat — Bombs, Even.  —  Romney hit some of the themes he needs to — he spoke on being a "Change Republican" and emphasized family values in particular.  He also pointed out his support for the Federal Marriage Amendment, which, with Thompson's rejection of it, makes him unique among the major Republican candidates.
Kenneth P. Vogel / The Politico:
Romney silent on Blackwater shooting  —  Mitt Romney has remained mum on the alleged killing of 11 Iraqis by a company where one of his top advisers serves as vice chairman, even as the case has led to an uproar in Baghdad and Washington.  Barack Obama, John McCain and other politicians …
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CNN:
Blackwater denies it's involved in illicit sales
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Andrew E. Kramer / New York Times:
Blackwater Resumes Guarding U.S. Envoys in Iraq
Discussion: The Sideshow and BAGnewsNotes
Simon Caldwell / Daily Mail:
Pope in 'freedom' blast at Islam  —  The Pope has again risked provoking the wrath of the Islamic world, by criticising its treatment of Christians.  —  Benedict XVI attacked Muslim nations where Christians are either persecuted or given the status of second-class citizens under the Shariah Islamic law.
Little Green Footballs:
The Day Before Ahmadinejad's US Visit: Down With USA (Update: Arabic Reads, 'Death to USA')  —  Tomorrow, Iranian thug-in-chief Mahmoud Ahmadinejad leaves for New York, to speak at the UN and be feted by the National Press Club and Columbia University, and by "progressives."
Jonathan Martin / The Politico:
Romney: Giuliani will need family support  —  MACKINAC ISLAND, Mich. — Mitt Romney used a press conference here to take a veiled but unmistakable shot at Rudy Giuliani's messy personal life, saying that the eventual Republican nominee would need to have a united front from their family to defeat Hillary Clinton.
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Sherman Yellen / The Huffington Post:
Bush Family Table Talk  —  "America's Grandma," Barbara Bush, is at it again.  No, she is no longer advising us that half-drowned African American's who survived Katrina should be comfortable in their distress because they are accustomed to living in squalor, today she is offering up advice …
New York Times:
Clinton Solidifies Edge as Rivals Take a Tougher Line  —  Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton has consolidated her early lead in the Democratic presidential contest, showing steady strength as the candidates head toward the first voting early next year.  —  She has been challenged …
Discussion: The Swamp
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Seth Borenstein / Associated Press:
Rising seas likely to flood U.S. history  —  Ultimately, rising seas will likely swamp the first American settlement in Jamestown, Va., as well as the Florida launch pad that sent the first American into orbit, many climate scientists are predicting.  —  In about a century …
Discussion: JammieWearingFool
Steve Benen / Talking Points Memo:
OH, THAT JENA SIX  —  By any reasonable measure, Fred Thompson, the actor-lobbyist-presidential candidate, is off to a rough start.  Particularly on policy matters, Thompson has been confused and uninformed about everything from Social Security policy to drilling the Everglades for oil to the 2005 Schiavo controversy.
Andrew Sullivan / The Atlantic Online:
Family Values  —  A Republican stands by his daughter, does the right thing, and backs his daughter's right to marry the woman she loves.  If only more Republicans had the humanity and courage of the mayor of San Diego, they could go into the twenty-first century sharing their ideas rather than their phobias.
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Johnnie L. Roberts / Newsweek:
A Rather Controversial Ending  —  Dan Rather's $70 million lawsuit alleges there was more to his CBS departure than meets the eye.  But former colleagues aren't convinced.  —  In parts, it reads like a political thriller, with a cast of "right-wing" hit men out to force a powerful journalist to heel.
Horses Mouth:
You know, it's boring that this needs to be pointed out, but Republicans aren't the only people out there with opinions on things.  —  In today's Washington Post piece on the failure of Levin-Reed in the Senate, Shailagh Murray reports that brash and confident Republicans know for a fact that public opinion is now shifting on Iraq:
 
 
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Truths R Us  —  The American Association of University Professors …
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Ynetnews:
Police, Shin Bet foil suicide attack in Tel Aviv
Discussion: Power Line and Israel Matzav
G'Kar / Obsidian Wings:
The Village Remembers  —  Let me begin with the standard disclaimers …
Discussion: The Impolitic
Little Green Footballs:
Can't Tase This  —  This one's too good not to steal from Allahpundit …
Bryan / Hot Air:
UPI, "experts" analyze al Qaeda's media arm
Discussion: Argghhh! and The Jawa Report
Bob Herbert / New York Times:
In 2008, Bush v. Gore Redux?
Greg Sargent / TPM Election Central:
Rudy: 9/11 Changed My Mind On Gun Control
 Earlier Items: 
The Corner:
Moving the Needle  —  Friends on the Hill have been tracking movement …
Associated Press:
SoCal investors sue Democratic fundraiser Norman Hsu
Media Matters for America:
Wash. Post's Weisman: "How about Obama blowing up the Sears Tower! ...
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Little Green Footballs:
Religion of Peace Riots in Bangladesh
Sarah Kershaw / New York Times:
U.S. Rule Limits Emergency Care for Immigrants
 

 
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