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10:10 AM ET, October 18, 2007

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Washington Post:
Senate and Bush Agree On Terms of Spying Bill  —  Some Telecom Companies Would Receive Immunity  —  Senate Democrats and Republicans reached agreement with the Bush administration yesterday on the terms of new legislation to control the federal government's domestic surveillance program …
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Andrew Malcolm / Los Angeles Times:
Breaking News: Former Speaker Hastert to resign  —  The Roll Call newspaper in Washington reported on its website this evening that former House Speaker Dennis Hastert of Illinois intends to resign his House seat later this year.  —  The subscription-only site said Hastert …
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Patrick O'Connor / The Politico:
Hastert to resign early  —  Former Speaker Dennis Hastert (R-Ill.) is expected to announce that he plans to leave the House later this year, setting up the widely anticipated prospect of a special election to replace him, Republican sources on Capitol Hill confirmed.
CNN:
GOP sources: Hastert won't finish term
Discussion: Conservative Belle
Robert Wilonsky / Unfair Park:
KDFW Suspends Rebecca Aguilar After Controversial "Ambush"  —  Monday night, KDFW-Channel 4 ran a piece about 70-year-old James Walton, owner of Able Walton Machine & Welding in West Dallas, who, early Sunday morning, shot and killed and man trying to break into his business.
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Dan / Riehl World View:
Senior Reduced To Tears By Reporter After Shooting  —  Update: The reporter, Rebecca Aguilar has been suspended.  Ironic considering she appears to have also just been named Hispanic Journalist of the Year.  —  So much for bloggers stalking people in the news.  Leave it to a real journalist to go over the top.
Stephen Labaton / New York Times:
Plan Would Ease Limits on Media Owners  —  The head of the Federal Communications Commission has circulated an ambitious plan to relax the decades-old media ownership rules, including repealing a rule that forbids a company to own both a newspaper and a television or radio station in the same city.
Scarecrow / Firedoglake:
A Little Bit of Knowledge . . . Can Start World War III  —  After urging Congress to refrain from passing an Armenian genocide resolution because it might further provoke Turkey into invading Iraq and cutting off US supply lines, President Bush spent yesterday encouraging Congress to provoke China …
Discussion: Blogs for Bush
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Chip / NEWS.com.au:
Posted by: Lallye of she changes movement's why!  8:19am today  —  As soon as the page opened, I immediately and definitely saw clockwise, even before I saw the question.  I tried for several minutes to see anit-clockwise.  Could almost catch a glimpse by looking to the right or left …
Discussion: Peach Pundit and Fact-esque
Juan Cole / Salon:
The Iran hawks  —  Rudy Giuliani and Hillary Clinton think a tough line on Tehran will sell politically.  They could be right.  —  Rudy Giuliani speaks during the Republican presidential debate in Dearborn, Mich., on Oct. 9, left; Sen. Hillary Clinton campaigns in Atlanta on Oct. 12.
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Jennifer Dobner / Associated Press:
Judge orders TV reporter to do story or face contempt  —  SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A judge ordered a TV news reporter Wednesday to produce a public-service story as a consequence for airing an interview with a potential juror before the recent trial of a polygamous-sect leader.
Arthur Martin / Daily Mail:
Father delivered baby after partner was turned away from NHS hospital - TWICE  —  During a difficult pregnancy, Elizabeth Jones was monitored every day because doctors were worried about the health of her baby.  —  But on the day of the birth, she was twice turned away from the hospital …
Courier-Journal:
McConnell versus truth  —  Mitch McConnell can't have it both ways.  —  He can't luxuriate in a reputation for personal caution and political control, yet claim he knew nothing about the role his office tried to play in sliming a Baltimore boy and his family when they came forward in support of the SCHIP health care expansion.
Discussion: Think Progress and The Politico
CNN Political Ticker:
Republican to Democrats: Watch Out  —  WASHINGTON (CNN) — What does a special election in Massachusetts have to do with next year's battle for Congress?  —  A lot, Republicans hope.  The Democrat beat the Republican in Tuesday's contest, but the GOP sees victory in defeat.
Lisa Lerer / The Politico:
Rangel launches tax war  —  House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Charles B. Rangel had one message for the tax world: Rest up now, because next week a two-front war will begin.  —  Rangel said on Wednesday that he'll introduce not just one, but two, major tax proposals.
Discussion: The Swamp
Krooney / Time:
The New Issue of TIME  —  There is only one American politician who sounds like this: "With my usual suicidal, masochistic tendencies, I spoke at the Detroit Economic Club last week and supported increased fuel-efficiency standards."  Yes, yes, it's John McCain, rising from the crypt, but not as a zombie.
Discussion: MSNBC
Logan Murphy / Crooks and Liars:
Countdown: Bethany Wilkerson's Parents Talk About SCHIP Success And Right Wing Smears  —  Bo and Dara Wilkerson, the parents of 2 year old Bethany Wilkerson, who appeared in a television ad supporting SCHIP, and who are already being attacked by the right, sat down and talked with Keith Olbermann last night on Countdown.
 
 
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James Glanz / New York Times:
Iraqi Contracts With Iran and China Concern U.S.
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More IU Coverage in the NY Times
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Gardner the guardian  —  HE'S BEEN featured in the New York Times …
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