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3:10 AM ET, November 26, 2007

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Peter Allen / Telegraph:
Boys' moped deaths ignite riot in Paris suburb  —  Rioting broke in one of Paris's tinder box suburban housing estates last night after two young boys were killed when their moped collided with a police car.  —  Molotov cocktails were thrown, and cars and plastic bins set on fire following …
Discussion: Flopping Aces and Atlas Shrugs
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Nidra Poller / Pajamas Media:
PARIS BURNING AGAIN?  —  PJM Paris: Nidra Poller reports that fires are raging in the Paris banlieues (suburbs) again after two boys (15 and 16) died when their mini-motorcyle hit a police car.  A Peugeot dealership, train station, police station and MacDonald's are among targets attacked by the "youth."
Agence France Presse:   Police stations attacked after two dead in Paris suburb
Washington Post:
In Iowa, Clinton Intensifies Attacks  —  With Race Close, Obama Stresses His Electability  —  Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (N.Y.), her status as the front-runner for the Democratic presidential nomination in jeopardy, stepped up attacks on her closest rival with fewer than six weeks until the first nominating contest.
Discussion: Political Machine
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NY Daily News:
Hillary Clinton has only herself to blame
Patrick Healy / The Caucus:
In Iowa, Clinton Is Pressed on Murdoch
Discussion: Macsmind and Balkinization
Lawrence Summers / Financial Times:
Wake up to the dangers of a deepening crisis  —  Three months ago it was reasonable to expect that the subprime credit crisis would be a financially significant event but not one that would threaten the overall pattern of economic growth.  This is still a possible outcome but no longer the preponderant probability.
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Deacon / Power Line:
Heroic rhetoric  —  When I first heard George W. Bush talking about "compassionate conservatism" in 1999, I figured (and certainly hoped) that it was at least 80 percent ad campaign and no more than 20 percent policy guide.  Eight years later, it seems to me that, in practice …
Discussion: Unqualified Offerings
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George Will / Real Clear Politics:
The Failings Of Heroic Conservatism
Discussion: Middle Earth Journal
Rob Schneider / Indianapolis Star:
Carson: I have terminal lung cancer  —  Her statement: Indianapolis Democrat, 69, is grateful to family, friends, constituents  —  U.S. Rep. Julia Carson revealed she has terminal lung cancer in a statement Saturday in which she expressed her "eternal gratitude" to family, friends and her constituents.
Discussion: Blue Indiana and Wonkette
Bob Cusack / The Hill:
Thompson charges Fox News is biased against his campaign  —  Former Sen. Fred Thompson (R-Tenn.) suggested on Sunday that Fox News is biased against his campaign, charging that the network highlights commentators who have been critical of his run for the presidency.
New York Times:
Political Upheaval Follows a Rare Decision to Retire  —  SANTA FE, N.M. — New Mexicans like to hold on to their United States senators.  —  Their junior senator, a Democrat, has been in office since early in the Reagan administration.  Their senior senator, a Republican …
Discussion: Bark Bark Woof Woof
Victor Davis Hanson / The Corner:
Why You Can Believe all Those Warnings About The Death of the West  —  I suggest that the Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams read a little history about the British experience in India before he offers politically-correct but historically laughable sermons like the one he gave to a Muslim "lifestyle" magazine:
Paul Bond / Hollywood Reporter:
Dialogue: Dan Rather  —  It has been more than a year since Dan Rather left CBS to create "Dan Rather Reports" at Mark Cuban's HDNet.  In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter West Coast business editor Paul Bond, the newsman spoke about his lawsuit against his former employer and the state of TV news in general.
Julie Bosman / New York Times:
Edwards Offers Heating Plan  —  Former Senator John Edwards outlined a proposal yesterday in New Hampshire to lower the cost of heating oil, increase regulation of oil companies and promote energy efficiency.  —  Speaking at a town hall-style campaign event in Meredith, N.H. …
Discussion: Say Anything
Tom Maguire / JustOneMinute:
The Times Editors On Health Care - Embrace the Fantasy  —  The Times offers a long editorial sharing their wisdom and insights on health care.  I found this to be unexpectedly honest and amusing: … The prospect for big savings is dubious indeed (the Times thumped Kerry on the drug re-importation issue …
Discussion: Daily Pundit
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Raymond Hernandez / New York Times:
Short of Money, G.O.P. Enlists Rich Candidates  —  Confronting an enormous fund-raising gap with Democrats, Republican Party officials are aggressively recruiting wealthy candidates who can spend large sums of their own money to finance their Congressional races, party officials say.
Discussion: PAXALLES
James Mackintosh / Financial Times:
1000% hedge fund wins subprime bet  —  A Californian hedge fund has made more than 1,000 per cent return this year by betting against US subprime home loans, making it one of the world's best-performing funds of all time.  —  Lahde Capital, set up in Santa Monica last year by Andrew Lahde …
Sig Christenson / Houston Chronicle:
Ex-coalition leader says Bush failed to have plan  —  Sanchez: It's time to withdraw troops, let Iraq take responsibility  —  Retired Army Lt. Gen. Ricardo Sanchez, who led coalition forces through the first critical year of Iraq's insurgency, said Saturday in a nationally broadcast radio address …
 
 
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Susie Hoeller / The Huffington Post:
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Jeff Jacoby / Boston Globe:
Let's hear it for good news from Iraq
Steven Erlanger / New York Times:
Syria Says It Will Join Conference in Maryland
Discussion: Reuters and michellemalkin.com
Times of London:
American-backed killer militias strut across Iraq
Richard Holbrooke / Washington Post:
Back to the Brink In the Balkans
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Associated Press:
Huckabee: America enslaved to Saudi oil
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Sharif returns to Pakistan from exile
Domenico Montanaro / MSNBC:
Obama open to limited legalization of marijuana
Discussion: MyDD and TalkLeft
Sara A. Carter / Washington Times:
U.S. intel center wary of terrorist attack
Discussion: JammieWearingFool
Faiz / Think Progress:
Memo To New York Post: The Bush Administration Was Warned About 9/11
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