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10:55 AM ET, March 6, 2008

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Sewell Chan / City Room:
Blast Damages Times Square Recruiting Station  —  The police have attributed the blast to an improvised explosive device, and Police Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly said the device had been placed in an ammunition box like the kind that can be bought at a military supply store.
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Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Breaking: Bombing at Big Apple military recruitment center Update: Kos diarist claims right-wing plot  —  Given the escalating protests over military recruitment, it seems inevitable that people would bomb those who seek to protect the nation and fight our enemies.
Associated Press:
Feds probe Times Square blast
CNN:
‘Bang’ halts Times Square subways
Discussion: The Corner and American Spectator
Washington Post:
Even in Victory, Clinton Team Is Battling Itself  —  For the bruised and bitter staff around Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, Tuesday's death-defying victories in the Democratic presidential primaries in Ohio and Texas proved sweet indeed.  They savored their wins yesterday, plotted their next steps and indulged in a moment of optimism.
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The Politico:
Superdelegates play hardball  —  Flexing their new power to determine the Democratic presidential nomination, a bloc of Ohio superdelegates is withholding endorsements from Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton until one or the other offers a concrete proposal to protect American jobs, two Ohio Democrats told Politico Wednesday.
New York Times:
Lesson of Defeat: Obama Comes Out Punching
Discussion: Real Clear Politics
Charles Hurt / New York Post:
ONLY GORE CAN STOP A MELTDOWN  —  IF AL GORE can pull himself away from saving the planet long enough, he might want to consider rescuing the Demo cratic Party from the clutches of utter self-destruction.  —  Campaigning against an unpopular war in Iraq, a sputtering economy and a disappearing dollar …
Discussion: The Corner, QandO and Don Surber
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New York Times:
Clinton Success Alters Delegate Race's Dynamic  —  Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton's victories in the primaries on Tuesday barely dented Senator Barack Obama's lead in delegates, but they seemed to slow the Democratic Party establishment's move in his direction while giving her campaign time to try to turn the race in her favor.
Discussion: The Swamp and MiamiHerald.com
Marc Ambinder:
DNC Lays Out Choice For Florida And Michigan: Rules, Re-Vote  —  Howard Dean will not bend the party rules to grandfather in the disputed delegates from Michigan and Florida, the Democratic party chairman said in a statement today.  —  Instead, he put the state parties on notice …
Bloomberg:
Clinton's Primary Wins Halt Movement of Superdelegates to Obama  —  Hillary Clinton scored more than just three presidential primary victories this week.  She also helped freeze a movement of top Democrats set to call on her to concede to rival Barack Obama.
Alexander Panetta / Canadian Press:
‘NAFTAgate’ began with remark from Harper's chief of staff  —  OTTAWA — If the Prime Minister is seeking the first link in the chain of events that has rocked the U.S. presidential race, he need look no further than his chief of staff, Ian Brodie, The Canadian Press has learned.
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Thomas P.M. Barnett / Esquire:
The Man Between War and Peace  —  As head of U. S. Central Command, Admiral William “Fox” Fallon is in charge of American military strategy for the most troubled parts of the world.  Now, as the White House has been escalating the war of words with Iran, and seeming ever more determined …
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Thomas E. Ricks / Washington Post:
Commander Rejects Article of Praise
Discussion: Thomas P.M. Barnett
Karl Rove / Wall Street Journal:
Alive!  —  Tuesday's exciting presidential primaries were about momentum, delegates and second looks.  —  In the Republican contest, these factors gave victory to the Lazarus candidate.  John McCain's campaign nearly collapsed eight months ago in a mass of debt and missteps.
Charlotte Allen / Washington Post:
Charlotte Allen on Outlook Article, Reaction  —  Author, “We Scream, We Swoon.  How Dumb Can We Get?”  —  On Sunday, The Washington Post's Outlook section published a piece by Charlotte Allen under the headline “ We Scream, We Swoon.  How Dumb Can We Get?”
Michael Graham / Boston Herald:
An exercise in discrimination at Harvard … What can a 19-year-old guy in jogging shorts do at Harvard that a rich Saudi sheik who sponsors terrorism can't?  —  Get banned from the building.  —  Six times a week, Harvard kicks all the guys out of the Quadrangle Recreational Athletic Center …
CNN:
Russian arms dealer arrested in Thailand  —  BANGKOK, Thailand (CNN) — For years, Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout has made millions of dollars allegedly delivering weapons and ammunition to warlords and militants.  Officials believe many of his activities may be illegal, and on Thursday, Thai police announced his arrest.
 
 
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Matthew Yglesias:
The Lost Opportunity  —  Ross explains the cost to progressive politics …
Discussion: TalkLeft
Dan Eggen / Washington Post:
FBI Chief Confirms Misuse of Subpoenas
Alan I. Abramowitz / Sabato's Crystal Ball:
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Mike / The Monkey Tennis Centre:
Gazans driving Caterpillars; Rachel Corrie spinning in grave
Time:
The Wire's War on the Drug War
USA Today:
It's now a marathon, with Pa. the big prize
Discussion: The Caucus
James C. McKinley Jr / New York Times:
Cyber-Rebels in Cuba Defy State's Limits
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 Earlier Items: 
Mark Naymik / Plain Dealer:
How Clinton won in Ohio
Discussion: nancynall.com
Karen DeYoung / Washington Post:
No Need for Lawmakers' Approval of Iraq Pact, U.S. Reasserts
Discussion: Firedoglake
Robert E. Lighthizer / New York Times:
Grand Old Protectionists
Ullrich Fichtner / Spiegel Online:
The American GI from Berlin
Connie Fournier / noapologies.ca:
The Battle for the Blogosphere  —  Over the past few years …
Times of London:
They must go for Hillary Clinton
Discussion: Washington Wire
Domenico Montanaro / MSNBC:
HILLARY, ‘MOST SECRETIVE POLITICIAN IN AMERICA’?
Jerusalem Post:
Ashkelon man builds homemade missile
 

 
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