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11:30 PM ET, March 16, 2008

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New York Times:
JPMorgan Acts to Buy Ailing Bear Stearns at Huge Discount  —  Bear Stearns, facing collapse because of the mortgage crisis, agreed Sunday evening to be bought by JPMorgan Chase for a bargain-basement price of less than $250 million, the two companies announced.
Scott Lanman / Bloomberg:
U.S. Fed Cuts Discount Rate, Says Dealers May Borrow  —  The Federal Reserve, in an emergency weekend decision, cut the rate on direct loans to commercial banks and opened up borrowing at the rate to primary dealers in government securities.  —  In an announcement before the start of trading …
Discussion: Hullabaloo
Larry Kudlow / The Corner:
JP Morgan Chase + Bear Stearns
Discussion: The Volokh Conspiracy
Matthew Yglesias:
Sunday Financial Meltdown Blogging
Discussion: Brendan Nyhan
Yalman Onaran / Bloomberg:   JPMorgan Chase Buys Bear Stearns for $240 Million
Gretchen Morgenson / New York Times:
Rescue Me: A Fed Bailout Crosses a Line
Mike Allen / The Politico:
Obama's church accuses media of character assassination  —  The Chicago church attended by Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) issued a statement Sunday contending that coverage of his pastor's inflammatory remarks amounted to character assassination and “an attack on ... the history of the African American church.”
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Tom Maguire / JustOneMinute:
Oprah, Obama, And Wright  —  It has been reported that Oprah Winfrey, who endorsed Obama, is the other famous member of Wright's now controversial church.  However, she seems to have moved away from that church quite some time ago - this is from 2002: … I wonder what Oprah would say about the direction Wright's ministry took.
Michelle Gallardo / WLS-TV:
Obama answers questions about Rezko, pastor  —  No campaign stops were scheduled Sunday for Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama.  He was in the Chicago area Saturday night for a fundraiser.  —  The Illinois senator was in an Indianapolis suburb also this weekend, where he …
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New Jersey Online:
McGreevey aide says he had sexual trysts with ex-governor, wife  —  A former aide to James E. McGreevey said today that he had three-way sexual trysts with the former governor and his wife before he took office, challenging Dina Matos McGreevey's assertion that she was naive about her husband's sexual exploits.
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Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Video: Juan Williams lowers the boom on Obama  —  By special request of Ace, who tells me his commenters were buzzing about it this morning.  Williams has never had much patience for grievance culture so this shouldn't surprise.  He's juggling a lot of balls here — the “authenticity” …
ABCNEWS:
Bill Clinton: ‘Chill Out,’ Let Voters Decide  —  Former President Says Most Democrats Like Both Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama  —  Bill Clinton, in an exclusive interview with Robin Roberts, said he thinks Democrats are torn between two candidates they like, and that it's time to “chill out” …
Discussion: Wake up America and TVNewser
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Ilan Goldenberg / democracyarsenal.org:
It's Not the Execution  —  The NY Times has its five year retrospective …
Discussion: New York Times and Angry Bear
Scott Horton / Harper's:
The Gathering Storm at Justice  —  I don't in the ordinary course review and recommend law review articles, but I've just come across one that is close to indispensable for public affairs junkies.  On December 7, 2006—the anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor—at least eight U.S. attorneys …
Gallup:
Gallup Daily: McCain at 47% to Obama's 44%  —  PRINCETON, NJ — The latest Gallup Poll Daily tracking update on registered voters' general election preferences for president finds that John McCain has opened up a slight advantage over Barack Obama, 47% to 44%, while McCain and Hillary Clinton remained tied at 46% each.
Los Angeles Times:
U.S. tries to shut revolving door of illegal reentry  —  The effort includes combing California prisons and jails for illegal immigrants who have previously been deported.  —  Federal authorities are cracking down on immigrants who were previously deported and then reentered the country illegally …
 
 
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