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7:10 AM ET, January 13, 2009

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New York Times:
Obama's Plan to Close Prison at Guantánamo May Take Year  —  President-elect Barack Obama plans to issue an executive order on his first full day in office directing the closing of the Guantánamo Bay detention camp in Cuba, people briefed by Obama transition officials said Monday.
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Lara Jakes / Associated Press:
Obama preparing order to close Gitmo  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Advisers to President-elect Barack Obama say one of his first duties in office will be to order the closing of the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay.  —  That executive order is expected during Obama's first week on the job …
Ed Henry / CNN:
Obama to close Guantanamo Bay prison quickly  —  WASHINGTON (CNN) — President-elect Barack Obama plans to close the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay as early as his first week in office to show a break from the Bush administration's approach to the war on terror, according to two officials close to the transition.
Wall Street Journal:
Genachowski Picked to Head FCC
Discussion: A VC
Lara Jakes / Associated Press:
Advisers say Obama preparing to close Gitmo
Discussion: MoJoBlog
Kate Phillips / The Caucus:
Burris Cleared to Take Senate Seat  —  Senate Democratic leaders today cleared the way for Roland Burris to be seated as a senator from Illinois, after more than a weeklong spectacle surrounding the state's corruption scandal and the questioning of Mr. Burris's credentials.
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Telegraph:
Student auctions off virginity for offers of more than £2.5 million  —  A student who is auctioning her virginity to pay for a masters degree in Family and Marriage therapy has seen bidding hit £2.5million ($3.7m).  —  Natalie Dylan, 22, claims her offer of a one-night stand …
Mike Scarcella / The BLT:
Process Server on Chief Justice Roberts: ‘Definitely a Gentleman’  —  There was no clandestine surveillance, no hiding behind bushes or in a parked car.  —  Daniel Portnoy says he walked up the driveway and knocked on the front door.  The homeowner opened the door.
Discussion: Althouse
Agence France Presse:
Rice shame-faced by Bush over UN Gaza vote: Olmert  —  Featured Topics: - Barack Obama - Presidential Transition  —  JERUSALEM (AFP) - US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice was left shame-faced after President George W. Bush ordered her to abstain in a key UN vote on the Gaza war, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said on Monday.
Shailagh Murray / Washington Post:
Obama Shelves Jobs-Credit Proposal  —  Democrats Said $3,000 Tax Incentive Could Be Abused by Businesses  —  Bowing to widespread Democratic skepticism, President-elect Barack Obama will drop his bid to include a business tax break he once touted in the economic stimulus bill now taking shape on Capitol Hill, aides said last night.
Discussion: TIME.com, Macsmind and Calculated Risk
Myglesias / Matthew Yglesias:
On Analogies  —  I did a post the other day that used an anecdote from my real life to illustrate a point about the concept of self-defense.  Since the point was relevant to the debate over the fighting in Gaza, I tried to explicitly say that I didn't want the story to be read as an analogy since …
Discussion: Kevin Drum
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Michael C. Moynihan / Reason:   Ceci n'est pas une Analogy
Jerusalem Post:
Hamas raids aid trucks, sells supplies  —  Hamas on Monday raided some 100 aid trucks that Israel had allowed into Gaza, stole their contents and sold them to the highest bidders.  —  The IDF said that since terminal activity is coordinated with UNRWA and the Red Cross …
David Rogers / The Politico:
Stimulus slots more cash for schools  —  Federal aid for education could grow as much as $140 billion under a two-year economic stimulus bill now taking shape in Congress, where Democrats are proposing a new block grant for states and a $15 billion expansion of annual Pell grants to low-income college students.
Discussion: Betsy's Page
Matt Corley / Think Progress:
Huckabee: I'm not ‘pro-gay.’  —  Huckabee: I'm not ‘pro-gay.’»  —  During the presidential campaign, far-right conservative columnist Ann Coulter made a hobby of criticizing former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee as insufficiently conservative, including claiming that the virulently anti-gay Huckabee was “pro-sodomy.”
Discussion: TVNewser and NewsBusters.org
Michael Yon:
Michael Moore Lawsuit  —  Due to many meetings and holiday travel, I am still working on pieces about the incredible U.S. soldiers who took me on some dangerous missions in December.  Also, my trip with Secretary of Defense, Robert Gates, harvested important information.
Garrett Epps / The Atlantic Online:
The Founders' Great Mistake  —  FOR THE PAST eight years, George W. Bush has treated the White House much as Kenneth Grahame's Mr. Toad treated a new automobile—like a shiny toy to be wrecked by racing the motor, spinning smoke from the tires, and smashing through farmyards until the wheels come off.
Discussion: FP Passport and Matthew Yglesias
Eugene Volokh / The Volokh Conspiracy:
Proposition 8 Donor Maps, for San Francisco, Salt Lake City, and Orange County, are now posted at EightMaps.com.  Proposition 8, of course, was the proposition that amended the California Constitution to bar legal recognition of same-sex marriage.  The map is built — presumably automatically …
Discussion: Clayton Cramer's BLOG
Michael R. Blood / Associated Press:
Go East, young man?  Californians look for the exit  —  LOS ANGELES - Mike Reilly spent his lifetime chasing the California dream.  This year he's going to look for it in Colorado.  —  With a house purchase near Denver in the works, the 38-year-old engineering contractor plans to move …
Discussion: Chicago Boyz
Ethan Bronner / New York Times:
Israelis United on War as Censure Rises Abroad  —  JERUSALEM — To Israel's critics abroad, the picture could not be clearer: Israel's war in Gaza is a wildly disproportionate response to the rockets of Hamas, causing untold human suffering and bombing an already isolated and impoverished population …
James G. Neuger / Bloomberg:
Capitalism Freezes in Worldwide Winter of Discontent  —  A A A  —  Jan. 12 (Bloomberg) — As capitalism staggers through its first globalized economic crisis, the costs won't be measured only in dollars and cents.  —  From newly rich Russia to eternally impoverished sub- Saharan Africa …
Discussion: Samizdata.net
Andrew Breitbart / Big Hollywood:
Is He Really That Crazy?  Why Would Mickey Rourke Defend George W. Bush?  —  After years of suffering the downside of a career in an industry that is famously vicious and unforgiving, Mickey Rourke is now back near the top.  Last night he won the Golden Globe for “best actor in a drama” in “The Wrestler.”
Discussion: Don Surber
Mark Landler / New York Times:
From Experts on Mideast, No Shortage of Advice  —  WASHINGTON — As Hillary Rodham Clinton prepares to take over as secretary of state, a coterie of emissaries who have made the Arab-Israeli conflict their specialty for decades is pushing for a more assertive and balanced American approach to a region once again torn by war.
Discussion: BBC and abu muqawama
Karen DeYoung / Washington Post:
Obama to Send More Troops to Afghanistan So Administration Has More Time to Evaluate Conflict  —  Obama Sees Troops As Buying Time, Not Turning Tide  —  President-elect Barack Obama intends to sign off on Pentagon plans to send up to 30,000 more U.S. troops to Afghanistan …
Discussion: TIME.com
KCBS:
Study Critical of San Francisco Surveillance Cameras  —  SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS) — San Francisco's surveillance cameras in high-crime areas do not prevent violent crime, according to a new study by researchers at the University of California.  —  The long-awaited study by the UC Center …
Khaled Abu Toameh / Jerusalem Post:
Haniyeh: We'll deal positively with any cease-fire initiative  —  For the first time since the beginning of the IDF military operation in the Gaza Strip, Hamas on Monday openly signaled its willingness to accept a cease-fire with Israel.  —  The message from Hamas was issued by its prime minister …
Discussion: Israel Matzav and Ynetnews
David M. Herszenhorn / The Caucus:
Obama to Visit the Hill to Ask Democrats to Approve Bailout  —  Republican and Democratic Senate leaders signaled on Monday that they would support the release of the second half of the Treasury's $700 billion financial system bailout fund, despite anger among many rank-and-file lawmakers …
Discussion: Washington Post, TIME.com and Corrente
 
 
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