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6:40 PM ET, April 4, 2009

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The Huffington Post:
Summers Received Hundreds Of Thousands In Speaking Fees From TARP Recipients  —  Barack Obama's chief economic adviser, Larry Summers, received hundreds of thousands of dollars in speaking fees last year from firms that have direct financial interests before the government or are intimately involved …
Washington Post:
White House Economics Aide Summers Discloses Income
Discussion: TigerHawk and Firedoglake
Jeff Zeleny / New York Times:
Financial Industry Paid Millions to Obama Aide
Charles M. Blow / New York Times:
Pitchforks and Pistols  —  Lately I've been consuming as much conservative media as possible (interspersed with shots of Pepto-Bismol) to get a better sense of the mind and mood of the right.  My read: They're apocalyptic.  They feel isolated, angry, betrayed and besieged.
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Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Charles Blow advocates public flogging, screeches at hyperbole
Discussion: Pajamas Media
David Neiwert / Crooks and Liars:
Richard Poplawski: Was Pittsburgh shooter driven by right-wing gun paranoia about Obama?  —  Some of the early reports out of Pittsburgh indicate the man who shot three cops today was fearful that the Obama administration was going to “take away his guns.” … He feared an Obama gun grab?
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Associated Press:
Gunman ‘lying in wait’ kills 3 Pittsburgh officers; friends say he feared Obama would ban guns  —  Map locates Pittsburgh , Penn. where police officers were wounded in a shootout (W. Castello, AP / April 4, 2009)  —  PITTSBURGH (AP) — A gunman wearing a bulletproof vest and “lying in wait” …
Fox News:
Shooter Wearing Bulletproof Vest Guns Down 3 Pittsburgh Officers, Upset Over Losing Job  —  PITTSBURGH — Pittsburgh police say a man wearing a bulletproof vest opened fire on officers during a domestic disturbance call, killing three of them.  —  Police chief Nate Harper says the motive for Saturday's shooting isn't clear.
Discussion: Crooks and Liars and Balloon Juice
Fox News:
Taliban Chief Claims Responsibility for N.Y. Shooting Massacre  —  A Pakistani Taliban militant leader has claimed responsibility for the attack on a U.S. immigration center in New York state in which 13 people were killed, Reuters reported.  —  “I accept responsibility.  They were my men.
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New York Times:
Europeans Offer Few New Troops for Afghanistan  —  STRASBOURG, France — European leaders offered few extra troops on Saturday for President Obama's intensified effort in Afghanistan, with most of the soldiers only on temporary security assignment, underlining deep divisions within the alliance over the war.
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Guardian:
5,000 Europe troops for Afghanistan
BBC:
Extra Nato troops for Afghan poll
Discussion: Atlas Shrugs and Informed Comment
Associated Press:
NATO leaders pick over new secretary-general
Discussion: The TrogloPundit and Jihad Watch
CNN:
Obama lauds NATO allies for Afghanistan support
Discussion: Harry's Place
NY Daily News:
Who is Jiverly Voong?  Conflicting picture of Binghamton gunman emerges  —  The maniac who shot 13 people dead in a Binghamton immigration center before killing himself was described Friday as an angry loner who loved guns, hated America and talked about assassinating the President.
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Alan Colmes' Liberaland:
Binghamton Gunman Felt “Degraded And Disrespcted”  —  Vietnamese immigrant Jiverly Voong was angry about poor language skills and lack of job prospects.  Police Chief Joseph Zikusky of Binghamton says he felt “degraded and disrespected” because of his poor English.
Discussion: Associated Press and Don Surber
Jan Hoffman / New York Times:
Commoner Captures Princess, Blog Version  —  CONSIDER the erotic potential between blogger and commenters.  —  The blogger is boss, a salon host with wit and whip.  Certainly a blogger thrives on commenters — who wants to declaim to an empty e-room?  But let's be clear: blogger, sovereign; commenters, courtiers.
Bruce Finley / Denver Post:
Churchill $1 award result of one juror  —  Five on the six-person jury wanted to give the fired professor more.  —  Five of six jurors favored awarding fired University of Colorado professor Ward Churchill as much as $110,000 or more — while a single juror insisted he get nothing, a juror and Churchill's attorney said Friday.
Discussion: TalkLeft and PirateBallerina
Laura Meckler / Wall Street Journal:
U.S to Lift Some Curbs on Travel to Cuba  —  WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama plans to lift longstanding U.S. restrictions on Cuba, a senior administration official said, allowing Cuban-Americans to visit families there as often as they like and to send them unlimited funds.
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Matthew Lee / Associated Press:
Obama set to ease Cuban ban on travel, money
Discussion: Reuters and JammieWearingFool
Susan Lee / Forbes:
It Really Is All Greenspan's Fault  —  Ask John Taylor ...  It's been quite a spectacle for those who have followed Alan Greenspan's career for decades.  Gone is the financial rock star or even the statesman testifying before Congress in a measured baritone.
Discussion: EconLog
Washington Post:
Gates Planning Major Changes in Defense Programs, Budget  —  Proposal Said to Move Focus To Counterinsurgency Efforts  —  Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates is expected to announce on Monday the restructuring of several dozen major defense programs as part of the Obama administration's bid …
 
 
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