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8:25 PM ET, May 2, 2010

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Bill Roggio / The Long War Journal:
Pakistani Taliban claim credit for failed NYC Times Square car bombing  —  Image from an audiotape purportedly from Qari Hussain Mehsud, who takes credit for the failed car bombing in New York City.  Qari Hussain is a senior leader and master bomb maker in the Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan.
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Michael S. Schmidt / City Room:
T-Shirt Vendor Takes On New Persona: Reluctant Hero of Times Square  —  About 12 hours had passed since a T-shirt vendor in Times Square had alerted police to a suspicious S.U.V. that was packed with a bomb.  But by 7 a.m. Sunday, with the S.U.V. towed away and the streets safe and reopened …
Steve Coll / Think Tank:
Terrorism  —  A few years ago, I was at an event with New York Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly.  The conversation turned to why terrorist groups, particularly those associated with Al Qaeda, had not carried out any attacks inside the United States since September 11th.
Discussion: ATTACKERMAN and Mediaite
Telegraph:
Times Square car bomb: police investigate South Park link  —  Police in New York are investigating whether a car bomb in Times Square was targeted at the makers of South Park over a controversial depiction of the Prophet Mohammed.  —  The device, which failed to detonate …
New York Times:
Police Find Car Bomb in Times Square
Adrian Carrasquillo / myfoxny.com:
Pakistani Taliban Claims Responsibility, Reports Claim
Discussion: Jihad Watch and AmSpecBlog
New York Post:
Car bomb causes terror scare, forces evacuation in Times Square
Discussion: Breitbart.tv, Gothamist and Power Line
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Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
Government closes fishing in oil spill areas for 10 days  —  The U.S. government on Sunday released a ten-day ban on fishing in federal waters in the Gulf of Mexico affected by an oil spill.  —  The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) closed commercial and recreational fishing …
Discussion: CNN and The Politico
Brian Maloney / The Radio Equalizer:
Libtalkers Blame Gulf Oil Spill On Bush, While Praising Obama  —  'GOD'S A DEMOCRAT'  —  As Oil Spill Serves Their Agenda, Libtalkers Find Religion  —  As the rabid left expertly recognizes, the best defense is a good offense.  And with Obama's inaction on the rapidly-escalating Gulf oil …
CNN:
Sheens of oil hit Louisiana coast  —  Venice, Louisiana (CNN) — President Obama said Sunday his administration has mounted a “relentless response” to the oil spill unleashed by the sinking of an offshore drill rig in the Gulf of Mexico.  —  Obama met with local, state and federal officials involved …
BBC:
US spill ‘threatens way of life’
Discussion: Truthdig and AMERICAblog News
Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
Crist says he's open to supporting a Democrat for Senate majority leader  —  Florida Gov. Charlie Crist (I) would not say Sunday which party he'd caucus with if elected to the Senate.  —  Crist, who left the Republican Party this week to pursue an independent bid for the state's open Senate seat …
Discussion: Swing State Project
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Martina Stewart / CNN:   Rubio depicts himself as conservative with mainstream policies
National Review:
Crist: Lieberman Was Right, 'I'm Much Happier Now' [Robert Costa]
Discussion: CNN and Taegan Goddard's …
Derrick DePledge / Honolulu Advertiser:
Hawaii Poll: Djou leads Democratic rivals in congressional race  —  Poll shows concerns over Hanabusa, Case splitting vote are real  —  Honolulu City Councilman Charles Djou has the advantage in the special election for Congress, a new Hawai'i Poll has found, giving Republicans the best opportunity …
Roman Polanski / La Règle du Jeu:
I can remain silent no longer!  —  Throughout my seven months since September 26, 2009, the date of my arrest at Zurich Airport, where I had landed with a view to receiving a lifetime award for my work from the representative of the Swiss Minister of Culture, I have refrained from making …
Discussion: L.A. NOW
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Michael Cieply / New York Times:
Polanski Breaks Silence on His Extradition From Switzerland  —  LOS ANGLES — Ending a long silence, Roman Polanski addressed his possible extradition to the United States over a 33-year-old sex-crime case with a statement that accused authorities here of “trying to serve me on a platter …
Discussion: TalkLeft and YID With LID
Glynnis MacNicol / Mediaite:
Obama Kills At WHCD: ‘Approval Ratings Are High In Country Of My Birth’ (VIDEO)  —  Well if his day job doesn't end up working out President Barack Obama may have a comedy career to fall back on.  Obama addressed the star-studded crowd (for Washington, anyway) at the White House Correspondents dinner tonight …
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Mark Silva / The Swamp:
W.H. C'spondents: Humor birthing room
Discussion: Hot Air, D.C. Now, ABCNEWS and The Caucus
Gretchen Morgenson / New York Times:
Repaying Taxpayers With Their Own Cash  —  AS we inch closer to a clearer understanding of the products and practices that unleashed the credit crisis of 2008, it's becoming apparent that those seeking the whole truth are still outnumbered by those aiming to obscure it.
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Scott / Power Line:   Investigate this  —  Over the past week or so we have noted …
Alia Wilson / Mercury News:
Riot breaks out in downtown Santa Cruz; windows broken on dozens of businesses, porch of cafe set on fire  —  SANTA CRUZ - A large group of protesters demonstrating at a May Day rally for worker's and immigrant rights downtown broke off into a riot vandalizing about a dozen businesses around 10:30 p.m. Saturday, police said.
Discussion: Gateway Pundit
Donald Sensing / Sense of Events:
Major flooding in middle Tennessee  —  Much more updated on May 2 - click here.  —  Rain in middle Tennessee today has already achieved the second-highest total in one day (average across the midstate of 9.4 inches) and as I write this, there are five hours left in the day.  Some areas have exceeded 12 inches.
Discussion: Questions and Observations and CNN
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WSMV-TV:
Heavy Rains Continue To Drench Region; 5 Dead
Discussion: Sense of Events and CNN
Nicholas D. Kristof / New York Times:
Op-Ed Columnist: Who Can Mock the True Catholic Church?  —  Maybe the Catholic Church should be turned upside down.  —  Jesus wasn't known for pontificating from palaces, covering up scandals, or issuing Paleolithic edicts on social issues.  Does anyone think he would have protected clergymen who raped children?
Discussion: First Draft and Balloon Juice
 
 
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Rob Stein / Washington Post:
Group to censure physicians who play role in lethal injections
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Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
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