AP Blog: Clinton Makes a Pitch for Women

With the political season heating up, reporters around New York are writing periodic blogs about the many national political figures they encounter on a regular basis — Hillary Rodham Clinton, Rudy Giuliani and George Pataki to name a few.

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AP Blog: NASCAR Fans Brave Intense Heat

From pit road to the garage area to the grandstands, AP sportswriters will be filing periodic, behind-the-scenes reports from NASCAR, IRL, Champ Car and Formula One venues:

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AP Blog: a Not-So-Shining Moment for U.S.

Now that the World Cup is underway, AP writers will be filing periodic, behind-the-scenes reports during soccer's largest spectacle:

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AP Blog: Empty Seats Abound in Milwaukee

From pit road to the garage area to the grandstands, AP sportswriters will be filing periodic, behind-the-scenes reports from NASCAR, IRL and Champ Car venues:

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AP Blog: Barbaro's Get-Well Cards Damaged

With the race for the Triple Crown underway, AP writers will be filing periodic, behind-the-scenes reports from all the important tracks across the country.

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AP Blog: Buzz Back at Indianapolis 500

From pit road to the garage area to the grandstands, AP sportswriters will be filing periodic, behind-the-scenes reports from NASCAR, IRL and Champ Car venues:

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AP Blog: Guthrie Cleared Track for Women

From pit road to the garage area to the grandstands, AP sportswriters will be filing periodic, behind-the-scenes reports from NASCAR, IRL and Champ Car venues:

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AP Blog: Hitch a Ride With NASCAR Driver

From pit road to the garage area to the grandstands, AP sportswriters will be filing periodic, behind-the-scenes reports from NASCAR, IRL and Champ Car venues:

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Blog: A Look Back at 2005 Predictions

AP writers are covering the scene as Hollywood gets ready for its big night on March 5. They'll be filing periodic reports on the goings-on as the perfect outfits are selected, the red carpet is readied and the gold statuettes are polished for the annual awards show.

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I decided to seed this not so much for what it says, but rather because of who is saying it. Blogger Charles Johnson is usually thought of as a leading conservative, and has a considerable following. No doubt this will make waves.

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"Few bloggers have had quite as controversial a career as Little Green Football's Charles Johnson. Johnson began blogging in earnest back in 2001 after the attacks on the twin towers, and continues putting out content at a furious pace nearly a decade later."

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Born in Jamaica, Conrad Eric Glaze, a.k.a. BORN FREE, left for Miami at an early age where he was educated formally and informally. BORN FREE lived in England for 10 years, where he hooked up with The Next Room. Together they have created a new sound.

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" If Diane Silver's blog reflects the sentiments of gay and lesbian Americans in the heartland, President Barack Obama is fast losing a serious fan base.

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An Iranian blogger visits Israel-- these are his first experiences.

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"The number of state-sanctioned executions almost doubled last year. A report by Amnesty International shows Iran, Saudi Arabia and China as being responsible for 90 per cent of all executions in 2008.

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[Opinion]: "The IDF continues to investigate its behavior in the Gaza Operation. While the number of dead Palestinian non-combatants seems considerably lower than the unanimous reports in the media, it appears the destruction of property was greater than planned:

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"What were the countries on the forefront of the battle against global Jihad in 2008?

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Highlights of the article:

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This is sure to be the number one story on tech blogger's minds this weekend as we all ponder the possible ramifications of a shrinking tech blogosphere.

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A couple of months back, I was giving Dan Benjamin a hard time on Twitter, claiming that someone replaced his avatar with a caricature of Cabel Sasser (of Panic fame). Dan replied, with a link to the source his avatar, which was supplied by the gang responsible for Happy Webbies.

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Is there a relationship with that and the process you employ for culling and weeding the information you post at kottke.org? I'm trying to master that process, definitely.

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''On March 16, 2003, ISM 'activist' Rachel Corrie was killed by an Israeli D9 bulldozer in Rafah in the Gaza Strip. Rafah is in the Philadelphi Corridor in the map at left, along the border between Gaza and Egypt.

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''Aussie Dave'' is a blogger living in Israel who is covering the crisis in Gaza-- with frequent updates-- he often has items that are not in the mainstream media. [click the link and scroll down]

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Most Americas are unaware of the democratic rights that exist here-- many of these are much more limited in Europe--

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'Our pals in the religious apartheid kingdom are cracking down on bloggers; the Washington Post calls the latest victim of the crackdown a "dissident," but the media have corrupted this term so thoroughly—using it for terrorists, writers, war protesters, and everything in b …

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Oooops-- she did it again . . .

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The particular crisis is over but the issues it has raised linger on. This article is a great resource--updated information about this particular situation as well as lots of links to useful articles on Muslim outrage vs freedom of speech as well as related subjects.

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Excerpts-- A majority of Aljazeera viewers agreed that the double suicide bombings in Algiers on December 10, 2007 were justified.... [...] After the protests, Al Jazeera had to withdraw the poll....

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''Here's a sad look at murdered Muslim Canadian teenager Aqsa Parvez's last days.''

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''Former Bolivian Congressman, political dissident and friend, Jose Brechner, sends his analysis on the growing unrest in Bolivia. Jose correctly predicted the current crisis in a conversation I had with him earlier this year at the Democracy and Security Summit in Prague...''

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The Daily Kos is a popular left wing blog-- in fact I believe it may be #1 in readership. This is a listing-- by a right wing blog natch-- of some entries on Kos Here's #10-- the others are at the linked site.

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''Written from the Venezuelan provinces, this blog started as private letters to my friends overseas, letters narrating the difficult days of the 2002/2003 strike in Venezuela. These letters became this mix of news, comments, pictures of the Venezuelan situation.

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From Kamangir (activist Iranian weblog)

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