Tuesday Linkage

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Police find pipe bomb stuffed inside chicken

U.S. seeking 58 bases in Iraq, Shiite lawmakers say

House bill would extend protections to ex-vice presidents

CNN: Obama's VP team raises 'a lot of names' on Capitol Hill Members of Sen. Barack Obama's vice presidential search team had a "good, long discussion" with top House and Senate Democratic leaders on Capitol Hill over potential running mates Monday, one participant said.

New voluntary policy aimed at corraling smokers at Indiana State Fair

Apology for Muslim who skipped graduation

House GOP Ex-Staffer Caught in Probe

NY Times: Return to Old Spy Rules Is Seen as Deadline Nears With Congress at an impasse over the government’s spy powers, Congressional and intelligence officials are bracing for the possibility that the government might have to revert to the old rules of terrorist surveillance, a situation that some officials predict could leave worrisome gaps in intelligence.

Bill Clinton's 'Ex-Lovers' Tell All For $2

Pictured: Face of the 'good-looking, pleasant young man' who inspired Jane Austen's Mr Darcy

Clancy candy, Bucky Bon Bons.

These steps could lower oil prices, but nobody'll take them

Washington Post: Warning to Sen. Vitter: DC Madam Case Not Over? Maybe Sen. David Vitter (R-La.) isn't completely off the hook when it comes to the late "D.C. Madam," Deborah Jean Palfrey. And other Washington Johns who used the late Palfrey's escort service and whose names remained below the radar screen may want to find a nice hiding place.