Tonight On Countdown

Tonight on Countdown
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A suspected suicide bomber blew himself up in the
Iraqi parliament cafeteria in a stunning assault in the
heart of the heavily fortified, U.S.-protected Green
Zone on Thursday, killing at least eight people, the
American military said. At least two lawmakers, and at
least 10 other people were wounded. Thursday's attack
came hours after a suicide truck bomb exploded on a
major bridge in Baghdad, collapsing the steel structure
and sending cars tumbling into the Tigris River below,
police and witnesses said. At least 10 people were
killed in that attack.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18072203/

President Bush's aides are lying about White House
e-mails sent on a Republican account that might have been
lost, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick
Leahy suggested Thursday, vowing to subpoena those
documents if the administration fails to cough them up. "They
say they have not been preserved. I don't believe
that!" Leahy shouted from the Senate floor. "You can't
erase e-mails, not today. They've gone through too many
servers," said Leahy, D-Vt. "Those e-mails are there,
they just don't want to produce them. We'll subpoena
them if necessary."
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18073113/

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Sen. John McCain, once considered the front-runner for
the Republican presidential nomination, has fallen to
third place in a new Los Angeles Times/Bloomberg poll,
and is running behind Fred Thompson, an actor and
former senator who has not even entered the race.
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/front/la-na-poll12apr12,1,570622.story?coll=la-headlines-frontpage

Don Imus Fallout & Analysis.

Novelist Kurt Vonnegut dies at 84. Author of at least
19 novels, including 'Slaughterhouse-Five,' 'Cat's
Cradle'. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18066068/

Are 'American Idol' Votes Rigged? Computer Calling
Programs, Hackers Could Cause Potential Problems.
http://www.abcnews.go.com/GMA/print?id=3033528

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The Daily Links:
A federal grand jury indicted a U.S. citizen on
charges of joining al-Qaida and conspiring to bomb European
tourist resorts and U.S. government facilities and
military bases overseas.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18073689/

The number of Americans filing new claims for
unemployment benefits rose last week to the highest level in
two months. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18073305/

The Vatican ambassador to Israel threatened Thursday
to boycott a Holocaust memorial ceremony next week over
a museum's portrayal of Pope Pius XII's conduct during
the Nazis' killing of Jews in World War II.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18074773/

Dietary supplements firm or herbal cabal? Prosecutors
allege Georgia company, execs engaged in Mob tactics.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17742469/

Contaminated pet food is still being sold at some
stores, U.S. health officials warned on Thursday after
checking hundreds of retail outlets.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18076803/

Well, if not, at least in proper proportions..