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February 19, 2006
Cheney wrap; 'Cheney's Got A Gun" 'toon parody; Jon Stewart preps for Oscars; In Rome, soccer trumps Torino Olympics

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Austin Attorney Harry Whittington speaks with reporters, Friday, Feb. 17, 2006, after being discharged from the hospital in Corpus Christi, Texas. Whittington was shot in the face, neck and chest with birdshot by Vice President Dick Cheney Saturday during a hunting accident at a South Texas ranch. (video options)
Newsweek leads with Evan Thomas piecing together the backstage of the Cheney shooting; also revealing, White House emails during Katrina. (Time also has a Cheney story. )
Aerosmith lives: "Here's the audio parody of Aerosmith's "Janie’s Got a Gun," on The Bob Rivers Show." Via JudiPhilly, who notes elsewhere, "I'm all for finding out what really happened, so long as it can still be a joking matter too."
Here's the 'toon version.
A 'toon interview with the quail.
Just jokes: Jon Stewart Joining Elite Group As Oscars Host. AP checks in with the Daily Show host as part of the runup to the March 5 movie awards.
Rome is hot: Kelsea Brennan-Wessels, our guest blogger in Rome, notes that the home team, Il Roma, is going for its tenth consecutive win in the soccer championships today:
So while the Olympics continue up north, you can bet that most of the Romans will be crowded around their TV like every Sunday: Watching the Roma game and cheering on their hero.
The hero is team captain Francesco Totti, a civic-minded hunk. Photo at the link.
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