memeorandum: Less polar bear cubs surviving in Alaska (Dan Joling/Associated Press)

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Hoyer Beats Pelosi's Pick in Race for No. 2 House Post — House Democrats chose Representative Steny H. Hoyer of Maryland as their majority leader today after a bruising fight that cast a cloud over the party's post-election celebration. — The election of Mr. Hoyer over Representative John P. Murtha …

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Arianna Huffington / The Huffington Post:

Murtha Loses... But It's Still a Victory for Pelosi — The votes are in and Steny Hoyer is the new House majority leaders, winning out over Jack Murtha 149-86. — For all the reasons I've made abundantly clear, I would've loved to see Murtha as Majority Leader.

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Taegan Goddard's Political Wire:

Pelosi Stumbles Out of the Blocks — Political Wire guest contributor Stuart Rothenberg reflects on incoming House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's first big loss. — Yes, I know. Leadership fights on Capitol Hill are the ultimate political insider contests. Voters don't care about them, and once they are over, they are quickly forgotten.

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Allahpundit / Hot Air:

Hoyer humiliates Pelosi, defeats Murtha, 149-86 — Just in at Fox. Soak it in. Updates coming. — Update: Unless there was some eleventh-hour shift to Hoyer — which is unlikely, considering that 90 Democrats had already publicly committed to him yesterday — then Murtha lied to Matthews's face on Hardball yesterday.

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Ari Berman / The Nation: Why Murtha Lost — "Talk is cheap," Jack Murtha wrote …

Fox News:
HOYER WINS HOUSE MAJORITY LEADER RACE, GIVING PELOSI FIRST SETBACK

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Holcomb B. Noble / New York Times:

Milton Friedman, a Leading Economist, Dies at 94 — Milton Friedman, the grandmaster of conservative economic theory in the postwar era and a prime force in the movement of nations toward lesser government and greater reliance on free markets and individual responsibility, died today at He was 94 years old.

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CNNMoney.com:

Nobel economist Milton Friedman dead at 94 — Advocate of deregulation whose influence soared after Ronald Reagan became president. — NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — Milton Friedman, the Nobel-prize winning economist who helped shape and define free-market economic theory, died Thursday at the age of 94 in San Francisco.

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Samuel Brittan / Financial Times:

Milton Friedman, economist, dies aged 94 — Milton Friedman, who has died aged 94, was the last of the great economists to combine possession of a household name with the highest professional credentials. In this respect he was often compared to John Maynard Keynes, whose work he always respected …

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Tom Van Riper / Forbes:
Milton Friedman Dies

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Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Breaking: Milton Friedman dies at age 94

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Daily Bruin News Headlines:

[BREAKING NEWS]: Student shot with Taser by UCPD officers — Incident occured around 11:30 p.m. in the Powell Library CLICC computer lab — UCPD officers shot a student several times with a Taser inside the Powell Library CLICC computer lab late Tuesday night before taking him into custody.

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Los Angeles Times:

A third incident, a new video — A cellphone camera captures UCLA police using a Taser on a student who allegedly refused to leave the library Tuesday night. — The latest in a recent spate of cellphone videos documenting questionable arrest tactics surfaced Wednesday …

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Hotline On Call:

Putnam Wants To Know: Where Were The Rednecks? — "White rednecks" who "didn't show up to vote for us" partly cost GOPers their cong. majorities, Rep. Adam Putnam (R-FL) told fellow Republicans today. And Putnam, seeking the post of GOP conference chair, chided ex-Chair J.C. Watts (R-OK) …

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Baker Ex Machina / Washington Post:

How Billionaires Give Their Money Away … | Search Archives — washingtonpost.com > Columns — In ancient Roman drama, when the plot got too convoluted to be resolved by mere humans, one of the gods would be hoisted over the stage to dispense wisdom and avert tragedy.

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Dan Joling / Associated Press:

Less polar bear cubs surviving in Alaska — ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Far fewer polar bears cubs are surviving off Alaska's northern coast, a federal government report released Wednesday has concluded. — The study of polar bears in the south Beaufort Sea, which spans the northern coasts …

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Neil A. Lewis / New York Times:

Bush to Put Nominations Back on Table — White House officials said Wednesday that President Bush would renominate six of his earlier choices to sit on the federal appeals court, leaving Democratic senators and other analysts to ponder what message he is sending.

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Media Matters for America:

Lowry falsely claimed poll shows most Americans support sending more troops to Iraq … In his November 14 National Review Online column, "Be Careful What You Believe," National Review editor Rich Lowry falsely claimed that a "late-October New York Times poll found that 55 percent of the public favors sending more troops to Iraq."

Newt Gingrich / Opinion Journal:

The Right Coalition — Which bipartisanship will Bush choose? — The election results pose two enormous strategic choices for America. First, the obvious outcome of a Democratic-controlled Congress and a Republican White House is the need for bipartisan cooperation in order to get anything done.

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RADAR:

O'REILLY TRIES TO LOOFAH AWAY FOX STENCH — Bill O'Reilly got his falafels in a bunch last night over news that O.J. Simpson will explain precisely how he didn't-but-might butcher his ex-wife and her friend—on a Fox prime-time special. Said the frequently flabbergasted superpundit: … O' really?

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