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Eric Kleefeld / TPM Election Central:
Minnesota Supremes Shoot Down Crucial Coleman Lawsuit, Making A Franken Win Nearly Certain — Norm Coleman just got a Christmas present from the Minnesota Supreme Court: A giant lump of coal. — In a unanimous decision handed down just now, the state Supremes denied Coleman any relief …
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Pat Doyle / Minneapolis Star Tribune:
Court denies Coleman request on duplicate ballots — The justices said the Coleman claim that some ballots may have been double-counted would be better resolved in a separate court action than by the state Canvassing Board. — The Minnesota Supreme Court today denied a bid by Republican …
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blogs:
Toussie pardon canceled — President Bush pulled the plug on the pardon of a mortgage scammer, which I noted with surprise yesterday, and whose outraged victims the New York papers quoted today. — Isaac Toussie's pardon was among those listed in a press release yesterday.
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City Room:
Bush Reverses Brooklyn Developer's Pardon — In an unusual move, President Bush on Wednesday reversed his decision, announced a day earlier, to pardon Isaac R. Toussie, a Brooklyn developer who pleaded guilty to fraudulently obtaining federally insured mortgages and to defrauding Suffolk County, N.Y., by selling it overpriced land.
New York Times:
Pardon Lasts Just a Day for Developer in Fraud Case — WASHINGTON — President Bush changed his mind on Christmas Eve, pulling back a pardon he had extended a day earlier to a Brooklyn developer at the center of a Long Island real estate fraud case and adding a bizarre twist to the episode.
White House:
Statement by the Press Secretary — Yesterday the President forwarded to the Pardon Attorney a Master Warrant of Clemency including 19 requests for pardons with direction that he execute and deliver grants of clemency to the named individuals. — With respect to the case of Mr. Isaac R. Toussie …
Rod Liddle / Times of London:
In full: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's ‘alternative’ Christmas message — Full text of Iranian President's Christmas message to be broadcast on Channel 4 — In the Name of God the Compassionate, the Merciful. — Upon the anniversary of the birth of Jesus, Son of Mary, the Word of God …
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Matthew Moore / Telegraph:President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran to give alternative Christmas Day message
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Joanna Sugden / Times of London:Iran's Ahmadinejad to give alternative Christmas message
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CNN:
CNN Poll: Obama transition draws approval of 4 in 5 Americans — (CNN) - Hawaii's always been a great spot for honeymoons — and Barack Obama, who's spending the holiday season there on the beach at Kailua, is unquestionably having one of the best in modern presidential history.
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Paul Steinhauser / CNN:
Poll: America's honeymoon with Obama continues — CNN Deputy Political Director — WASHINGTON (CNN) — Call it a love affair so far between Barack Obama and the American people. — More than eight in 10, or 82 percent, of those questioned in a CNN/Opinion Research Corp. poll released Wednesday approve …
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MyDD
Thomas L. Friedman / New York Times:
Time to Reboot America — I had a bad day last Friday, but it was an all-too-typical day for America. — It actually started well, on Kau Sai Chau, an island off Hong Kong, where I stood on a rocky hilltop overlooking the South China Sea and talked to my wife back in Maryland, static-free, using a friend's Chinese cellphone.
Michael Mello / Orange County Register:
Pastor says ‘God will punish Rick Warren’ — Wiley Drake criticizes Warren, calls Obama ‘evil illegal alien.’ — Recommend — BUENA PARK — Southern Baptist Pastor Wiley Drake bashed Saddleback Church Pastor Rick Warren this week, saying “God will punish” Warren for agreeing to give …
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Caroline Baum / Bloomberg:
Obama's Job-Creation Program Flunks Basic Math: Caroline Baum — A A A — Dec. 24 (Bloomberg) — President-elect Barack Obama is still four weeks away from inauguration, and already the size of government is growing. His initial goal of creating 2.5 million new jobs has been upped to 3 million …
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Michael C. Moynihan / Reason:
Merry Christmas, Kwanzaa is Over — fIn the days leading up the Christmas, one couldn't help but notice that references to Kwanzaa, the decades-old African-American holiday that captured so many dull minds during the Great Culture Wars of the 1990s, were almost nonexistent.
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Cold Fury
Julie Stahl / CNSNews:
As Christmas Approaches, Muslims Erect ‘Allah Has No Son’ Banner in Nazareth — Nazareth, Israel (CNSNews.com) - As Nazareth's Christians prepare to celebrate Christmas, they are playing down the appearance of a confrontational Islamic banner that challenges an elemental Christian belief.
Lawrence Lessig / Newsweek:
Reboot the FCC — We'll stifle the Skypes and YouTubes of the future if we don't demolish the regulators that oversee our digital pipelines. — Economic growth requires innovation. Trouble is, Washington is practically designed to resist it. Built into the DNA of the most important agencies created …
Phil Stewart / Reuters:
Pope issues plea for end to child abuse — VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Benedict led the world's 1.1 billion Roman Catholics into Christmas at a midnight mass Thursday in which he appealed for an end to child abuse in all its forms. — He also called for peace in the Middle East, ahead of a possible trip to the region next year.
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Pam's House Blend
Edd Pritchard / Repository:
Federal agencies examining deadly Lake Township plane crash — A preliminary report on Friday night's plane crash that killed a Summit County man should be posted in early January, but it likely will be several months before the National Transportation Safety Board completes its investigation.
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At-Largely
Ivan Moreno / Associated Press:
Military center tracking Santa's sleigh ride — COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - Who says Santa Claus doesn't exist? — The military personnel charged with being the eyes in the sky are certainly acting like he does — and they've been joined on the Internet by millions of believers.
Roxanne Roberts / Washington Post:
The Only Facts So Far: 10 Balls, 5 Locations — News flash! Rumors are true! — The Presidential Inaugural Committee — trumpets, please! — is hosting 10 official balls on the night of Jan. 20. — These, ladies and gentlemen, are the only parties where Barack Obama …
Christopher N. Osher / Denver Post:
Denver mayor confirms interest in Senate job — Hickenlooper says he would bring his experience as a business owner to Congress. — Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper on Monday confirmed that he is interested in Colorado's looming U.S. Senate vacancy. — In a brief interview …
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