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Washington Post:
Poll: Most Americans Back Obama on Stimulus, Mortgage Plans — Bipartisan Support Drops Significantly as More Republicans Disapprove of How President Is Handling Job — As President Obama prepares to address a joint session of Congress tomorrow night, he receives strong grades …
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New York Times:
Survey Reveals Broad Support for President — President Obama is benefiting from remarkably high levels of optimism and confidence among Americans about his leadership, providing him with substantial political clout as he confronts the nation's economic challenges and opposition from nearly …
Sue Pleming / Reuters:
U.S. plans “substantial” pledge at Gaza meeting — Featured Topics: - Barack Obama - Presidential Transition — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States plans to offer more than $900 million to help rebuild Gaza after Israel's invasion and to strengthen the Western-backed Palestinian Authority, U.S. officials said on Monday.
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Helene Cooper / New York Times:
U.S. to Give $900 Million in Gaza Aid, Officials Say — WASHINGTON — The Obama administration intends to provide some $900 million to help rebuild Gaza after the Israeli incursion that ended last month, administration officials said Monday. — In an early sign of how the administration plans …
Andie Coller / The Politico:
Obama's challenge: A nation of Santellis — When CNBC's Rick Santelli argued last week that President Barack Obama's mortgage bailout plan would force hard-working Americans to pay for their neighbors' mistakes, White House press secretary Robert Gibbs dismissed him as a know-nothing derivatives trader out of touch with Main Street.
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Lee Fang / Think Progress:
Santelli Claims The White House Is Threatening Him: ‘My Kids Are Nervous To Go To School’ — CNBC's Rick Santelli appeared on at least two radio programs today to promote his “rant” against President Obama's housing program. On G. Gordon Liddy's radio program, Santelli called attention …
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Hamilton Nolan / Gawker:
The Painfully Ridiculous End to the NYU Revolution — The final, farcical moments of the failed Revolutionary NYU Food Court Occupation were caught on film by one of the protesters. And then shown to the world, despite being—by any standard—incredibly embarrassing. — “You may not come in here.
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The Politico:
Palin: Media sought to seek, destroy Politico - 40 minutes ago — Election News — Obama pledges $15B for Medicaid, answers critics — WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama promised quick help for strapped Medicaid programs Monday as he brought in advisers and adversaries …
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Adam Liptak / New York Times:
On Return to Court, Ginsburg Is Quick to Question
On Return to Court, Ginsburg Is Quick to Question
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A.W.R. Hawkins / Human Events:
Eleven States Declare Sovereignty Over Obama's Action — State governors — looking down the gun barrel of long-term spending forced on them by the Obama “stimulus” plan — are saying they will refuse to take the money. This is a Constitutional confrontation between the federal government and the states unlike any in our time.
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Mickey Kaus / Kausfiles:
kf Resorts to Homespun Metaphors — Go Geoghegan, Beat SEIU: The liberal magazine writer's favorite Congressional candidate—former liberal magazine writer (turned labor lawyer) Tom Geoghegan—is still in the hunt in the wild, multi-candidate, low-turnout race to succeed Rahm Emanuel in Chicago's Fifth District.
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New York Times:
U.S. Is Pressed to Add Billions to Bailouts — The government faced mounting pressure on Monday to put billions more in some of the nation's biggest banks, two of the biggest automakers and the biggest insurance company, despite the billions it has already committed to rescuing them.
DougJ / Balloon Juice:
Say what? — I've been following the Franken-Coleman legal proceedings pretty closely and everything I've read suggests that Franken is getting the better end of it and will be certified in the next few months. So where the hell does this come from? … Update: Murray did take this question from me, I'll give her that at least.
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The Campaign Spot:
Meltdown on MSNBC: The Leg Tingle Is Gone? — I can hardly believe what I'm watching on MSNBC right now. Chris Matthew is almost critical - no, not even almost, he's flat out critical of President Obama on the economic front. He mentions an earlier conversation with CNBC's manic stock analyst Jim Cramer …
Felix Salmon / Wired News:
Recipe for Disaster: The Formula That Killed Wall Street — A year ago, it was hardly unthinkable that a math wizard like David X. Li might someday earn a Nobel Prize. After all, financial economists—even Wall Street quants—have received the Nobel in economics before …
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Fox News:
Rogue Financier Stanford Linked to Fund Run by Bidens — A fund of hedge funds run by two members of Vice President Joe Biden's family was marketed exclusively by companies controlled by Texas financier R. Allen Stanford, who is facing Securities and Exchange Commission accusations of engaging in an $8 billion fraud.
Robert Wood / US Department of State:
Appointment of Dennis Ross as Special Advisor for The Gulf and Southwest Asia — Washington, DC — The Secretary is pleased to announce the appointment of Dennis B. Ross to the position of Special Advisor to the Secretary of State for The Gulf and Southwest Asia.
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Joshua Rhett Miller / Fox News:
Arrest Made in Home Foreclosure Civil Disobedience Program — Police in Baltimore today made what is believed to be the first arrest in a civil disobedience program aimed at supporting homeowners who refuse to vacate their foreclosed homes. — An activist with ACORN …
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Claudine Beaumont / Telegraph:
Google's Gmail service crashes across world — Google's web-based email service, Gmail, has crashed this morning, leaving millions of users from Britain to Australia unable to send and receive messages. — The email service went offline at around 10.25am GMT, and the outage appears …
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Guardian
Pakistan Daily Times:
Man slays sister for honour — KARACHI: A man surrendered himself after killing his elderly sister on the pretext of honour killing. — Elahi Bux, 45, surrendered himself after axing to death his 60-year-old sister, Shehla Bibi, at his house located in Sector 15, Mehran Town …
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