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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Harry, Louise and Barack — Is this the end for Harry and Louise? — Harry and Louise were the fictional couple who appeared in advertisements run by the insurance industry in 1993, fretting about what would happen if “government bureaucrats” started making health care decisions.
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Dan Eggen / Washington Post:
Former Hospital CEO Rick Scott Leads Opposition to Obama on Health Care — Ads Cite Long Waits In Canada and Britain — The television ads that began airing last week feature horror stories from Canada and the United Kingdom: Patients who allegedly suffered long waits for surgeries …
Washington Post:
Industry Groups Pledge to Stem Health-Care Cost Increases — $2 Trillion in Savings Offered Over Decade, White House Says — Volunteering to “do our part” to tackle runaway health costs, leading groups in the health-care industry have offered to squeeze $2 trillion in savings …
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Tahman Bradley / Political Punch:
Wanda Sykes' Jokes About Rush Limbaugh Prompt Debate — There's some chatter in the blogosphere and on cable TV about comedian Wanda Sykes' routine at the White House Correspondents' Dinner last night, particularly her jokes about conservative talk radio giant Rush Limbaugh.
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Michelle Malkin:
The most self-absorbed night in Washington (since the inaugural) — I spent a blissful Mother's Day weekend unplugged and away from the news. So if you're looking for outrage, faux outrage, and extended commentary on all the narcissism and nastiness at the White House Correspondents Dinner, you'll have to look elsewhere.
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CQ Politics:
CQ Transcript: Former Vice President Cheney on CBS's ‘Face the Nation’ — CQ Transcriptswire — FORMER VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES DICK CHENEY — [*] SCHIEFFER: Today on “Face the Nation,” former Vice President Dick Cheney , and he's talking. His old boss George Bush has left town …
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Sean Lengell / Washington Times:
Cheney: Obama endangers the nation — Former Vice President Dick Cheney on Sunday continued his verbal attack against President Obama, saying that the country is more vulnerable to a potential terrorist attack since the Obama administration took power. — Mr. Cheney said that administration's …
Amanda Terkel / Think Progress:Cheney May Be Willing To Testify Under Oath About Torture Program
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Mickey Meece / New York Times:
Backlash: Women Bullying Women at Work — YELLING, scheming and sabotaging: all are tell-tale signs that a bully is at work, laying traps for employees at every pass. — During this downturn, as stress levels rise, workplace researchers say, bullies are likely to sharpen their elbows and ratchet up their attacks.
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Ariel Leve / Times of London:
King Abdullah of Jordan's ultimatum: peace now or it's war next year — Richard Beeston and Michael Binyon in Amman — America is putting the final touches to a hugely ambitious peace plan for the Middle East, aimed at ending more than 60 years of conflict between Israel and the Arabs …
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Richard Beeston / Times of London:King Abdullah: ‘This is not a two-state solution, it is a 57-state solution’
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Bloomberg:
Zardari Says Pakistan Isn't Adding Nuclear Weapons — Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari said his country isn't adding to its nuclear arsenal and doesn't have to disclose the location of its weapons to the U.S. — Pakistan is “not adding to our stockpile as such,” Zardari said today on NBC's “Meet the Press” program.
Stephen Labaton / New York Times:
Administration Plans to Strengthen Antitrust Rules — WASHINGTON — President Obama's top antitrust official this week plans to restore an aggressive enforcement policy against corporations that use their market dominance to elbow out competitors or to keep them from gaining market share.
BBC:
Iran ‘to release’ reporter Saberi — An Iran court has cut jailed US-Iranian reporter Roxana Saberi's sentence to two years suspended and she will be freed later on Monday, her lawyer says. — The court heard Ms Saberi's appeal against her original eight-year prison sentence on Sunday, after an international outcry.
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