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TMZ.com:
Michael Jackson Dies — We've just learned Michael Jackson has died. He was 50. — Michael suffered a cardiac arrest earlier this afternoon and paramedics were unable to revive him. We're told when paramedics arrived Jackson had no pulse and they never got a pulse back.
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Shelby Grad / L.A. Now:
Michael Jackson is dead [Updated] — Latest news: Pop star Michael Jackson dead at 50 — Pop star Michael Jackson was pronounced dead today after paramedics found him in a coma at his Bel-Air mansion, city and law enforcement sources told The Times. — Los Angeles Fire Department …
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New York Times:
Michael Jackson, 50, Is Dead — This post is written by Brooks Barnes in Los Angeles and Ben Sisario and Brian Stelter in New York. — Quincy Jones Reacts | 7:06 p.m. “I am absolutely devastated at this tragic and unexpected news,” the music producer Quincy Jones said in a statement read by MSNBC.
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Los Angeles Times:
Michael Jackson's life was infused with fantasy and tragedy
Michael Jackson's life was infused with fantasy and tragedy
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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Not Enough Audacity — When it comes to domestic policy, there are two Barack Obamas. — On one side there's Barack the Policy Wonk, whose command of the issues — and ability to explain those issues in plain English — is a joy to behold. — But on the other side there's Barack the Post-Partisan …
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The Bizarre / The News Bizarre:
María Belén Chapur Photo Mark Stanford Lover Named — NEWS BIZARRE Exlusive: Pictures of Mark Stanford mistress, Maria Belen Chapur... Maria Benlen Chapur lover to South Carolina Governor.. — The woman at the centre of the Mark Sanford South Carolina Governor love affair …
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Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
Exclusive: Sanford booked 10-day getaway
Exclusive: Sanford booked 10-day getaway
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Kenneth P. Vogel / The Politico:
Sanford had trade mission rendezvous
Sanford had trade mission rendezvous
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Media Matters for America:
Limbaugh suggests Obama may be catalyst for Sanford's affair — From the June 25 edition of Premiere Radio Networks' The Rush Limbaugh Show: — Please upgrade your flash player. The video for this item requires a newer version of Flash Player. If you are unable to install flash you can download a QuickTime version of the video.
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The Hill:
Obey, Waters in noisy floor fight — Two Democrats got into a verbal altercation — and according to one a physical one — on the floor of the House on Thursday night over an appropriations earmark one was seeking. — After the House floor had largely cleared following a series of votes …
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Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Cap and trade vote today, complete with AP spin; Update: 300-page, last-minute amendment — In pre-Norman England, King Canute once had his bearers carry him to the sea, where he ordered the ocean to recede. Often this story is told to indict Canute for having delusions of grandeur …
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Wall Street Journal:
The Climate Change Climate Change — The number of skeptics is swelling everywhere. — Printer — Friendly — Steve Fielding recently asked the Obama administration to reassure him on the science of man-made global warming. When the administration proved unhelpful …
Gary Schmitt / The Enterprise Blog:
The Not-so-beautiful Game — Yesterday, in what might be one of most stunning upsets ever, the U.S. men's soccer team beat Spain 2-0. In doing so, the U.S. team beat the top-ranked national team in the world, ended Spain's record-setting unbeaten streak of 35 games, and put the Americans …
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John / Power Line:
Cap and Trade to Limp Across Finish Line? — It looks that way, in the House, anyway. With a vote scheduled to take place tomorrow, Nancy Pelosi thinks she has barely enough votes to pass one of the great follies in legislative history, the carbon tax. It will be close, though …
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Bernie Becker / The Caucus:
Joint Gore-Pelosi Event on Climate Change Canceled
Joint Gore-Pelosi Event on Climate Change Canceled
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Swampland
Paul J. Nyden / sundaygazettemail.com:
Rockefeller wants to cut private health insurance influence — CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Sen. Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va., dates his concerns about health care back to 1964, when he first moved to West Virginia as a VISTA volunteer. — “The town of Emmons was a place where nobody had health care.
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Washington Monthly
Auerback Marshall / New Deal 2.0:
Risk of major social upheaval likely if bank bonanza continues — Is a Democratic administration and a Democratically controlled Congress presiding over one of the most regressive wealth transfers in history? Roosevelt Institute Braintruster Marshall Auerback investigates.
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naked capitalism
Andrew Malcolm / Top of the Ticket:
Iran ambassador suggests CIA could have killed Neda Soltan — Sometimes it seems Wolf Blitzer has interviewed pretty much every single person on the planet by now on CNN's “The Situation Room.” Fact is, Wolfie is literally, a stand-up interviewer and a real pro, even with people you don't know.
Karin Laub / Associated Press:
Iranian Cleric: Harsh Punishment for Riot Leaders — Iranian cleric: harsh punishment must be meted out to protest leaders — EDITOR'S NOTE: Iranian authorities have barred journalists for international news organizations from reporting on the streets and ordered them to stay in their offices.
New York Times:
Premier Casting U.S. Withdrawal as Iraq Victory — BAGHDAD — Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki has taken to calling the withdrawal of American combat troops from Iraq's cities by next Tuesday a “great victory,” a repulsion of foreign occupiers he compares to the rebellion against British troops in 1920.
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