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Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Wilson took caffeine pills in 2007 — Rep. Joe Wilson (R-S.C.), who shouted “you lie!” at President Obama during his Wednesday night address to Congress, admitted to regularly consuming caffeine pills in 2007. — It is unclear if Wilson still takes NoDoz, a brand of pill that contains 200 milligrams …
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Joe Wilson's Dirty Health-Care Secret — All in the Family: Rep. Joe Wilson (left) and his son, Alan Wilson, who is running for attorney general in South Carolina. Both men, and three of Rep. Wilson's other sons, get free military medical coverage. — By Adam Weinstein — Poor Joe Wilson.
Richard Simon / Los Angeles Times:
Outrage over Rep. Joe Wilson's outburst isn't dying down — Although President Obama accepted the Republican congressman's apology for his ‘You lie’ remark, Democrats are calling for a public mea culpa and using the incident in fundraising appeals. — Reporting from Washington …
Heather / Crooks and Liars:
Countdown: Special Comment About the Shout of “You Lie” — Keith lets Rep. “Wrong-Way” Wilson have it in this Special Comment.
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Fox News:
Rep. Wilson Outburst Leads Senate Dems to Close Loophole in Health Reform Bill — In the Senate, Democrats in the so called “Gang of Six,” began moving quickly to close the loophole Rep. Joe Wilson helped bring to light with his outburst during President Obama's address to a joint session of Congress on Wednesday night.
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Mark Silva / The Swamp:
Shimkus walked on Obama: ‘Frustrated’
Shimkus walked on Obama: ‘Frustrated’
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Adam Fogle / The Palmetto Scoop:
Get your free 'I'm With Joe Wilson' t-shirt
Get your free 'I'm With Joe Wilson' t-shirt
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Good Lt / The Jawa Report:
HORRIFIC BOMBSHELL: Joe Wilson Took NoDoz Caffiene Pills in 2007 Or Something
HORRIFIC BOMBSHELL: Joe Wilson Took NoDoz Caffiene Pills in 2007 Or Something
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David Neiwert / Crooks and Liars:
Obama heckler Joe Wilson a member of neo-Confederate SCV …
Obama heckler Joe Wilson a member of neo-Confederate SCV …
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Michael A. Fletcher / Washington Post:
Beck Strikes Again; Yosi Sargent Reassigned at NEA — The National Endowment for the Arts has reassigned former communications director Yosi Sergant, who had become the latest target of FOX News talk show host Glenn Beck. — Acting NEA communications director Victoria Hutter said Thursday …
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WhiteHouse.gov Blog:
PATRIOT DAY AND NATIONAL DAY OF SERVICE AND REMEMBRANCE, 2009 — BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA — Through the twisted steel of the twin towers of the World Trade Center, the scarred walls of the Pentagon, and the smoky wreckage in a field in southwest Pennsylvania …
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Chris Ariens / TVNewser:
John Stossel Leaving ABC For Fox — First on TVNewser: John Stossel, the longtime ABC News correspondent and co-anchor of “20/20,” is leaving ABC to join Fox News Channel and Fox Business Network. TVNewser has learned Stossel will host a weekly, one-hour program for the 2-year-old business channel.
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Michelle Malkin:
Eight years later: Remembrance and resolve — Remember: Project 2,996. — Remember: “Let's roll!” — Remember: The angels on loan from God. — Remember: The 9/11 babies. — Remember: Falling Man. — Remembrance is worthless without resolve. Resolve is useless without action.
Michelle Malkin:
Special report: How Obama cronyism threatens rail security — How Obama cronyism threatens rail security — Creators Syndicate — New Delhi. Mumbai. Chechnya. Madrid. London. The question isn't whether America will suffer a jihadi attack on our passenger rail lines, but when.
Oren Yaniv / NY Daily News:
Semenya, forced to take gender test, is a woman ... and a man — (Photo by Lee Warren/Gallo ImagesGetty Images) Original Filename: 90065429.jpg — Tests show that controversial runner Caster Semenya is a woman ...and a man! — The 18-year-old South African champ has no womb or ovaries …
N. R. Kleinfield / New York Times:
Remembering a Future That Many Feared — The day dawned different and stayed that way. Traffic was thin and sidewalks quiet. The stock exchange didn't open, nor the airports, the schools, Broadway. People loaded up on bottled water, batteries, canoes.
Megan Fox / New York Post:
Betraying our dead — Forgetting the vows we made — Eight years ago today, our homeland was attacked by fanatical Muslims inspired by Saudi Arabian bigotry. Three thousand American citizens and residents died. — We resolved that we, the People, would never forget. Then we forgot.
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Fox News:
2 ACORN Employees Fired, Could Face Criminal Charges — The community organizing group ACORN has fired two employees at its Baltimore office who were seen on hidden-camera video giving advice to a man posing as a pimp and a woman pretending to be a prostitute, as some legal experts raise questions …
Michael Binyon / Times of London:
Thatcher told Gorbachev Britain did not want German reunification — Two months before the fall of the Berlin Wall, Margaret Thatcher told President Gorbachev that neither Britain nor Western Europe wanted the reunification of Germany and made clear that she wanted the Soviet leader to do what he could to stop it.
Biz / Twitter Blog:
Twitter's New Terms of Service — At the start, critics often said, “Twitter is fun, but it's not useful.” At one point @ev responded dryly with, “Neither is ice cream.” Things have come a long way in a short time. We recognized potential early but users and platform developers would demonstrate how much more Twitter could be.
New York Times:
Obama Facing Doubts Within His Own Party on Afghanistan — WASHINGTON — The leading Senate Democrat on military matters said Thursday that he was against sending more American combat troops to Afghanistan until the United States speeded up the training and equipping of more Afghan security forces.
Carrie Johnson / Washington Post:
Report Notes Sexual Misconduct by Prison Workers — Reports of sexual misconduct by prison staff members with federal inmates doubled over the past eight years, and government watchdogs called Thursday for more training and sensitivity to combat the growing problem.
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Rasmussen Reports:
Election 2010: Colorado Senate Race — Colorado Senate: Bennet in Close Race with Two Potential Challengers — Colorado's appointed U.S. Senator Michael Bennet finds himself in a toss-up with two potential Republican challengers, Weld County District Attorney Ken Buck and Aurora City Councilman Ryan Frazier.
Andy Barr / The Politico:
Pawlenty advocates state sovereignty — Minnesota Republican Tim Pawlenty urged fellow governors on Thursday to more frequently assert state sovereignty over the federal government and suggested that the country may increasingly see states suing the federal government.
Guardian:
Al-Qaida faces recruitment crisis - anti-terror experts — Eight years after 9/11, Osama bin Laden is still at large but willing fighters and ideological support are in short supply — Osama bin Laden's al-Qaida is under heavy pressure in its strongholds in Pakistan's remote tribal areas …
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