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Richard Cohen / PostPartisan:
Let Polanski Go — But First Let Me At Him — It's alright with me if Roman Polanski is freed by the Swiss authorities who have detained him at the request of the United States — if first I get a chance to bust him one in the mouth. I agree that it has been a very long time since …
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Roman Polanski arrest: Hollywood unites in his defence — Roman Polanski's surprise arrest in Switzerland has everyone speculating as to why it happened when it did - could it be politically motivated? — The surprise detention of Roman Polanski has been met with indignation in Hollywood …
John Nolte / Big Hollywood:
Hollywood Unites to Defend Polanski — Pleading guilty to unlawful sex with an underage girl — the drugging, raping and sodomizing of a 13 year-old — isn't stopping Hollywood from ginning up an indignation campaign over the possibility of fugitive director Roman Polanski being held accountable for his crimes.
Kate Harding / Salon:Reminder: Roman Polanski raped a child
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Telegraph:
Andy Williams accuses Barack Obama of following Marxist theory — Andy Williams, the veteran pop singer, has accused Barack Obama of “following Marxist theory” and “wanting the country to fail”. — Williams, a lifelong Republican whose hits include Moon River and Music To Watch Girls By …
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Hillel Italie / Associated Press:
Palin finishes memoir, ‘Going Rogue,’ out Nov. 17 — NEW YORK — Sarah Palin (PAY'-lin) has finished her memoir just four months after the book deal was announced. Her publisher says the release date has been moved up from the spring to Nov. 17. — Harper publisher Jonathan Burnham …
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Mike Allen / The Politico:
Palin's title: ‘Going Rogue’ — Sarah Palin's publisher plans to announce Tuesday that the title of her eagerly awaited memoir will be “Going Rogue: An American Life.” — Publication is being moved up from spring to Nov. 17 in order to catch the holiday book-buying season.
Lee Fang / Think Progress:
Right-Wing Conference Tells Activists To Get Their Guns Ready For ‘Bloody Battle’ With Obama The Nazi — At the How To Take Back America Conference last weekend, conservative speaker Kitty Werthmann led a workshop called “How to recognize living under Nazis & Communists.”
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Jeffrey Young / The Hill:
A breakdown of Finance swing votes — With 13 Democrats and 10 Republicans, the math is on Baucus's side. But getting a majority of panel members to back his bill is no easy task — especially with some Democrats complaining about various provisions of the bill he spent months crafting.
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Mark Steyn / The Corner on National Review Online:
What they're telling us — By: Mark Steyn — This piece by Lloyd Marcus, a black conservative, is called “Stop Allowing The Left To Set The Rules”, and deals with the alleged racism of the anti-Obama opposition. As Mr Marcus notes: — The Left published a cartoon depicting former black Secretary …
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Associated Press:
Secret Service probing Facebook poll on Obama — WASHINGTON—The U.S. Secret Service is investigating an online survey that asked whether people thought President Barack Obama should be assassinated, officials said Monday. — The poll, posted Saturday on Facebook, was taken off …
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Stanley Kurtz / The Corner on National Review Online:
Patrick Gaspard, ACORN, and Obama — By: Stanley Kurtz — With the revelation that White House Director of Political Affairs, Patrick Gaspard, has close ties to Bertha Lewis and to ACORN, Matthew Vadum and Erick Erickson appear to be onto something significant.
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Fox News:
McChrystal Says He's Talked With Obama Once Since Taking Afghanistan Command — The disclosure that the president and his top Afghanistan commander have talked just once added to concerns that the administration is waiting too long to deal with a request for more troops. — FOXNews.com
Mackenzie Phillips / New York Post:
CNN planning life after Larry — Larry King's contract with CNN is set to expire in 18 months — and the cable network's chiefs are busy lining up his successor in case he retires. — King, 75, has been interviewing celebrities since 1985. Sources say CNN's first choice to succeed him would be
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Paul Lewis / Guardian:
How Brown health rumours began — • Alleged link between diet and medication fed speculation — • Andrew Marr and BBC say line of questioning was fair — The story began in a little known blog more than three weeks ago, and whizzed around the internet - with fleeting mentions …
Steven Erlanger / New York Times:
In Bad Times for Capitalism, Socialists in Europe Suffer — PARIS — A specter is haunting Europe — the specter of Socialism's slow collapse. — Even in the midst of one of the greatest challenges to capitalism in 75 years, involving a breakdown of the financial system due to …
New York Times:
A Nuclear Debate Brews: Is Iran Designing Warheads? — WASHINGTON — When President Obama stood last week with the leaders of Britain and France to denounce Iran's construction of a secret nuclear plant, the Western powers all appeared to be on the same page.
Nicholas Ballasy / CNSNews:
People Can Opt Out of Listing STDs, Abortions in Gov't-Mandated Electronic Health Records, Patrick Kennedy Says — (CNSNews.com) - Rep. Patrick Kennedy (D.-R.I.) says people will be able to stop doctors from including records of sexually transmitted diseases and abortions in the new national system …
Shelby Grad / L.A. NOW:
Jet halted at LAX; two men are removed by police [Updated] — A plane was stopped from taking off from Los Angeles International Airport, and two men on board were taken into custody, according to the Los Angeles Police Department. — LAPD Lt. John Romero said the men …
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Deborah Charles / Reuters:
U.S. blasts ousted Honduran for “foolish” return — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States blasted ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya for his “irresponsible and foolish” return from exile before a settlement was reached in the Central American country's political crisis.
Agence France Presse:
Empire State Building turns red-yellow for China's 60th — NEW YORK — New York's iconic Empire State Building will light up red and yellow Wednesday in honor of the 60th anniversary of communist China. — The Chinese consul, Peng Keyu, and other officials will take part in the lighting ceremony …
William H. Frist / US News:
An Individual Mandate for Health Insurance Would Benefit All — Nobody should fear bankruptcy due to illness or injury — William H. Frist, a Tennessee Republican, is a heart surgeon and the former U.S. Senate majority leader. — I believe in limited government and individual responsibility …
Dirk Johnson / New York Times:
Suspect in Illinois Bomb Plot 'Didn't Like America Very Much' — DECATUR, Ill. — The day before he was arrested Thursday on charges of plotting to blow up the federal building in Springfield, Michael C. Finton was working as a fry cook at Seals Fish & Chicken in this old factory town deep in the Illinois cornfields.
Guardian:
Sex abuse rife in other religions, says Vatican — The Vatican has lashed out at criticism over its handling of its paedophilia crisis by saying the Catholic church was “busy cleaning its own house” and that the problems with clerical sex abuse in other churches were as big, if not bigger.
Mackenzie Phillips / Associated Press:
3 accomplices in terror plot ID'd — Investigators have identified possible accomplices of an Afghan immigrant accused of plotting a terrorist attack on New York, a law enforcement official said Monday, but the whereabouts of the helpers or any bomb-making materials they procured are unclear.
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