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Boy, 6, found hiding in attic after balloon drama — (CNN) — The 6-year-old Colorado boy who is believed to have set adrift a helium balloon Thursday, prompting ground and air searches, has been found alive, authorities said. — Falcon Heene was found in a box in the attic …
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6-Year-Old Boy Missing After Floating Away In Balloon — FORT COLLINS, Colo. — A 6-year-old boy is missing after floating over northeastern Colorado in a homebuilt balloon and touched down about 2 hours after lifting off. — The balloon touched down about 2 miles east of Prospect Reservoir at 1:35 p.m., but the boy was not inside.
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John McCormack / Weekly Standard:
HuffPo May Retract Libel of Limbaugh at 6:00pm; Will CNN's Sanchez Follow? — At the center of the controversy surrounding Rush Limbaugh's bid to purchase the St. Louis Rams are some apocryphal quotes attributed to the the king of talk radio. On Monday, CNN's Rick Sanchez attributed this quote to Limbaugh:
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Teflon / MoltenThought II:Punt the NFL — Since Roger Goodell wants to bend …
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Fox News:
Fox News Poll: 43 Percent Would Vote To Re-Elect President Obama — If the election were held today, 43 percent of American voters would back Barack Obama for president, according to a new Fox News poll. — FOXNews.com — In what may be the ultimate job rating, 43 percent of voters …
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Agence France Presse:
Majority of Nobel jury ‘objected to Obama prize’ — OSLO — Three of the five members of the Norwegian Nobel Committee had objections to the Nobel Peace Prize being awarded to US President Barack Obama, the Norwegian tabloid Verdens Gang (VG) reported Thursday.
Peter Beinart / Blogs and Stories:Liberals, Lay Off Obama
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Ki Mae Heussner / ABCNEWS:
Internet All A-Twitter Over Meghan McCain Photo — Meghan McCain Apologizes for Revealing Photo on Twitter — Meghan McCain, blogger and daughter of former presidential candidate Sen. John McCain, threatened to quit Twitter this week and then apologized to her nearly 60,000 followers …
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Andrew LaVallee / Digits:
Meghan McCain Twitter Photo Sparks Controversy — Meghan McCain, a Daily Beast columnist and daughter of Sen. John McCain, apologized late Wednesday after posting a photo of herself on Twitter that stirred up some criticism and plenty of retweets. … The photo shows Ms. McCain in a tanktop …
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Video: Fox-bashing WH mouthpiece names Chairman Mao as her favorite philosopher — Via Ace, a fun fact about Anita Dunn that oddly doesn't appear in WaPo's three-page profile of her today. Don't bother pounding the table about firing her, though: She's already on her way out …
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Mary Foster / The Huffington Post:
Interracial Couple Denied Marriage License By Louisiana Justice Of The Peace — WHAT'S YOUR REACTION? — NEW ORLEANS — A Louisiana justice of the peace said he refused to issue a marriage license to an interracial couple out of concern for any children the couple might have.
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Associated Press:
Interracial couple denied marriage license in La. — HAMMOND, La. — A Louisiana justice of the peace said he refused to issue a marriage license to an interracial couple out of concern for any children the couple might have. — Keith Bardwell, justice of the peace in Tangipahoa Parish …
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Brian Beutler / TPMDC:
Pelosi Comes Out Swinging For The Public Option — Speaking at her weekly press conference just off the House floor moments ago, Speaker Nancy Pelosi made her most impassioned argument in weeks, for including a public option in comprehensive health care reform legislation, arguing against the idea …
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Shailagh Murray / Washington Post:Pelosi Joins Fellow Democrats in Tough Talk for Health Insurers
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Ben Frumin / TPM LiveWire:
Hatch: MoveOn.Org Is Scurrilous — And I'm Going To Kick Them In The Teeth — On MSNBC this afternoon, Andrea Mitchell asked Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT) about a MoveOn-organized protest outside his Salt Lake City office, where protesters criticized Hatch for allegedly being beholden …
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Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:ORRIN HATCH STARTS TO CRACK.... MoveOn.org organized a protest …
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Mike Soraghan / The Hill:
Leading Blue Dog suggests opening Medicare to uninsured — First he was for it. Then he was against it. Now Rep. Mike Ross is back on board with a government-run healthcare plan. Sort of. — Ross (D-Ark.), who had emerged as a leader among centrist Blue Dog Democrats opposing …
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Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
Gillibrand, Schumer, drop out of J Street conference — Senator Kirsten Gillibrand has asked to be removed from the host committee for a conference of the left-leaning Jewish group J Street and was “unaware” she had been included on the group's list of supporters, spokesman Matt Canter said.
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Bloomberg:
Greenspan Says U.S. Should Consider Breaking Up Large Banks — Oct. 15 (Bloomberg) — U.S. regulators should consider breaking up large financial institutions considered “too big to fail,” former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan said. — Those banks have an implicit subsidy allowing …
Walter Alarkon / The Hill:
First hard stimulus data finds 30,000 jobs saved or created — The first direct stimulus reports showed that stimulus contracts saved or created just 30,083 jobs, prompting more Republican criticism of the $787 billion package. — The data posted Thursday was the result …
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John Nolte / Big Hollywood:
LEAKED NETWORK MEMO REVEALS: Obama Controls Your Television Set — On September 10th of this year the Entertainment Industry Foundation (EIF) posted a press release informing the world that “from October 19-25, more than 60 network TV shows [will] spotlight the power and personal benefits of service …
Shaun Waterman / Washington Times:
U.S. troop funds diverted to pet projects — Study finds $2.6 billion taken from guns and ammunition — Senators diverted $2.6 billion in funds in a defense spending bill to pet projects largely at the expense of accounts that pay for fuel, ammunition and training for U.S. troops …
Greg Sargent / The Plum Line:
GOP Rep Again Accuses Gay Obama Adviser Of Covering Up Child Abuse — Even Though His Office Was Informed It's False — Okay, this is really something. GOP Rep Steve King, who's been leading the charge against top Obama education adviser Kevin Jennings, today called for Jennings to be fired for allegedly …
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