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Carrie Johnson / Washington Post:
Justice Dept.'s second in command is stepping aside — Deputy Attorney General David W. Ogden, the Justice Department's second in command, is stepping aside to return to private law practice in Washington after less than a year of service, according to two sources familiar with the move.
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White House Blocks Testimony on Party Crashers — Updated | 10:22 p.m. The White House on Wednesday invoked the separation of powers to keep Desiree Rogers, President Obama's social secretary, from testifying on Capitol Hill about how a couple of aspiring reality television show celebrities crashed …
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USA Today:
Mr. President, here's how to lift our economy — Today's White House jobs summit comes too late for millions of Americans who through no fault of their own have lost their jobs, their homes, their savings and, in many cases, the self-esteem and self-respect that come from work.
Evan Newmark / Deal Journal:
Mean Street: The Sham of a Mockery of an Obama Jobs Summit — What is it about Thursday's White House “jobs summit” that rubs me the wrong way? — All presidents engage in these sorts of elaborate PR stunts. Why not just dismiss it as another meaningless piece of Washington political theater?
Andrew Malcolm / Top of the Ticket:
Poll finds adults identifying as Republicans increase, while Democrats dwindle; gap closes to only 2.9% — On Nov. 4, 2008, Americans by a lopsided margin turned over complete control of the federal government to the Democratic Party — the House of Representatives, the Senate and the White House …
ABCNEWS:
Obama Jobs Summit: Progress or PR Stunt? — Obama: ‘We Will Not Rest Until We Are ... Generating the Jobs That This Economy Needs’ — Is the White House jobs summit an event that will spur tangible actions or simply a glorified public-relations stunt? — Some are asking that question …
Eric Lipton / New York Times:
Black Caucus Seeks to Ease Radio's Woes — WASHINGTON — The radio business has nothing to do with the plan to overhaul the nation's system for regulating banks and other financial institutions. — Except, it turns out, in Congress. — One of most intriguing mysteries here in recent weeks …
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Goldman Sachs 2011 forecast would be an absolute disaster for Dems
Goldman Sachs 2011 forecast would be an absolute disaster for Dems
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Tim Arango / New York Times:
Comcast Gets NBC From G.E. in Deal That Reshapes TV — After nearly nine months of negotiations, Comcast, the nation's largest cable operator, finally reached an agreement on Thursday to acquire NBC Universal from the General Electric Company. — The deal valued NBC Universal at about $30 billion.
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Eliot A. Cohen / Wall Street Journal:
A Wartime President — Obama's commitment in Afghanistan means losing old friends and winning uncomfortable new ones. — Printer — Friendly — When it comes to President Barack Obama's long-awaited decision to send more troops to Afghanistan, there are three main points to consider …
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Amanda Terkel / Think Progress:
Mall of America officials backtrack on banning non-English speaking reporters from Palin's book event. — On Dec. 7, former Alaska governor Sarah Palin will be at the Mall of America to sign copies of her new book. In advance of her visit, mall officials sent out a message to reporters: If you don't speak English, stay away.
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Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
Boxer: Hackers should face criminal probe over ‘Climategate’ — Leaked e-mails allegedly undermining climate change science should be treated as a criminal matter, Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) said Wednesday afternoon. — Boxer, the top Democrat on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee …
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Stephen Dinan / Washington Times:
Researcher: NASA hiding climate data — The fight over global warming science is about to cross the Atlantic with a U.S. researcher poised to sue NASA, demanding release of the same kind of climate data that has landed a leading British center in hot water over charges it skewed its data.
Tony Romm / The Hill:
Bunning: Bernanke earned an ‘F-minus’ as Fed chairman — Sen. Jim Bunning (R-Ky.) on Thursday signaled he would again vote against Ben Bernanke to head up the Federal Reserve. — During an interview with CNBC this morning, Bunning — who also voted against Bernanke's appointment in 2006 …
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Christianity Today:
Q & A: Mike Huckabee — Mike Huckabee wants pastors to be more graphic about Christmas. The former Southern Baptist pastor says that the church has sanitized the holiday and should tell it like it happened. The former governor of Arkansas recently finished his 64-city book tour for his book …
Wall Street Journal:
Climategate: Science Is Dying — Science is on the credibility bubble. — Printer — Friendly — Surely there must have been serious men and women in the hard sciences who at some point worried that their colleagues in the global warming movement were putting at risk the credibility of everyone in science.
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Robert Draper / New York Times:
It's Just a Texas-Governor Thing — “Now I think you're on to a better subject,” declared Gov. Rick Perry aboard a private plane as the topic turned to Texas. With relish, the longest-serving governor in the state's history recounted its uninhabitable past.
Walter Alarkon / The Hill:
Job proposals from Democrats could add $300 billion in new federal spending — The cost of a new jobs bill Democrats hope to move early next year runs to nearly $300 billion when major proposals under serious consideration are added up. — Lawmakers are calling for extending aid to the unemployed …
Howard Kurtz / Washington Post:
Washington Times cuts in staff, coverage cue new era — The Washington Times, which gained a strong foothold in a politically obsessed city as a conservative alternative to much of the mainstream media, is about to become a drastically smaller newspaper. — Nearly three decades …
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Shikha Dalmia / Wall Street Journal:
Emissions Cuts Would Cost India Dearly — The poor can't afford a big tax on energy usage, or a return to the License Raj of times past. — Printer — Friendly — In the pre-iTunes, pre-MTV age, there was usually a multiyear lag before hit songs in the West reached India.
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Newsdesk / Page's Page:
Bill Ayers dumps Obama — To hear the right-wing crowd, you would think Bill Ayers and President Barack Obama were joined at the hip. — Who could forget Sarah Palin's charge that Obama was “palin' around with terrorists”? — Well, goodbye to all that.
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David Weigel / The Washington Independent:
Republicans Pay Tribute at ‘Tea Party’ Movie Premiere — Presenters at the premiere of “Tea Party: The Documentary Film” Wednesday in Washington (Photo: David Weigel) — Getting into Wednesday's Washington, D.C., premiere of “Tea Party: The Documentary Film” meant walking through a steady rain …
K. Daniel Glover / Accuracy in Media:
Rep. Waxman Advocates Media Bailout — Rep. Henry Waxman trekked from Capitol Hill to Federal Trade Commission headquarters today to deliver a message to journalists and news consumers: All of you need to reach a consensus about working with the government in order to bail out the struggling news industry.
Erin Carlson / Silicon Alley Insider:
Anderson Cooper's Ratings Plummet — Anderson Cooper is fading in the ratings. — The respected CNN anchor has seen his numbers slip significantly through the past year. His 10 p.m. show, “Anderson Cooper 360,” has declined 62% in total viewers and 70% in adults 25-54 from November 2008, according to Nielsen figures.
Jonathan Liew / Telegraph:
All men watch porn, scientists find — Scientists at the University of Montreal launched a search for men who had never looked at pornography - but couldn't find any. — Researchers were conducting a study comparing the views of men in their 20s who had never been exposed to pornography with regular users.
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Alex Isenstadt / The Politico:
Coleman's re-emergence builds buzz — Former GOP Sen. Norm Coleman is gradually returning to the spotlight after months of near silence, a move that some insiders in Washington and Minnesota view as a precursor to a 2010 gubernatorial bid. — Five months after the conclusion of his bitter …
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