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Sources: U.S.-born al-Qaida spokesman caught — Gadahn, 31, reportedly held in Pakistan; $1 million reward on his head — KARACHI, Pakistan - Adam Yahiye Gadahn, a U.S.-born spokesman for al-Qaida, has been captured in Pakistan, government sources said Sunday.

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Ashraf Khan / Associated Press:

Officers: Pakistan arrests American-born al-Qaida — KARACHI, Pakistan - The American-born spokesman for al-Qaida has been arrested by Pakistani intelligence officers in the southern city of Karachi, two officers and a government official said Sunday, the same day Adam Gadahn appeared …

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Helen Kennedy / NY Daily News:

American Al Qaeda terrorist Adam Gadahn, aka ‘Azzam the American’, arrested in Pakistan — Adam Gadhan, the treasonous Californian Al Qaeda leader who has long been on Washington's Most Wanted list, was nabbed in Pakistan Sunday - a huge victory in the battle against the terror network.

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DAWN.COM:

Al-Qaeda commander Abu Yahya arrested in Karachi — KARACHI: Pakistani security forces along with help of US intelligence arrested Abu Yahya Mujahdeen Al- Adam, who is a close associate of Osama Bin Laden. Abu Yahya was arrested on Sunday from an area surrounding the super highway, on the outskirts of Karachi.

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Bill Roggio / The Long War Journal:

American al Qaeda spokesman Adam Gadahn captured in Pakistan: Report — Adam Gadahn, al Qaeda's American spokesman, from a videotape released in 2008. — Reports from Pakistan indicate that the American-born al Qaeda spokesman who has been charged with treason in the US was captured today in Pakistan's port city of Karachi.

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CNN: Official: U.S. al Qaeda spokesman seized

Glenn Harlan Reynolds / Washington Examiner:

Consent of the governed - and the lack thereof — Our Declaration of Independence observes: — “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.

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Bridget Johnson / The Hill:

Baird: Healthcare votes of retiring Democrats aren't necessarily in the bag — Rep. Brian Baird (D-Wash.) stressed Sunday that the votes of retiring Dems such as himself aren't necessarily in the bag. — Appearing across from Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Chairman Rep. Chris Van Hollen …

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Jordy Yager / The Hill:
Dems keep pressure on Stupak over healthcare bill and abortion concerns

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The Note: Sebelius on Stupak Abortion Impasse: ‘The Conversation Will Continue’

Lisa Lerer / Politico Live's Blog:
Baird undecided — Rep. Brian Baird (D-Wash.) said Sunday …

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The Huffington Post:

Tom Delay: People Are Unemployed Because They Want To Be — WHAT'S YOUR REACTION? — Former House Majority Leader Tom Delay called Sen. Jim Bunning (R-Ky.) “brave” on Sunday for launching a one-man filibuster of unemployment benefits, arguing that they dissuaded people from going out and finding work.

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Lisa Lerer / Politico Live's Blog:
Rangel was right to step down, says DeLay

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Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:

Conservative lawyers criticize attacks on DOJ lawyers — Bill Kristol just launched a pre-emptive assault on a statement criticizing his and Liz Cheney's group, Keep America Safe, which bears the signature of a prominent lawyer who's typically a Cheney ally.

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William Kristol / Weekly Standard:

The ACLU and Human Rights Watch Rally to Holder's Defense — The American Civil Liberties Union has an amusing full-page ad in the New York Times today (p. 8 of the Week in Review section). It morphs a photo of their onetime favorite, Barack Obama into...George W. Bush!

NY Daily News:

Channel 7 ABC flashes angry message, then goes black for Cablevision customers at midnight — ABC has gone dark. — Seconds after midnight, Channel 7 disappeared from the screens of Cablevision customers right in the middle of a repeat episode of “Lost.”

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Media Decoder:
Disney Pulls ABC From Cablevision After Deal Fails

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Steven Lee Myers / New York Times:

Turnout Heavy in Iraq Election as Voters Defy Deadly Attacks — BAGHDAD — Defying a sustained barrage of mortars and rockets in Baghdad and other cities, Iraqis went to the polls in numbers on Sunday to choose a new parliament meant to outlast the American military presence here. — IRAQ ELECTION PHOTOS

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Stephen Farrell / At War:
Iraqi Elections: Live-Blogging Election Day

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Washington Post: Violence mars early hours of voting in Iraq

Ned Parker / Los Angeles Times:
In Baghdad, mortar rounds mark Iraq election day

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CNN:

Iranian president: 9/11 was ‘big lie’ — (CNN) — Two days before his official trip to Afghanistan, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad called the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, a “big lie” intended to pave the way for the invasion of a war-torn nation, according to Iranian state media.

Ali Akbar Dareini / Associated Press:
Iran's Ahmadinejad: Sept. 11 attacks a ‘big lie’

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Liz Garrigan / Nashville Scene:

Nothing Funny About This Monkey Mail — Walt Baker, the prominent CEO of the powerful Tennessee Hospitality Association who was a key figure in gaining approval of the controversial $585 million convention center, sent the kind of “joke” email last night — comparing First Lady Michelle Obama …

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Frank Rich / New York Times:

The Up-or-Down Vote on Obama's Presidency — WEDNESDAY'S health care rally was one of President Obama's finest hours. It was so fine it couldn't be blighted even by his preposterous backdrop, a cohort of white-jacketed medical workers large enough to staff a hospital in one of the daytime soaps …

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Patrick McGreevy / Los Angeles Times:

Overtime pay may be putting a dent in state's furlough savings — Furloughs are expected to save the state $1.2 billion this fiscal year. But last year some workers more than offset those cuts with increased overtime. — Reporting from Sacramento - Like many other state employees …

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