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Damien Cave / New York Times:
Crist Announces Independent Bid for Senate — MIAMI — Gov. Charlie Crist announced Thursday that he will run independently for the United States Senate, giving Florida a race that will once again make the state a gawk-worthy stage of American politics, where the country's desires, fears and conflicts play out.
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Mark Silva / The Swamp:
Charlie Crist: Assume nothing, Silva says — There could be, in the defection of Florida Gov. Charlie Crist from the party in which he made his career, a message about more than the ambition of one politician. — From the start, this was one Republican who looked out for his own fortunes …
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Staffers resign in wake of Crist announcement — Members of Charlie Crist's campaign staff announced Thursday they are resigning. — St. Petersburg, Florida (CNN) - At least three members of Florida Gov. Charlie Crist's campaign staff resigned on Thursday shortly after Crist announced …
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John McCormack / Weekly Standard:
Jeb Bush Rips Crist; Update: Rubio Responds: “Crist still doesn't get it”
Jeb Bush Rips Crist; Update: Rubio Responds: “Crist still doesn't get it”
Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
More Americans Favor Than Oppose Arizona Immigration Law — Among those who have heard of law, 51% favor and 39% oppose it — PRINCETON, NJ — More than three-quarters of Americans have heard about the state of Arizona's new immigration law, and of these, 51% say they favor it and 39% oppose it.
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Steve Chapman / Reason:
Mysteries of an Immigration Law
Mysteries of an Immigration Law
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Sean J. Miller / Ballot Box:
Toomey backs Arizona immigration law (updated)
Toomey backs Arizona immigration law (updated)
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New York Times:
Prosecutors Said to Start Inquiry at Goldman — By LOUISE STORY and MICHAEL J. de la MERCED — Federal prosecutors have opened an investigation into trading at Goldman Sachs, raising the possibility of criminal charges against the Wall Street giant, according to people familiar with the matter.
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Wall Street Journal:
Criminal Probe Looks Into Goldman Trading — Federal prosecutors are conducting a criminal investigation into whether Goldman Sachs Group Inc. or its employees committed securities fraud in connection with its mortgage trading, people familiar with the probe say.
Joseph Abrams / Fox News:
EXCLUSIVE: U.N. Elects Iran to Commission on Women's Rights — Without fanfare, the United Nations this week elected Iran to its Commission on the Status of Women, handing a four-year seat on the influential human rights body to a theocratic state in which stoning is enshrined in law …
Washington Post:
As oil spill hits Louisiana coast, critics assail Obama's offshore drilling plan — The worsening oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico on Thursday threatened not only the shores of five states but also President Obama's plan to open vast stretches of U.S. coastline to oil and gas drilling.
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iPhone Finder Regrets His ‘Mistake’ — The person who found and sold an Apple iPhone prototype says he regrets not doing more to return the device to its owner, according to a statement provided by his attorney Thursday in response to queries from Wired.com.
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Democrats pledge to move toward 2010 vote on immigration reform — Senate Democratic leaders said Thursday they are serious about having a vote on immigration this year. — Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) and other Democrats made that pledge as they unveiled their outline …
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Dana Bash / CNN:
Dems to push new immigration plan
Dems to push new immigration plan
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Steve Jobs / Apple:
Thoughts on Flash — Apple has a long relationship with Adobe. In fact, we met Adobe's founders when they were in their proverbial garage. Apple was their first big customer, adopting their Postscript language for our new Laserwriter printer. Apple invested in Adobe and owned around 20% of the company for many years.
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Ynetnews:
British protesters attack Israel's deputy ambassador — Pro-Palestinian protesters storm towards Talya Lador-Fresher after her speech at Manchester University, prompting police to whisk her away from site. Protesters proceed to encircle police car, climb on hood. Ambassador Ron Prosor says sweeping denunciation expected
Sarah Palin / Time:
Glenn Beck — Who'd have thought a history buff with a quirky sense of humor and a chalkboard could make for such riveting television? Glenn's like the high school government teacher so many wish they'd had, charting and connecting ideas with chalk-dusted fingers — kicking it old school …
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Washington Examiner:
Want to get rich? Work for feds — For decades, public sector unions have peddled the fantasy that government employees were paid less than their counterparts in the private sector. In fact, the pay disparity is the other way around. Government workers, especially at the federal level …
Ed White / Associated Press:
Judge asks feds to show militia did more than talk — DETROIT (AP) - A federal judge challenged prosecutors Wednesday to show that nine members of a Michigan militia accused of plotting war against the government had done more than just talk and should remain locked up.
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Chad Pergram / The Speakers Lobby:
House Approves Puerto Rico Vote Legislation — The House of Representatives voted Thursday to allow Puerto Ricans to decide their own political future and relationship with the United States. — The vote was 223 to 169. Rep. Louise Slaughter, D-N.Y., voted present.
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Michael Beckel / OpenSecrets.org:
Hordes of Hired Guns Earned About $19 Million Per Day As Lobbying Soared to Nearly $1 Billion in First Quarter — Hordes of hired K Street guns are in high demand as President Barack Obama and congressional Democrats seek to implement grand legislative plans.
Amanda Terkel / Think Progress:
Conservatives Mock Pelosi For Airbrushed Magazine Shot, Stay Silent On Laura Bush's Retouched Book Cover — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) is on the May/June 2010 cover of the DC magazine “Capitol File,” and conservatives are all worked up that the photograph of her may have been airbrushed.
Alessandra Stanley / New York Times:
One Woman's ‘Truth’: Rielle Hunter Talks to Oprah — Rielle Hunter, who told Oprah Winfrey in a program broadcast on Thursday that John Edwards had a secret affair with her because “he wanted to live a life of truth,” is a tough interview, tougher in some ways than President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran.
Ezra Klein:
Sen. Lindsey Graham: ‘I care equally about immigration and climate change’ — Sen. Lindsey Graham has been in the news this week for threatening to vote against the climate bill he's crafted if the Democrats move on immigration reform this year. Given that Graham is the only Republican on either bill, it's a very credible threat.
Desmond Tutu / The Huffington Post:
Arizona: The Wrong Answer — I am saddened today at the prospect of a young Hispanic immigrant in Arizona going to the grocery store and forgetting to bring her passport and immigration documents with her. I cannot be dispassionate about the fact that the very act of her being in the grocery store …
Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Obama: “I do think at a certain point you've made enough money” — Via News Alert and Breitbart TV, consider this Share the Wealth 2010. Barack Obama went off the TelePrompter in his speech to a Quincy, Illinois audience about Wall Street reform. After saying that Democrats don't begrudge success that's …