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May 2: Napolitano, Salazar, Allen, Clinton, Crist, roundtable — MR. DAVID GREGORY: This Sunday, a bomb in New York's Times Square forces the evacuation of thousands. What more is known this morning? — And the latest on what damage the administration expects along the Gulf Coast from that massive oil spill.
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Obama vows ‘relentless’ response to oil spill
Obama vows ‘relentless’ response to oil spill
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Pat G. / Think Progress:
Hume Acknowledges Oil Spill Disaster ‘Verifies’ The Concern Of Environmentalists
Hume Acknowledges Oil Spill Disaster ‘Verifies’ The Concern Of Environmentalists
Roman Polanski / La Règle du Jeu:
I can remain silent no longer! — Throughout my seven months since September 26, 2009, the date of my arrest at Zurich Airport, where I had landed with a view to receiving a lifetime award for my work from the representative of the Swiss Minister of Culture, I have refrained from making …
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Michael Cieply / New York Times:
Polanski Breaks Silence on His Extradition From Switzerland — LOS ANGLES — Ending a long silence, Roman Polanski addressed his possible extradition to the United States over a 33-year-old sex-crime case with a statement that accused authorities here of “trying to serve me on a platter …
Reuters:
Investigators hunt New York car bomb culprits — (Reuters) - Investigators combed through security video and other evidence on Monday in the hunt for suspects in a failed car bombing in New York's Times Square and officials expressed optimism that the culprits will be found.
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Sam Youngman / The Hill:
Obama vows ‘to see that justice is done’ in Times Square bomb
Obama vows ‘to see that justice is done’ in Times Square bomb
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Karin Brulliard / Washington Post:
Web video shows Pakistani militant leader thought to be dead — ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN — A Pakistani militant leader who was thought to have been killed by a U.S. drone strike in January has appeared in a new Internet video, vowing attacks on American cities.
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Bill Roggio / The Long War Journal:
Exclusive: Tapes show Hakeemullah Mehsud is alive and threatens attacks in the US — Hakeemullah Mehsud, the leader of the Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan, in a videotape dated April 4, 2010. — Two tapes were sent today to The Long War Journal by a group identifying itself …
Bill Roggio / The Long War Journal:
Pakistani Taliban claim credit for failed NYC Times Square car bombing
Pakistani Taliban claim credit for failed NYC Times Square car bombing
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Alia Wilson / Mercury News:
Riot breaks out in downtown Santa Cruz; windows broken on dozens of businesses, porch of cafe set on fire — SANTA CRUZ - A large group of protesters demonstrating at a May Day rally for worker's and immigrant rights downtown broke off into a riot vandalizing about a dozen businesses around 10:30 p.m. Saturday, police said.
New York Times:
U.S. Is Pushing to Deter a Mideast Nuclear Race — The opening Monday of a monthlong United Nations conference to strengthen the main treaty meant to halt the spread of nuclear arms is likely to be dominated by Iran's president denouncing the West and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton warning …
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Bridget Johnson / The Hill:
Ahmadinejad likely to stir sanctions debate with address at U.N. nuke summit — Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will stir the already stormy debate over sanctions on Iran's nuclear program when he pops in at the United Nations on Monday to address its nuclear nonproliferation conference.
Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
For Obama, a changed tone in presidential humor — Barack Obama, the Insult Comic President, was up to his old shtick Saturday night. — Breaking with presidential punch line tradition for the second consecutive year, Obama dropped zinger after zinger on his opponents and allies alike …
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Derrick DePledge / Honolulu Advertiser:
Hawaii Poll: Djou leads Democratic rivals in congressional race — Poll shows concerns over Hanabusa, Case splitting vote are real — Honolulu City Councilman Charles Djou has the advantage in the special election for Congress, a new Hawai'i Poll has found, giving Republicans the best opportunity …
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George Talbot / Breaking News from the Press-Register:
BP told to stop circulating settlement agreements with coastal Alabamians — Alabama Attorney General Troy King said tonight that he has told representatives of BP Plc. that they should stop circulating settlement agreements among coastal Alabamians. — The agreements, King said …
Chris Frates / The Politico:
Revolving door: Hill to hedge funds — Wall Street has taken its lumps in Washington recently and Goldman Sachs has become everyone's whipping boy, but hedge funds and private equity firms have escaped relatively unscathed. — “There's no question they've gotten a free ride,” …
Bloomberg:
Greece Gets $146 Billion Rescue on EU, IMF Austerity Package — Euro-region ministers agreed to a 110 billion-euro ($146 billion) rescue package for Greece to prevent a default and stop the worst crisis in the currency's 11-year history from spreading through the rest of the bloc.
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National Review:
Crist: Lieberman Was Right, 'I'm Much Happier Now' [Robert Costa] — EXCLUSIVE — Florida Gov. Charlie Crist tells National Review Online that a conversation with Sen. Joe Lieberman (I., Conn.) helped to convince him to run for U.S. Senate as an independent.
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Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
Crist says he's open to supporting a Democrat for Senate majority leader
Crist says he's open to supporting a Democrat for Senate majority leader
The Politico:
Ensign draws calls to resign — Sen. John Ensign is facing an increasingly uncertain future in the Senate, with a senior Democrat saying that the Nevada Republican should resign if allegations against him are true and other senators mulling the possibility of public hearings into his extramarital affair with a former staffer.
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The Politico:
Left sees chance to beef up bank bill — Sensing the political wind at their backs, activist groups on the left are planning a push this week to shape the Wall Street reform bill on the Senate floor — and they're hoping that fraud charges and a criminal investigation of Goldman Sachs will give them the momentum they need.
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