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Authorities Have Identified Person of Interest in Times Square Bomb Attempt — Investigation Pointing to Coordinated Effort, Foreign Links in Foiled Times Square Attack — Federal authorities are closing in on the man they say is a person of interest in the Times Square car bomb attempt this weekend …
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Fox News:
American Who Recently Visited Pakistan Eyed in Times Square Bomb Plot — The person is a naturalized American citizen who was in Pakistan for several months and returned to the United States recently, investigative sources told Fox News
New York Times:
Owner of Explosives-Packed Nissan Found in Times Square Is Located — The 1993 Nissan Pathfinder rigged to blow up in Times Square on Saturday night was recently sold by its registered owner for cash, with no paperwork involved, a person briefed on the investigation said on Monday afternoon.
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James Fallows / The Atlantic Online:
If the TSA Were Running New York — How would it respond to this weekend's Times Square bomb threat? Well, by extrapolation from its response to the 9/11 attacks and subsequent threats, the policy would be: — All vans or SUVs headed into Midtown Manhattan would have to stop and have their contents inspected.
The Huffington Post:
Greenspan Wanted Housing-Bubble Dissent Kept Secret — WHAT'S YOUR REACTION? — As top Federal Reserve officials debated whether there was a housing bubble and what to do about it, then-Chairman Alan Greenspan argued that the dissent should be kept secret so that the Fed wouldn't lose control …
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Annie Lowrey / The Washington Independent:
The Fed Discussing and Dismissing the Housing Bubble in 2004
The Fed Discussing and Dismissing the Housing Bubble in 2004
Rep. Alan Grayson / The Huffington Post:
Who Got Our $1,000,000,000,000? — Last year, I asked …
Lane Wright / sunshinestatenews.com:
Sen. Mike Bennett Caught Looking at Porn on Senate Floor … No one will argue that sitting on the Senate floor during session can get a little boring, but looking at porn is probably not the best way to pass the time. — On Thursday morning, Sunshine State News captured exclusive video …
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Stephanie Condon / CBS News:
Poll: Public's View of the Economy is Improving — CBS News Poll analysis by the CBS News Polling Unit: Sarah Dutton, Jennifer De Pinto, Fred Backus and Anthony Salvanto. — Americans are more optimistic about the future of the economy than they were last month, according to a new CBS News/ New York Times poll.
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Mark Silva / The Swamp:
Sarah Palin: ‘Drill here, drill now’ — The Alaskan who made “Drill, Baby, Drill” a standard term in the modern American political lexicon says the massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, potentially the worst ever off-shore from American coastlines, is no cause for giving up on off-shore drilling.
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Jeremy Scahill / RebelReports:
Secret Erik Prince/Blackwater Tape Exposed — The reclusive Blackwater founder tries to ban journalists and recorders from his speeches in front of friendly audiences. This time he failed. — [Note: This post, written for TheNation.com, will be posted on The Nation magazine's homepage soon as part of the launch of a new blog.
Michelle Malkin:
The May Day angry mob you won't see — Reconquista revolution without borders! (Photo credit: El Marco, Denver) — They came, they saw, they threatened or committed violence in the name of open borders and workers' rights. But alas, Frank Rich and Paul Krugman's columns decrying …
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Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Torches, smashed windows - must have been a Tea Party!
Torches, smashed windows - must have been a Tea Party!
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Fred Barbash / The Politico:
With dissents, SCOTUS closes door — With two dissents, the U.S. Supreme Court announced Monday that, for security reasons, the public will no longer be able enter the court through the majestic doors at the top of the steps beneath the inscription “Equal Justice Under Law.”
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Aaron Blake / Ballot Box:
Top of the ballot: Expectations rise for GOP in specials; Dobson switches endorsement in Kentucky — TOP OF THE BALLOT: Expectations creep up on Republicans in Hawaii and Pennsylvania; Dobson switches endorsement in Kentucky; and a DSCC recruit hopes to force runoff in North Carolina.
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Brian Beutler / TPMDC:
Pelosi: Bush Admin Barred Officials From Briefing Congress On Impending Financial Crisis in Fall 2008 — Nearly two years after the Wall Street meltdown drove the U.S. economy to the brink of collapse, and forced the U.S. government to prop up major financial institutions with hundreds …
Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Florida GOP chief puts Crist portrait on eBay — John Thrasher, chairman of the Republican Party of Florida (RPOF), is helping recoup money the party gave to Gov. Charlie Crist in an interesting way. — Thrasher put a privately commissioned oil painting of Crist, who backed …
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Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
DNC poll: Only Case can win in Hawaii — The White House and top Democratic officials are circulating a new, private poll to suggest that only one of two Democrats splitting votes in a tightly contested Hawaii special election has a chance of winning the race.
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Bloomberg:
China May ‘Crash’ in Next 9 to 12 Months, Faber Says — Investor Marc Faber said China's economy will slow and possibly “crash” within a year as declines in stock and commodity prices signal the nation's property bubble is set to burst. — The Shanghai Composite Index has failed to regain …
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John Bolton / Wall Street Journal:
Get Ready for a Nuclear Iran — Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Turkey and others will surely follow suit. — Negotiations grind on toward a fourth U.N. Security Council sanctions resolution against Iran's nuclear weapons program, even as President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad arrives in New York to address …
JJ Hensley / Arizona Republic:
Joe Arpaio won't run for Arizona governor — Sheriff Joe Arpaio will not run for governor, announcing Monday that he will remain Maricopa County's top cop for at least two more years. — The decision ends months of speculation, much of it fueled by Arpaio himself, that he would resign …
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Peterhamby / CNN:
Outspoken sheriff won't run for governor in Arizona
The Atlantic Online:
Monday Meme — A friend suggested this exercise: go to your Amazon orders page, and see what the very first thing you ordered from Amazon was. — Memoirs of the turn of the previous century are filled with the family's first automobile, its first water closet and electric lights.
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Free exchange
Marc Ambinder / The Atlantic Online:
Mainstream Journalist Mentions Vera Baker! — No one's going to ignore the National Enquirer's reporting on political sex scandals. It is at the height of its prestige now, having been talked about as a serious Pulitzer Prize contender for its coverage of the John Edwards scandal. — The tabloid has cred.
Rasmussen Reports:
Election 2010: Iowa Governor — Iowa Governor: Branstad 53%, Culver 38% — With the Iowa Republican Primary just five weeks away, former GOP Governor Terry Branstad still attracts much more support than either of his party rivals in the race against current Democratic Governor Chet Culver.
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Brady McCombs / Arizona Daily Star:
Focus in Krentz killing on suspect in US — The killing of a Southern Arizona rancher that sparked an outcry to secure the border was not random, and investigators are focusing on a suspect in the United States, the Arizona Daily Star has learned. — High-ranking government officials …
Michael Barone / Real Clear Politics:
The Left Loses Its Way by Abandoning ‘Third Way’ — Left parties are in trouble in the Anglosphere. Here in America, Democrats are doing worse in the polls than at any time in the last 50 years. In Britain, the Labor Party is on the brink of finishing third, behind both Conservatives …
Washington Post:
Gulf Coast oil spill may take months to contain, officials say — Officials from the Obama administration and oil giant BP say it might take up to three months to seal off a leaking oil well 5,000 feet below the surface of the Gulf of Mexico that has created a massive environmental crisis that could affect much of the Gulf Coast.