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The Huffington Post:
Gingrich: Obama Should Withdraw Kagan Nomination — WHAT'S YOUR REACTION? — Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich called on President Obama to withdraw the nomination of Elena Kagan for the Supreme Court, calling her views anti-military and airing, for one of the first times …
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Joshua Miller / ABCNEWS:
Top Republican Says Kagan ‘Violated the Law’ — Cites Harvard Military Recruiting Spat When Supreme Court Nominee Elena Kagan Was Law School Dean — Sen. Jeff Sessions, the ranking Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee, told ABC News' “This Week” that Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan …
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Marin Cogan / Politico Live's Blog:
McConnell attacks Kagan over Citizens United — Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell tried a new line of attack against the president's high court nominee Sunday, asserting that she has been supportive of banning pamphlets and other campaign literature. — “Solicitor Kagan's office …
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Justin Gillis / New York Times:
Scientists Find Giant Plumes of Oil Forming Under the Gulf — Scientists are finding enormous oil plumes in the deep waters of the Gulf of Mexico, including one as large as 10 miles long, 3 miles wide and 300 feet thick in spots. The discovery is fresh evidence that the leak from the broken undersea …
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Shaila Dewan / New York Times:
Tube Offers a ‘Limited Success’ in Oil Leak, BP Says — NEW ORLEANS, La. — An experimental attempt to stop an oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico experienced some limited success over the weekend, BP announced Sunday afternoon. — Engineers successfully inserted a tube into the damaged riser pipe …
Fox News:
BP Hopeful About Latest Oil Siphon Attempt — BP says engineers trying to stop an oil leak deep beneath the Gulf of Mexico used a mile-long tube to funnel some oil to the surface
Amira Hass / Haaretz:
Noam Chomsky denied entry into Israel — Left-wing linguist, who was scheduled to speak at Bir Zeit University, told by Israeli inspectors at Allenby Bridge that a reason for the refusal would be sent to the American embassy. — American linguist Noam Chomsky was denied entry into Israel on May 16, 2010
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Herb Keinon / Jerusalem Post:
Emanuel to rabbis: US ‘screwed up’ — Exclusive: Officials deny US changing view on Israeli nuclear policy. — Talkbacks (82) — Make JPOST.COM your Home Page — Iranian Threat — Jewish World — Local Israel — Arts & Culture — Français — Classifieds — Israel
Lori Weisberg / SignOnSanDiego.com:
Some in Arizona canceling trips to S.D. — Outrage over local censure votes may be a misunderstanding — San Diego tourism leaders and hoteliers fear they could lose a sizable chunk of business this summer from valued “Zonies” who are so angered by elected leaders' recent censure of Arizona …
Scarce / Crooks and Liars:
Glenn Beck delivers commencement address at Liberty Univ. — Here is the first 7 min of Beck's rambling and disjointed address yesterday. Apologies for the video quality as it was recorded off the tv screen itself, by a fan of Beck I assume. — The Lynchburg News & Advance describes the spectacle as so:
Joe Queenan / Wall Street Journal:
A Lament for the Class of 2010 — New college graduates face a labor force that neither wants or needs them; a plum job interning at a street fair — A few weeks ago I ran into one of my son's oldest friends. He had attended an Ivy League school, studying drama and music, and was now back living at home.
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Dick Cheney / Orange County Register:
Whitman stronger Republican candidate … I am proud to endorse Meg Whitman to be the next governor of California. Meg has the conservative values, leadership skills and vision to reform state government and usher in an era of strong economic growth and prosperity. — There is a lot at stake in this election.