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Sean J. Miller / The Hill:
S.C. Dems ask Senate nominee to withdraw after felony charge — Less than 24 hours after Alvin Greene's surprise win in the South Carolina Democratic Senate primary, the state party has asked him to withdraw from the race because of a pending felony charge.
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Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Write Off Lincoln — It's nice for Blanche Lincoln that she won the runoff in Arkansas last night but I hope that no groups that care about getting Democratic Senators elected spend another dollar in the state this year. That doesn't have anything to do with her ideology- judging …
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Robbie Brown / New York Times:
Questions After Political Unknown Wins
Questions After Political Unknown Wins
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Meg Kinnard / Associated Press:
Unknown Senate candidate in SC faces felony charge
Unknown Senate candidate in SC faces felony charge
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Lauren Beckham Falcone / Boston Herald:
Sarah Palin (DD-Alaska)? — Hey Sarah Palin, I can see your cleavage from my house! — Alaska's former governor sported more Northern Exposure than usual at the Belmont Stakes race this weekend, sending the blogosphere into a tizzy, wondering whether Palin is exercising a woman's right to (bigger) boobs.
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Rachael Larimore / Double X:
Where's the Rah-Rah Sisterhood? — The overriding theme of Tuesday night's primary coverage was that it was a big night for female politicians. But there is a noticeable dearth of rah-rah sisterhood going on (though the National Review is pretty excited).
Wall Street Journal:
Lincoln Win Boosts Overhaul Effort — WASHINGTON—Sen. Blanche Lincoln's surprising victory in Tuesday's Democratic primary in Arkansas appears to have hardened an anti-Wall Street bent in Congress's financial-overhaul bill. — Ms. Lincoln wrote a controversial provision in the bill …
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Carrie Budoff Brown / The Politico:
Derivatives deal puts Dems in bind — When negotiators meet for the first time Thursday to finalize the Wall Street reform bill, House members will hear an annoyingly familiar refrain from their Senate colleagues: The legislation needs to stay largely as is.
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Rebecca English / Daily Mail:
‘Follow the Islamic way to save the world,’ Prince Charles urges environmentalists — Prince Charles yesterday urged the world to follow Islamic ‘spiritual principles’ in order to save the environment. — In a high-profile speech, the heir to the throne argued that man's destruction …
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Candance Moore / NewsBusters.org:
CNN Blames White People For Obama's Slow Action On Oil Spill — UPDATE - 6/9, 5:45 PM | … The excuses keep rolling in to explain why President Obama is seemingly detached from the oil spill crisis in the Gulf of Mexico. — On Wednesday, CNN.com reached a new low by blatantly playing the race card …
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John Blake / CNN:
Why Obama doesn't dare become the angry black man
Why Obama doesn't dare become the angry black man
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Diane Macedo / Fox News:
Publishing Company Under Fire for Putting Warning Label on Constitution — Warning that appears on Wilder Publications' reprints of the Constitution, the Declaration of Independence and other historical texts. — A small publishing company is under fire after putting warning labels on copies …
Tim Dickinson / Rolling Stone:
The Spill, The Scandal and the President — The inside story of how Obama failed to crack down on the corruption of the Bush years - and let the world's most dangerous oil company get away with murder — On May 27th, more than a month into the worst environmental disaster in U.S. history …
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Brian Maloney / The Radio Equalizer:
Rosie O'Donnell Defends, Supports Helen Thomas — HELEN WAS RIGHT! — Adding Spin, Rosie O'Donnell Aligns With Hezbollah — What's the difference between Hezbollah's thugs and libtalker Rosie O'Donnell? Apparently, not much. While the terrorism lobby openly defends longtime White …
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Loren Steffy / Houston Chronicle:
U.S. and BP slow to accept Dutch expertise — Three days after the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon in the Gulf of Mexico, the Dutch government offered to help. — It was willing to provide ships outfitted with oil-skimming booms, and it proposed a plan for building sand barriers to protect sensitive marshlands.
Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
BP and Officials Block Some Coverage of Spill — When the operators of Southern Seaplane in Belle Chasse, La., called the local Coast Guard-Federal Aviation Administration command center for permission to fly over restricted airspace in Gulf of Mexico, they made what they thought was a simple and routine request.
Greg Sargent / The Plum Line:
Sharron Angle: In wake of Gulf spill, we need to “deregulate” Big Oil — Dems are gearing up to paint Sharron Angle, the ultra-conservative candidate who's now taking on Harry Reid, as another Rand Paul and possibly even further to his right. — And here's another data point …
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Washington Post:
Kagan has many achievements, but her world has been relatively narrow — One night, at an intimate dinner, Elena Kagan lavished such praise on Justice Antonin Scalia that he almost teared up. The next afternoon, in front of a crowd of 500, she lauded him some more, nearly choking up herself.
Alexander Mooney / CNN:
TRENDING: Open mic catches Fiorina dig at Boxer — (CNN) - Newly-minted U.S. Senate Republican nominee Carly Fiorina added her name Wednesday to the annals of unfortunate politicians caught by an open mic. — Waiting to be interviewed by affiliate KXTV Wednesday morning …
Times of India:
Taliban execute seven-year-old Afghan boy accused of spying — KABUL: Suspected Taliban militants executed a seven-year-old boy in southern Afghanistan after accusing him of spying for the government, a provincial official said Wednesday. — The child was captured by the militants …
David Charter / Times of London:
Election triumph puts anti-Islam Wilders in line for Dutch Cabinet role — The Freedom Party of the anti-Islam MP Geert Wilders emerged as the third force in Dutch politics last night, more than doubling its number of seats in Parliament in the country's general elections.
Ryan Tate / Gawker:
Apple's Worst Security Breach: 114,000 iPad Owners Exposed — Apple has suffered another embarrassment. A security breach has exposed iPad owners including dozens of CEOs, military officials, and top politicians. They—and every other buyer of the wireless-enabled tablet—could be vulnerable to spam marketing and malicious hacking.
Exurban Jon / Exurban League:
Obama announces Terrorist Stimulus Plan. — No, no, a thousand times NO: — The United States will contribute $400 million in development aid to the Palestinian territories and work with Israel to loosen its embargo on Gaza, President Barack Obama said Wednesday.
Josh Gerstein / Josh Gerstein's Blog:
ACLU chief ‘disgusted’ with Obama — The top official at the American Civil Liberties Union seems to be losing patience with President Barack Obama and his administration. — Speaking at a conference of liberal activists Wednesday morning, ACLU Executive Director Anthony Romero didn't mince …
Richard S. Chang / New York Times:
Saving Chevrolet Means Sending ‘Chevy’ to Dump — Bye-bye, indeed, Miss American Pie. If General Motors has its way, you won't be driving your Chevy to the levee ever again. — On Tuesday, G.M. sent a memo to Chevrolet employees at its Detroit headquarters, promoting the importance of …