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Roger Simon / The Politico:
Obama to POLITICO: Some in Congress hypocritical on spill — President Barack Obama said Friday that some members of Congress are being hypocritical when it comes to blaming the White House for its handling of the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. — In an interview with POLITICO …
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Josh Gerstein / The Politico:
Enviros give Obama a pass on spill — Last week, it seemed, environmentalists were finally ready to let loose on President Barack Obama over the Gulf oil spill. — Actress Q'orianka Kilcher chained herself to the White House fence while her mother slathered the “Pocahontas” star in black paint meant to look like oozing crude.
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Hugh Tomlinson / Times of London:
Saudi Arabia gives Israel clear skies to attack Iranian nuclear sites — Saudi Arabia has conducted tests to stand down its air defences to enable Israeli jets to make a bombing raid on Iran's nuclear facilities, The Times can reveal. — In the week that the UN Security Council imposed …
Walter Shapiro / Politics Daily:
Nikki Haley and Rand Paul Races: Where Have All the Reporters Gone? — On the cusp of her historic landslide victory in the South Carolina GOP gubernatorial primary, Nikki Haley swooped into Hartsville last Saturday afternoon. More than 100 Tea Party activists waited in the scorching heat …
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Amy Gardner / Washington Post:
‘Tea party’ candidates hurt by lack of organization in movement — The polls hadn't even closed Tuesday when “tea party” activists in Nevada started sniping at one another over whether Sharron Angle, the soon-to-be Republican nominee for U.S. Senate, was the best candidate to bring down Senate Majority Leader Harry M. Reid.
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Dexter Filkins / New York Times:
Karzai Is Said to Doubt West Can Defeat Taliban — KABUL, Afghanistan — Two senior Afghan officials were showing President Hamid Karzai the evidence of the spectacular rocket attack on a nationwide peace conference earlier this month when Mr. Karzai told them that he believed the Taliban were not responsible.
Danny Hakim / New York Times:
State Wants to Borrow From Pension Fund, to Pay the Fund — ALBANY — Gov. David A. Paterson and legislative leaders have tentatively agreed to allow the state and municipalities to borrow nearly $6 billion to help them make their required annual payments to the state pension fund.
Jason Blevins / Denver Post:
Raft guide arrested after helping stranded rafter on Clear Creek — Clear Creek sheriff's deputies on Thursday arrested a rafting guide for swimming to a stranded young rafter who had tumbled from his boat on Clear Creek. — Ryan Daniel Snodgrass, a 28-year-old guide with Arkansas Valley …
New York Times:
Flash Floods Sweep Through Arkansas Camps — LODI, Ark. — At least 16 people were killed and dozens more were unaccounted for after flash floods raged through campgrounds in western Arkansas early Friday morning. — As many as 300 people, including families with vehicles and off-road backpackers …
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Jill Zeman Bleed / Associated Press:
Flash floods kill at least 16 at Ark. campground
Flash floods kill at least 16 at Ark. campground
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Caroline Glick:
YouTube silences Latma, removes We Con the World — As Israel went offline for the Jewish sabbath, YouTube removed most versions of Latma's hit parody song We Con the World. If you try to access the song on YouTube you receive the notification: — This video is no longer available due …
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Geoffrey Wheatcroft / Daily Mail:
America's ALWAYS tried to do down Britain — Has the worm turned at last? As the oil continues to gush in the Gulf of Mexico, angry rhetoric has gushed from President Barack Obama's lips. His rabid denunciations of BP have damaged the interests not only of that company but of most British people …
Julian Pecquet / The Hill:
Boehner: Dems busy with ‘backroom deals’ so they don't have to pass budget — This week's Republican address was all about jobs, jobs, jobs - and how Democrats aren't creating any. — House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) focused on the largely jobless recovery and the rising deficit, which he said are linked.
Jesse Lee / White House.gov Blog Feed:
Weekly Address: Fair Pay for Doctors — With doctors facing deep cuts in their reimbursements from Medicare unless Congress acts to correct long-standing problems, the President calls on Senate Republicans to stop blocking the remedy and pledges to work toward a permanent solution.
Zaid Jilani / Think Progress:
Schumer Says It ‘Makes Sense’ To ‘Strangle [Gaza] Economically’ Until It Votes The Way Israel Wants — This past Wednesday, Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) delivered a wide-ranging speech at an Orthodox Union event in Washington, D.C. The senator's lecture touched on areas such as Iran's nuclear program …
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