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11:10 AM ET, July 5, 2010

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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Op-Ed Columnist: Punishing the Unemployed  —  There was a time when everyone took it for granted that unemployment insurance, which normally terminates after 26 weeks, would be extended in times of persistent joblessness.  It was, most people agreed, the decent thing to do.  —  But that was then.
Paul / Power Line:
Obama tasks NASA with building Muslim self-esteem  —  In the video below, Charles Bolden, head of NASA, tells Al Jazeera that the “foremost” task President Obama has given him is “to find a way to reach out to the Muslim world and engage much more with predominantly Muslim nations to help …
Jeremy W. Peters / Media Decoder:
On The Economist's Cover, Only a Part of the Picture  —  It was the ideal metaphor for a politically troubled president.  —  There was President Obama on the cover of the June 19 issue of The Economist, standing alone on a Louisiana beach, head down, looking forlornly at the ground.
New York Times:
Companies Find Ways to Bypass Ban on Earmarks  —  TOLEDO, Ohio — Just one day after leaders of the House of Representatives announced a ban on earmarks to profit-making companies, Victoria Kurtz, the vice president for marketing of a small Ohio defense contracting firm, hit on a creative way around it.
David Edwards / Raw Story:
Lieberman: Rules of engagement protecting civilians ‘hurt morale’  —  Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-CT) called on President Barack Obama and the top general in Afghanistan, Gen. David Petraeus, to “loosen” the rules of engagement put in place to lessen civilian casualties.  —  Fox News reported:
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Fox News:   Petraeus Urged to Change Rules of Engagement for U.S. Troops in Afghanistan
Deb Riechmann / Associated Press:
Petraeus takes over Afghan fight, vows ‘to win’ it
Discussion: NewsBusters.org
CNN:
Former hot dog eating champ arrested  —  New York (CNN) — He didn't compete for the hot dog eating title this year, but he did cause a scene at the contest.  —  Takeru Kobayashi was arrested at Coney Island after his rival, Joey Chestnut, won the annual Nathan's International Hot Dog Eating Contest.
Sam Dillon / New York Times:
Teachers' Union Shuns Obama Aides at Convention  —  NEW ORLEANS — For the last two years, Barack Obama addressed educators gathered for the summer conventions of the two national teachers unions, and last year both groups rolled out the welcome mat for federal Secretary of Education Arne Duncan.
Alastair Jamieson / Telegraph:
Dying Lockerbie bomber ‘could survive for 10 years or more’  —  The Lockerbie bomber could survive for 10 years or longer, according to a cancer specialist who last year said he would be dead within three months of his release.  —  Professor Karol Sikora, who assessed Abdelbaset Ali Mohmet al-Megrahi …
Stephanie Clifford / New York Times:
Retailers Devise Stimulus Plans to Revive Sales  —  Tired of waiting for spending to rebound on its own, retailers are taking matters into their own hands.  Stores like Sam's Club, Target, Toys “R” Us, Staples and Office Depot are offering unconventional promotions meant not only to attract visitors …
Discussion: Pat Dollard and Guardian
Amy Gardner / Washington Post:
Tea party gatherings on the Fourth mix the educational and the patriotic  —  BEALETON, VA. — “Tea party” activists across the nation tried to put the “independence” back in Independence Day this weekend with festivals and other gatherings focused on the Constitution — and how to use it for political gain.
Discussion: Outside the Beltway
David A. Fahrenthold / Washington Post:
Determining oil spill's environmental damage is difficult  —  How dead is the Gulf of Mexico?  —  It is perhaps the most important question of the BP oil spill — but scientists don't appear close to answering it despite a historically vast effort.  —  In the 2 1/2 months since the spill began …
Discussion: Online NewsHour and The Page
BBC:
Strike warning over redundancies  —  Unions are warning of strikes after the government confirmed plans to change civil service redundancy payments.  —  One union leader called industrial action an “inevitability” if payouts to axed staff were to be reduced.
Discussion: Guardian, Telegraph and Biased BBC
 
 
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Female suicide bomber hits Iraqi governor's office
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Niniek Karmini / Associated Press:
Indonesian Islamists open front against Christians
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Sally Neighbour / NEWS.com.au:
Islamist leader Burhan Hanif tells Aussie Muslims to ‘shun democracy’
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Declaration of Independence: A Fisking
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