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11:00 PM ET, July 10, 2010

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Jules Crittenden:
Brewer To Boston: MYOB  —  Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer, in town for the National Governors Association bash, blasts the Boston City Council etal for being big buttinskis and adds, never mind what the local libs ... and the Obama admin ... think, America has her back.  Boston Herald:
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Julia Preston / New York Times:
The Obama administration has started sending federal agents to audit records of thousands of companies, forcing businesses to fire every illegal immigrant.
Erik Barajas / KTRK-TV:
Box left at woman's door explodes  —  HOUSTON (KTRK) — Local and federal investigators were at a northwest Houston home Friday night where an explosion sent a woman to the hospital.  —  The woman was opening a package left at her doorstep in the 2100 block of Seamist Court Friday evening.
Jim Hoft / Gateway Pundit:
It Begins... First Oil Rig Relocates From Gulf to Foreign Waters  —  Thanks Barack.  —  Diamond Offshore announced on Friday that it will be the first company to relocate one of its oil rigs from the Gulf of Mexico to Egyptian waters due to the Obama Administration's ban on drilling.
Discussion: Moonbattery
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Jennifer A. Dlouhy / Houston Chronicle:
First rig sails away over drilling ban  —  Lawmakers and experts fear loss is only the start of offshore exodus  —  WASHINGTON — Diamond Offshore announced Friday that its Ocean Endeavor drilling rig will leave the Gulf of Mexico and move to Egyptian waters immediately …
Discussion: NewsReal Blog
Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Whew: America's Candidate funded by ... US and South Carolina taxpayers  —  When Alvin Greene came out of nowhere to win the Democratic nomination to run against Jim DeMint for the Senate, people wondered how this unknown got 60% of the Democratic vote in the primary.
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Jules Crittenden:
Ivy Cred  —  OK, so the FBI has said they were Russian spies, the Russian government has said they were Russian spies, and the Russian spies have said they were Russian spies, and Vladimir Putin has cracked jokes about it.  —  That leaves ... Harvard.  The nation's premier Ivy League U.S …
Discussion: Don Surber
Digby / Hullabaloo:
Blasting right wing lies right out of the oil soaked water  —  Blamo!  —  Here's something you don't see every day: a news anchor actually challenging a lying winger on the air and then going back the next day with a thorough fact check:  —  See, it's really not that hard.  —  h/t to bb
Russell Berman / The Hill:
Obama's Israel policy could loom large as midterm election issue in key races  —  As the Obama administration tries to mend its strained ties with Israel, strategists say U.S. policy on the Jewish state could influence several battleground House and Senate races this fall.
Discussion: Israel Matzav
Patrick Poole / Pajamas Media:
Blue Suede Jihad: PJM Gets the MSM Treatment  —  A Memphis mosque turns to its dinosaur media allies over a PJM story on a Hamas fundraiser's scheduled appearance.  —  Last week, I wrote about the scheduled appearance of Sheikh Mohammed Al-Hanooti, a long-time terrorist supporter and known Hamas fundraiser …
Discussion: The Jawa Report
Jim Lindgren / The Volokh Conspiracy:
Serious Questions About the Veracity of Michael Bellesiles's Latest Tale  —  A few days ago, questions were raised first by Big Journalism and then by me about a story that Michael Bellesiles published in the June 27th issue of the Chronicle of Higher Education: Teaching Military History in a Time of War.
Discussion: Chicago Boyz
San Francisco Chronicle:
Mehserle apologizes - Grant family unimpressed  —  (07-09) 16:28 PDT OAKLAND — While the jury was deliberating his fate, former BART police Officer Johannes Mehserle crafted a handwritten statement in which he apologized for the first time for shooting Oscar Grant, saying he will be forever haunted by Grant's dying words.
FDIC:
Bay Bank, FSB, Lutherville, Maryland, Assumes all of the Deposits of Bay National Bank, Baltimore, Maryland  —  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  —  Bay National Bank, Baltimore, Maryland, was closed today by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, which appointed the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) as receiver.
Discussion: Firedoglake
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FDIC:   FDIC Approves the Payout of the Insured Deposits of Ideal Federal …
Brock Vergakis / Associated Press:
AP Interview: GOP Sen. Bennett predicts Reid win  —  SALT LAKE CITY - Warning that tea party “mischief” may be aiding Democrats this election season, defeated Utah Republican U.S. Sen. Bob Bennett says that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid likely will keep his seat and that the GOP …
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Brady Dennis / Washington Post:
Senate Democrats yet to lock down votes for financial regulations bill
Discussion: Prairie Weather
 
 
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WCVB-TV:
First Family To Vacation In Maine
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Michael Barbaro / New York Times:
Gays Can't Wed in New York, So a Politician Won't Either
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Christopher Rhoads / Wall Street Journal:
The Submarine Deals That Helped Sink Greece
Discussion: Matthew Yglesias
Lisa Mascaro / Los Angeles Times:
Obama may have worn out his welcome on Capitol Hill
David Lightman / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Retire at age 70? Young people may have to under plan
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Wall Street Journal:
The estate tax is set to come roaring back in January.
Discussion: The Volokh Conspiracy
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New York Times:
Clinton to Perform Weiner Wedding
Alice Gomstyn / ABCNEWS:
Labor Dept. Estimates $7.1 Billion in Overpayments to Unemployed
Noah Kazis / Streetsblog New York City:
Big Box Mall's Giant Parking Garage a Predictable, Preventable Waste
Washington Post:
Gen. Petraeus runs into resistance from Karzai over village defense forces
Reuters:
SEC pushes tighter market-making rules: sources
J. Taylor Rushing / The Hill:
Obama pledges VA improvements, ‘post-9/11 GI Bill’
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Caitlin Huston / The Hollywood Reporter:
Internal memo: Hearst Magazines president announces layoffs as part of a decision to “reallocate resources” to “continue our focus on digital innovation”

Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:
FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel announced she will leave the agency on January 20; she was the first woman to be confirmed to lead the agency

Lachlan Cartwright / The Ankler:
Sources: MSNBC renewed Rachel Maddow's contract early this fall, but with a pay cut; MSNBC bosses' plan to shake up daytime and weekend programming

 
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