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Carlos Lozano / L.A. NOW:
Judge declares U.S. military's 'don't ask, don't tell' policy openly banning gay service members unconstitutional [updated] — A federal judge in Riverside declared the U.S. military's ban on openly gay service members unconstitutional Thursday, saying the “don't ask, don't tell” …
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John Schwartz / New York Times:
Judge Rules That Military Policy Violates Rights of Gays — The “don't ask, don't tell” policy toward gay members of the military is unconstitutional, a federal judge in California ruled Thursday. — Judge Virginia A. Phillips of Federal District Court struck down the rule in an opinion issued late in the day.
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Associated Press:
Judge: Military's ban on gays is unconstitutional — RIVERSIDE, Calif. — A federal judge in Southern California has declared the U.S. military's ban on openly gay service members unconstitutional. — U.S. District Judge Virginia Phillips on Thursday granted a request for an injunction halting …
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Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
Federal judge overturns 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' — A Federal Judge in California has ruled that the ban on gays in the military violates the Constitutional rights of gay and lesbian soldiers to due process and to freedom of expression. — District Court Judge Virginia Phillips …
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Antonio Gonzalez / Associated Press:
Pastor cancels Quran-burning, then reconsiders — GAINESVILLE, Fla. - An anti-Islamic preacher backed off and then threatened to reconsider burning the Quran on the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, angrily accusing a Muslim leader of lying to him Thursday with a promise to move an Islamic center …
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Brian Stelter / New York Times:
Coverage of Koran Case Stirs Questions on Media Role — A renegade pastor and his tiny flock set fire to a Koran on a street corner, and made sure to capture it on film. And they were ignored. — That stunt took place in 2008, involving members of the Westboro Baptist Church from Topeka …
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Antonio Gonzalez / Associated Press:
Fla. imam: No deal to move NYC mosque — GAINESVILLE, Fla. - A Florida imam says that no deal has been reached to move the site of a mosque at the site of ground zero in exchange for a Florida minister to call off plans to burn Qurans. — Imam Muhammad Musri tells The Associated Press …
msnbc.com:
Quran burning on again? Florida pastor says maybe
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Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Beyond belief: Koran-burning called off …
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David Zurawik / Z on TV:
Fox News says it will not cover burning of Quran
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Chad Smith / Local News from Star-Banner:
Westboro Baptist Church to burn Qurans if Dove doesn't
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Washington Post:
Florida pastor says he's reconsidering plan to burn Korans
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Patricia Murphy / Politics Daily:
Colin Powell Says Ground Zero Mosque Should Go Forward
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Antonio Gonzalez / Associated Press:
Fla. minister cancels burning of Qurans on 9/11
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Mike Thomas / Orlando Sentinel:
What if media had ignored Terry Jones?
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CNN:
Officials: Goolsbee to get key economic post at White House — Washington (CNN) - President Obama could announce as early as Friday morning that he will tap Austan Goolsbee to be chairman of the White House Council of Economic Advisers, according to two senior administration officials familiar with the announcement.
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Jackie Calmes / New York Times:
Top Adviser to Lead Panel on Economy — WASHINGTON — President Obama on Friday will promote a longtime economic adviser, Austan D. Goolsbee, to chairman of his Council of Economic Advisers, signaling continuity even as a high unemployment rate has left much of the public dissatisfied with administration policies.
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Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
Americans OK Allowing Tax Cuts for Wealthy to Expire — One in three favor keeping tax cuts for all taxpayers — PRINCETON, NJ — A majority of Americans favor letting the tax cuts enacted during the Bush administration expire for the wealthy. While 37% support keeping the tax cuts for all Americans …
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Kim Zetter / Threat Level:
Massive Cache of Iraq War Docs to Be Published by WikiLeaks — A massive cache of previously unpublished classified U.S. military documents from the Iraq War is being readied for publication by WikiLeaks, a new report has confirmed. — The documents constitute the “biggest leak of military intelligence” …
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Scott Shane / New York Times:
Pentagon Plan: Buying Books to Keep Secrets — WASHINGTON — Defense Department officials are negotiating to buy and destroy all 10,000 copies of the first printing of an Afghan war memoir they say contains intelligence secrets, according to two people familiar with the dispute.
Brent Budowsky / Pundits Blog:
If Obama names Elizabeth Warren, the Democratic base erupts like a volcano and votes — Within hours and possibly minutes I expect the president will name Elizabeth Warren to lead the new consumer protection agency, and if he does, the Democratic base will erupt and turn out to vote …
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Carol Marin / Chicago Sun Times:
Dart, Meeks take top two in first Chicago mayor poll — But all 9 in statistical dead heat; 'don't know' leads with 35% — It's Chicago's first open-seat mayoral election in more than 60 years, and the field is wide open. — Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart and state Sen. James Meeks might …
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Christina Bellantoni / TPMDC:
Phil Davison Of Freakout Viral Video Has Never Used YouTube: ‘It Was On Some Kind Of Electronic Server’ — More people have seen Phil Davison's impassioned plea to become county treasurer than live in his tiny town of Minerva, Ohio, but Davison told TPM in an interview today he wasn't familiar …
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ABCNEWS:
9/11: Emotional, Political Flashpoint Nine Years After Attacks — Former New York Gov. George Pataki, Sept. 11 Victims' Families Lament Politicization of Tragedy — Sarah Palin and Glenn Beck will rendezvous in Alaska Saturday for what Palin calls a gathering of “patriots who will ‘never forget’” the attacks on Sept. 11, 2001.
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Apple:
Statement by Apple on App Store Review Guidelines — The App Store℠ has revolutionized the way mobile applications are developed and distributed. With over 250,000 apps and 6.5 billion downloads, the App Store has become the world's largest mobile application platform and App Store developers …
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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Things Could Be Worse — “Japan's problems now are the same as they were in the 1990s, when you were writing about them. It's depressing.” So declared one economist I spoke to here. “But the Japanese don't seem all that depressed,” objected another. Both were right …
Greg Sargent / The Plum Line:
What qualifies as unacceptable for a major party nominee? — “What qualifies as over the line? What qualifies as an unacceptable position for a major party nominee to hold in this year's elections?” — That quote comes from Rachel Maddow, framing the question very well during this segment …
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Peter Foster / Telegraph:
China's UN diplomat in drunken rant against Americans — China's top-ranking UN diplomat embarked on a drunken rant against the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, telling his boss he'd “never liked” him, and adding for good measure that he didn't like Americans either.
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George Russell / Fox News:
EXCLUSIVE: After a Year of Setbacks, U.N. Looks to Take Charge of World's Agenda
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