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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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ap.org, YID With LID, Weasel Zippers, Alan Colmes' Liberaland, Pajamas Media, Gateway Pundit, Jihad Watch, Michelle Malkin and Telegraph
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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 …
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Beyond belief: Koran-burning called off — in exchange for moving Ground Zero mosque; Update: No deal? Update: Fred Phelps now planning to burn the Koran instead; Update: We're not here to barter, says Rauf — This otherwise slow news day sure turned interesting in a hurry, huh?
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ABCNEWS, Big Government, Mediaite and The Jawa Report
msnbc.com:
Quran burning on again? Florida pastor says maybe — ‘Back to square one,’ Jones says after imam denies there's a deal to move NYC Islamic center — Explainer — on msnbc.com -
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The BRAD BLOG, TalkLeft and Firedoglake
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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The Daily Dish, No More Mister Nice Blog and Balloon Juice, more at Mediagazer »
David Zurawik / Z on TV:
Fox News says it will not cover burning of Quran
Fox News says it will not cover burning of Quran
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TVNewser, The Hill, PostPartisan, Mediaite, AMERICAblog News, Reuters, msnbc.com, Raw Story, Neptunus Lex, Romenesko, CNN, Don Surber, ABCNEWS, The Wire and JustOneMinute, more at Mediagazer »
Chad Smith / Local News from Star-Banner:
Westboro Baptist Church to burn Qurans if Dove doesn't
Westboro Baptist Church to burn Qurans if Dove doesn't
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Weasel Zippers
Washington Post:
Florida pastor says he's reconsidering plan to burn Korans
Florida pastor says he's reconsidering plan to burn Korans
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blogs.telegraph.co.uk, The Politico, Politics Daily, Associated Press, Sister Toldjah, Swampland and Daniel W. Drezner
Patricia Murphy / Politics Daily:
Colin Powell Says Ground Zero Mosque Should Go Forward
Colin Powell Says Ground Zero Mosque Should Go Forward
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The Reaction, The Talking Dog, Weasel Zippers, Balloon Juice and HotAirPundit
Brian Stelter / Media Decoder:
A.P. Wouldn't Have Shared Images of Koran Burning
Mike Thomas / Orlando Sentinel:
What if media had ignored Terry Jones?
What if media had ignored Terry Jones?
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NewsBusters.org, Yahoo! News, Hot Air, Howard Kurtz, ABCNEWS, Hit & Run, GayPatriot and CNN, more at Mediagazer »
Antonio Gonzalez / Associated Press:
Fla. minister cancels burning of Qurans on 9/11
Fla. minister cancels burning of Qurans on 9/11
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Local News from Star-Banner and Hot Air
Alex Seitz-Wald / Think Progress:
Colin Powell: New York Mosque Should ‘Go Forward’
Colin Powell: New York Mosque Should ‘Go Forward’
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Raw Story
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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Hot Air, GayPatriot, Firedoglake, Guardian, Politics Daily, Open Left, AMERICAblog News, The Moderate Voice, The Agonist and The Rachel Maddow Show
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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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All articles at Blogcritics, Gawker, GayPatriot, THEROOT.COM and The Moderate Voice
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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Above the Law and Daily Kos
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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The Confluence, Hit & Run, Alan Colmes' Liberaland and TPMMuckraker
David Weigel / Weigel:
Palin Endorses O'Donnell in Delaware — She called into Sean Hannity's radio show to make official what was hinted at in a late Tuesday night retweet: She backs Christine O'Donnell over Mike Castle in Delaware. As Hannity describes, also on Twitter:
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Aaron Blake / The Fix:
Afternoon Fix: Obama to hold series of 2010 rallies, Palin endorses O'Donnell
Sarah Palin / Facebook:
Christine O'Donnell for Delaware
Christine O'Donnell for Delaware
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TPMDC, USA Today, The Caucus, Washington Wire, The Atlantic Online and Gateway Pundit
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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The Agonist, more at Mediagazer »
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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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JustOneMinute
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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The Politico
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.
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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Swampland
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The Hill:
Momentum builds for extending all of President Bush's tax cuts — Momentum built Thursday for extending all of the Bush-era tax cuts after President Obama avoided a veto threat and a key Senate Democrat voiced support for the extension. — Sen. Ben Nelson (Neb.), a centrist who has been a key vote …
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The Politico, Gawker, Washington Monthly and Oliver Willis
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Greg Sargent / The Plum Line:
More House Dems balking at ending Bush tax cuts for rich
More House Dems balking at ending Bush tax cuts for rich
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Weekly Standard, TPMDC, bizjournals, Hot Air, The Washington Independent, Left Coast Rebel and Hullabaloo
Gardiner Harris / New York Times:
Stem Cell Financing Ban Ends, for Now — WASHINGTON — A federal appeals court here ruled Thursday that federal financing of embryonic stem cell research could continue while the court considers a judge's order last month that banned the government from underwriting the work.
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THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS
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William McQuillen / Bloomberg:
Stem-Cell Research Ban Suspended by Appeals Court
Stem-Cell Research Ban Suspended by Appeals Court
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Daily Kos
Ben Armbruster / Think Progress:
Palin-Beck 9/11 Profiteering Event Promotor Says Rally Date Is Just A Coincidence — Prominent conservatives and right-wing groups are making plans to use the 9/11 anniversary this weekend to rake in some cash. Among them are Sarah Palin and Glenn Beck, who are teaming up for a rally in Anchorage, AK.
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The Huffington Post, Mother Jones, Weigel, The Wire and Mediaite
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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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Left in the West and Washington Monthly
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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Scott Rosenberg's Wordyard, Washington Post, New York Times, ReadWriteWeb, msnbc.com and TechCrunch, more at Techmeme »
Nature:
Science scorned … The anti-science strain pervading the right wing in the United States is the last thing the country needs in a time of economic challenge. … “The four corners of deceit: government, academia, science and media. Those institutions are now corrupt and exist by virtue of deceit.
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DownWithTyranny!, The Huffington Post, Liberal Values and Climate Progress
Ned / Jerry Brown:
Brown Campaign Fires Back At Meg Whitman Regarding Her Latest False Attack On Jerry Brown's Record — OAKLAND, — CA - The Brown for Governor Campaign today fired back at Meg Whitman's latest false attack against Attorney General Jerry Brown's record. — “This is just more of the same from Meg Whitman.
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Washington Wire and The Washington Independent
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David Weigel / Weigel:
Meg Whitman Attacks Jerry Brown With the Ghost of Bill Clinton*
Meg Whitman Attacks Jerry Brown With the Ghost of Bill Clinton*
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