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Bridget Johnson / The Hill:
Obama: U.S. not at war with Islam; ‘sorry band of men’ hit us on 9/11 — President Obama stressed that America was not at war with Islam as he decried the “sorry band of men” who attacked the nation nine years ago in memorial ceremonies at the Pentagon on Saturday.
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Weasel Zippers and Gateway Pundit
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New York Times:
Sept. 11, 2010: The Right Way to Remember — Nine years after terrorists destroyed the World Trade Center, a memorial and a transportation hub are taking recognizable shape and skyscrapers are finally starting to rise from the ashes of ground zero. — That physical rebirth is cause for celebration on this anniversary.
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City Room, The Moderate Voice and New York Post
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Obama Remembers Sept. 11, Calls for Unity — Obama tells Americans lesson of Sept. 11 is ‘we are one nation, one people’ — Amid an atmosphere of unease, President Barack Obama wants Americans to mark the ninth anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks by recapturing the sense of common purpose felt on that dreadful day.
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The Politico
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Solemn 9/11 ceremonies held at Ground Zero, Pentagon, Shanksville, Pa. — Solemn ceremonies are being held today at Ground Zero, the Pentagon, and Shanksville, Pa., to mark the ninth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. President Obama said Americans held true to their ideals in the face …
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Politics Daily, Associated Press and The Page
Beth Fouhy / Associated Press:
Islam controversies cast shadow over 9/11 events
Islam controversies cast shadow over 9/11 events
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American Power and JammieWearingFool
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Florida pastor calls off Quran burning — (CNN) — The pastor of a Florida church says his congregation has decided to call off the burning of the Quran that was to be held Saturday — the ninth anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attack on the United States by the al Qaeda terror network.
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newsfeed.time.com, Pajamas Media, Infowars and WTVF-TV
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Damien Cave / New York Times:
Pastor Cancels Burning of Koran — GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Terry Jones, the controversial pastor, said on Saturday that neither he nor his church would follow through on plans to burn copies of the Koran. In an appearance on NBC's “Today” show, Mr. Jones said repeatedly and emphatically that the event …
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Washington Post and RedState
Ben Geman / The Hill:
Florida pastor will ‘not ever’ burn Qurans — Florida pastor Terry Jones said Saturday that he would never carry out plans to burn copies of the Quran, according to NBC. — Jones had planned to burn the Muslim holy text on the ninth anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks, but now says he'll never go through with it.
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Weasel Zippers
Reuters:
Florida pastor's daughter says “he needs help”
Florida pastor's daughter says “he needs help”
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CBS News, Hot Air, Taylor Marsh and Mediaite
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Engineering Terror — They say they believe in freedom and share our values. They say a few bad apples shouldn't bring down judgment on their entire kind. Don't be fooled. Though they walk among us with impunity, they are, in the words of Henry Farrell, a political scientist …
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Unfogged
Bridget Johnson / The Hill:
King: Imam behind Ground Zero-area mosque ‘blackmailing’ U.S. on project — The ranking member on the House Homeland Security Committee accused the imam behind the mosque project near Ground Zero of arm-twisting and “blackmailing” to push Park51 through. — “To me, it's almost …
Eugene Volokh / The Volokh Conspiracy:
Administration Tells Regulated Industry That There Will Be “Zero Tolerance” for Alleged “Misinformation” in Industry's Statements About Government Policy — From the Department of Health & Human Services: … The precise nature of the threat — as with so many threats — is not made entirely clear …
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Effingham deputies call feds after arresting Russians with shovel, wire cutters outside Georgia Power plant — SPRINGFIELD — Effingham County sheriff deputies have reported the early Sunday morning arrest of three men to the federal Joint Terrorism Task Force.
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DeMint backs O'Donnell, Lamontagne — South Carolina Republican Jim DeMint is bucking his party's establishment yet again, endorsing two insurgent Senate picks just ahead of their competitive primaries Tuesday. — In a series of late Friday night tweets, the conservative senator announced …
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Power Line
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Bernie Quigley / Pundits Blog:
Unremembering 9/11 — President Obama, whom Wall Street Journal columnist Daniel Henninger says is beginning to sound like “the most embittered American president this country has ever known,” will not remember 9/11 well this weekend, and it will mar his presidency. — He will be at the wrong place at the wrong time.
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Don Surber, Gateway Pundit and Liberty Pundits Blog
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Robert Spencer: Jesus Would Have Burned Qurans Too — Jihad Watch “director” Robert Spencer must be getting pumped up for the big day of rabble rousing tomorrow; usually he's more careful with his rhetoric. He just posted a link to an article arguing that Jesus would have burned Qurans just like psycho preacher Terry Jones.
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Alan Colmes' Liberaland
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White House Spurns Solar Panel — Bill McKibben, an environmental campaigner from Vermont with a flair for showmanship, was rebuffed Friday morning in his effort to get the White House to reinstall one of the solar panels that President Jimmy Carter had placed on the White House roof.
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350.org, The Hill, Wonk Room, Pajamas Media, New York Times, The Nation and Washington Post