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Janet Adamy / Wall Street Journal:
McDonald's May Drop Health Plan — McDonald's Corp. has warned federal regulators that it could drop its health insurance plan for nearly 30,000 hourly restaurant workers unless regulators waive a new requirement of the U.S. health overhaul. — The move is one of the clearest indications …
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The Politico:
WSJ bombshell: McDonald's mulls dropping coverage - Schwarzenegger runs up against deadline for health exchange law - Health reform workforce board picked today - The SGR fight returns — DRIVING YOUR DAY: WILL SCHWARZENEGGER TERMINATE REFORM? The California governor must decide today whether …
John McCormack / Weekly Standard:
Sebelius: WSJ Report on McDonald's Health Insurance “Flat Out Wrong” — Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius says a report in the Wall Street Journal that McDonald's may drop its limited benefits health insurance plans for 30,000 workers is “flat out wrong.” The Journal reported this morning:
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Jonathan Cohn / The New Republic:
Ronald McDonald v. Health Care Reform
Ronald McDonald v. Health Care Reform
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The Caucus:
Emanuel's Departure Set; Rouse to Replace Him — Updated President Obama will give his chief of staff, Rahm Emanuel, a send-off Friday as Mr. Emanuel officially announces his departure from the West Wing to run for mayor of Chicago, officials familiar with the decision said.
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Frank Newport / Gallup:
Obama 52%, Clinton 37% for 2012 Democratic Nomination — Clinton's support highest among conservative, less well-educated Democrats — PRINCETON, NJ — If Secretary of State Hillary Clinton were to challenge President Barack Obama for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2012 …
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Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
Romney, Palin at Front of GOP Presidential Field — Preferences for leaders similar among conservative, moderate/liberal Republicans — PRINCETON, NJ — Mitt Romney and Sarah Palin lead other potential candidates in Republicans' preferences for the party's 2012 presidential nomination.
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NY Daily News:
New Yorkers outraged as bureaucrats order city to change lettering on every single street sign — The city will change the lettering on every single street sign - at an estimated cost of about $27.5 million - because the feds don't like the font. — Street names will change from all capital letters …
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Jeremy Olshan / New York Post:
$27 million to change NYC signs from all-caps — Tweet — The Capital of the World is going lower-case. — Federal copy editors are demanding the city change its 250,900 street signs — such as these for Perry Avenue in The Bronx — from the all-caps style used for more than a century …
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Sean J. Miller / Ballot Box:
Sen. Murkowski targets Tea Party Express in new ad — Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) on Wednesday released two new TV ads her campaign says will counter the Tea Party Express. — Earlier this week, the group unveiled its own TV ad targeting Murkowski, which spokesman Levi Russell said he hopes …
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Ivan Moore / Anchorage Press:
The Moore Report: New poll numbers
The Moore Report: New poll numbers
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AKMuckraker / The Mudflats:
The Arrogance of Joe Miller
The Arrogance of Joe Miller
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Chris Cillizza / The Fix:
Lisa Murkowski surges in Alaska (or does she?)
Lisa Murkowski surges in Alaska (or does she?)
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Michael Falcone / ABCNEWS:
Meg Whitman Didn't Think It Was ‘Right Thing’ to Turn in Her Illegal Housekeeper — Meg Whitman Accuses Jerry Brown of Orchestrating ‘Smear’ — Meg Whitman said today that she did not report her long-time housekeeper to immigration officials after finding out she was in the country illegally because …
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Mark Murray / msnbc.com:
SEIU seizes on Whitman housekeeper story
SEIU seizes on Whitman housekeeper story
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Lisa W. Foderaro / New York Times:
Private Moment Made Public, Then a Fatal Jump — It started with a Twitter message on Sept. 19: “Roommate asked for the room till midnight. I went into molly's room and turned on my webcam. I saw him making out with a dude. Yay.” — That night, the authorities say …
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Vox Popoli:
Gay rights killed Clementi
Gay rights killed Clementi
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Marty Beckerman / Esquire:
Exclusive: Ben Wetmore Explains CNN Boat Sex Prank — On Wednesday CNN reported that right-wing provocateur James O'Keefe — the fake pimp whose YouTube video cost ACORN its federal funding, and who pled guilty to entering Senator Mary Landrieu's office under false pretenses — planned to …
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John Hood / National Review:
Keep Miles (Away) O'Keefe
Keep Miles (Away) O'Keefe
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Senate blocks recess appointments with deal between Dems, GOP — Senate Democrats struck a deal Wednesday night with Republicans to keep President Obama from making recess appointments while Congress is out of town campaigning for the midterm elections. — Democratic leaders have agreed …
Christine O'Donnell / ZoomInfo.com:
Results found for this person at Intelius.com — Employment History — Intercollegiate Studies Institute (ISI) — Board Memberships and Affiliations — Abraham Lincoln Fellowship , Constitutional Government — Certificate , Post Modernism in the New Millennium — Bachelors , English and Communications
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New York Times:
Many Big Donors to Democrats Cut Support — Many wealthy Democratic patrons, who in the past have played major roles financing outside groups to help elect the party's candidates, are largely sitting out these crucial midterm elections. — Democratic donors like George Soros …
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Myglesias / Matthew Yglesias:
Luce on the Pledge — The FT's Ed Luce has a smart take on the Pledge to America: … Indeed, as our CAP chart indicates the Pledge plan would make deficits appreciably higher than the Obama budget. — The only question at this point is why this comes as a surprise to anyone.
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Edward Luce / Financial Times:
Flaws in GOP's pledge to balance budget
The Note:
Leadership Challenge? GOP Rep.: ‘Premature’ to Commit to Supporting Boehner — ABC News' Rick Klein reports: — As Democrats ramp up their attacks on House Minority Leader John Boehner - who's presumed to be in line to become House speaker if Republicans take over the majority …
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Simmi Aujla / The Politico:
Boehner backs Issa on subpoena promises
Boehner backs Issa on subpoena promises
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New York Times:
In a Computer Worm, a Possible Biblical Clue — Deep inside the computer worm that some specialists suspect is aimed at slowing Iran's race for a nuclear weapon lies what could be a fleeting reference to the Book of Esther, the Old Testament tale in which the Jews pre-empt a Persian plot to destroy them.
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Jennifer Fermino / New York Post:
Paladino and Post reporter square off — Tweet — Republican gubernatorial candidate Carl Paladino and Post State Editor Fredric U. Dicker last night got into an angry confrontation — during which Paladino threatened, “I'll take you out.” — It started when Dicker asked Paladino …
Barton Gellman / Time:
Locked and Loaded: The Secret World of Extreme Militias — Camouflaged and silent, the assault team inched toward a walled stone compound for more than five hours, belly-crawling the last 200 yards. The target was an old state prison in eastern Ohio, and every handpicked member of Red Team 2 knew …
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Eliot A. Cohen / Washington Post:
'Obama's Wars': The gang that couldn't shoot straight — or shut up — Senior Washington officials, in this administration or its predecessors, talk to Bob Woodward for all kinds of reasons — to fluff up their vanity, to avenge slights, to neutralize rivals, to gratify egos or, most laughably, to shape the historical record.
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CNN:
New poll indicates Sestak within reach of Toomey — (CNN) - Pennsylvania may be in for a nail-biter in November, according to the results of a new poll released Thursday. — Republican nominee Pat Toomey is leading Rep. Joe Sestak, the Democrat's nominee, 45 percent to 42 percent among likely voters …
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Bob Egelko / San Francisco Chronicle:
Judge who struck down Prop. 8 to retire — (09-30) 11:19 PDT SAN FRANCISCO — Chief U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker, who struck down California's ban on same-sex marriage last month, will retire in February, his court said Wednesday. — The unexpected announcement gave no reason …
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