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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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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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Ben Smith / The Politico:
McEntee backs Rahm for mayor
McEntee backs Rahm for mayor
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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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Michael Falcone / ABCNEWS:
Whitman Didn't Think It Was ‘Right Thing’ to Turn in Illegal Housekeeper — Meg Whitman Accuses Jerry Brown of Orchestrating ‘Smear’ — Lawyer Gloria Allred released a letter today that she claims proves California gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman knowingly employed an undocumented immigrant as her housekeeper.
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Seema Mehta / PolitiCal:
Whitman says she would take polygraph test to prove she didn't …
Whitman says she would take polygraph test to prove she didn't …
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TMZ.com:
Gloria Allred: Meg Whitman Is a Liar
Gloria Allred: Meg Whitman Is a Liar
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Mark Murray / msnbc.com:
SEIU seizes on Whitman housekeeper story
SEIU seizes on Whitman housekeeper story
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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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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 — The body count of the gay rights movement grows by one. … It was obvious from the start that the orientationally-challenged activists would attempt to blame Clementi's death on his roommate. But the surreptitious filming of sexual activity …
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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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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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The Huffington Post:
O'Donnell's Oxford Education Claim On Second Website Was Authored By Her, Says Site Spokesman — WHAT'S YOUR REACTION? — Delaware Republican Senatorial candidate Christine O'Donnell has responded to accusations that she overstated her education in her resume by insisting …
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Christine O'Donnell / ZoomInfo.com:
Results found for this person at Intelius.com
Results found for this person at Intelius.com
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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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The Huffington Post:
Linda McMahon: ‘We Ought To Review’ The Minimum Wage — WHAT'S YOUR REACTION? — Linda McMahon, the Republican candidate for U.S. Senate in Connecticut, suggested Thursday that the U.S. ought to take a second look at the federal minimum wage. — “The minimum wage now in our country …
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Ted Mann / The Day newspaper:
McMahon: Congress should consider lowering minimum wage
McMahon: Congress should consider lowering minimum wage
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The Politico:
White House scorecard: MSNBC up, bloggers down — At one point not that long ago, Greenwald's critiques were taken as constructive criticism, in much the same way Maddow's are. Marc Ambinder wrote in The Atlantic in May 2009 that “whereas the White House does not give a scintilla of attention …
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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 …
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Joe / Joe. My. God.:
Sen. Saxby Chambliss Just Called Me To Offer His “Sincerest Apologies” — I just got off the phone with Sen. Saxby Chambliss, who said he was calling to personally apologize for the “All faggots must die” comment left here on JMG last Tuesday. I'll paraphrase what Chambliss said to me …
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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 …
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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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 …
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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