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Steve Krakauer / Mediaite:
Rick Sanchez Fired From CNN — CNN released this statement today: — “Rick Sanchez is no longer with the company. We thank Rick for his years of service and we wish him well.” — They will broadcast CNN Newsroom from 3-5pm for the foreseeable future. — Here's more from the story earlier today:
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Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Breaking: Rick Sanchez fired from CNN — The formal announcement is shockingly brief — which, actually, speaks volumes. — Monday's “Daily Show” should be a very special episode indeed, my friends. … I assume everyone already knows why, but if you missed Ed's post this morning, read it now.
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Brian Stelter / Media Decoder:
CNN Fires Sanchez After Critique of Stewart
Keach Hagey / The Politico:
Sanchez out at CNN — Rick Sanchez lost his job at CNN on Friday …
Sanchez out at CNN — Rick Sanchez lost his job at CNN on Friday …
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The Huffington Post:
Rick Sanchez FIRED From CNN
Rick Sanchez FIRED From CNN
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Steve Krakauer / Mediaite:
Rick Sanchez Calls Jon Stewart “A Bigot”; Says CNN Is Run By Jews
Rick Sanchez Calls Jon Stewart “A Bigot”; Says CNN Is Run By Jews
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Marisa Lagos / San Francisco Chronicle:
Guv signs marijuana decriminalization bill — (10-01) 16:49 PDT Sacramento — Citing the need to reduce spending on prosecution and courts, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed a measure that makes marijuana possession an infraction, on par with traffic and littering tickets.
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Jesse McKinley / New York Times:
California Reduces Its Penalty for Marijuana — SAN FRANCISCO — A month before California voters decide the fate of a ballot initiative that would legalize marijuana, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has signed a bill that essentially puts those caught possessing small amounts of the drug …
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Phillip Smith / StoptheDrugWar.org:
California Governor Signs Marijuana Decriminalization Bill
California Governor Signs Marijuana Decriminalization Bill
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Christina Bellantoni / TPMDC:
Christine O'Donnell: After Witchcraft I Tried to Be A Hare Krishna — But Liked Meatballs Too Much (VIDEO) — In 1999 Christine O'Donnell told Bill Maher that she'd briefly tried Buddhism, and that she'd tried to be a Hare Krishna but couldn't take the vegetarianism.
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Mark Leibovich / New York Times:
The Political Wild Card — WILMINGTON — Before she was a Tea Party cause célèbre, liberal laughingstock and perhaps the embodiment of a can-you-top-this-for-bizarre political season, Christine O'Donnell grew up in a “Brady Bunch” household of six kids (three Democrats …
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Gschwarzcnn / CNN:
Palin jousts with Rouse — (CNN) - Pete Rouse was just installed as White House chief of staff on Friday, but he's already been facing fire from Sarah Palin for over a week. — Now White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs is hitting back, calling the former Alaska governor's accusations “fairly silly.”
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Paul Blumenthal / Sunlight Foundation:
Rahm Emanuel's White House visitor trail
Rahm Emanuel's White House visitor trail
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Andrew Breitbart / Big Journalism:
O'Keefe Owes His Supporters an Explanation — I proudly stood behind James O'Keefe on his groundbreaking ACORN investigation. I also defended him when the media, including CNN — during a previous regime, “the Rick Sanchez era” - falsely reported the Sen. Mary Landrieu story as a “wiretapping” plot gone wrong.
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Eric Boehlert / Media Matters for America:
Reminder to journalists: O'Keefe was not dressed as a pimp inside ACORN offices
Reminder to journalists: O'Keefe was not dressed as a pimp inside ACORN offices
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Maggie Haberman / The Politico:
Paladino switches gears and course-corrects (Updated) — Carl Paladino, in interviews with the Buffalo News and NY1, says he wasn't alleging Andrew Cuomo had affairs in his interview with me on Tuesday, and also that he wasn't suggesting that he had evidence to release on the topic.
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David Freedlander / Associated Press:
Paladino Concedes: I Got No Proof [VIDEO]
Paladino Concedes: I Got No Proof [VIDEO]
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Susan Crabtree / The Hill:
McConnell slams Dems for adjourning, warns tax increases are on horizon — Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) used the Republicans' weekly radio address to criticize Democrats for adjourning to campaign without voting on a tax-cut extension and for failing to help boost the still-sagging economy.
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Henry Samuel / Telegraph:
French women cause a stir in niqab and hot pants in anti-burka ban protest — Two French female students have made a film of the pair of them strolling through the streets of Paris in a niqab, bare legs and mini-shorts as a critique of France's recently passed law.
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Carolyn Lochhead / San Francisco Chronicle:
Whitman within law, immigration lawyers say — (10-01) 04:00 PDT Washington - — Whether or not Republican gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman received a letter from the Social Security Administration saying her former housekeeper's false documents did not match its records …
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Reuters:
Bin Laden criticises Pakistan relief mission — * Al Qaeda leader urges action against climate change — Osama bin Laden criticised relief efforts in Pakistan and called for action against climate change in what appeared to be a new audio tape from the al Qaeda leader issued on Friday in an Islamist forum.
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
DeMint targets Senate colleagues — Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) is planning to wage a television campaign against Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (Nev.) and other Democratic colleagues. — The Senate Conservatives Fund, a political action committee that DeMint helms, has produced …
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J. Taylor Rushing / The Hill:
Obama launches campaign recess with shots at GOP agenda — The Obama administration on Saturday continued to push a jobs offensive, portraying the February 2009 stimulus vote as a progressive move and arguing regressive movements would move the country backwards.
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Scott Wong / The Politico:
Liberals hope rally rivals Beck's — The rally liberal groups are staging at the National Mall on Saturday hasn't received nearly the media buzz of Glenn Beck's Aug. 28 rally, but organizers insist that their numbers will rival Beck's, which drew tens of thousands - or hundreds of thousands, depending on whose estimates you believe.
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