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Mark McDonald / New York Times:
‘Crisis Status’ in South Korea After North Shells Island — South Korea threatened strikes after an attack by the North killed two South Korean soldiers and set off one of the worst clashes between the two sides in decades.
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Washington Post:
North Korea fires artillery at South Korean island of Yeongpyeong — BEIJING - North Korea launched a massive artillery barrage on a South Korean island Tuesday, killing two South Korean marines, wounding at least 19 other people and setting more than 60 buildings ablaze …
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John Garnaut / Sydney Morning Herald:
North Korean dictator-in-waiting linked to deadly artillery attack — NORTH KOREA has burnished the leadership credentials of its 26-year-old dictator-in-waiting with a deadly artillery attack on South Korean territory, causing its neighbour to return fire and scramble F-16 fighters.
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Phil Stewart / Reuters:
U.S. condemns N.Korean shelling, shows restraint
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Peter Foster / Telegraph:
North Korean attack on Yeonpyeong Island is worst against civilians in 20 years
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Jennifer Epstein / The Politico:
Nancy Pelosi to fly commercial — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) will give up more than just the majority in the next Congress — she'll be stripped of her right to use military aircraft. — Since becoming speaker in 2007, Pelosi has used Air Force jets for flights …
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Nathan Brown / AdirondackDailyEnterprise:
Owens backs Pelosi, might support Boehner
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Patricia Murphy / Politics Daily:
Nancy Pelosi Will Fly Commercial, Too
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New York Times:
Taliban Leader in Secret Talks Was an Impostor — KABUL, Afghanistan — For months, the secret talks unfolding between Taliban and Afghan leaders to end the war appeared to be showing promise, if only because of the appearance of a certain insurgent leader at one end of the table …
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Joshua Partlow / Washington Post:
Negotiator for Taliban was an impostor, Afghan officials say
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Steven Thomma / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
New poll undercuts GOP claims of a midterm mandate — WASHINGTON — A majority of Americans want the Congress to keep the new health care law or actually expand it, despite Republican claims that they have a mandate from the people to kill it, according to a new McClatchy-Marist poll.
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Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Empty promises on health care will haunt Obama
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Affordable Care Act Repeal Unlikely, Unpopular
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Sally Quinn / Washington Post:
The unholy (s)election of Bristol Palin — I feel for Bristol Palin. Here's a plucky young woman who signed up for “Dancing With the Stars” knowing she had no chance to win but thinking it might be an adventure. Bristol had never danced and was up against some world-class dancers. That takes guts.
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Lisa de Moraes / Washington Post:
Poll numbers suggest Bristol Palin doesn't have ‘Dancing’ legs to stand on
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Nellie Andreeva / Deadline.com:
CABLE RAT RACE: Palin Drops Big In Week 2; ‘Walking Dead’ Steady
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Catherine Rampell / New York Times:
Corporate Profits Were the Highest on Record Last Quarter — The nation's workers may be struggling, but American companies just had their best quarter ever. — American businesses brought in $1.66 trillion at an annual rate in the third quarter, according to a Commerce Department report released Tuesday.
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Patrick Gavin / The Politico:
BARBARA BUSH EXPLAINS MISCARRIAGE ANECDOTE — George H.W. Bush and Barbara Bush appeared on CNN's “Larry King Live” Monday night, and George said that the two were “living a quiet life” (even though George said he still planned on sky-diving in 2014 to mark his 90th birthday, an endeavor he undertakes every year).
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Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Former President Bush names Romney as favorite GOP presidential contender
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Kevin Drum / Mother Jones:
My TSA Anti-Rant — I am so going to regret writing this post. For those of you who used to respect me, please just chalk it up to food poisoning or early onset Alzheimer's or whatever. But here goes. — I hate the TSA screening process. Everyone hates the TSA screening process.
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Myglesias / Yglesias:
Oversecured America — I suppose I agree with Kevin Drum about one aspect of the Transportation Security Administration namely that public outrage about the indignities it imposes seems to me to be 80 percent middle class white people not liking the idea of being placed in the subordinate position …
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Michael Calderone / Yahoo! News:
Washington Post hires conservative blogger — The Washington Post boasts some of the top liberal bloggers, such as Ezra Klein and Greg Sargent. Now the paper's bringing a conservative into the blog stable. — The Post has hired Jennifer Rubin, previously with Commentary magazine …
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Michael Luo / New York Times:
Effort for Liberal Balance to G.O.P. Groups Begins — In what may prove a significant development for the 2012 elections, David Brock, a prominent Democratic political operative, says he has amassed $4 million in pledges over the last few weeks and is moving quickly to hire a staff to set …
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Andrew Malcolm / Top of the Ticket:
Lowest ever: Obama job approval sinks to 39%, as even Democrats' support melts away — President Obama has passed the Big 4-0 — going the wrong way. — Turns out voters were not simply satisfied to spank the Democrat and his party in the Nov. 2 midterm elections with historic losses in the House of Representatives.
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Andrew Malcolm / Hot Air:
How low will he go? Obama hits 39% job approval
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The Fix:
Sarah Palin's Mike Huckabee problem — 1. Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee said Monday that Sarah Palin might well “run away” with the Republican nomination for president. — It's funny Huckabee should say such a thing, because he's got a lot of say over whether she does just that.
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Sahil Kapur / Raw Story:
Exclusive: Fox News said to reject ad on 'don't ask, don't tell' — Fox News has declined to air an ad advocating for repeal of the “don't ask, don't tell” policy that bans gays from serving openly in the military, a source at the public policy think tank Palm Center informs Raw Story.
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Lisa Leff / Associated Press:
Pentagon: No gays were discharged in past month
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Ezra Klein:
The future of Social Security in one graph — This comes from the Strengthen Social Security Campaign, and it lists the impact of all of the various deficit-reduction plans on a medium-income Social Security beneficiary (click for a larger version): — It's worth noting that the “current law” …
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Aurelius / Pundit Press:
NBC Names Ground Zero Mosque Developer a “Person of the Year” — NBC and its affiliates have been trounced in ratings over the last several years. With stations like MSNBC under their belt and liberals such as Matt Lauer and Keith Olbermann hosting programs, NBC is clearly disconnected with the average American.
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Shane D'Aprile / Ballot Box:
House Republican gains rise to 62 seats — Rep. Solomon Ortiz (D-Texas) conceded defeat to Republican challenger Blake Farenthold late Monday after the recount he requested barely made a dent in the Republican's election night lead. Farenthold's final margin of victory stood at 648 votes.
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Matthew Vadum / The Daily Caller:
The voter fraud hall of shame: Milwaukee voter fraud conviction makes ACORN's 2010 total at least 15 — Yet another former ACORN employee was convicted of voter fraud last week. This brings the total number of convictions for former workers from the embattled group to at least 15 so far this year.
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