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Mark McDonald / New York Times:
‘Crisis Status’ in South Korea After North Shells Island — SEOUL, South Korea — The South Korean military went to “crisis status” on Tuesday and threatened military strikes after the North fired dozens of shells at a South Korean island, killing two of the South's soldiers and setting off …
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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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Glenn Reynolds / Instapundit:
JUST WHAT THE WORLD NEEDS NOW: North Korea fires artillery barrage on South. If they start anything, I say nuke 'em. And not with just a few bombs. They've caused enough trouble — and it would be a useful lesson for Iran, too. We can't afford another Korean war, but hey, we're already dismantling warheads. . . .
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John Garnaut / Sydney Morning Herald:
North Korean dictator-in-waiting linked to deadly artillery attack
North Korean dictator-in-waiting linked to deadly artillery attack
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Jung Ha-Won / Agence France Presse:
North Korea fires artillery barrage on South
North Korea fires artillery barrage on South
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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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Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Decline your health care, say GOP voters — Most Americans think incoming Congressmen who campaigned against the health care bill should put their money where their mouth is and decline government provided health care now that they're in office. Only 33% think they should accept the health care …
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Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Empty promises on health care will haunt Obama
Empty promises on health care will haunt Obama
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Myglesias / Yglesias:
Affordable Care Act Repeal Unlikely, Unpopular
Affordable Care Act Repeal Unlikely, Unpopular
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James Hibberd / Hollywood Reporter:
'Sarah Palin's Alaska' Ratings Plummet — After setting a TLC ratings record last week, Sarah Palin's reality show plummeted for its second episode. — Sarah Palin's Alaska fell 40% on Sunday night to 3 million viewers. — Not many were in the key adult demo either.
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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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Nellie Andreeva / Deadline.com:
CABLE RAT RACE: Palin Drops Big In Week 2; ‘Walking Dead’ Steady — Sarah Palin lost almost half of her premiere audience in the second airing of her TLC reality series Sarah Palin's Alaska. On Sunday, the series executive produced by Mark Burnett, drew 3 million viewers.
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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.
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
Negotiator for Taliban was an impostor, Afghan officials say
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Jake Sherman / The Politico:
N.Y. Dem might vote for Boehner — An upstate New York Democrat that survived this month's Republican wave is leaving the door open to voting for John Boehner as speaker. — Rep. Bill Owens told the Adirondack Daily Enterprise in Monday's edition that it was “quite possible” …
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Jennifer Epstein / The Politico:
Nancy Pelosi to fly commercial
Nancy Pelosi to fly commercial
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Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
N.Y. Dem Owens might support Republican John Boehner for Speaker
Nathan Brown / AdirondackDailyEnterprise:
Owens backs Pelosi, might support Boehner
Owens backs Pelosi, might support Boehner
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Igor Volsky / Wonk Room:
Exclusive: In Letter, Gates Dismissed McCain's Concerns About DADT Study — In late September, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) wrote a letter to Secretary of Defense Robert Gates expressing his concerns that the Pentagon's Working Group review of Don't Ask, Don't Tell policy was operating under the condition that …
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Sahil Kapur / Raw Story:
Exclusive: Fox News said to reject ad on 'don't ask, don't tell'
Exclusive: Fox News said to reject ad on 'don't ask, don't tell'
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Lisa Leff / Associated Press:
Pentagon: No gays were discharged in past month
Pentagon: No gays were discharged in past month
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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
Former President Bush names Romney as favorite GOP presidential contender
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Michelle Breidenbach / Syracuse Post-Standard:
Dan Maffei's options in New York's 25th Congressional District: Concede or recount — Syracuse, NY — U.S. Rep. Dan Maffei is left with two options: concede to Republican Ann Marie Buerkle or ask a judge to order a hand recount of more than 200,000 paper ballots in the undecided race for the 25th District.
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Buerkle wins 25th after Maffei concedes
Buerkle wins 25th after Maffei concedes
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Shane D'Aprile / Ballot Box:
House Republican gains rise to 62 seats
House Republican gains rise to 62 seats
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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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Oversecured America — I suppose I agree with Kevin Drum …
Oversecured America — I suppose I agree with Kevin Drum …
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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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Monica Davey / The Caucus:
Burris May Join the Chicago Mayor Mix — CHICAGO - There may be an unlikely addition to the long list of people who wish to replace Mayor Richard M. Daley, who has ruled this city for two decades. Supporters of Roland W. Burris, who is packing up his United States Senate office this week …
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Gschwarzcnn / CNN:
Senator considering run for Chicago mayor
Senator considering run for Chicago mayor
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Brian Maloney / The Radio Equalizer:
Sharpton Calls For FCC Action Against Rush Limbaugh — SHARP-LY REPRESSIVE — Reverend Al: Time For FCC Crackdown On Rush — With Democrats holding a majority on the FCC's board, lefties are salivating over a post-election opportunity to quietly impose a crackdown on free speech in talk radio.
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Daily Mail:
'We hate obese passengers and people with personal hygiene issues:' Now ‘abused’ TSA staff vent their anger at patdown searches — Furious security staff today hit back at pat down searches in airports across America, claiming that they hated dealing with obese travellers and those with personal hygiene problems.
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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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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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