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Reuters:
Exclusive: Pornography found in bin Laden hideout: officials — (Reuters) - A stash of pornography was found in the hideout of Osama bin Laden by the U.S. commandos who killed him, current and former U.S. officials said on Friday. — The pornography recovered in bin Laden's compound in Abbottabad …
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Devin Dwyer / ABCNEWS:
George W. Bush Gives First Public Reaction to Osama Bin Laden Death — Former President George W. Bush made his first candid public comments on the killing of Osama bin Laden during an appearance Wednesday at a conference of hedge fund managers in Las Vegas.
The Note:
George W. Bush Eating Souffle When Obama Called About Osama bin Laden — ABC News' Devin Dwyer Reports: Former president George W. Bush said he was eating souffle at a restaurant with his wife and friends when President Obama called with the Osama bin Laden news.
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Firedoglake, Salon and Booman Tribune
Fran Townsend / CNN:
U.S. interviews ‘hostile’ bin Laden widows, with Pakistan officials
U.S. interviews ‘hostile’ bin Laden widows, with Pakistan officials
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New York Magazine, Guardian, Reuters, Top of the Ticket, Salon, TalkLeft, Taylor Marsh, The Gateway Pundit, The Daily Beast and Gawker
Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
Wisconsin Senator Herb Kohl retires — Wisconsin Sen. Herb Kohl won't run for re-election in 2012. Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg — Wisconsin Sen. Herb Kohl announced his retirement Friday, a decision that sets up a competitive open seat contest in a state that has already drawn considerable national attention this year.
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David Catanese / The Politico:
Herb Kohl won't seek reelection — Wisconsin Sen. Herb Kohl said Friday he won't pursue reelection in 2012, becoming the ninth senator and sixth Democrat to retire this campaign cycle. — “The greatest honor and the greatest responsibility of my life has been to serve as Wisconsin's United States Senator.
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Outside the Beltway and FrumForum
Michael O'Brien / Ballot Box:
Kohl decides against '12 bid in blow to Dem efforts to keep Senate
Kohl decides against '12 bid in blow to Dem efforts to keep Senate
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CNN, The Note, UrbanGrounds and JSOnline
Stuart Rothenberg / The Rothenberg Political Report:
Wisconsin Senate: Moved from Safe Democrat to Lean Democrat
Wisconsin Senate: Moved from Safe Democrat to Lean Democrat
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FiveThirtyEight, Lez Get Real, Daily Kos, Pam's House Blend and Washington Blade
The Note:
Mike Huckabee Teases ‘Very Important Announcement’ Coming On Saturday — ABC News' Michael Falcone (@michaelpfalcone) reports: — UPDATED: Former Arkansas governor and potential presidential aspirant Mike Huckabee is telling a radio audience on Friday that he plans to make “a very important announcement” over the weekend.
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Michael D. Shear / The Caucus:
Huckabee to Announce Decision on Presidential Run Saturday — Updated Mike Huckabee, the former governor of Arkansas, will announce on Saturday whether he will run for president, the producer of his show on the Fox News Channel said Friday. — “Governor Huckabee will announce tomorrow night …
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Ballot Box, Gawker, Hot Air, New York Magazine and Race 4 2012
Sam Stein / The Huffington Post:
White House Reacts To Mitt Romney's Speech: He Took A ‘Smart Approach Toward Health Care’ … Mitt Romney , White House , Romney Health Care , Carney , Carney Romney , Mitt Romney Health Care Speech , White House Health Care , Politics News — WASHINGTON — The Obama administration …
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National Review:
PowerPoint Failure — National Review endorsed Mitt Romney for president during the 2008 primaries. While we objected to the individual mandate he had enacted in Massachusetts — making the purchase of health insurance compulsory for residents of the commonwealth — we were willing …
Matthew Yglesias / Yglesias:
National Review Turns On Mitt Romney
National Review Turns On Mitt Romney
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Wonk Room, National Review, The Apothecary and Daily Kos
Tyler Cowen / Marginal Revolution:
Can one change one's mind on the health care mandate?
Can one change one's mind on the health care mandate?
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Crooks and Liars, The New Republic, EconLog, National Review and Wonk Room
Michael Barbaro / New York Times:
Buying a Trump Property, or So They Thought — For many middle-class Americans, it is the most coveted brand in real estate, synonymous with sky-piercing luxury and can't-miss quality: Donald J. Trump. — Far from the New York City towers that bear his name, in cities like Tampa, Fla. …
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TalkLeft, Ben Smith's Blog, The Note, The Moderate Voice, Capital Tonight, New York Magazine and PolitickerNY
Gallup:
Americans Oppose Raising Debt Ceiling, 47% to 19% — Thirty-four percent don't know enough about the issue to say — PRINCETON, NJ — By a 47% to 19% margin, Americans say they would want their member of Congress to vote against raising the U.S. debt ceiling, while 34% don't know enough to say.
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Don Surber, Ballot Box, Wake up America, Hot Air, TPMDC, Weasel Zippers, Scared Monkeys, The Mahablog, The Hill and National Review
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Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
Mitch McConnell's not-so-secret strategy
Mitch McConnell's not-so-secret strategy
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Crooks and Liars, CNN, Slate, New York Times, Washington Post and Suburban Guerrilla
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Seniors, Guns and Money
Seniors, Guns and Money
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Daily Kos, Brad DeLong's Grasping Reality … and The Politico
Jan Crawford / CBS News:
Daniels closer to deciding on presidential bid — INDIANAPOLIS — With 1,100 people chanting “Run Mitch, Run,” Gov. Mitch Daniels took the stage here Thursday night and did something he's never done before: He introduced his wife Cheri, and then he turned the microphone over to her to address the sold-out crowd.
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Paolo Biondi / Reuters:
Gaddafi likely wounded and not in Tripoli: Italy — (Reuters) - Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi has likely been wounded in western airstrikes and has probably left Tripoli, Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini said Friday. — A Libyan government spokesman immediately denied that Gaddafi had been harmed.
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Mediaite and Pundit Press
Matt Caron / WWLP-TV:
Controversy over child's flag drawing — Teacher allegedly refused to hang up picture — ORANGE, Mass. (WWLP) - A civil rights controversy is brewing at an elementary school in the Town of Orange, and it all surrounds an11 year-old's drawing of the American Flag.
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Little Green Footballs, The Jawa Report, Fox Nation and Weasel Zippers
Dan Carden / nwitimes.com:
Court: No right to resist illegal cop entry into home — Overturning a common law dating back to the English Magna Carta of 1215, the Indiana Supreme Court ruled Thursday that Hoosiers have no right to resist unlawful police entry into their homes. — In a 3-2 decision …
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LewRockwell.com Blog, The Agitator and National Review
Lee Fang / ThinkProgress:
Jane Corwin Voted To Allow Women To Be Shackled During Childbirth — In the past, Assemblywoman Jane Corwin (R-NY), the GOP nominee for the special election in New York's 26th congressional district, called attention to her economic views by declaring that, “we need to create …
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Alan Colmes' Liberaland and Business Wire
Aharding / CNN:
Source: George Mitchell stepping down as Middle East envoy — By: CNN Senior White House Correspondent Ed Henry — Washington (CNN) - Former U.S. Sen. George Mitchell is resigning as the Obama administration's Mideast envoy, a senior U.S. official told CNN Friday.
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The Politico, The Note and The Enterprise Blog
Matthew Yglesias / Yglesias:
The Sustainability of Greece — I'm not intimately familiar with the details of Greek public finance, but it does occur to me that sage words I keep reading in the American press about how Europe's leaders can't just keep kicking the can down the road and need to deal with Greece's basic insolvency strike me as unwarranted.
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Free exchange and Crooked Timber