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3:20 PM ET, May 15, 2011

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New York Times:
I.M.F. Chief, Apprehended at Airport, Is Accused of Sexual Attack  —  The managing director of the International Monetary Fund, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, was taken off an Air France plane at Kennedy International Airport minutes before it was to depart for Paris on Saturday …
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New York Times:
I.M.F. Chief's Arrest Throws French Politics Into Disarray  —  PARIS — For months, France has been buzzing with speculation that Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the popular chief of the International Monetary Fund, would quit his job in Washington to take on President Nicolas Sarkozy in next year's presidential elections.
Discussion: Pajamas Media and Samizdata.net
Zachary A. Goldfarb / Washington Post:
IMF chief arrested in alleged sex assault, police tell AP
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
Fox News:
Huckabee Opts Against 2012 White House Bid  —  Mike Huckabee said Saturday there would be no sequel to his surprisingly strong 2008 White House bid, in which he won the Iowa Republican caucus and finished second in the primaries to Sen. John McCain.  —  “All the factors say go …
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John Bresnahan / The Politico:
Huckabee: ‘I would have made a fine president’  —  Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee said on Sunday he “would have made a fine president,” but added that he “was at peace” with his decision not to run for the White House in 2012.  —  Huckabee also told Chris Wallace of “Fox News Sunday” …
Discussion: ThinkProgress
Jon Ward / The Huffington Post:
Mike Huckabee Not Running For President in 2012
Discussion: The Reid Report and The Raw Story
Robert Wenzel / EconomicPolicyJournal.com:
Shadow Stat Misery Index Highest on Record  —  John Williams, over at Shadow Stats, compiles economic data for inflation and unemployment the way it used to be calculated pre-1990.  Based on that data, the CPI inflation rate is over 10%, and the unemployment rate is over 15% (see charts).
Discussion: Sky Dancing
Matthew Yglesias / Yglesias:
Newt Gingrich Proposes Reviving “Poll Tests” Of The Sort Outlawed In The Civil Rights Era  —  Ta-Nehisi Coates heard the dog whistle loud in clear in Newt Gingrich's proclamation last night that Barack Obama is “the most successful food stamp president in modern American history.”
Kendra Marr / The Politico:
Ryan will decide soon on Wisconsin Senate race  —  House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) said on Sunday he'll decide this week if he'll run for the Senate seat being vacated by Democrat Herb Kohl.  —  “Herb just announced this Friday,” Ryan said on CNN's “State of the Union.”
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Gschwarzcnn / CNN:
Ryan announcement on Wisconsin Senate seat coming soon
Matthew Yglesias / Yglesias:
An Evening On The Beltway Yuengling and Minor Assault Circuit  —  So . . . I was walking back from the home of Megan McArdle and Peter Suderman and instead of doing the normal thing and taking Q Street west to 5th and then walking south, I wanted to take a shortcut by walking south on North Capitol to then cut southwest on New York.
Discussion: TBogg and Doughnut Orbitals
Duncan Hollis / Opinio Juris:
What kind of immunity does the IMF Managing Director Have?  —  The arrest on sexual assault charges of IMF Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Khan (or “DSK” as he's known to the French tabloids) is big news this morning.  Most of the main stream media attention (quite naturally) …
New York Times:
Secret Desert Force Set Up by Blackwater's Founder  —  ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates — Late one night last November, a plane carrying dozens of Colombian men touched down in this glittering seaside capital.  Whisked through customs by an Emirati intelligence officer …
Michael Barone / Washington Examiner:
Obama's hypocritical rhetoric on immigration reform  —  Senior Political Analyst Follow Him @MichaelBarone  —  Barack Obama's immigration speech in El Paso, Texas, on May 10 was an exercise in electioneering and hypocrisy.  Hypocrisy because while Obama complained about “politicians” …
Peter Schroeder / The Hill:
McConnell: Debt limit a ‘great opportunity’  —  Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky). said the rapidly approaching debt limit is not a problem, but a “great opportunity” to address government spending.  —  The Senate Republican leader also made clear that he will need to see spending reforms in the short …
Discussion: CNN and Washington Monthly
 
 
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Con Coughlin / Telegraph:
Nato must target Gaddafi regime, says Armed Forces chief Gen Sir David Richards
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Carl Hulse / New York Times:
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Stephen Dinan / Washington Times:
Social Security deficits now ‘permanent’
Peter Schroeder / The Hill:
Boehner questions Obama's commitment to tackling debt, deficit
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Federal worker pensions emerge as target in debt-reduction talks
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Telegraph:
Osama bin Laden hiding place visited by Taliban
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