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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.
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New York Post:
IMF head Strauss-Kahn pulled off plane, arrested in alleged sodomy of hotel maid
IMF head Strauss-Kahn pulled off plane, arrested in alleged sodomy of hotel maid
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Reuters, Boing Boing, Politics, Pajamas Media, EconomicPolicyJournal.com, The Daily Beast and blogs.telegraph.co.uk
Tamer El-Ghobashy / Wall Street Journal:
Head of IMF Strauss-Kahn in Custody for Alleged Sexual Assault
Head of IMF Strauss-Kahn in Custody for Alleged Sexual Assault
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Deal Journal, The Raw Story, Vox Popoli, Gawker, naked capitalism, BuzzFeed and Talking Points Memo
Zachary A. Goldfarb / Washington Post:
IMF chief arrested in alleged sex assault, police tell AP
IMF chief arrested in alleged sex assault, police tell AP
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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’
Huckabee: ‘I would have made a fine president’
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ThinkProgress
Maggie Haberman / Reuters:
Mike Huckabee says he won't run for president in 2012
Mike Huckabee says he won't run for president in 2012
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The Atlantic Online, Outside the Beltway, The Politico, Fox News, Ben Smith's Blog and Sky Dancing
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Open thread: “The Decision”; Update: Huckabee not running; Update: Video added
Open thread: “The Decision”; Update: Huckabee not running; Update: Video added
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Datechguy's Blog, Mediaite, Cubachi and The Other McCain
Jon Ward / The Huffington Post:
Mike Huckabee Not Running For President in 2012
Mike Huckabee Not Running For President in 2012
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The Reid Report and The Raw Story
Michael Falcone / ABCNEWS:
Mike Huckabee: ‘Things Will Get Crazier’ After Presidential Bid Announcement
Mike Huckabee: ‘Things Will Get Crazier’ After Presidential Bid Announcement
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TPMDC, National Review and CNN
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).
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Sky Dancing
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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Alan Colmes' Liberaland, No More Mister Nice Blog and Althouse
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Gschwarzcnn / CNN:
Ryan announcement on Wisconsin Senate seat coming soon — Washington (CNN) - Republican Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin said Sunday he will decide this week if he will run for the Senate seat being vacated by retiring Democratic Sen. Herb Kohl. — Kohl announced Friday he will not run for reelection in 2012 …
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Cubachi, Liberty Pundits Blog and The Political Carnival
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.”
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.
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TBogg and Doughnut Orbitals
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 …
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Truthdig, Emptywheel, Prairie Weather and Boing Boing
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” …
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) …
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The Volokh Conspiracy and Hit & Run
Lori Montgomery / Washington Post:
Federal worker pensions emerge as target in debt-reduction talks — The generous pension system enjoyed by millions of federal workers from clerks to senators and judges has emerged as a key target in negotiations between Vice President Biden and congressional leaders looking to restrain the growing national debt.
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Crooks and Liars and Suburban Guerrilla
The White House:
Weekly Address: President Obama Announces New Plans to Increase Responsible Domestic Oil Production — WASHINGTON - In this week's address, President Obama laid out his strategy to continue to expand responsible and safe domestic oil production, leveraging existing authorities as part …
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Climate Progress, Right Wing News and The Politico
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John M. Broder / New York Times:
Obama Shifts to Speed Oil and Gas Drilling in U.S.
Obama Shifts to Speed Oil and Gas Drilling in U.S.
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Scared Monkeys, The Lonely Conservative, Weasel Zippers, Firedoglake and Alan Colmes' Liberaland