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10:35 AM ET, May 17, 2011

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Los Angeles Times:
Schwarzenegger fathered a child with longtime member of household staff  —  His wife, Maria Shriver, moved out of their Brentwood mansion earlier this year after the former governor acknowledged the child was his.  The staff member worked for the family for 20 years, retiring in January.
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Major Garrett / NationalJournal.com:
Rep. Paul Ryan Staying in House, Won't Run for U.S. Senate  —  Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., is staying in the House, and won't run for the U.S. Senate, two well-placed GOP sources tell National Journal.  —  Ryan began informing close friends of his decision Tuesday and is expected to announce later in the day.
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Wall Street Journal:
Gingrich to House GOP: Drop Dead  —  Newt undermines his former comrades on Medicare.  —  The Republican Presidential campaign is off to a slow start, but judging by the last week not slow enough.  First Mitt Romney defends his ObamaCare prototype in Massachusetts, and now Newt Gingrich …
The Politico:
Thompson plans to run for Senate  —  Tommy Thompson, the Republican former Wisconsin governor and George W. Bush's first secretary of Health and Human Services, has told friends he plans to run for the open Senate seat in Wisconsin, according to top Wisconsin sources.
Christian Heinze / GOP 12:
Angry Iowan gets in Newt's face
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Jason Clayworth / Des Moines Register:
Iowan to Gingrich: Get out now before you make a bigger fool of yourself
Patrick Gavin / The Politico:
CINDY CRAWFORD FLIP-FLOPS FOR MITT ROMNEY  —  During her modeling career, Cindy Crawford was skilled at switching outfits.  Now, she's switching presidential candidates, it seems.  —  Eric Fehrnstrom, a spokesman for Mitt Romney, took to Twitter Monday to oh-so-subtly boast that Team Romney …
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Jonathan Martin / The Politico:
Mitt Romney's money machine cranks up
Michael O'Brien / Ballot Box:
Romney: One-day money haul brings in over $10 million
Matthew Boyle / The Daily Caller:
Nearly 20 percent of new Obamacare waivers are gourmet restaurants, nightclubs, fancy hotels in Nancy Pelosi's district  —  Of the 204 new Obamacare waivers President Barack Obama's administration approved in April, 38 are for fancy eateries, hip nightclubs and decadent hotels …
Sharon LaFraniere / New York Times:
Pakistan's Prime Minister Visits China  —  BEIJING — The Pakistani prime minister, Yousaf Raza Gilani, arrived in China on Tuesday for a four-day visit, picking up some welcome diplomatic support at a critical moment in Pakistan's relations with the United States.
Discussion: The Reaction
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Salman Masood / New York Times:
Pakistan and NATO Forces Exchange Fire
Discussion: Hot Air and Jihad Watch
Gretchen Morgenson / New York Times:
New York Investigates Banks' Role in Fiscal Crisis  —  Eric T. Schneiderman, the New York attorney general, has requested information and documents in recent weeks from three major Wall Street banks about their mortgage securities operations during the credit boom, indicating the existence …
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The Huffington Post:
Confidential Federal Audits Accuse Five Biggest Mortgage Firms Of Defrauding Taxpayers [EXCLUSIVE] … WASHINGTON — A set of confidential federal audits accuse the nation's five largest mortgage companies of defrauding taxpayers in their handling of foreclosures on homes purchased …
Peter Svensson / Associated Press:
LED bulbs hit 100 watts as federal ban looms  —  NEW YORK - Two leading makers of lighting products are showcasing LED bulbs that are bright enough to replace energy-guzzling 100-watt light bulbs set to disappear from stores in January.  —  Their demonstrations at the LightFair trade show …
W. James Antle III / The Politico:
What Rand Paul could teach Ron Paul  —  Rep. Ron Paul (R- Texas) found himself in an unusual position at the South Carolina GOP presidential debate.  According to most polls, Paul was the frontrunner of the five candidates on stage.  Though some big names were missing, it signals how far Paul has come in four years.
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A.B. Stoddard / Presidential Campaign:   From the '12 shelves
Budget Committee:
Shared Scarcity versus Renewed Prosperity  —  Thank you so much, Anne, for the kind introduction.  —  I want to thank you all for inviting me to speak.  It was especially gracious of you to host me, even though I'm a Packers fan and I assume most of you are Bears fans.  —  But that doesn't mean we can't work together.
The Atlantic Online:
Black Confederates Revealed  —  Though they certainly didn't tell anyone: … I've spent much of my adult life studying various theories of race and racism, and the last few years in a rather intensive mode of study.  In all of that time one inescapable conclusion has dogged me: Race is such bulls**t.
Discussion: Moe Lane
The Lede:
French Shocked by I.M.F. Chief's ‘Perp Walk’  —  As our colleagues Steven Erlanger and Katrin Bennhold report, “The arrest in New York of one of France's leading global figures and a possible next president, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, on charges of attempted rape produced an earthquake of shock …
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The Note:
How Serious Was Donald Trump About 2012?  ‘More Serious Than...People Realize,’ Political Adviser Says  —  ABC News' Michael Falcone (@michaelpfalcone) reports:  —  Had Donald Trump decided to run for president he and his aides were planning an announcement event in an iconic location …
Josiah Ryan / The Hill:
Senate to vote on oil tax bill Tuesday  —  The Senate is set to vote Tuesday on the Democrats' controversial bill that would cut the tax breaks received by the big five oil companies.  —  Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) filed cloture Monday night on the legislation …
Discussion: The Politico and FrumForum
Abeer Tayel / alarabiya.net:
Mubarak to apologize, plead for amnesty, as army asks Egyptians to rebuild nation  —  Former president Hosni Mubarak is to apologize to the nation and plead for amnesty, three months after he was overthrown by a popular uprising, the country's military leader called on his people …
Curtis Morgan / Orlando Sentinel:
Arrests of South Florida imams carried out under new federal rules  —  Authorities hope to defuse tensions and calm concern about hate crimes  —  The trilling chant of the adhan, the Muslim call to prayer, rang out Sunday afternoon at the humble little white house behind a green fence that is South Florida's oldest mosque.
Discussion: Weasel Zippers and Right Wing News
Inside Higher Ed:
In for Nasty Weather  —  Maybe it's because tenured professors are so disproportionately white male baby boomers that classic rock seems like a natural way to capture the sense that tenured faculty existence is vanishing.  —  First, summon the image of a tweed-clad, gray-haired professor exiting …
CNN:
Barbour encourages Daniels to run for president  —  Dallas (CNN) - Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour, who was on the cusp of a presidential campaign before backing away from a bid last month, said Monday that Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels should join the race for the Republican presidential nomination.
Discussion: GOP 12
Catherine Dodge / Bloomberg:
Do-Nothing Congress Shows Budget Paralysis  —  Following a Congress that passed laws affecting more Americans than any since the “Great Society” legislation of the 1960s, U.S. lawmakers by comparison this year are taking a breather.  —  Since the newly seated, divided 112th Congress began in January …
Bruce Bartlett / Economix:
The Real Social Security and Medicare Problem (and a Doable Fix)  —  Bruce Bartlett has served as an economic adviser in the White House, the Treasury Department and Congress.  —  On Friday, the trustees of the Social Security and Medicare systems issued their annual reports for 2011.
 
 
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