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Gerry Mullany / New York Times:
Dominique Strauss-Kahn Resigns From I.M.F. — Dominique Strauss-Kahn resigned Wednesday as head of the International Monetary Fund after explosive allegations that he had sexually attacked a cleaning lady in a midtown Manhattan hotel room. — “It is with infinite sadness that I feel compelled today …
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New York Times:
A Favorite Emerges for Helm of I.M.F. — PARIS — The French finance minister, Christine Lagarde, was on a panel at the World Economic Forum in Davos this January when her usual smile turned into a frown. Next to her, Robert E. Diamond Jr., chief executive of Barclays and one of the most powerful bankers …
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Howard Schneider / Washington Post:
Dominique Strauss-Kahn resigns as head of IMF
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Hot Air
Bruce Crumley / Time:
Smoke and Fire: Why France Was Silent About Strauss-Kahn's Womanizing
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Sky Dancing, ABCNEWS, American Spectator, The Huffington Post, Instapundit and Top World Stories, more at Mediagazer »
Kate Zernike / New York Times:
Harsh Light on Two Men, but Glare Falls on Women
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No More Mister Nice Blog, Poynter, msnbc.com, Weasel Zippers and skippy the bush kangaroo, more at Mediagazer »
Fay Schlesinger / Daily Mail:
The floodgates open: Strauss-Kahn's tangled love life and the women who claim he abused them
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Michael Calderone / The Huffington Post:
NBC's David Gregory Defends Medicare Question As Newt Gingrich Spokesman Blasts Media ‘Minions’ … NEW YORK — When Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) sits down on “Meet the Press” this Sunday, he can expect to be asked about former House Speaker Newt Gingrich comparing his Medicare voucher plan to “right-wing social engineering.”
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Ross Douthat:
The Lessons of Gingrich v. Ryan
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Associated Press, National Review, The Huffington Post, Commentary Magazine, Eunomia and Mediaite
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Gingrich spokesman: The Beltway “literati” …
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Vox Popoli, Ben Smith's Blog, Mediaite, Weasel Zippers, The Daily Beast, Daily Pundit, The Blaze, Hit & Run, Confederate Yankee and Outside the Beltway
Benjy Sarlin / TPMDC:
Newt Spokesman Pens Epic Poem In Tribute To Gingrich's Heroic Crusade Against The Media
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Talking Points Memo, Washington Monthly, Jesus' General, Oliver Willis, Lean Left, Hullabaloo, Crooked Timber and Ben Smith's Blog
Jake Sherman / The Politico:
Cantor tells Gingrich he's out of line
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Connecting.the.Dots, Weasel Zippers, The Hill and FrumForum
Jason Burke / Guardian:
Osama bin Laden praises Arab spring in posthumously released tape — Bin Laden praises protest movements across Middle East and predicts revolutions will spread — A tape recorded by Osama bin Laden before his death in a US special forces raid earlier this month has been released posthumously onto Islamist militant websites.
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Sam Youngman / The Hill:
President will call for a new chapter of support for Arab Spring
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The Politico
Thomas L. Friedman / New York Times:
Bibi and Barack — Reading the headlines from the Middle East …
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Israel Matzav and Elder of Ziyon
Agence France Presse:
Peter Fonda calls Obama ‘traitor’ at Cannes — CANNES, France — Peter Fonda launched a four-letter attack on US President Barack Obama at the Cannes film festival on Wednesday, calling him a traitor over the handling of the aftermath of the Gulf oil spill.
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JammieWearingFool, Weasel Zippers and Pajamas Media
James Taranto / Wall Street Journal:
How Not to Write Satire — An Esquire writer lobs an egg at the birthers, but the yolk's on him. — “In a stunning development one day after the release of Where's the Birth Certificate? The Case that Barack Obama is not Eligible to be President, by Dr. Jerome Corsi …
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Jonathan Capehart / Washington Post:
Cornel West on Obama is no better than a birther — Anyone who knows me, and knows me well, knows that I have little patience for the “Blacker than thou” crowd. These are the self-appointed guardians of what it means to be black — a decidedly limited and ignorant perspective …
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Sky Dancing, The only adult in the room, Mediaite, Taylor Marsh, NewsReal Blog, Adam Serwer, AlterNet and odd time signatures
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Krissah Thompson / Washington Post:
Cornel West's criticism of Obama sparks debate among African Americans
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NewsBusters.org, Suburban Guerrilla, msnbc.com, The Nation and The Reaction
Catherine Rampell / New York Times:
Many With New College Degree Find the Job Market Humbling — The individual stories are familiar. The chemistry major tending bar. The classics major answering phones. The Italian studies major sweeping aisles at Wal-Mart. — Now evidence is emerging that the damage wrought …
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THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS and Mother Jones
Liz Goodwin / Yahoo! News:
Loud cell-phone talker removed from quiet car by police — A woman who was escorted off an Amtrak train by police this weekend after she allegedly refused to stop talking loudly on her cell-phone has the Internet cheering her fate. — Civilians and quiet-car champions are supporting …
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UrbanGrounds, KOMO News, AMERICAblog News, Five Feet of Fury, Gawker, iOwnTheWorld.com and The Gateway Pundit
Daily Mail:
You idiot! Shamed politician John Edwards rages at mistress Rielle Hunter for not destroying sex tape — Furious John Edwards has allegedly vented his anger at mistress Rielle Hunter over the steamy sex video they made during his White House run. — In an amazing outburst …
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AMERICAN DIGEST and Don Surber
The White House:
President Obama Nominates Justice Morgan Christen for the United States Court of Appeals — WASHINGTON- Today, President Obama nominated Justice Morgan Christen for the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. — “I am proud to nominate this outstanding candidate to serve …
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The Politico, The Volokh Conspiracy and Verum Serum
Joshua Rhett Miller / Fox News:
CDC Warns Public to Prepare for ‘Zombie Apocalypse’ — Are you prepared for the impending zombie invasion? — That's the question posed by the Centers for Diseases Control and Prevention in a Monday blog posting gruesomely titled, “Preparedness 101: Zombie Apocalypse.”
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Firedoglake, msnbc.com, The Blaze, Mediaite, Liberal Values, The TrogloPundit, Gizmodo and Gawker
John T. Bennett / The Hill:
Gates: ‘No evidence’ Pakistani leaders knew bin Laden was there — U.S. officials have “no evidence” that current Pakistani leaders knew Osama bin Laden had been holed up near their capital city for half a decade, but they suspect someone — perhaps a retired official — did know about the al Qaeda leader's whereabouts.
Jason Mattera / Human Events:
Socialist Senator Sanders Hawks His Book Like an Evil Capitalist — Vermont's Sen. Bernie Sanders is a different kind of socialist: the kind who will partake in the capitalist venture of freely exchanging money for products... at least when it comes to selling his own book.
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Freedom's Lighthouse
MyFOX Detroit:
Michigan Man Still Receiving Food Assistance Despite Winning $2 Million Jackpot — (WJBK) - A Michigan man has continued to accept food aid from the state even though he won big in a state lottery game and said he told officials about it. — Leroy Fick won the $2 million jackpot in the “Make Me Rich!” contest in June.
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Weasel Zippers and HotAirPundit
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Associated Press:
Dick Cheney's memoir will have ‘very strong views,’ daughter Liz says — NEW YORK — Dick Cheney has finished his memoir, according to his daughter, and the book is scheduled to come out on Aug. 30. — Liz Cheney said that the former vice president's manuscript was turned in at the beginning of the month.
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Wizbang
Christopher Shea / Ideas Market:
Republican and Democratic Professors Grade Differently — When it comes to grading, Republican and Democratic professors at one unnamed elite university put their ideologies into practice, a new study finds: Republicans welcomed inequality, handing out more very high and very low grades …
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