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Bonnie Malkin / Telegraph:
Apocalypse not right now: ‘Rapture’ end of world fails to materialise — Reports of the end of the world appeared to have been exaggerated today. — Inhabitants of New Zealand, scheduled to be among the first to meet the apocalypse according to a US fundamentalist preacher …
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Jesse McKinley / New York Times:
At Apocalypse Central, Preparing for What Happens, or Doesn't — OAKLAND, Calif. — If Harold Camping and his followers are correct, Gertrude Stein's famous comment about Oakland — that there is no there there — may finally be true. If not, some local churchgoers say they will set …
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The Moderate Voice and Salon
David Batty / Guardian:
Apocalypse not now: Rapture fails to happen
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New York Times:
Obama's Peace Tack Contrasts With Key Aide, Friend of Israel — WASHINGTON — Five days ago, during a closed-door meeting with a group of Middle East experts, administration officials, and journalists, King Abdullah II of Jordan gave his assessment of how Arabs view the debate within …
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Andrew C. McCarthy / National Review:
Borderline Treachery — Would that the president of the United States were as worried about Arizona's border as he is about “Palestine's.” — There was less fanfare about this latest Obama oration on the future of the Middle East, staged at Foggy Bottom, than there was about his 2009 Cairo speech.
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Mike Lillis / The Hill:
House lawmakers push back against Obama's stand on 1967 borders — A growing number of House lawmakers are pushing back against President Obama's recent call to base Israeli-Palestinian peace talks on pre-1967 borders. — Echoing the concerns of Israeli leaders, the critics maintain …
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The Hill
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Krauthammer: C'mon, Herman Cain's candidacy is for entertainment purposes only — Via the Right Scoop, I'm not nearly as sure as Kraut is that this is true. If Palin surprises everyone by staying out, Iowa will be wide open for a “true conservative” to emerge.
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Andrew Restuccia / Ballot Box:
Cain announces candidacy for GOP presidential nomination — Herman Cain, a businessman and conservative radio talk show host, announced Saturday that he is officially running for the Republican presidential nomination. — “At this hour, this moment, I came here to declare my candidacy …
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The Politico, Outside the Beltway and The Raw Story
New York Times:
Backing Her Man With Impressive Resources — PARIS — She was much more famous than her husband, and much wealthier, too. — Now she joins the unhappy club of wives standing by their man in the face of a crescendo of tales of sexual betrayal, spurred in her case by extraordinary …
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Ellen Tumposky / ABCNEWS:
Tucson SWAT Team Defends Shooting Iraq Vet 60 Times — A Tucson, Ariz., SWAT team defends shooting an Iraq War veteran 60 times during a drug raid, although it declines to say whether it found any drugs in the house and has had to retract its claim that the veteran shot first.
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Jake Tapper / Political Punch:
White House on War Powers Deadline: ‘Limited’ US Role in Libya Means No Need to Get Congressional Authorization — In an effort to satisfy those arguing he needs to seek congressional authorization to continue US military activity in accordance with the War Powers Resolution …
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The Gateway Pundit, Don Surber, Weasel Zippers and Vox Popoli
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David A. Fahrenthold / Washington Post:
Obama misses deadline for congressional approval of Libya operations
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Jamie Klatell / The Hill:
Obama asks Congress for a resolution of support on Libya
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The Politico, The Page, Taylor Marsh and Atlas Shrugs
Scott Keyes / ThinkProgress:
GOP Response To Town Hall Backlash: Ban Recording Devices And Censor Citizen Journalists — The premier political story of the past few months has been the Republican plan to dismantle Medicare and the resulting voter backlash. In town halls across the country, voters are expressing …
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Washington Monthly, Taylor Marsh and Prairie Weather
John O'Connor / The State:
Tough week for Tea Party ends with fizzling rally — The Columbia Tea Party went from Donald Trump to jilted chump after the celebrity businessman canceled his appearance at Thursday's State House rally, and state legislators approved tax breaks and spending that the group opposed.
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No More Mister Nice Blog, Balloon Juice, The Mahablog, Washington Monthly and The Maddow Blog
Arthur Delaney / The Huffington Post:
Reducing Pennsylvania's Unemployment Insurance ‘A Fairness Thing,’ GOP Lawmaker Says … A Republican member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives says he wants to reform the state's unemployment insurance system in part because the way benefits are currently calculated lets workers take a paid vacation for most of the year.
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Crooks and Liars
Lisa Mascaro / Los Angeles Times:
Harry Reid: ‘Foolish’ for Democrats to offer budget plan — Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid speaks on Capitol Hill Tuesday. (Brendan Smialowski / Getty Images) — Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said it would be “foolish” for Democrats to propose their own federal budget for 2012 …
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Weasel Zippers
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Felicia Sonmez / Washington Post:
Cantor: Democrats have no plan to save Medicare
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