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Jana Winter / Fox News:
EXCLUSIVE: Strauss-Kahn Told Maid 'Don't You Know Who I Am?' During Alleged Sex Attack — Dominique Strauss-Kahn told a New York City hotel maid, “Don't you know who I am! Don't you know who I am?” while pinning her down during the alleged sexual assault, law enforcement sources close to the investigation told FoxNews.com.
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Dominique Strauss-Kahn / Telegraph:
DNA samples confirm sperm traces on maid's dress — DNA samples taken in the Dominique Strauss-Kahn case have confirmed traces of sperm on the maid's dress, according to reports. — Mr Strauss-Kahn has been indicted on seven charges. If he is convicted, he would face up to 25 years in prison
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Ross Douthat / New York Times:
Who Will Play Strauss-Kahn?
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Jacob Tomsky / New York Times:
Behind Closed, Sequentially Numbered Doors
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Daniel Strauss / The Hill:
GOP lawmaker says Sen. Scott Brown ‘should be ashamed of himself’ — Rep. Joe Walsh (R-Ill.) scolded the senator for opposing the House GOP budget from Rep. Paul Ryan. — An Illinois Republican on Monday said Sen. Scott Brown (R-Mass.) should be “ashamed of himself” for opposing Rep. Paul Ryan's (R-Wis.) budget plan.
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Russell Berman / The Hill:
Cantor nudges Rep. Ryan to jump into 2012 White House race — Count House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) as one top Republican who'd like to see Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wisc.) jump into the presidential race. — Cantor responded immediately when asked Monday whether Ryan …
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Erik Wasson / The Hill:
Budget director: Debt ceiling will be raised before it's reached
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Aharding / CNN:
Top Republican says Paul Ryan should run for president
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David G. Savage / Los Angeles Times:
Supreme Court orders California to release tens of thousands of prison inmates — The 5-4 decision represents one of the largest prison release orders in U.S. history. The court majority says overcrowding has caused ‘suffering and death.’ In a sharp dissent, Justice Antonin Scalia warns ‘terrible things are sure to happen.’
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Adam Liptak / New York Times:
State Secrets Block Resolution of Contractors' Suit, Justices Say — WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday unanimously ruled that national security considerations made it impossible for it to take sides in a multibillion-dollar dispute between military contractors and the government.
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Justices, 5-4, Tell California to Cut Prisoner Population — WASHINGTON — Conditions in California's overcrowded prisons are so bad that they violate the Eighth Amendment's ban on cruel and unusual punishment, the Supreme Court ruled on Monday, ordering the state to reduce its prison population by more than 30,000 inmates.
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Associated Press:
FACT CHECK: Not the whole truth in Pawlenty claims — WASHINGTON (AP) — “Truth” was Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty's buzzword Monday when he announced his campaign for the Republican presidential nomination. He said he will tell the truth about hard choices facing the nation while others …
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Kevin Hoffman / The Blotter:
DOA: Pioneer Press runs Tim Pawlenty presidential announcement on obit page
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Eric Kleefeld / TPMDC:
Pawlenty In Iowa: Phase Out Ethanol Subsidies
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Mike Lillis / The Hill:
Reid breaks with Obama on Israeli borders condition for peace settlement — Breaking with President Obama, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) on Monday urged a renewal of the Israeli-Palestinian peace talks without preconditions regarding borders. — Obama, in recent days …
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Natasha Mozgovaya / Haaretz:
AIPAC chief: Obama should not be even-handed toward Israel and Palestinians
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Ron Radosh / Pajamas Media:
Eric Cantor Gives AIPAC Delegates a Lesson on which Political Party Really Supports Israel …
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Matthew Yglesias / Yglesias:
Bibi Netanyahu's Victory
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Chris O'Shea / FishbowlNY:
White House Adds New Position to Deal with Unfavorable Online Media — The White House has named Jesse Lee to a new position within its communications department titled Director of Progressive Media & Online Response. According to The Huffington Post, Lee will essentially be responsible …
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Sam Stein / The Huffington Post:
White House Beefs Up Online Rapid Response … White House , Jesse Lee Staff , New Media White Hosue , Obama Administration Response , Online Response Jesse Lee , Online White House , White House Jesse Lee , White House Online Response , White House Staff , Politics News
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Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
Poll: Romney way ahead of GOP field in New Hampshire — Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney (R) enjoys more than triple the support of his next closest competitor in New Hampshire's Republican primary, according to a poll released Monday. — Thirty-two percent of New Hampshire's Republican voters …
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Aharding / CNN:
Daniels adviser: VP bid unlikely, but not ‘off the table’
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Robert Pear / New York Times:
U.S. Objects to New Law on Clinics in Indiana
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Cornell Law School:
SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES — EDMUND G. BROWN, J r ., GOVERNOR OF CAL- — IFORNIA, et al ., APPELLANTS v. MARCIANO — PLATA et al. — on appeal from the united states district courts for the eastern district and the northern district of california
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Mary Clare Jalonick / Associated Press:
House GOP Proposes Budget Cuts To Domestic, Foreign Food Aid … John Boehner , Budget Cuts , Gop , Federal Budget , Boehner Budget Cuts , Domestic Aid Budget Cuts , Federal Budget Cuts , Food Aid Budget Cuts , Foreign Aid Budget Cuts , Gop Budget Cuts , House Gop Budget Cuts …
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Katherine Dorsett / CNN:
Does having children make you happy? — Do kids bring happiness? Sociologists find that parents experience emotional distress more often than childless adults. — (CNN) — Thirty-one-year old Jessica Copeland says she knew by the time she was in high school that she never wanted to be a parent.
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Lydia Saad / Gallup:
Americans Still Split Along “Pro-Choice,” “Pro-Life” Lines — Majorities believe abortion is morally wrong, legal access to it should be restricted — PRINCETON, NJ — Americans are closely divided between those calling themselves “pro-choice” and those who are “pro-life,” now 49% and 45% …
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Tanya Somanader / ThinkProgress:
Wisconsin Orders Recall Election For Three GOP State Senators — Despite massive protests, procedural obstacles, and restraining orders, the Wisconsin GOP hustled Gov. Scott Walker's (R) anti-union bill into law in March. Now, they're paying a steep political price.
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Colby Hall / Mediaite:
New York On Media Matters: ‘Responsible Arbiters’ Who ‘Deserve Credit’ For Glenn Beck's Exit? — In the political debates regularly covered here at Mediaite, this New York Magazine story would fairly be described as “the other story.” Not the explosive one on Roger Ailes and Fox News that we have …
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Steven Levingston / Washington Post:
‘Blind Allegiance to Sarah Palin,’ by former staffer Frank Bailey — By Frank Bailey with Ken Morris & Jeanne Devon — Howard. 383 pp. $26 — Frank Bailey joined Sarah Palin's campaign for governor of Alaska in its earliest days, showing up at her shabby headquarters in Anchorage with a paintbrush …
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