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Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
Romney Support Up; Widens Advantage in 2012 Preferences — PRINCETON, NJ — Republicans' support for Mitt Romney as their party's 2012 presidential nominee has increased significantly to 24%, compared with 17% in late May. As a result, Romney has widened his advantage over Sarah Palin …
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The Moderate Voice, National Review, The Hill, Hot Air, Top of the Ticket and Boston Globe
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Z. Byron Wolf / ABCNEWS:
GOP Debate: What to Watch for in New Hampshire — The stage is set for the first major Republican presidential debate of the 2012 season tonight in Manchester, N.H. — and candidates are starting to assume roles. Here is a look at who will be on the stage, who won't, and what to expect.
Gschwarzcnn / CNN:
TRENDING: CNN Poll: Romney at top of the GOP field — Manchester, New Hampshire (CNN) - Hours before a major showdown in the battle for the GOP presidential nomination, a new national poll indicates that nearly one in four Republicans say they would most likely support Mitt Romney as their party's nominee.
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GOP 12, The Politico, Fox Nation, Conservatives4Palin, ABCNEWS and Washington Monthly
CNN:
The seven GOP contenders in CNN's Monday debate
The seven GOP contenders in CNN's Monday debate
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The Lonely Conservative and Michelle Malkin
Gschwarzcnn / CNN:
CNN Poll: Republicans want a winner
CNN Poll: Republicans want a winner
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The Politico, Hot Air and Zandar Versus The Stupid
Alison Gendar / NY Daily News:
Rep. Anthony Weiner finally considering he may have to resign amid sexting scandal, says source — WASHINGTON - As a cache of embarrassing new photos appeared Sunday, Rep. Anthony Weiner finally began considering the possibility that he may have to resign. — A source close to the congressman told …
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Nicholas Confessore / New York Times:
Obama Seeks to Win Back Wall St. Cash — WASHINGTON — A few weeks before announcing his re-election campaign, President Obama convened two dozen Wall Street executives, many of them longtime donors, in the White House's Blue Room. — The guests were asked for their thoughts on how to speed …
Melissa Bell / Washington Post:
‘A Gay Girl in Damascus’ comes clean — In recent days, the world has followed closely the saga of Amina Araff, the blogger who presented herself online as “A Gay Girl in Damascus” and who drew attention with her passionate writings about the Syrian government's crackdown on Arab Spring protesters.
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Esther Addley / Guardian:
Syrian lesbian blogger is revealed conclusively to be a married man
Syrian lesbian blogger is revealed conclusively to be a married man
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Harry's Place, Tim Blair, Pam's House Blend and New York Magazine
Charlie Savage / New York Times:
F.B.I. Agents Get Leeway to Push Privacy Bounds — WASHINGTON — The Federal Bureau of Investigation is giving significant new powers to its roughly 14,000 agents, allowing them more leeway to search databases, go through household trash or use surveillance teams to scrutinize the lives of people who have attracted their attention.
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Emptywheel, JustOneMinute, The Raw Story, The BLT, Prairie Weather and The Awl
Barak Ravid / Haaretz:
U.S. pressuring Netanyahu to accept Obama's peace plan — Israeli source says Americans frustrated with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for hampering U.S. efforts to stop Palestinians trying UN route to statehood in September. — Washington is pressuring Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu …
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Outside the Beltway, Weasel Zippers and americanthinker.com
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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Medicare Saves Money — Every once in a while a politician comes up with an idea that's so bad, so wrongheaded, that you're almost grateful. For really bad ideas can help illustrate the extent to which policy discourse has gone off the rails. — And so it was with Senator Joseph Lieberman's proposal …
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ThinkProgress, Daily Kos, The Incidental Economist, Prairie Weather, Paul Krugman and Firedoglake
Paul Richter / Los Angeles Times:
Missing Iraq money may have been stolen, auditors say — U.S. Defense officials still cannot say what happened to $6.6 billion, sent by the planeload in cash and intended for Iraq's reconstruction after the start of the war. — Rep. Henry A. Waxman (D-Beverly Hills, pictured last month, has held hearings on waste and fraud in Iraq.
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ThinkProgress, The Politico, In the Arena, americanthinker.com and Associated Press
Wall Street Journal:
The EPA's War on Jobs — Coal is from Earth, Lisa Jackson is from mercury. — President Obama's jobs council will make its first recommendations today on lifting hiring and strengthening the economy. Too bad the message doesn't seem to be reaching the Administration's regulators, in particular the Environmental Protection Agency.
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Andy Greene / Rolling Stone:
E Street Band Saxophonist Clarence Clemons has Suffered a Stroke — His condition remains uncertain — Rolling Stone can confirm reports that Clarence Clemons has had a stroke. The news broke this evening at 411.com, which reported that Clemons is “seriously ill after a stroke at his home in Florida.”
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Pajamas Media, PopEater and Lawyers, Guns & Money
Telegraph:
UK faces job losses as businesses threaten to flee abroad to escape green energy levies — British industry's ability to compete with companies overseas is under threat from punitive green energy costs, the new president of the CBI has told The Sunday Telegraph. — The new president of the CBI Sir Roger Carr
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European Tribune
Tim Unruh / saljournal.com:
Dole misses being ‘in the eye’ of politics — RUSSELL — Decades after retiring from office, commanding the U.S. Senate and twice pursuing a promotion to the White House, former Sen. Bob Dole said he still craves politics. — “I miss being in the eye of the storm, trying to work out compromises …
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The Politico and The Daily Caller
Jesse McKinley / New York Times:
Same-Sex Vote Unlikely in California — SAN FRANCISCO — It was three years ago this month that thousands of gay couples began to wed in California after the state's highest court legalized same-sex marriage, setting off a joyous — if short-lived — period for supporters.
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Wall Street Journal:
How We're Meeting the Job Creation Challenge — The President's Jobs and Competitiveness Council, comprised of 26 private-sector leaders, is developing ideas that will accelerate job growth and improve America's competitiveness. — The U.S. economy is resilient, but the inescapable truth …
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The Hill and Washington Post
Gareth Porter / INTER PRESS SERVICE:
Ninety Percent of Petraeus's Captured “Taliban” Were Civilians — During his intensive initial round of media interviews as commander in Afghanistan in August 2010, Gen. David Petraeus released figures to the news media that claimed spectacular success for raids by Special Operations Forces …
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Booman Tribune
Aljazeera:
Syrian army ‘cracking’ amid crackdown — Testimonies from defected soldiers give a dramatic insight into the split apparently emerging in the security forces. — The escalating military offensive in northwest Syria began after what corroborating accounts said was a shoot-out between members …
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Outside the Beltway and AMERICAblog News
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BBC:
Syrian unrest: Army in control of Jisr al-Shughour
Syrian unrest: Army in control of Jisr al-Shughour
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americanthinker.com, Guardian and The Page