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12:25 PM ET, July 4, 2011

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Adam Peck / THiNK Magazine:
UPDATED: Think Talks with the Group That Hacked A Fox News Twitter Account  —  UPDATE: Perhaps deciding on a different strategy, The Script Kiddies have scrubbed all past mentions of their hack of the Fox News Politics Twitter account and replaced them with alarming and, most importantly, fake accounts of President Obama's death.
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BBC:
Fox News hacker tweets Obama dead  —  Hackers have taken over a Twitter account belonging to US broadcaster Fox News and declared President Obama dead.  —  The @foxnewspolitics feed stated: “BREAKING NEWS: @BarackObama assassinated, 2 gunshot wounds have proved too much.”
Discussion: Politics
The Huffington Post:
Fox News Politics Twitter Account Hacked, Disturbing Tweets Appear … Fox News , Twitter , Fox News Twitter , Fox News Hacked , Fox News Politics , Fox News Politics Twitter , Fox News Politics Twitter Hacked , Fox News Twitter Hacked , Fox Twitter Hacked , Media News
Matt Brian / The Next Web:
Hackers claim Fox News' Twitter account, report fake Obama shooting  —  Fox has found it has been made the target of a hacking campaign once again after attackers managed to compromise the Fox News Politics Twitter account and used it to spread misinformation that the president had been shot and killed.
Fox News:
Foxnewspolitics Twitter Feed Hacked  —  FoxNews.com's Twitter feed for political news, FoxNewspolitics, was hacked early Monday morning.  —  Hackers sent out several malicious and false tweets claiming that President Obama had been assassinated.  Those reports are incorrect, of course …
Discussion: TPMDC and The Powers That Be
Stan Schroeder / Mashable!:
Hackers Break Into Fox News Account, Tweet Fake Obama Assassination News  —  A hacker group calling themselves Scriptkiddies has broken into one of Fox News' Twitter accounts and used it to disseminate fake news about the assassination of president Obama.  —  The group gained control …
Discussion: Weasel Zippers and Mediaite
New York Post:
Dominique Strauss-Kahn ‘refused to pay’ hooker maid for sex  —  She had dollar signs in her eyes.  —  Before she ever walked into Dominique Strauss-Kahn's dazzling suite at the Sofitel, his accuser was well aware of his VIP status — and planning to get her hands in his deep pockets, sources told The Post.
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Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
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New York Post:
That's the ticket!  —  A Prominent Republican is joining a prominent Democrat in predicting that Gov. Cuomo will become President Obama's running mate for vice president next year.  —  Former New York GOP boss William Powers, credited with playing a key role in electing Rudy Giuliani mayor …
E.J. Dionne Jr / Washington Post:
What our Declaration really said  —  Our nation confronts a challenge this Fourth of July that we face but rarely: We are at odds over the meaning of our history and why, to quote our Declaration of Independence, “governments are instituted.”  —  Only divisions this deep can explain …
Amanda Terkel / The Huffington Post:
Rand Paul Plans Senate Filibuster Over Debt Ceiling … WASHINGTON — Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) is planning a Senate filibuster next week in an attempt to force debt ceiling negotiations into the open.  —  “We've had not one minute of debate about the debt ceiling in any committee,” …
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John M. Broder / New York Times:
2 Republicans Open Door to Increases in Revenue  —  WASHINGTON — Two senior Republicans said Sunday that they might be open to raising new government revenue as part of a deal to resolve the dispute over the federal debt ceiling, but they warned that there was little time to enact a comprehensive deal.
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Aleister / American Glob:
Wisconsin Democrat Party Spokesman Calls For Violence Against Republicans, Used To Write For The Washington Post And The Onion  —  And now... a special message about the importance of civility in politics, brought to you by the same people who continually claim the Tea Party is a bunch of violent extremists.
Discussion: Doug Ross and Moe Lane
Scott Johnson / Power Line:
The eternal meaning of Independence Day  —  On July 9, 1858, Illinois Senator Stephen Douglas gave a campaign speech to a raucous throng from the balcony of the Tremont Hotel in Chicago.  Abraham Lincoln was in the audience when Douglas prepared to speak.  Douglas invited Lincoln to come join him on the balcony to watch the speech.
Discussion: Fausta's Blog
 
 
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