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9:05 PM ET, July 17, 2011

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New York Times:
Scotland Yard Leader Quits Over Tabloid Scandal  —  LONDON — Britain's top police official resigned on Sunday, the latest casualty of the phone-hacking scandal engulfing British public life, just hours after Rebekah Brooks, the former chief executive of Rupert Murdoch's News International …
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Guardian:
Rebekah Brooks arrested over phone-hacking allegations  —  Spokesman for Rebekah Brooks says she did not know she was going to be arrested when she handed in her resignation  —  Rebekah Brooks has been arrested by police investigating allegations of phone hacking by the News of the World …
BBC:
Met Police Commissioner Sir Paul Stephenson quits  —  Sir Paul Stephenson announced his resignation in a short, filmed statement  —  Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Paul Stephenson has resigned following the phone hacking scandal.  —  Britain's most senior police officer has faced criticism …
content.met.police.uk:
Statement from the Commissioner  —  I have this afternoon informed the Palace, Home Secretary and the Mayor of my intention to resign as Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police Service.  —  I have taken this decision as a consequence of the ongoing speculation and accusations relating …
Channel 4:
Preliminary inquiry into News International by Fraud Office
Discussion: ThinkProgress
Telegraph:
Jude Law claims he was victim of News of the World phone hacking in US
Discussion: Firedoglake
Telegraph:
Phone hacking: New body blows for Rupert Murdoch
Discussion: BBC, Guardian and AMERICAblog News
BBC:
Rebekah Brooks arrested by hacking police
Discussion: The Daily Dish
Manu Raju / The Politico:
Cain: Americans should be able to ban mosques  —  Herman Cain says voters across the country should have the right to prevent Muslims from building mosques in their communities.  —  In an exchange on “Fox News Sunday,” the Republican presidential contender said that he sided …
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Tanya Somanader / ThinkProgress:
Herman Cain: Americans Have The Right To Ban Mosques  —  To rise above the myriad of GOP presidential candidates, pizza mogul Herman Cain is standing firmly on his anti-Muslim platform.  Taking advantage of the Islamophobic atmosphere, Cain consistently vilifies American Muslims and Islam …
Discussion: Sky Dancing and The Daily Caller
Jason Clayworth / Iowa Caucuses:
Texas' Rick Perry starting to feel ‘called’ to run for president  —  The Texan with the slight Southern drawl who has called dozens of top Iowa Republican activists in the past few weeks sounds more and more like he's about to run for president.  —  “I'm not ready to tell you that I'm ready …
Erik Wasson / The Hill:
Budget experts raise concerns over McConnell debt-limit fallback plan  —  Liberal and centrist budget experts are joining conservatives in raising red flags about the debt-ceiling plan that is being hashed out by Senate leaders as a last-ditch option for avoiding a national default.
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Vicki Needham / The Hill:
White House budget director sees progress in debt-ceiling talks
David Leonhardt / New York Times:
We're Spent  —  THERE is no shortage of explanations for the economy's maddening inability to leave behind the Great Recession and start adding large numbers of jobs: The deficit is too big.  The stimulus was flawed.  China is overtaking us.  Businesses are overregulated.  Wall Street is underregulated.
The Columbus Dispatch:
Cordray is Obama's choice to lead Consumer Financial Protection Bureau  —  President Barack Obama will nominate former Ohio Attorney General Richard Cordray to head a powerful new consumer protection agency, White House officials said.  —  At a White House event Monday …
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Binyamin Appelbaum / New York Times:
Former Ohio Attorney General Picked to Lead Consumer Agency
Gschwarzcnn / CNN:
TRENDING: Giuliani to GOP: Stay out of gay marriage  —  (CNN) - He may not agree with the vote in New York to legalize gay marriage, but former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani said the Republican Party should butt out of the bedroom and stick to fiscal policy.
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Gschwarzcnn / CNN:
Giuliani makes his presidential case
Dianeclohesy / Victory Film Group:
ARC Entertainment Announces Strong Opening for “The Undefeated,” with multiple sold-out runs and vocal audience support  —  Approximately $5,000 per screen through Saturday night  —  “What would have taken months and cost millions, ARC did in weeks with virtually no traditional media advertising”
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
David Brooks: The scary and sloppy case for rationing  —  David Brooks of the New York Times likes to fancy himself as a truth-seeker, bringing social and hard sciences to the masses.  But in his Friday column on health care and death, he makes some shocking and inaccurate assertions.
Mackenzie Weinger / Reuters:
Hollywood stars open wallets for Obama  —  President Barack Obama's latest fundraising report resembles an A-list of Hollywood stars, with donations from some of the top celebrities in the entertainment industry.  —  Among the more than 550,000 donors to the president's 2012 reelection bid …
Discussion: Don Surber and Michelle Malkin
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Nicholas Confessore / New York Times:
New Stable of Wealthy Donors Fueled Obama Campaign's Record Fund-Raising Quarter
Discussion: Taylor Marsh
 
 
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