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12:35 AM ET, July 18, 2011

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New York Times:
An Arrest and Scotland Yard Resignation Roil Britain  —  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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Telegraph:
Jude Law claims he was victim of News of the World phone hacking in US  —  The News of the World allegedly hacked into the mobile phones of Jude Law and his personal assistant while they were in New York, opening the way for News International to be prosecuted in the United States.
Discussion: Firedoglake
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 …
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 …
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
BBC:
Rebekah Brooks arrested by hacking police
Discussion: The Daily Dish
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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Zachary A. Goldfarb / Washington Post:
Congress tees up crucial votes on debt limit  —  A bipartisan effort in the Senate to allow President Obama to raise the federal debt ceiling in exchange for about $1.5 trillion in spending cuts over 10 years gained momentum Sunday, as leaders agreed they would have to act in the next two weeks …
Vicki Needham / The Hill:
White House budget director sees progress in debt-ceiling talks
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”
David Rogers / The Politico:
GOP's hard right shift in debt talks may put deal at risk  —  Turning right with a vengeance, Republicans will bring to the House floor Tuesday a newly revised debt-ceiling bill that is remarkable for its total absence of compromise at this late date, two weeks before the threat of default.
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
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 …
David Dayen / Firedoglake:
Obama's Last Lecture  —  One of the more constant critiques of this Presidency is that Barack Obama has failed to teach a generation of willing listeners a story about his beliefs and his values, something that will outlast his term in office and provide a blueprint for the future.  This isn't true.
Discussion: Hullabaloo and ThinkProgress
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 to Head New 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
 
 
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