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3:15 PM ET, July 22, 2011

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Haroon Siddique / Guardian:

Norway attacks - live coverage — • “Several” killed by gunman at youth conference in Utoya — If you have any information please email me at hannahgodfrey66@gmail.com — 7.44pm: An eyewitness has told Norway's NRK broadcaster he saw more than 20 bodies at camp shooting.

Discussion: ThinkProgress, Poor Richard's News, Pajamas Media, Talking Points Memo, Big Government, Vox Popoli, Gawker, Atlas Shrugs, Gates of Vienna, National Review, americanthinker.com and AmSpecBlog

Brian Ross / ABCNEWS:

Oslo Explosion: One of Two Blasts Result of Massive Vehicle Bomb, Sources Say — At least one of two explosions that rocked a Norwegian government building in Oslo today was result of a massive vehicle bomb, according to U.S. government sources on the scene.

Discussion: JustOneMinute, Pajamas Media, Don Surber and Politics

New York Times:

Blasts and Gun Attack in Norway; 7 Dead — OSLO — Powerful explosions shook central Oslo on Friday afternoon, blowing out the windows of several government buildings, including one housing the office of the Norwegian prime minister. The state television broadcaster, citing the police …

Discussion: blogs.telegraph.co.uk, THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS, Wake up America, The Lede and AmSpecBlog

BBC:

Norway: Blast near prime minister's office in Oslo — Eyewitness: “Police are beginning to seal off streets where there is a danger of falling glass” — A large explosion has hit near government headquarters in the Norwegian capital Oslo. — At least one person was killed in the city centre blast …

Discussion: Telegraph, Outside the Beltway, New Atlanticist, msnbc.com, AmSpecBlog and The Daily Dish

The Atlantic Online:

Al-Qaeda's Problem With Norway — A large explosion shook downtown Oslo this morning, blowing out the Prime Minister's 17-story office building and damaging the oil ministry office, which as of this writing is still burning. (Two photos of the explosion here and here.)

Discussion: Guardian

BBC:

Live text — Reporters: Peter Jackson, Susannah Cullinane, Vanessa Barford and Matthew Danzico — 1957: — Norwegian radio NRK reports that police have arrested one man after the shooting at the Workers' Youth League camp outside Oslo. — 1955: — A doctor at Oslo University Hospital tells …

Discussion: Little Green Footballs, Clusterstock, Online NewsHour and New York Magazine

TheAustralian:

Bombing, shooting at political rally rocks Norway capital of Oslo — BOMB BLASTS OSLO GOVT BUILDINGS, 2 DEAD — OSLO was rocked today by a bombing and a separate shooting at a political rally, that was due to host the country's prime minister, that have killed at least six people.

Discussion: Crooks and Liars and nation.foxnews.com

Chris Irvine / Telegraph:
Oslo explosion: live coverage

Discussion: The Gateway Pundit

Walter Gibbs / Reuters:
Blast rocks central Oslo, Norway PM's office

Discussion: Views and News from Norway, Guardian, Wizbang, Shakesville and Hit & Run

Douglas Stanglin / USA Today:
Reuters: 8 people injured in Oslo blast at government offices

Discussion: Power Line, Hot Air, Questions and Observations, ThinkProgress, Weasel Zippers, The Gateway Pundit, George Gooding and Pajamas Media

Laura Smith-Spark / CNN:
Explosion rocks Norway's capital

Discussion: Truthdig and The Other McCain

Fox News:
Bomb Tears Through Norwegian Capital As Gunman Targets Youth Camp

Discussion: The Right Scoop and Confederate Yankee

Michelle Malkin:
Terror blast in Oslo - “massive vehicle bomb; gunman fires on kids' camp;;” Update …

Discussion: The Jawa Report, Aftenposten and Sister Toldjah

Guardian:
Oslo explosion - live coverage

Discussion: Daily Kos, Balloon Juice and The Raw Story

Anthony DeRosa / Events:
Explosion rocks Oslo

Discussion: AMERICAN DIGEST

Lendonsan / This Just In:
Blast hits government buildings in Oslo, Norway; shooter arrested at youth camp

Discussion: Danger Room, MN Progressive Project, Balloon Juice and Gawker

Brian Beutler / TPMDC:

Democrats Set Drop-Dead Date For Debt Ceiling Backup Plan — President Obama's quest to reach a historic budget agreement with House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) fell into deep doubt Thursday, after a noisy rebellion by Senate Democrats over reports that Obama might hand Republicans the farm …

Discussion: TalkLeft, The Politico, Firedoglake, USA Today, Daily Kos, Washington Post, The New Republic, Washington Monthly, The Daily Dish, ourfuture.org/blogs_chrono/*, No More Mister Nice Blog, Eschaton and The Huffington Post

Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
Obama weighs in on ‘constitutional option’

Discussion: Daily Kos

Major Garrett / NationalJournal.com:
Cantor's Moment of Choosing

Discussion: The Atlantic Online

Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Reid: 'I'm the Senate majority leader. Why don't I know about this deal?'

Discussion: The Politico, Firedoglake, Washington Post, Hot Air, AMERICAblog News, Pundit & Pundette, ThinkProgress, emptywheel, RealClearPolitics Video Log, Michelle Malkin and New York Times

Josiah Ryan / The Hill:
Senate votes to kill House GOP's ‘cut, cap and balance’ measure

Discussion: Outside the Beltway, The Politico, New York Magazine and Wake up America

Sam Youngman / The Hill:
President: ‘Every American will suffer’ if debt deal not reached

Discussion: Weasel Zippers

The Hill:
Boehner: ‘We are not close’ to reaching a debt deal with Obama

Discussion: nation.foxnews.com

Scott Wong / The Politico:
Senate rejects ‘Cut, Cap, Balance’

Discussion: Red Dog Report

Carl Hulse / New York Times:
Senate Rejects House Budget Plan; Obama Calls for Deal

Discussion: Washington Monthly and The Hill

The Politico:
John Boehner: House must act by Wednesday

Discussion: The Note, The Mahablog and Politics

Paul Krugman / New York Times:

The Lesser Depression — These are interesting times — and I mean that in the worst way. Right now we're looking at not one but two looming crises, either of which could produce a global disaster. In the United States, right-wing fanatics in Congress may block a necessary rise in the debt ceiling …

Discussion: The Moderate Voice, Shakesville and Prairie Weather

Joshua Green / The Atlantic Online:
The Incumbent-Protection Plan — If Congress passes something …

Discussion: RedState, Guardian, Hullabaloo, Prairie Weather and Connecting.the.Dots

Wall Street Journal:

Justice Department Prepares Subpoenas in News Corp. Inquiry — The U.S. Justice Department is preparing subpoenas as part of preliminary investigations into News Corp. relating to alleged foreign bribery and alleged hacking of voicemail of Sept. 11 victims, according to a government official.

Discussion: Guardian, Just Anti-Corruption, ThinkProgress, Corruption Currents, MediaFile, Mashable!, New York Magazine, The Politico, Outside the Beltway, Mediaite, Balloon Juice, TVNewser, News Desk, ProPublica, Gawker, The Wire and msnbc.com, more at Mediagazer »

Paul Krugman:

Conceder In Chief — Amanda Marcotte is right: of course the big problem is the craziness of the GOP. That said, I am among those in a state of suppressed rage and panic over the president's negotiating strategy. — I'd like to believe that it's all 11-dimensional political chess …

Discussion: ThinkProgress, Washington Post, The New Republic, New York Times, AlterNet, The Confluence, Washington Monthly, American Power, Corrente and pandagon.net

Digby / Hullabaloo: Shared sacrifice, Village style

CNN:

CNN Poll: Perry near the top in GOP nomination race — Washington (CNN) - As Texas Gov. Rick Perry comes closer and closer to jumping into the race for the White House, he's also close to the top of a new national survey in the battle for the GOP presidential nomination.

Discussion: Fox News, ThinkProgress, Outside the Beltway, Red Dog Report, Office Of The Governor, No More Mister Nice Blog, Conservatives4Palin, The Politico, GOP 12, Weasel Zippers, Ballot Box, National Review, Iowa Caucuses and The Note

Gschwarzcnn / CNN: CNN Poll: Drop in liberal support pushes Obama approval rating down

Pew Research Center for the People and the Press:

GOP Makes Big Gains among White Voters — Especially among the Young and Poor — OVERVIEW — As the country enters into the 2012 presidential election cycle, the electorate's partisan affiliations have shifted significantly since Barack Obama won office nearly three years ago.

Discussion: nation.foxnews.com, Wake up America and Hotline On Call

The Note: Study: Democrats Losing Support of Poor Whites

Dan Berman / The Politico:

House keeps fluorescent light bulbs burning — The House isn't ready to give up compact fluorescent light bulbs just yet. — Lawmakers rejected, 130-283, an amendment to the legislative branch spending bill that would have blocked Congress from buying or installing the energy-efficient light bulbs.

The Hill:
OVERNIGHT ENERGY: Battle over coffee cups, light bulbs to hit House floor

Discussion: ThinkProgress and New York Times

New York Post:

Weiner in therapy; says hard part will be convincing Hillary Clinton he's recovered — Forget his wife — Anthony Weiner has an even bigger problem on his hands: Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton. — The horndog ex-House member from Queens is telling friends that while he's finally started therapy …

Discussion: Weasel Zippers

Grover G. Norquist / New York Times:

Read My Lips: No New Taxes — THE Taxpayer Protection Pledge has received increased attention as the Aug. 2 deadline for raising the debt ceiling approaches. My organization, Americans for Tax Reform, created the pledge in 1986 as a simple, written commitment by a candidate or elected official …

Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money, Booman Tribune, The Atlantic Online, The Politico, DailyHowler.com and National Review

Aaron Task / Yahoo! Finance:

Return of Mass Layoffs a Grim Sign for U.S. Workers — Putting pressure on an already lousy job market, the mass layoff is making a comeback. In the past week, Cisco, Lockheed Martin and Borders announced a combined 23,000 in job cuts. (See: Another Retailer Bites the Dust: Borders Doomed by Amazon Deal, Davidowitz Says)

Discussion: Hot Air and Don Surber