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Jake Tapper / Political Punch:
Jon Huntsman Comes Out Swinging — ABC News' Jake Tapper reports: — In an interview to air on THIS WEEK Sunday, former Utah Governor and US Ambassador to China Jon Huntsman came out swinging against his rivals for the Republican presidential nomination. — Some excerpts:
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CNN:
Perry's global warming position hurts GOP, Huntsman says — Rock Hill, South Carolina (CNN) -Presidential candidate Rick Perry stood by his belief Saturday that manmade global warming is an unproven scientific theory while another White House contender is warning that the mindset puts …
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The Politico
Meghashyam Mali / The Hill:
Huntsman: Perry risks being dismissed as someone not ‘serious on the issues’ — Republican presidential candidate and former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman took aim at Texas Gov. Rick Perry's (R) criticisms of Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke saying that Perry risks being dismissed by voters as someone not “serious on the issues.”
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Hot Air and The Daily Caller
Michael O'Brien / Ballot Box:
Huntsman tries to carve out role as Republicans' centrist ‘truth-teller’
Huntsman tries to carve out role as Republicans' centrist ‘truth-teller’
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Sky Dancing
CWA Union News:
CWA, IBEW REACH AGREEMENT ON BARGAINING WITH VERIZON; MEMBERS TO RETURN TO WORK TUESDAY, AUGUST 23 — Following is a statement by the Communications Workers of America and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers: — For release 1 p.m., Saturday, Aug. 20, 2011
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laborunionreport's Diary and AFL-CIO NOW BLOG
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Rashed Mian / Long Island News …:
Verizon Union Worker Hospitalized After Altercation in Riverhead
Verizon Union Worker Hospitalized After Altercation in Riverhead
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JammieWearingFool, LaborUnionReport.com and The Gateway Pundit
Steven Greenhouse / New York Times:
Verizon Workers Plan to End Strike, Agreeing to Revive Talks Toward a Contract
Verizon Workers Plan to End Strike, Agreeing to Revive Talks Toward a Contract
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Gothamist, Gawker and Lawyers, Guns & Money, more at Techmeme »
Hossein Jaseb / Reuters:
Iran jails U.S. “hikers” as spies for 8 years — (Reuters) - Two Americans held in Iran for more than two years have been convicted as spies and sentenced to eight years' jail, Iranian TV reported on Saturday, a verdict that will further strain already very poor relations with Washington.
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The Heritage Foundation, americanthinker.com and Scared Monkeys
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Borzou Daragahi / Los Angeles Times:
Iran sentences 2 U.S. hikers to 8 years in jail
Iran sentences 2 U.S. hikers to 8 years in jail
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CNN, The Moderate Voice, Gawker and Truthdig
Byron York / Campaign 2012:
Rove: Palin will run — Former Bush advisor Karl Rove says he believes former Alaska governor Sarah Palin will enter the Republican presidential race sometime around Labor Day. Appearing on Fox News Saturday morning, Rove said Palin “has a schedule next week that looks like that of a candidate, not a celebrity.”
Carol E. Lee / Washington Wire:
Obama's Beach Reading — VINEYARD HAVEN, Mass. - It's here... President Obama's summer vacation reading list, and it's heavy on fiction. … Mr. Obama, who is vacationing on Martha's Vineyard, picked up a couple of books during an outing Friday with his daughters, Sasha and Malia.
Colby Itkowitz / Morning Call:
Dismal poll numbers for Obama in PA — Economy drags down approval numbers in Pennsylvania, a state the president would likely need to win a second term. — U.S. President Obama holds a baby after landing in Buzzard's Bay before boarding Marine One to take him to Martha's Vineyard in Massachusetts (August 18, 2011)
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Hot Air, Scared Monkeys, nation.foxnews.com, Red Dog Report, Don Surber, The Lonely Conservative and American Power
Christopher Baxter / New Jersey Online:
Gov. Christie admits climate change is a real problem, that human activity plays a role — TRENTON — In case anyone had any doubts on where Gov. Chris Christie stands on climate change, he made his position crystal clear this afternoon: It's real and it's a problem.
James Fallows / The Atlantic Online:
If You Read One ‘Serious’ Newspaper Article This Weekend ... ... well, that's not bad for mid-August. But please let it be this one, by Jackie Calmes in today's New York Times, about the economic and political consequences of the House GOP's anti-deficit push.
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Firedoglake and The Impolitic
Aljazeera:
Explosions and gunfire rock besieged Tripoli — Residents say they could hear shooting from several locations and there were anti-Gaddafi protesters in the streets. — Explosions and gunfire rocked Tripoli on Saturday night, after days of battlefield defeats left Muammar Gaddafi's government …
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Telegraph, UN Dispatch and Sky Dancing
Mark Steyn / National Review:
The Imperial Presidency — Rick Perry, governor of Texas, has only been in the presidential race for 20 minutes, but he's already delivered one of the best lines in the campaign: — “I'll work every day to try to make Washington, D.C., as inconsequential in your life as I can.”
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Little Green Footballs and RedState
Matthew Yglesias / ThinkProgress:
Has Japan Gone The Way Of Japan? — Something I've sporadically wondered about since the US fell into its funk and people started wondering if we would go the way of Japan is whether Japan has actually gone the way of Japan. Like consider the unemployment rate: — That's not so bad.
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Modeled Behavior
Jonathan Stempel / Reuters:
GM says bankruptcy excuses it from Impala repairs — * Suspension problem said to cause excessive tire wear — General Motors Co (GM.N) is seeking to dismiss a lawsuit over a suspension problem on more than 400,000 Chevrolet Impalas from the 2007 and 2008 model years …
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Michelle Malkin and Don Surber
Kurt Andersen / New York Times:
Our Politics Are Sick — We have a tendency to elect presidents who seem like the antitheses of their immediate predecessors — randy young Kennedy the un-Eisenhower, earnest truth-telling Carter the un-Nixon, charismatic Reagan the un-Carter, randy young Clinton the un-H.W. Bush, cool and cerebral Obama the un-W.
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Sky Dancing, Daily Kos, Washington Monthly and Prairie Weather
John Kass / Chicago Tribune:
Obama dangerously close to a ‘Killer Rabbit’ moment — President heads for Martha's Vineyard vacation as unemployment lines grow — Is President Barack Obama on the verge of being attacked by a bunny wabbit? — Absolutely. — All the signs suggest that Obama is in immediate danger of a rabbit attack.
New York Times:
Lawyer for Strauss-Kahn's Accuser Expects Charges to Be Dropped — Manhattan prosecutors will meet with the woman who accused Dominique Strauss-Kahn of sexual assault on the eve of a court appearance in which they are expected to announce whether they will proceed with the case.
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TalkLeft, Associated Press and New York Magazine