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Peter Walker / Guardian:
Libya, Syria and Middle East unrest - live updates — • Tripoli calm as Gaddafi says ‘rats’ have been repelled — • Rebels claim it is ‘zero hour’ for Gaddafi as they tighten noose — • Syria's Assad to respond to calls for his removal in TV interview
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Outside the Beltway and Balloon Juice
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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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Informed Comment, AMERICAblog News, UN Dispatch and Sky Dancing
Kareem Fahim / New York Times:
Heavy Fighting Reported in Tripoli; Rebels Encircle City
Heavy Fighting Reported in Tripoli; Rebels Encircle City
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Runnin' Scared, americanthinker.com, Telegraph, Lawyers, Guns & Money, Weasel Zippers and American Power
ABCNEWS:
On ‘This Week’: Jon Huntsman and David Axelrod — He served in the Obama administration but now he wants to bring it to an end. Sunday, in a “This Week” exclusive, Republican presidential candidate Jon Huntsman talks with ABC News Senior White House Correspondent Jake Tapper about his plan to win his party's nomination.
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Firedoglake and The Political Carnival
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Michael O'Brien / Ballot Box:
Huntsman tries to carve out role as Republicans' centrist ‘truth-teller’
Meghashyam Mali / The Hill:
Huntsman: Perry risks being dismissed as someone not ‘serious on the issues’
Huntsman: Perry risks being dismissed as someone not ‘serious on the issues’
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CNN, Hot Air, The Democratic Daily and The Daily Caller
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.
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americanthinker.com and The Lonely Conservative
Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
Of Dystopias and Alphas — President Obama was on the way to Alpha when a plea came for him to be, well, more alpha. — LuAnn Lavine, a real estate agent from Geneseo, a rural town just up the road from Alpha, Ill., the last stop on the president's Midwestern bus tour, told The Times's Jeff Zeleny …
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ThinkProgress, Don Surber, ECHIDNE of the snakes, Daily Kos and Prairie Weather
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Carol E. Lee / Washington Wire:
Obama's Beach Reading
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, The Moderate Voice and americanthinker.com
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Washington Post:
Smacked by big market swings, investors should alter their outlook — With these whopping 4 percent swings — up 500 points, down 500 points, up another 500 points, down another 500 points — traders have whiplash. We saw another huge move down Thursday, when the Dow, Nasdaq and S&P all lost big …
Discussion:
The Big Picture
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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Bloomberg, Outside the Beltway, Associated Press, New York Magazine and TalkLeft
New York Times:
Perry Mines Texas System to Raise Cash — Two years ago, John McHale, an entrepreneur from Austin, Tex., who has given millions of dollars to Democratic candidates and causes, did something very unusual for him: he wrote a $50,000 check to a Republican candidate, Rick Perry, then seeking a third full term as governor of Texas.
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Texas on the Potomac and Prairie Weather
Paul West / Los Angeles Times:
Rick Perry and Mitt Romney showcase a Republican divide — Perry and Romney — brash populist versus starchy elite — illustrate a perpetual Republican cultural gap that may define the GOP presidential contest. — Texas Gov. Rick Perry on the stump in Iowa.
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State of the Union, Washington Post and Sky Dancing
Matt Dupee / The Long War Journal:
3rd ‘Turban bomb’ attack rocks southern Helmand province — A blood-stained lungee (turban) lies on the ground after a suicide bomber detonated himself and killed the mayor of Kandahar City, July 27, 2011. The bomber had tucked an explosive device inside his turban to carry out the attack.
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch and Jihad Watch
Jared Bernstein / On the Economy:
Taxing Capital Gains at Ordinary Rates: Evidence Says Do It...So Does Buffet — Why not tax capital gains as ordinary income? — That's an old chestnut among those of us who believe that the differential between tax rates on different types of income causes more harm than good.
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New York Times and Mother Jones