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Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
Perry Zooms to Front of Pack for 2012 GOP Nomination — Leads Romney by 29% to 17% — PRINCETON, NJ — Shortly after announcing his official candidacy, Texas Gov. Rick Perry has emerged as rank-and-file Republicans' current favorite for their party's 2012 presidential nomination.
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Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Perry Surges in Polls, Testing Romney's Strategy — Primary polls can be erratic, so the rule is not to get too worked up about any one set of numbers. But now there have been five surveys conducted since Rick Perry announced his presidential campaign — one each from Gallup …
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Jason McLure / Reuters:
Humans may not be main climate change source: Romney
Humans may not be main climate change source: Romney
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Mark Blumenthal / The Huffington Post:
Poll Shows Rick Perry Surging Ahead Of GOP 2012 Pack
Poll Shows Rick Perry Surging Ahead Of GOP 2012 Pack
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Dan Berman / The Politico:
Romney tweaks climate stance
Romney tweaks climate stance
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Charlie Savage / New York Times:
Cheney Says He Urged Bush to Bomb Syria in '07 — WASHINGTON — Former Vice President Dick Cheney says in a new memoir that he urged President George W. Bush to bomb a suspected Syrian nuclear reactor site in June 2007. But, he wrote, Mr. Bush opted for a diplomatic approach after other advisers …
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Scott Stump / msnbc.com:
Cheney: My book will have ‘heads exploding’ in D.C. — Revelations include resignation letter kept locked in a safe in case of heart attack or stroke — Below: — updated 2011-08-24T19:33:23 — When former Vice President Dick Cheney releases his memoir early next week …
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Poornima Gupta / Reuters:
Steve Jobs resigns from Apple, Cook becomes CEO — (Reuters) - Silicon Valley legend Steve Jobs on Wednesday resigned as chief executive of Apple Inc in a stunning move that ended his 14-year reign at the technology giant he co-founded in a garage. — Apple shares dived as much as 7 percent …
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Katie Cotton / Apple:
Steve Jobs Resigns as CEO of Apple
Steve Jobs Resigns as CEO of Apple
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Maggie Haberman / The Politico:
Rick Perry/Barack Obama comparison in Twitter picture — David Limbaugh, the conservative author and brother of Rush, tweets an image you're likely to see again. — A spokesman for Rick Perry didn't respond to a request for comment on the photo, the origin of which is unknown.
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Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Obama team to Texas Democrats: It's time to start attacking Rick Perry
Obama team to Texas Democrats: It's time to start attacking Rick Perry
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New York Times:
U.S. May Back Refinance Plan for Mortgages — The Obama administration is considering further actions to strengthen the housing market, but the bar is high: plans must help a broad swath of homeowners, stimulate the economy and cost next to nothing. — One proposal would allow millions …
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Wall Street Journal:
Expect a Third-Party Candidate in 2012 — Ross Perot in 1992 and John Anderson in 1980 garnered exceptionally high levels of support. — The United States is in the midst of what we would both call a prerevolutionary moment, and there is widespread support for fundamental change in the system.
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Travis Waldron / ThinkProgress:
Tea Partier Tells Rep. Lujan, Life-Long American, To ‘Get Out Of Politics And Make Room For An American’ — The Tea Party continues to claim that racism, ethnocentrism, and xenophobia are not driving forces in its movement, but the actions of its members continue to belie those claims.
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Chuck Slothower / Farmington Daily Times:
Face time: Tea Party protesters greet Lujan
Face time: Tea Party protesters greet Lujan
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Tom Raum / Associated Press:
AP-GfK poll: Views on economy, Obama role sour — WASHINGTON - Americans' views on the economy have dimmed this summer. But so far, the growing pessimism doesn't seem to be taking a toll on President Barack Obama's re-election prospects. — More people now believe the country is headed …
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Telegraph:
Libya: SAS leads hunt for Gaddafi — British special forces are on the ground in Libya helping to spearhead the hunt for Col Muammar Gaddafi, The Daily Telegraph can disclose. — Jomana Karadsheh and Matthew Chance from CNN are evacuated by the International Red Cross from the Rixos hotel in Tripoli
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BBC:
France introduces new tax on high incomes — Liliane Bettencourt was among those offering up some of her wealth — The French government is to impose an extra tax of 3% on annual income above 500,000 euros (£440,000; $721,000). — It is part of a package of measures to try to cut …
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David Gauthier-Villars / Wall Street Journal:
Wealthy French Push for Extra Tax on Rich
Wealthy French Push for Extra Tax on Rich
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Josh Gerstein / The Politico:
Norman Rockwell painting sends rare White House message on race — President Barack Obama has taken a decidedly low-key approach to racial issues since he became America's first black president two years ago. But in a hallway outside the Oval Office he has placed a head-turning painting depicting …
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Argus Leader:
Ex-Senate leader: Law is here to stay — Repeal unlikely, Frist tells Avera crowd — The health care reform law will survive even if the Supreme Court declares the individual mandate unconstitutional, former Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist said Wednesday in Sioux Falls. — “It's going to survive.
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Keach Hagey / The Politico:
Slate lays off four, including Jack Shafer — In the occasionally prickly world of media reporting, it's hard to find anyone who does not love, respect and, yes, slightly fear Jack Shafer. — So widespread is the love that American Journalism Review published a valentine to him earlier today …
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Bill Keller / New York Times:
Asking Candidates Tougher Questions About Faith — If a candidate for president said he believed that space aliens dwell among us, would that affect your willingness to vote for him? Personally, I might not disqualify him out of hand; one out of three Americans believe we have had Visitors and, hey, who knows?
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David Dayen / Firedoglake:
Iowa Community Group Blasts Miller for Removal of Schneiderman from Foreclosure Committee — The booting of Eric Schneiderman from the executive committee of the 50 state AG “investigation” of foreclosure fraud is pretty funny in this context: the AGs are supposed to be undertaking an investigation.
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msnbc.com:
Gadhafi's ‘darling’: Condoleezza Rice photos found … In the ruins of Gadhafi's lair, rebels find album filled with photos of his ‘darling’ Condoleezza Rice — The ransacking of Moammar Gadhafi's compound is turning up some bizarre loot. Following on from the Libyan leader's eccentric fashion accessories …
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Donovan Slack / Boston Globe:
On the Vineyard, Obama fever is no longer raging — Islanders point to stalled economy, partisan deadlock for disaffection — VINEYARD HAVEN - When President Obama took his first trip to Martha's Vineyard after taking office, the excitement among locals here was palpable …
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Isabel Kershner / Media Decoder:
At Temple Mount, Glenn Beck Draws Crowd of Hundreds — JERUSALEM — Sounding more preacher than commentator, the American conservative broadcaster Glenn Beck held a rally on Wednesday by a hotly contested holy site here and proclaimed the beginning of a global movement to support Israel, putting its Muslim opponents on notice.
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Ambrose Evans-Pritchard / Telegraph:
Germany fires cannon shot across Europe's bows — German President Christian Wulff has accused the European Central Bank of violating its treaty mandate with the mass purchase of southern European bonds. — There is widespread concerns in Germany that ECB intervention in the Italian …
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Jon Ralston / Las Vegas Sun Blogs:
Kate Marshall expresses support for Israel, says “useful” to do so because “timely topic” — You don't see this too often: A campaign puts out a statement by a candidate on an issue she has never talked about and then helpfully explains the political strategy at play at the end.
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Fars News Agency:
Iranian Armed Forces: Grounds Ready for Victory over Quds Occupiers — TEHRAN (FNA)- The Iranian Armed Forces' Headquarters in a statement said that ongoing revolutions and popular uprisings in the region have prepared the grounds for the creation of a comprehensive Muslim front to clinch …
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