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Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System:
The Near- and Longer-Term Prospects for the U.S. Economy — Good morning. As always, thanks are due to the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City for organizing this conference. This year's topic, long-term economic growth, is indeed pertinent—as has so often been the case at this symposium in past years.
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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Bernanke's Perry Problem — As I write this, investors around the world are anxiously awaiting Ben Bernanke's speech at the annual Fed gathering at Jackson Hole, Wyo. They want to know whether Mr. Bernanke, the chairman of the Federal Reserve, will unveil new policies that might lift …
Matthew Yglesias / ThinkProgress:
At Jackson Hole, Bernanke Tells The Nation He'll Deliver High Unemployment For Years — As I urged below, I think the most important part of Ben Bernanke's speech today is what it does to shape expectations. The news isn't good. Ben Bernanke is telling people not only that the Fed …
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CNBC:
Economic Growth Slows to Crawl, GDP Increase at 1%
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Calculated Risk, Washington Monthly and Hot Air
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
GOP lawmakers warn Bernanke against QE 3
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The Politico, ThinkProgress and Prairie Weather
Michael Woodford / Financial Times:
Bernanke should clarify policy and sink QE3
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Paul Krugman, ThinkProgress, FT Alphaville, Real Time Economics and EconLog
James Hohmann / The Politico:
Pataki not running-Perry talking with Trump-Romney, Bachmann staying the course-Huntsman's purple tie-Kimball: Never Quit-GOP turning on Palin — SCORE EXCLUSIVE - TRUMP TALKING WITH PERRY: Rick Perry has been speaking with Donald Trump by phone since wading into the presidential race, a Trump representative told Morning Score.
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Wall Street Journal:
Perry's Popping-Off Problem — The Republican candidate comes across well as consistent and sincere, but his quick-draw machismo will scare voters away. — Rick Perry this week roared away from the pack. Gallup had him the party favorite, with 29% of Republicans and Republican-leaning …
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Pajamas Media, No More Mister Nice Blog, Hot Air, The Politico and Hugh Hewitt's TownHall Blog
Simonhernandezarthur / CNN:
Source: Pataki decides against White House run — WASHINGTON (CNN) - Former New York Gov. George Pataki will not run for the Republican presidential nomination, a source close to him told CNN. — Pataki, who had been flirting with a White House bid for months, was scheduled to appear …
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Marin Cogan / The Politico:
Nikki Haley joins Michele Bachmann town hall
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ThinkProgress and CNN
Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
A New York Hurricane Could Be a Multibillion-Dollar Catastrophe — Time to think about the unthinkable. What if a major hurricane were to pass close to New York City, as several forecasting models now suggest that Hurricane Irene might? — Apart from the inevitable loss of life …
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James Barron / New York Times:
New York Region Prepares for Hurricane Irene
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Dot Earth, Stateline.org, Pajamas Media, Capital Tonight and Hugh Hewitt's TownHall Blog
Brian Stelter / New York Times:
Alert Extends Up the East Coast as Hurricane Irene Closes In
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David Brooks / New York Times:
President Rick Perry? — A few weeks ago it was possible to believe that Mitt Romney would win the New Hampshire primary and cruise easily to the Republican nomination. It's harder to see that now. — There have been a slew of polls showing Gov. Rick Perry of Texas surging to double-digit national leads.
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Tommy Christopher / Mediaite:
‘Angry’ Mitt Romney ‘Loses His Cool’ With Voter At New Hampshire Town Hall
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NY Daily News:
Giant rat killed by pitchfork in Marcy Houses is believed to be Gambian pouched rat — It sounds like an urban legend: giant mutant-looking rats roaming a city housing project. — Only there's a picture. — A photo making the rounds shows Housing Authority worker Jose Rivera minutes …
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Catherine Whittenburg / www2.tbo.com:
Welfare drug-testing yields 2% positive results — TALLAHASSEE — Since the state began testing welfare applicants for drugs in July, about 2 percent have tested positive, preliminary data shows. — Ninety-six percent proved to be drug free — leaving the state on the hook to reimburse the cost of their tests.
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Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
When bad governors try bad ideas — Florida Gov. Rick Scott (R) came up with an idea he considered pretty clever. First, he told Floridians that people on welfare were more likely to be drug addicts. What did Scott base this on? Nothing in particular — he seemed to just make it up — but Scott was quite fond of the argument.
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BBC:
Abuja attack: Car bomb hits Nigeria UN building — The BBC's Bashir Sa'ad Abdullahi says all of the glass at the front of the building has been blown out — At least 18 people have been killed in an apparent suicide car bombing at the United Nations headquarters in the Nigerian capital, Abuja.
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The Long War Journal and Jihad Watch
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Andrew Orlowski / The Register:
CERN: ‘Climate models will need to be substantially revised’ — New atomsmasher research into cloud formation — CERN's 8,000 scientists may not be able to find the hypothetical Higgs boson, but they have made an important contribution to climate physics, prompting climate models to be revised.
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IMAO, The Strata-Sphere, Questions and Observations, PoliPundit.com, americanthinker.com, Pajamas Media and Vox Popoli
Wall Street Journal:
Health Law Puts Governors in Pickle — Texas Gov. Rick Perry, along with a slew of other Republican governors, faces a dilemma: Do they apply for millions of dollars in federal grants by September to begin establishing state-run health insurance exchanges, or let the deadline slide …
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Washington Post and Healthwatch
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Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
AP poll: More Republicans are satisfied with field of 2012 presidential candidates — Most Republicans say they're now satisfied with their choices in presidential candidates, according to an Associated Press-GfK poll released Friday. — Sixty-four percent of Republicans …
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Tim Mak / The Politico:
NLRB OKs new rule, faces new controversy — The National Labor Relations Board, already under attack from conservatives concerned about regulatory overreach, is requiring that businesses must post information in the workplace telling employees about their rights to unionize.
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Weasel Zippers and Balloon Juice
Jerry Hirsch / Los Angeles Times:
Carmakers' rebound is driving jobs in U.S. — The industry that once needed bailing out could be the one to stave off recession. — Taxpayers bailed out much of the U.S. auto industry. Now the carmakers might be what saves the nation's economy from falling back into recession.
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Mother Jones, Washington Monthly, The Political Carnival and Balloon Juice
Eric Felten / Wall Street Journal:
Guitar Frets: Environmental Enforcement Leaves Musicians in Fear — Federal agents swooped in on Gibson Guitar Wednesday, raiding factories and offices in Memphis and Nashville, seizing several pallets of wood, electronic files and guitars. The Feds are keeping mum, but in a statement …
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Michelle Malkin and Don Surber
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