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9:40 AM ET, September 29, 2011

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The Politico:
Obama's health reform law rests with the Supreme Court  —  “Unfortunately the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled against the Affordable Care Act's individual responsibility provision.  We strongly disagree with their decision and today, the Obama administration will ask the Supreme Court to hear this case …
Discussion: ABCNEWS
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Michael D. Shear / The Caucus:
Supreme Court Ruling Could Revive Health Care for 2012 Campaign  —  The White House's decision to seek a quick ruling on President Obama's landmark health care law will inject the controversial issue back into the nation's political bloodstream at the height of the 2012 presidential campaign.
Discussion: Prairie Weather
Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
Justice Dept. asks Supreme Court to review health-care law
Jordy Yager / The Hill:
Man arrested in ‘step-by-step’ plot to blow up Capitol, Pentagon  —  The FBI arrested and charged a man Wednesday for allegedly plotting to blow up the Capitol and the Pentagon.  —  The 26-year-old Massachusetts man, Rezwan Ferdaus, was arrested as part of an FBI sting operation …
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Abby Goodnough / New York Times:
Man Is Held in a Plan to Bomb Washington
CBS News:
Mass. musician accused of D.C. terrorist plot
Discussion: Jihad Watch
Dana Blanton / Fox News:
Fox News Poll: GOP Race Top Tier Now Romney, Perry and Cain  —  Three September debates have shaken-up the race for the Republican presidential nomination.  Herman Cain has jumped into the top tier.  Rick Perry's stumbled.  Mitt Romney's holding steady.  —  And Michele Bachmann is hitting bottom.
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Opinionator:
Is This Man the G.O.P.'s Best Bet for 2012?  —  Gail Collins: David, are you reconciled to the fact that Mitt Romney is going to be the Republican presidential nominee?  —  David Brooks: Oh, I went through that phase a few weeks ago after the debate at the Reagan library.
Discussion: Campaign 2012 and driftglass
Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Romney up in Florida  —  Rick Perry's led the Republican field …
Joel Siegel / ABCNEWS:
Chris Christie: Is New Jersey Governor Too Overweight to Become President?  —  For Chris Christie, there was no way around it.  “In case you haven't noticed, I'm slightly overweight,” he said during a debate in his successful campaign for governor.  —  Two years later, Christie is the man …
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Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
Romney addresses his Achilles' heel  —  Last week, in one of the more amusing political claims of the year, Mitt Romney boasted, “I stand by my positions.  I'm proud of them.”  Given Romney's record of abandoning every policy position he's ever taken, it was hard not to marvel at his shamelessness.
Discussion: Balloon Juice
First Read / msnbc.com:
Romney says ‘it will be fun’ if Christie gets in; defends flip-flopping
Discussion: Washington Post
NewsMax.com:
Rick Perry to Newsmax: I Regret ‘Heartless’ Comment on Immigration  —  More ways to share...  Mixx  —  Stumbled  —  LinkedIn  —  Vine  —  Buzzflash  —  Newstrust  —  Technocrati  —  Forward Article  —  Presidential candidate Rick Perry on Wednesday apologized for saying …
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Jennifer Jacobs / Iowa Caucuses:
Rick Perry's wife says scrutiny faced during presidential campaign has been ‘intense’
Nina Bernstein / New York Times:
Companies Use Immigration Crackdown to Turn a Profit  —  The men showed up in a small town in Australia's outback early last year, offering top dollar for all available lodgings.  Within days, their company, Serco, was flying in recruits from as far away as London, and busing them from trailers …
Discussion: Prairie Weather
Campbell Robertson / New York Times:
Alabama Wins in Ruling on Its Immigration Law  —  A federal judge on Wednesday upheld most of the sections of Alabama's far-reaching immigration law that had been challenged by the Obama administration, including portions that had been blocked in other states.
Discussion: Washington Post and msnbc.com
Nicholas Kulish / New York Times:
Germany Approves Expansion of Euro Bailout Fund  —  BERLIN — The German Parliament approved the expansion of the bailout fund for heavily indebted European countries Thursday, the most important step in a tortuous process that has rattled markets and raised long-term doubts about the ability …
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Stan Collender / Capital Gains and Games blogs:
Tea Partiers Want A New Dollar Coin And Refuse To Listen To The Free Market In The Process  —  Over at TPM, Ryan Reilly has an intriguing post about the interest of some tea partiers for a new circulating dollar coin because it supposedly will save the federal government money.
Guardian:
Listeria outbreak expected to cause more deaths across US in coming weeks  —  Outbreak of listeria in cantaloupe melons from Colorado farm has caused at least 72 illnesses and up to 16 deaths so far  —  An outbreak of listeria in cantaloupe melons in the US may cause more illness and deaths in coming weeks, say health officials.
Discussion: The Agonist and TIME Healthland
Charlie GrapskiFollow / Daily Kos:
Bologna's Second Attack with Pepper Spray  —  Gradually the exploits of Detective Inspector Anthony (Tony Baloney) Bologna have eeked their way even into the mainstream media.  It has become well known that he engages, in violation of policy, in an O.C. (Pepper) Spray attack on four defenseless women without provocation.
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Tim Mak / The Politico:
4 GOP senators in Libya to meet new leaders  —  Four Republican senators traveled to Libya on Thursday to meet with the former rebels who overthrew the regime of Col. Moammar Qadhafi.  —  Sens. Marco Rubio, John McCain, Lindsey Graham and Mark Kirk will meet with members …
Steven Greenhouse / New York Times:
Interns File Suit Against ‘Black Swan’ Producer  —  Two men who worked on the hit movie “Black Swan” have mounted an unusual challenge to the film industry's widely accepted practice of unpaid internships by filing a lawsuit on Wednesday asserting that the production company had violated minimum wage …
Discussion: Deadline.com, Runnin' Scared and Gawker
Choe Sang-Hun / New York Times:
Help Wanted: Busybodies With Cameras  —  SEOUL, South Korea — With his debts mounting and his wages barely enough to cover the interest, Im Hyun-seok decided he needed a new job.  The mild-mannered former English tutor joined South Korea's growing ranks of camera-toting bounty hunters.
 
 
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Eric Scheiner / CNSNews:
NYC Mayor Bloomberg: 'Government's Highest Duty' Is to Push ‘Healthy’ Foods
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St Louis man says he's the victim of a hate crime
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Noah Bierman / Boston Globe:
Setti Warren said to be quitting US Senate race
Saeed Kamali Dehghan / Guardian:
Al-Qaida calls on Ahmadinejad to end 9/11 conspiracy theories
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Victor Davis Hanson / National Review:
Obama's Racial Crisis
Andrew Restuccia / The Hill:
Energy Department approves $1 billion in solar loan guarantees
 

 
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Caitlin Huston / The Hollywood Reporter:
Internal memo: Hearst Magazines president announces layoffs as part of a decision to “reallocate resources” to “continue our focus on digital innovation”

Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:
FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel announced she will leave the agency on January 20; she was the first woman to be confirmed to lead the agency

Lachlan Cartwright / The Ankler:
Sources: MSNBC renewed Rachel Maddow's contract early this fall, but with a pay cut; MSNBC bosses' plan to shake up daytime and weekend programming

 
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