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8:15 AM ET, September 29, 2011

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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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Ryan J. Reilly / tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com:
FBI Arrests Man For Plotting To Attack Capitol, Pentagon With C-4 Loaded Remote Controlled Planes  —  Rezwan Ferdaus, a 26-year-old Massachusetts resident was arrested in an FBI sting on Wednesday after allegedly plotting to use large remote controlled model airplanes packed with C-4 plastic explosives …
Boston Globe:
Federal agents charge Ashland man with targeting Pentagon, Capitol with aerial explosives  —  Federal authorities today arrested and charged a 26-year-old Ashland man with plotting to damage the Pentagon and US Capitol with a remote-controlled aircraft filled with C-4 plastic explosives.
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 …
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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Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Justice Dept. Asks Supreme Court to Hear Case on Health Care Law  —  WASHINGTON — The Obama administration asked the Supreme Court on Wednesday to hear a case concerning the 2010 health care overhaul law.  The development, which came unexpectedly fast, makes it all but certain that the court …
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Dahlia Lithwick / Slate Magazine:
The Supreme Court is less interested in ruling on Obama's health care law than you think.
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.
Andrew Restuccia / The Hill:
Energy Department approves $1 billion in solar loan guarantees  —  The Energy Department announced Wednesday that is has finalized more than $1 billion in loan guarantees for two separate solar projects.  —  The decision comes several weeks after Solyndra, a California-based solar manufacturer …
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Bloomberg:
Solyndra's $733M Plant Had Robots, Spa Showers
Grist:
In Solyndra's wake, polling finds support for clean energy remains strong
Discussion: Hullabaloo and ThinkProgress
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.
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Mackenzie Weinger / The Politico:
Judge OKs key parts of Alabama immigration law
Discussion: Weasel Zippers and CNN
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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Noah Bierman / Boston Globe:
Setti Warren said to be quitting US Senate race  —  Newton mayor Setti Warren, whose US Senate campaign has been short on cash and eclipsed by the emergence of Elizabeth Warren, plans to announce tomorrow that he is dropping out, according to an early supporter who received a phone call this afternoon.
Annenberg Public Policy Center:
112th at Risk of Spike in Incivility, 5th Annenberg ‘Civility in Congress’ Report Warns  —  The Annenberg Public Policy Center has updated the work that it produced for the 1997, 1999, and 2001 House Bipartisan Retreats.  The new report's analysis of the taking down processes …
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
BBC:
Saudi woman driver's lashing ‘overturned by king’  —  Driving remains a banned activity for Saudi women, who will soon be allowed to vote  —  Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah has overturned a court ruling sentencing a woman to 10 lashes for breaking a ban on female drivers, reports say.
Discussion: Guardian, Jihad Watch and Mashable!
Kevinliptak / CNN:
TRENDING: Cain: Black community ‘brainwashed’ into voting for Dems  —  Washington (CNN) - The one African-American running for the GOP presidential nomination said Wednesday the black community was ‘brainwashed’ for traditionally siding with liberal politicians.
 
 
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Associated Press:
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CNN:
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Al-Qaida calls on Ahmadinejad to end 9/11 conspiracy theories
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Victor Davis Hanson / National Review:
Obama's Racial Crisis
Alexander Bolton / Healthwatch:
Sens. Lieberman, Coburn press for big supercommittee cuts to Medicare
Matthew Boyle / The Daily Caller:
New audio: NC governor struck serious tone on suspending congressional elections
Robert Costa / National Review:
Christie's Father: ‘I Think He Would Beat Obama’