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4:45 PM ET, October 1, 2011

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Sharyl Attkisson / CBS News:
New Fast and Furious docs released by White House  —  WASHINGTON - Late Friday, the White House turned over new documents in the Congressional investigation into the ATF “Fast and Furious” gunwalking scandal.  —  The documents show extensive communications between then-ATF Special Agent …
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Josh Gerstein / The Politico:
White House sends Hill Fast & Furious docs, but withholds some  —  The White House sent another installment of documents to Congress on Friday detailing White House staffers' knowledge about the controversial “Operation Fast & Furious” gunrunning probe run by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives.
John Zaremba / Boston Herald:
Hub police arrest 24 in protest vs. B of A  —  Two dozen trespassing protesters were happily hauled off from Bank of America's downtown offices last night in a gesture of civil disobedience against what they say are the leading lender's unfair foreclosure practices.
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WCVB-TV:
24 Arrested As Protesters Pack Financial District
The Politico:
Bill Clinton wants more credit  —  Among friends and longtime supporters, the 65-year-old looked at ease and spoke lovingly about the aides and Arkansans who helped him get to the White House two decades ago.  —  “We were looking at total meltdown about a week before New Hampshire,” …
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Andrew Restuccia / The Hill:
Obama to Congress: Get your act together and pass jobs bill  —  President Obama used his weekly radio address to urge Congress “to get its act together” and pass his jobs bill.  —  “It's been almost three weeks since I sent the American Jobs Act to Congress - three weeks since I sent …
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Jennifer Epstein / The Politico:
Barack Obama wants jobs bill back
Discussion: Weasel Zippers and The Hill
Stephen Moore / Wall Street Journal:
How North Dakota Became Saudi Arabia  —  Harold Hamm, discoverer of the Bakken fields of the northern Great Plains, on America's oil future and why OPEC's days are numbered.  —  Harold Hamm, the Oklahoma-based founder and CEO of Continental Resources, the 14th-largest oil company in America, is a man who thinks big.
NY Daily News:
Occupy Wall Street protest, swelled by Radiohead hoax, marches on NYPD HQ, but gets lost  —  Radiohead didn't rock out with the Occupy Wall Street mass yesterday, but the crowds sure did as the protest marched into its third weekend - but had a little trouble finding NYPD headquarters.
Peter Finn / Washington Post:
Secret U.S. memo sanctioned killing of Aulaqi  —  The Justice Department wrote a secret memorandum authorizing the lethal targeting of Anwar al-Aulaqi, the American-born radical cleric who was killed by a U.S. drone strike Friday, according to administration officials.
Donald Macintyre / The Independent:
Abbas is punished by $200m cut in aid from US  —  Congress makes Palestinians pay for seeking UN recognition  —  The United States Congress has blocked nearly $200m in aid for the Palestinians, threatening projects such as food aid, health care, and support for efforts to build a functioning state.
Justin Gillis / New York Times:
Temperature Rising: With Deaths of Forests, a Loss of Crucial Climate Protectors  —  WISE RIVER, Mont. — The trees spanning many of the mountainsides of western Montana glow an earthy red, like a broadleaf forest at the beginning of autumn.  —  But these trees are not supposed to turn red.
Dan Merica / CNN:
Iranian pastor faces death for rape, not apostasy - report  —  Washington (CNN) — Christian Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani will be put to death for several charges of rape and extortion, charges that differ greatly from his original sentence of apostasy, Iran's semi-official Fars News agency reported Friday.
Byron York / Campaign 2012:
‘Soft’ America: What Obama really meant  —  There's been a lot of speculation about what President Obama meant when he told an Orlando television interviewer that the United States is “a great, great country that had gotten a little soft” over the last two decades.
 
 
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Andrew Restuccia / The Hill:
Energy Department approves $4.7 billion in solar loan guarantees
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Glenn Thrush / The Politico:
Obama 3Q haul: $55M or more?
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Associated Press:
AP Investigation: NC plant deal may enrich donors
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Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
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Jack Dunn / Variety:
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