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Police Arrest About 400 Protesters on Brooklyn Bridge — In a tense showdown above the East River, the police arrested about 400 demonstrators from the Occupy Wall Street protests who took to the roadway as they tried to cross the Brooklyn Bridge on Saturday afternoon.
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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.
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Runnin' Scared, The Lonely Conservative, Gothamist, Weasel Zippers, The Crawdad Hole, JammieWearingFool and Moe Lane
Kevinliptak / CNN:
Herman Cain communications director resigns — Des Moines, Iowa (CNN) - The communications director for Herman Cain's presidential campaign has resigned, CNN has learned. — Ellen Carmichael told CNN on Saturday her decision is firm but not yet finalized. — “I have resigned but the paperwork's not final,” Carmichael said.
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The Other McCain, Don Surber, Tea Party Brew and Campaign 2012
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.
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JustOneMinute, americanthinker.com and Sipsey Street Irregulars
New York Times:
Christie Team Assessing How Fast a 2012 Campaign Could Be Mounted — WASHINGTON — Chris Christie's political advisers are working to determine whether they could move fast enough to set up effective political operations in Iowa and New Hampshire in the wake of a relentless courtship aimed …
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Blue Mass Group, New York Magazine, The Crawdad Hole and Taegan Goddard's …
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Philip Ruckerand Perry Bacon Jr / Washington Post:
For Chris Christie, a big opening but challenges await
For Chris Christie, a big opening but challenges await
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Booman Tribune
Michael D. Shear / New York Times:
Imagining a Christie Campaign for President
Imagining a Christie Campaign for President
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Firedoglake, Ricochet Conversation Feed and Prairie Weather
Micheal Flaherty / Wall Street Journal:
The Latest Crime Wave: Sending Your Child to a Better School — School districts hire special investigators to follow kids home in order to verify their true residences. — In case you needed further proof of the American education system's failings, especially in poor and minority communities …
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Ricochet Conversation Feed and National Review
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.
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Power Line and Ricochet Conversation Feed
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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ThinkProgress, Hot Air, Associated Press, The Raw Story and Blue Mass Group
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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Don Surber, CNN and Gallup
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James Hohmann / The Politico:
Bill Clinton wants more credit
Bill Clinton wants more credit
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Pajamas Media, Weasel Zippers, iOwnTheWorld.com, Michelle Malkin and Althouse
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
Barack Obama wants jobs bill back
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Weasel Zippers and The Hill
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.
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Weasel Zippers, The Jawa Report, Israel Matzav and LewRockwell.com Blog
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.
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Weasel Zippers, americanthinker.com and Jihad Watch