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Z. Byron Wolf / ABCNEWS:
Sarah Palin Will Not Run for President — ABC News' Polson Kanneth reports: — Sarah Palin will not run for president. She made the announcement in a letter to supporters Wednesday night. — Read Palin's letter here:
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Sarah Palin / marklevinshow.com:
BREAKING NEWS: SARAH PALIN'S 2012 ANNOUNCEMENT — Sarah Palin will NOT be running for the 2012 Presidency — Listen to Mark Levin speak exclusively with Sarah Palin on her decision: — Features Player — The former Alaska Governor and VP candidate sent the following letter to her supporters on Wednesday:
Claire Suddath / Time:
Q&A with Palin Advisor-Turned-Novelist Nicolle Wallace — Nicolle Wallace knows her politics. She served as White House communications chief under George W. Bush and also worked as a senior advisor on the McCain-Palin 2008 campaign. Her second novel, It's Classified …
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Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Breaking: Palin not running for president; Update: Audio added; Update: A smart call — All I have at the moment is this tweet from Mark Levin: … No audio yet. Stand by for updates. — Update: Full statement from ABC: … Apparently she told Levin that she's ruled out a third-party bid as well.
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Michael D. Shear / The Caucus:
Palin Says She's Not Running
Palin Says She's Not Running
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John Markoff / New York Times:
Steve Jobs, Apple's Visionary, Dies at 56 — Steven P. Jobs, the visionary co-founder of Apple who helped usher in the era of personal computers and then did nothing less than lead a cultural transformation in the way music, movies and mobile communications were experienced in the digital age …
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Wall Street Journal:
Apple's Steve Jobs Is Dead — Steven P. Jobs, the Apple Inc. chairman and co-founder who pioneered the personal computer industry and changed the way people think about technology, died Wednesday at the age of 56. — His family, in a statement released by Apple, said Mr. Jobs …
Ned Potter / ABCNEWS:
Steve Jobs Dies: Apple Chief Created Personal Computer, iPad, iPod, iPhone — Steve Jobs, the mastermind behind Apple's iPhone, iPad, iPod, iMac and iTunes, has died, Apple said. Jobs was 56. — “We are deeply saddened to announce that Steve Jobs passed away today,” read a statement by Apple's board of directors.
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Kevin D. Williamson / National Review:
A Jobs Agenda — I don't know what Steve Jobs's politics were, I don't much care, and in any case they are beside the point. The late Mr. Jobs stood for something considerably better than politics. He stood for the model of the world that works. The model that made this: — into this:
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Brandon Griggs / CNN:
Steve Jobs, Apple founder, dies — (CNN) — Steve Jobs, the visionary in the black turtleneck who co-founded Apple in a Silicon Valley garage, built it into the world's leading tech company and led a mobile-computing revolution with wildly popular devices such as the iPhone, died Wednesday.
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Patricia Sullivan / Washington Post:
Steve Jobs dies; Apple co-founder was 56
Steve Jobs dies; Apple co-founder was 56
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Daniel Strauss / The Hill:
Apple co-founder Steve Jobs dies at age 56
Apple co-founder Steve Jobs dies at age 56
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Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Breaking: Steve Jobs dead at 56
Breaking: Steve Jobs dead at 56
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Nick Wingfield / Bits:
Jobs, Apple Co-Founder and Visionary, Is Dead
Jobs, Apple Co-Founder and Visionary, Is Dead
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Charles P. Pierce / Esquire:
What They've Come to Find at Occupy Wall Street Is America — THE DIN BEYOND THE DRUM CIRCLE /// “You know, this is sort of an anarchistic bunch — kids — but I really am amazed for the respect they have,” says unofficial Zuccotti Park librarian Eric Seligson (right). “They entertain everything.”
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Ezra Klein / Washington Post:
The four habits of highly successful social movements — (On Monday, I asked Rich Yeselson for his thoughts on Occupy Wall Street. Yeselson, a research coordinator at Change to Win, is a skilled organizer and a thoughtful historian of social movements in America and Europe.
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MyFox New York:
Occupy Wall Street Arrests; Fox 5 Crew and Protesters Hit by Mace, Batons — Protest broadens scope — MYFOXNY.COM - While covering the Occupy Wall Street protests on Wednesday night, Fox 5 photographer Roy Isen was hit in the eyes by mace from a police officer and Fox 5 reporter Dick Brennan was hit by an officer's baton.
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Russ Feingold endorses Occupy Wall Street: “This will make the Tea Party look like ... a tea party.”
Russ Feingold endorses Occupy Wall Street: “This will make the Tea Party look like ... a tea party.”
Alicia M. Cohn / The Hill:
Dems rally behind ‘Occupy Wall Street’ protest movement
Dems rally behind ‘Occupy Wall Street’ protest movement
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Doug Mataconis / Outside the Beltway:
OccupyWallStreet: A Protest, Or A Temper Tantrum?
OccupyWallStreet: A Protest, Or A Temper Tantrum?
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Alex Seitz-Wald / ThinkProgress:
Herman Cain On Occupy Wall Street: 'If You Don't Have A Job And You're Not Rich, Blame Yourself!'
Herman Cain On Occupy Wall Street: 'If You Don't Have A Job And You're Not Rich, Blame Yourself!'
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The Politico:
Has Obama found his inner populist?
Has Obama found his inner populist?
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Pat Garofalo / ThinkProgress:
Federal Reserve Chairman Bernanke On Occupy Wall Street: 'I Can't Blame Them'
Federal Reserve Chairman Bernanke On Occupy Wall Street: 'I Can't Blame Them'
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Chuck Sudo / Chicagoist:
Board of Trade has a message for Occupy Chicago — Someone at the Board of Trade is getting cheeky with the Occupy Chicago protests. This photo was taken by someone at the protests. It shows offices at the Board of Trade Building eight stories up with “We Are The 1%” taped to the windows.
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Travis Waldron / ThinkProgress:
Chicago Traders Respond To Protesters With Signs Reading ‘We Are The 1%’
Chicago Traders Respond To Protesters With Signs Reading ‘We Are The 1%’
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Mark Hemingway / Weekly Standard:
Is CBS News Silencing Fast and Furious Reporter? — Yesterday, CBS News investigative reporter Sharyl Attkisson told radio show host Laura Ingraham that the White House yelled and swore at her over her reporting on the Fast and Furious gunrunning scandal tied to the deaths of two U.S. law enforcement agents.
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Emily Yehle / New York Times:
Green Jobs Training Program Falls Short, Should Return Funds — IG — A $500 million green jobs program at the Department of Labor has so far provided only 15 percent of current participants with jobs, leading the agency's inspector general to recommend that the bulk of the money be returned to the Treasury.
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Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Dept of Labor IG: Obama's green-jobs training program a flop
Dept of Labor IG: Obama's green-jobs training program a flop
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City Room:
Deer Appear on Brooklyn Shore, in Disturbing Circumstances — White-tailed deer, tree-browsing icons of the suburban wildlife scene, have been making inroads in New York City. Their numbers on Staten Island have grown to the point where many residents consider them a nuisance.
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Matt Farwell / At War:
Back Home, and Homeless — Mid-June, 2011: I find myself alone in a dark wooded park tucked between million-dollar houses south of Stanford University, looking for a spot in the bushes to stash my bags. Until that morning I'd been living in a cheap weekly-rate motel in Palo Alto.
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Ansley Haman / Times Free Press:
96-year-old Chattanooga resident denied voting ID … Dorothy Cooper is 96 but she can remember only one election when she's been eligible to vote but hasn't. — The retired domestic worker was born in a small North Georgia town before women had the right to vote.
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Andrew Welsh-Huggins / Associated Press:
Ohio's response to Muslim lawsuit over prison meal preparation riles state pork industry — COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A decision by Ohio officials to remove all pork products from prison menus in response to a lawsuit by Muslim inmates is not sitting well with the state's pork producers and processors.
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Mikerobinsonpc / RedState:
Washington Post Staff Writer Who Wrote Rick Perry Attack Piece Has Criminal Past — On October 1, 2011, the Washington Post's Stephanie McCrummen authored a story for publication in the Post concerning Texas Governor Perry's lease of a hunting spot with an offensive name.
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Reid J. Epstein / The Politico:
Nevada caucuses set for Jan. 14 — Nevada Republicans will hold their presidential caucus Saturday, Jan. 14, state GOP chairwoman Amy Tarkanian told POLITICO Wednesday night. — The first-in-the-West caucus will come a week before South Carolina's Jan. 21 primary, leaving New Hampshire likely for Jan. 3 …
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