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12:15 AM ET, October 6, 2011

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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:

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:

Discussion: The Daily Dish, Big Journalism, Conservatives4Palin, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Wake up America, Don Surber, msnbc.com, The Gateway Pundit, GOP 12, UrbanGrounds, The Crawdad Hole, Campaign 2012, Sister Toldjah and Atlas Shrugs

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 …

Discussion: Campaign 2012, The Daily Caller, The Crawdad Hole, GOP 12, Jay Bookman, Weasel Zippers, National Review, ThinkProgress, The Other McCain and Gawker

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.

Discussion: ABCNEWS, Politics Blog, Verum Serum, CNN, RedState, RealClearPolitics Video Log, Wizbang, msnbc.com, Mediaite, The TrogloPundit and GOP 12

Michael D. Shear / The Caucus:

Palin Says She's Not Running — UPDATE, 6:35 p.m.: Sarah Palin is not running for president. — Ms. Palin, the former governor of Alaska, ended her inscrutable cat-and-mouse game with the political establishment on Wednesday afternoon by saying that she would not join the field …

Discussion: The Moderate Voice, USA Today, TalkLeft, Politics Blog, Balloon Juice, Washington Wire and The Democratic Daily

The Right Scoop:
Full interview added - BREAKING: Sarah Palin NOT running for president

Discussion: The Politico and Riehl World View

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 …

Discussion: Mashable!, The Reaction, Pajamas Media, Gawker, Feministe, The Democratic Daily, Outside the Beltway, Rod Dreher and Dot Earth, more at Mediagazer »

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 …

Discussion: New York Magazine, MarketBeat, Truthdig, The Gateway Pundit and Deal Journal, more at Techmeme »

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.

Discussion: Alan Colmes' Liberaland, TalkLeft, US Politics and iOwnTheWorld.com, more at Mediagazer »

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.

Discussion: The Jawa Report, This Just In, The Moderate Voice, Little Green Footballs, Moe Lane and The Lonely Conservative

Patricia Sullivan / Washington Post:

Steve Jobs dies; Apple co-founder was 56 — Steve Jobs, the co-founder of Apple Inc., who introduced simple, well-designed computers for people who were more interested in what technology could do rather than how it was done, died Wednesday at age 56. — In a brief statement, Apple announced the death but did not say where he died.

Discussion: naked capitalism

Daniel Strauss / The Hill:
Apple co-founder Steve Jobs dies at age 56

Discussion: CNN, The Politico, FP Passport, DealBook and Business Insider, more at Techmeme »

Nick Wingfield / Bits:
Jobs, Apple Co-Founder and Visionary, Is Dead

Discussion: Balloon Juice, Mashable! and Newshoggers.com

Kevin D. Williamson / National Review:
A Jobs Agenda — I don't know what Steve Jobs's politics were …

Discussion: The Atlantic Online, Pajamas Media and TechCrunch

Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Breaking: Steve Jobs dead at 56

Discussion: The Atlantic Online, Pajamas Media, msnbc.com and Poynter, more at Mediagazer »

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.

Discussion: I cite, Hullabaloo, Newshoggers.com, AlterNet and The New Republic

Greg Sargent / Washington Post:

Russ Feingold endorses Occupy Wall Street: “This will make the Tea Party look like ... a tea party.” — “I'm really encouraged by what I'm seeing. People around the country are finally organizing to stand up to the huge influence of corporations on government and our lives.

Discussion: The Democratic Daily, Firedoglake, Rasmussen Reports, Guardian, Weasel Zippers, Teamster Nation, DownWithTyranny!, Minnesota Independent, The Lonely Conservative, teamster.org, The Raw Story and Hot Air

Alicia M. Cohn / The Hill:

Dems rally behind ‘Occupy Wall Street’ protest movement — Democrats are rallying behind the “Occupy Wall Street” movement, with several lawmakers endorsing the protests in New York City that have begun to spread to other cities. — Several liberal House lawmakers endorsed the protests Wednesday …

Discussion: Firedoglake, Ben Smith's Blog, New York Times, Slate, Ballot Box, CNN, Associated Press, Weasel Zippers, Daily Kos, Maggie's Farm and American Power

Alex Seitz-Wald / ThinkProgress:
Herman Cain On Occupy Wall Street: 'If You Don't Have A Job And You're Not Rich, Blame Yourself!'

Doug Mataconis / Outside the Beltway:
OccupyWallStreet: A Protest, Or A Temper Tantrum?

Discussion: Don Surber, Daniel W. Drezner, New Deal 2.0, Newshoggers.com and ThinkProgress

Pat Garofalo / ThinkProgress:
Federal Reserve Chairman Bernanke On Occupy Wall Street: 'I Can't Blame Them'

Discussion: New York Magazine

The Politico:
Has Obama found his inner populist?

Discussion: Rational Irrationality, Outside the Beltway and Hullabaloo

Zara Golden / Mediaite:
Ben Bernake Expresses Sympathy For Occupy Wall Street: 'I Can't Blame Them'

Discussion: ABCNEWS, Weasel Zippers and nation.foxnews.com

CNN:
Unions, Democrats seek momentum from ‘Occupy Wall Street’ movement

Discussion: Ben Smith's Blog, Weasel Zippers and Pajamas Media

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.

Discussion: Crooks and Liars, Runnin' Scared, Wonkette, Mediaite, Angry Black Lady Chronicles and Shakesville

Travis Waldron / ThinkProgress:
Chicago Traders Respond To Protesters With Signs Reading ‘We Are The 1%’

Discussion: The Impolitic and Balloon Juice

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.

Discussion: The Project …, Power Line, NewsBusters.org blogs, Michelle Malkin, Moonbattery, americanthinker.com, Questions and Observations, Pajamas Media and The Sundries Shack

The Hill:
White House defends Holder amid Fast and Furious accusations

Discussion: Weasel Zippers

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 …

Discussion: Iowa Caucuses

Jamie Klatell / Ballot Box: Nevada moves 2012 caucus to Jan. 14

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.

Discussion: Don Surber, New York Times and Gothamist

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.

Discussion: democracyarsenal.org

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.

Discussion: Weasel Zippers, Atlas Shrugs and Jihad Watch

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.”

Discussion: Hot Air

Frazier Moore / The Huffington Post:

Roger Ailes: I Hired Sarah Palin Because She Was ‘Hot And Got Ratings’ … Fox News , Sarah Palin , Roger Ailes , Cable News , Fox News 15th Anniversary , Fox News Anniversary , Roger Ailes Sarah Palin , Roger Ailes Wolf Blitzer , Media News — NEW YORK — As the most powerful man in the universe …

Discussion: The Atlantic Online, Mediaite, ThinkProgress, National Review, Gawker, The Raw Story, Business Insider, Guardian and New York Magazine, more at Mediagazer »

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.

Discussion: FishbowlDC and New York Magazine

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.

Discussion: Firedoglake, ThinkProgress, The Moderate Voice, Daily Kos and Wonkette

Mj Lee / The Politico:

West to Jackson: ‘Take two!’ — Rep. Allen West (R-Fla.) has just one piece of advice for Samuel L. Jackson - focus on your film career and stop talking about politics. — “I think Samuel Jackson needs to pay more attention to the upcoming release of the movie ‘Avengers’ next summer and not …