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1:55 PM ET, October 6, 2011

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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.
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Helene Cooper / New York Times:
Obama Says He Would Accept a Surtax on High Incomes  —  WASHINGTON — President Obama said on Thursday that he was “comfortable” with a Senate proposal to pay for his jobs legislation with a tax surcharge on income above $1 million.  —  “I'm fine with the approach they have taken,” …
Dan Merica / CNN:
Dems attempt to harness anger at Wall Street
Discussion: The Hill and The Raw Story
The Politico:
Cordray advances amid GOP worries
Discussion: Washington Monthly
Aliyah Shahid / NY Daily News:
Herman Cain to Occupy Wall Street protesters: If you're not rich ‘blame yourself’
Discussion: Vox Popoli, msnbc.com and The Politico
Glenn Thrush / The Politico:
5 questions for President Obama
Discussion: Don Surber
New York Times:
Major Unions Join Occupy Wall Street Protest
David Frum / FrumForum:
Palin: Already Almost Forgotten  —  “I will continue driving the discussion for freedom and free markets...”  — From Sarah Palin's statement announcing her decision not to run for president.  —  Um, probably not.  Sarah Palin's political voice had dwindled well before she announced her decision not to run.
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Scott Olson / ABCNEWS:
Sarah Palin's Die Hard Supporters ‘Stunned,’ ‘Disappointed’  —  Peter Singleton and Michelle McCormick left their jobs, homes, and families to move to Iowa to campaign for Sarah Palin.  Wednesday evening they found out they didn't have a candidate.  —  The former Alaska governor's supporters founded …
Sarah Palin / marklevinshow.com:
BREAKING NEWS: SARAH PALIN'S 2012 ANNOUNCEMENT
Richard Adams / Guardian:
Sarah Palin: the end of an error
Discussion: Associated Press and The Reaction
Z. Byron Wolf / ABCNEWS:
Sarah Palin Will Not Run for President
John Markoff / New York Times:
Steven P. Jobs, 1955-2011: Steve Jobs of Apple Dies at 56  —  Steven P. Jobs, the visionary co-founder of Apple who helped usher in the era of personal computers and then led a cultural transformation in the way music, movies and mobile communications were experienced in the digital age, died Wednesday.
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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:
Brian Lam / The Wirecutter:
Steve Jobs Was Always Kind To Me (Or, Regrets of An A**hole)  —  I met Steve Jobs while I worked at Gizmodo.  He was always a gentleman.  Steve liked me and he liked Gizmodo.  And I liked him back.  Some of my friends who I used to work with at Gizmodo refer to those days as the Good Old Days.
Christopher John Farley / Speakeasy:
Steve Jobs Knew The End Was Near Weeks Ago, Says Coming Biography  —  Steve Jobs knew that he was dying weeks before the end, according to a coming biography.  —  Walter Isaacson's book “Steve Jobs” is due out Nov. 21 from Simon & Schuster.  Jobs died Wednesday at the age of 56.
Mark Hosenball / Reuters:
Secret panel can put Americans on “kill list'  —  (Reuters) - American militants like Anwar al-Awlaki are placed on a kill or capture list by a secretive panel of senior government officials, which then informs the president of its decisions, according to officials.
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Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
Execution by secret WH committee  —  Reuters describes the bureaucratic panel that, with no oversight or transparency, orders citizens killed by the CIA  —  Here is what the Democratic President has created and implemented, and what many party loyalists explicitly endorse (when there's a Democrat in the White House) — from Reuters:
Discussion: The Agonist
Washington Post:
Administration should do more to defend the Awlaki strike
Noah Bierman / Boston Globe:
Scott Brown quips about Elizabeth Warren's appearance on Boston radio show  —  Republican Senator Scott Brown made a crack about Democrat Elizabeth Warren's physical appearance on a radio show this morning.  —  Brown was responding to a crack Warren made in Tuesday's debate …
Discussion: Outside the Beltway and Swampland
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Braden / 100.7 WZLX:
Senator Scott Brown Calls In & Thanks Elizabeth Warren For Keeping Her Clothes On  —  K&M talk with Senator Scott Brown about his plan to help mend unemployment, his views on Sarah Palin's plans for the next election, and his opinion on Elizabeth Warren's recent statements.
Nick Baumann / Political Mojo:
Scott Brown Calls Elizabeth Warren Ugly
Discussion: Business Insider
Roger Simon / The Politico:
Who will be the GOP messiah?  —  Barack Obama is so doomed politically that he sits behind his desk in the Oval Office with a vulture on each shoulder.  And every day at noon, Joe Biden comes in dressed as the Grim Reaper and they all play gin.  —  I know this because the poll gods tell me this.
Discussion: CNN and Hot Air
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Mackenzie Weinger / The Politico:
Pollster: 'Trend isn't good' for Obama
Alexander Burns / The Politico:
Mitt Romney camp dodges Nevada calendar-tampering charge  —  Mitt Romney's campaign declined to confirm or deny a report that the GOP presidential candidate lobbied Nevada Republicans to hold a rule-breaking January presidential caucus.  —  The Las Vegas Review-Journal reported Thursday …
Discussion: GOP 12
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Sari Horwitz / Washington Post:
‘Calm down’ about Fast and Furious gun sting, ATF acting director says  —  The new acting director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives announced a major shake-up of his agency Wednesday and urged Washington insiders to “calm down” about the latest revelations surrounding a controversial ATF gun operation.
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New York Post:
‘Furious’ mess has Justice in full panic
Discussion: National Review
Daniel Strauss / The Hill:
Senate Dems to discuss jobs bill with Obama  —  Top Senate Democrats will meet Thursday with President Obama to discuss his American Jobs Act legislation.  —  Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (Nev.), Majority Whip Dick Durbin (Ill.), Sen. Charles Schumer (N.Y.), the top messaging Democrat in the chamber …
Discussion: The Politico
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Lori Montgomery / Washington Post:
Democrats shift the definition of ‘rich’ in battle over taxes
Marisa Guthrie / Hollywood Reporter:
Rachel Maddow: How This Wonky-Tonk Woman Won TV … “Thank you for coming,” says Rachel Maddow to a visiting reporter.  “Why are we doing this?”  —  It's the last Friday in September, and we are walking briskly — at 5-foot-11, Maddow always moves at a near-jog — toward the elevator …
Fred A. Bernstein / New York Times:
Derrick Bell, Law Professor and Racial Advocate, Dies at 80  —  Derrick Bell, a legal scholar who worked to expose the persistence of racism in America through his books and articles and his provocative career moves — he gave up a Harvard Law School professorship to protest the school's hiring practices …
The U.S. Department of Labor:
Skip to page content  —  Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis  —  EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION  —  Program Contact:  —  TRANSMISSION OF MATERIAL IN THIS RELEASE IS EMBARGOED UNTIL  —  (202) 693-4676  —  UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE WEEKLY CLAIMS REPORT  —  SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA
Discussion: Reuters, msnbc.com and Hot Air
Williams Jr / ESPN:
ESPN, Hank Williams Jr. part ways  —  Hank Williams Jr. and his iconic theme song will not return to ESPN's “Monday Night Football,” the network announced Thursday.  —  In the wake of Williams using an analogy involving Adolf Hitler and President Barack Obama to make a political point …
 
 
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