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.

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.

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.

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.

Senate Dems' jobs plan won't eliminate oil tax breaks  —  Senate Democrats have jettisoned President Obama's proposal to help pay for jobs legislation by eliminating billions of dollars in oil-and-gas industry tax breaks.  —  Obama had proposed stripping roughly $40 billion over a decade …

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 …

Embattled ATF shakes up staff  —  The head of the ATF announced a major shakeup Wednesday in the wake of the botched Fast and Furious gun program.  —  “We are going to hit the reset button,” acting Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Director B. Todd Jones …

Top GOP bundler to Romney camp  —  Paul Singer, the financier who's one of the biggest “gets” in the Republican bundler community and was among those hoping for a Chris Christie campaign, has committed to Mitt Romney — promising to tap his vast donor network and move to get others off the sidelines, POLITICO has learned.

Jay Carney's Message To Reporters ‘Screamed At’ By Sources: Toughen Up  —  At Wednesday's White House daily briefing, Fox News Chief White House Correspondent Ed Henry asked Press Secretary Jay Carney to respond to a report that a White House official had “screamed and cussed at” …

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 …

CBO to Super Committee: Full Employment Would Reduce Deficit By A Third  —  Many Democrats would like to see the deficit Super Committee's forthcoming fiscal plan scored for its expected impact on economic growth.  The idea is that if the Congressional Budget Office says the plan is a job killer …

Interviewing Rick Perry On Illegal Immigration  —  Texas is an agriculture-friendly border state, and its population is roughly 37% Hispanic.  In a state like that, where the Texas version of the DREAM Act was genuinely popular on both sides of the aisle, you can't realistically expect …

Email: ‘Time to kill the wealthy’  —  Several influential New York lawmakers have received threatening emails saying it is “time to kill the wealthy” if they don't renew the state's tax surcharge on the millionaires, according to reports.  —  “It's time to tax the millionaires!” reads the email, according to WTEN in Albany.

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.

New Hampshire puts off setting primary date  —  New Hampshire's primary date won't be set for at least another 11 days, Secretary of State Bill Gardner told POLITICO Thursday morning.  —  Gardner, the guardian of New Hampshire's first-in-the-nation status since the state legislature …