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3:25 PM ET, October 8, 2011

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New York Times:
Prominent Pastor Calls Romney's Church a Cult  —  WASHINGTON — A Texas pastor introduced Rick Perry at a major conference of Christian conservatives here on Friday as “a genuine follower of Jesus Christ” and then walked outside and attacked Mitt Romney's religion, calling the Mormon Church …
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A.Killough / CNN:
Romney jabs controversial speaker at Values Voter Summit
Alexander Burns / The Politico:
Rick Perry backer Robert Jeffress: Mitt Romney not a Christian
Bernie Becker / Ballot Box:
Bachmann to social conservatives: Choosing a candidate is no time to settle
Discussion: CNN
A.Killough / CNN:
TRENDING: Perry on pastor's Mormonism remark: 'I don't think it is' a cult
Discussion: Ballot Box
Erik Wasson / The Hill:
CBO: Obama jobs bill reduces budget deficit  —  The Congressional Budget Office on Friday confirmed that President Obama's jobs bill would be fully paid for over ten years and also gave its seal of approval to Senate Democrats' version that includes a surtax on millionaires.
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Erik Wasson / The Hill:
CBO: Deficit is on track to be $1.3 trillion  —  The Congressional Budget Office on Friday said that the federal budget deficit is on track to be $1.3 trillion this year, $14 billion more than the deficit CBO predicted in August.  —  Despite all the wrangling in the spring between Republicans …
Gail Collins / New York Times:
Wall Street Weeks  —  The Occupy Wall Street encampment in Lower Manhattan is covered with damp sleeping bags, interspersed among piles of wet, abandoned clothes.  Molding stuff is everywhere.  It looks like a scene from “Outdoor Hoarders.”  —  “How about one big cleaning day?” someone asks during a morning meeting.
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Andy Crouch / Wall Street Journal:
Steve Jobs: The Secular Prophet  —  Steve Jobs turned Eve's apple, the symbol of fallen humankind, into a religious icon for true believers in technology.  But can salvation be downloaded?  —  For every magical thing Steve Jobs revealed in his Apple keynote addresses, there were many other things he concealed.
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Daily Mail:
INSIDE MAN: IS PRESIDENT OBAMA SUPPORTING THE PROTESTERS?  —  Despite claiming to represent ‘the 99 per cent’, not all Americans are behind the Wall Street protests.  —  But according to the Financial Times, the President himself is unofficially backing their cause.
Philly.com:
ABOUT CHRIS BRENNAN AND CATHERINE LUCEY  —  Chris Brennan, a native Philadelphian and graduate of Temple University, joined the Daily News in 1999.  He has written about SEPTA, the Philadelphia School District, the legalization of casino gambling, state government, the mayor, the governor, City Council and political campaigns.
Matthew Kaminski / Wall Street Journal:
The Big Easy's School Revolution  —  John White, superintendent of New Orleans' public schools: ‘In other cities, charter schools exist in spite of the system.  Here they are the system.’  —  New Orleans  —  At John McDonough High School in this city's Esplanade Ridge district …
Floyd Norris / New York Times:
After a Rating Downgrade, U.S. Treasuries Turn a Profit  —  TWO months ago, Standard & Poor's downgraded the bond rating of the United States government.  So far, at least, the move has done wonders for investors in the very bonds that the rating agency disparaged.
Robert / Columbus Go Home:
Karl Rove, Erik Paulsen Glitter Bombed at Anti-Gay Conference [VIDEOS]  —  BLOOMINGTON, MN — At the Minnesota Faith and Freedom Coalition strategy session about the upcoming ballot measure seeking to re-write the state constitution to ban marriages for same-sex couples, Republican Party hit-man Karl Rove …
Mary Beth Sheridan / Washington Post:
State Department readies Iraq operation, its biggest since Marshall Plan  —  The State Department is racing against an end-of-year deadline to take over Iraq operations from the U.S. military, throwing up buildings and marshalling contractors in its biggest overseas operation since the effort to rebuild Europe after World War II.
Discussion: Prairie Weather
Doug Powers / Michelle Malkin:
Undrained Swamp Update: Things You Can't Believe are Legal Inside the Beltway, Part XXVII  —  It isn't difficult to see why so many in Washington can't or won't recognize the inherent problem with things like the Solyndra debacle — or crony capitalism in general.
Joe Stephens / Washington Post:
Solyndra loan deal: Warnings about legality came from within Obama administration  —  Energy Department officials were warned that their plan to help a failing solar company by restructuring its $535 million federal loan could violate the law and should be cleared with the Justice Department …
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Associated Press:
Romney: century of American dominance ahead
A.Killough / CNN:
GOP lauds pro-trade proposals, ignores Obama's pitch for jobs bill
Discussion: WJLA-TV and The Politico
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Cameron Joseph / Ballot Box:
Values Voters go wild for Cruz
Discussion: The Other McCain
iWatch News:
Forty percent of Medicare spending on common cancer screenings unnecessary, probe suggests
Matthew Yglesias / ThinkProgress:
One Reason We Need The 99 Percent Movement
Discussion: Outside the Beltway and NPR
 

 
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Max Tani / @maxwelltani:
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Jack Dunn / Variety:
Trump appoints Mark Burnett, the British TV executive who created and produced the reality show The Apprentice, as a special envoy to the UK

Stephen Alpher / CoinDesk:
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