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Jesse / CBS New York:
Violence Breaks Out During ‘Occupy Wall Street’ March Toward New York Stock Exchange — NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) - Just a short while after protesters learned they'd be able to stay in Zuccotti Park indefinitely, violence broke out as a group marched away from it. — WCBS 880′s Marla Diamond: Fourteen Were Arrested
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Christopher Robbins / Gothamist:
[UPDATE] HIV Positive Protester Says Cop Who Punched Him Should Get Tested — [UPDATE BELOW] During the chaotic Occupy Wall Street march through the financial district this morning, we witnessed a protester on William Street get punched in the face by a police officer, seemingly without provocation.
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Tim Mak / The Politico:
Geithner: Action against Wall St. coming — U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner suggested Friday that a new round of “dramatic enforcement actions” against Wall Street wrongdoing is coming. — “Stay tuned for that,” Geithner said. — Asked on CNBC about the Occupy Wall Street …
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Brent Budowsky / Pundits Blog:
Lech Walesa and Al Gore support Wall Street protests; Tea Party leader endorses bailed-out bank abuses
Lech Walesa and Al Gore support Wall Street protests; Tea Party leader endorses bailed-out bank abuses
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Luis Martinez / ABCNEWS:
Obama Sends 100 US Troops to Uganda to Help Combat Lord's Resistance Army — Two days ago President Obama authorized the deployment to Uganda of approximately 100 combat-equipped U.S. forces to help regional forces “remove from the battlefield” - meaning capture or kill …
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William Branigin / Washington Post:
Obama sends troops to Africa to help fight Lord's Resistance Army guerrilla group — View Photo Gallery — The ICC issued an arrest warrant for Lord's Resistance Army leader Joseph Kony in 2005 for the alleged murder of 10,000 people and enslavement of more than 24,000 children
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Plates Shifting — I don't want to make too much of this. But something finally dawned on me when I saw the news today that a group of Republican senators were introducing what they called a “real” American jobs bill. Then today Speaker Boehner spoke to President Obama and volubly denied …
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Carrie Budoff Brown / The Politico:
Barack Obama calls John Boehner, gets earful — President Barack Obama called House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) Thursday to congratulate him for passing three trade agreements — but ended up getting an earful on the jobs debate. — According to an unusually detailed account released …
A.Killough / CNN:
TRENDING: Anita Perry blames Obama for son's job loss — Pendleton, South Carolina (CNN) - Rick Perry's wife Anita said Friday that she could sympathize with the plight of the unemployed because her son was forced to resign his job to take a more active role on his father's presidential campaign.
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George Stephanopoulos / ABCNEWS:
Perry Backs Wife's ‘Brutalized’ Remark
Perry Backs Wife's ‘Brutalized’ Remark
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Patrick Hynes / New Hampshire Journal:
Poll: Romney rocking, Cain creeping, Gingrich gaining — Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney continues to strengthen his commanding position in the New Hampshire presidential primary contest but faces opposition from some surprising challengers, says a new survey conducted by Magellan Strategies on behalf of NH Journal.
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A.Killough / CNN:
TRENDING: Huntsman to boycott presidential debate in Nevada
TRENDING: Huntsman to boycott presidential debate in Nevada
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City Room:
Cleanup of Zuccotti Park Is Postponed — The cleanup of the Lower Manhattan park that has been occupied by protesters for nearly a month was postponed Friday shortly before it was supposed to begin, averting a feared showdown between the police and demonstrators who had vowed to resist any efforts to evict them from their encampment.
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MyFox Boston:
Coast Guard member spit on near Occupy Boston tents — BOSTON (FOX 25 / MyFoxBoston.com) - The Coast Guard in Boston confirmed that a woman in uniform was harassed and spat upon near Occupy Boston protesters. — The woman was walking to the train and said protesters spit on her twice …
Sarah Kliff / Washington Post:
Repealing health reform via reconciliation? Not so fast. — Gov. Mitt Romney doubled down on his commitment to make health reform repeal a first order of business during this week's Republican debate. As previously promised, he would issue all 50 states health reform waivers on Day 1.
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Matthew Yglesias / ThinkProgress:
Don't Count On Senate Procedure To Save The Affordable Care Act
Don't Count On Senate Procedure To Save The Affordable Care Act
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CNN:
Parts of Alabama immigration law blocked by federal appeals court — (CNN) — A federal appeals court has blocked enforcement of parts of a controversial immigration enforcement law in Alabama. — The injunction issued Friday from the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta came …
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Economist: Senate GOP jobs plan wouldn't help economy in short term, and could even hurt — Yesterday, Senate Republicans released an economic plan called the “Jobs Through Growth Act.” Senator Rand Paul said it would create five million jobs without specifying a time frame.
New York Times:
Kansas City Bishop Indicted in Reporting of Abuse by Priest — KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Roman Catholic bishop of Kansas City-St. Joseph, Robert Finn, and the diocese he leads have been indicted by a county grand jury on a charge of failure to report suspected child abuse in the case of a priest …
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CBS News:
“Grenade-walking” part of “Gunwalker” scandal — PLAY CBS NEWS VIDEO — There's a new twist in the government's “gunwalking” scandal involving an even more dangerous weapon: grenades. — “Gunwalking” subpoena for AG Holder imminent — CBS News investigative correspondent Sharyl Attkisson …
Free exchange:
Things could actually get a lot worse — NEIL IRWIN has written a piece in the Washington Post today on the case for optimistic pessimism. Things are now so bad, he writes, that they're unlikely to get much worse. There's a narrative within the piece that seems right to me: essentially …
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Devin Dwyer / ABCNEWS:
Clint Eastwood as VP? George H.W. Bush Considered It — George H.W. Bush, left, and Clint Eastwood are shown in these 1988 file photos. — George H.W. Bush, trailing Democrat Michael Dukakis in the heat of the 1988 presidential campaign, briefly but seriously considered Hollywood …
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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Rabbit-Hole Economics — Reading the transcript of Tuesday's Republican debate on the economy is, for anyone who has actually been following economic events these past few years, like falling down a rabbit hole. Suddenly, you find yourself in a fantasy world where nothing looks or behaves the way it does in real life.
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Devin Dwyer / ABCNEWS:
Biden on a Beer Can: Obama Campaign Hawks VP-Themed Koozie — Vice President Joe Biden doesn't drink beer, but he's got no problem helping you keep yours cold. — A VP-themed can koozie is the newest - and perhaps most creative - addition to the Obama Campaign's online store …
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Tanya Somanader / ThinkProgress:
Praising ‘Let Women Die’ Bill, GOP Rep Says ‘Nobody Has Ever Fought More For The Rights Of Woman Than I Have’ — Foregoing any interest in getting America back to work, House Republicans continued their campaign against women's health yesterday by passing the “Protect Life Act.”
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