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Rania El Gamal / Reuters:
Gaddafi captured and wounded near Sirte: NTC official — (Reuters) - Deposed Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi was captured and wounded in both legs near his hometown of Sirte at dawn on Thursday, National Transitional Council official Abdel Majid said. — Majid reported the capture …
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Kareem Fahim / New York Times:
Qaddafi Is Dead, Libyan Officials Say — TRIPOLI, Libya — Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi, the former Libyan strongman who fled into hiding after rebels toppled his regime two months ago in the Arab Spring's most tumultuous uprising, was killed Thursday as fighters battling the vestiges …
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Alan Colmes' Liberaland, War in Context, The BLT, Shakesville and The Daily Dish
Aljazeera:
Muammar Gaddafi killed in gun battle — NTC military chief says toppled leader died of wounds following capture near his hometown of Sirte. — Abdul Hakim Belhaj, a NTC military chief, has confirmed that Muammar Gaddafi has died of his wounds after being captured near Sirte.
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BBC:
Libyan forces ‘capture Gaddafi’ — The BBC's Caroline Hawley in Tripoli: “We've heard quite a lot of celebratory gunfire” (Still shoto shows NTC troops celebrating the capture of Sirte) — Commanders for Libya's transitional authorities say they have captured ousted leader Col Muammar Gaddafi.
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Telegraph:
Libya live: Muammar Gaddafi ‘killed’ as Sirte falls — Live rolling coverage from Libya as rebels claim to have killed ousted dictator Colonel Muammar Gaddafi, following the fall of his stronghold Sirte. — Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi … 13:44 Official confirmation from NATO on an attack …
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The Gateway Pundit, Guardian and The Lonely Conservative
Guardian:
Gaddafi ‘captured’ after fall of Sirte — • Picture purportedly shows arrest of Gaddafi or his body — • Final pro-Gaddafi stronghold Sirte falls to NTC — • Jibril hints he may resign today as interim leader — • Read a summary of today's key events
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Associated Press, UrbanGrounds, Time, The Political Carnival and Balloon Juice
Alex Alvarez / Mediaite:
Herman Cain Tells Piers Morgan That He Is Anti-Abortion, Yet Pro-Choice? — Tonight, Herman Cain sat down with CNN's Piers Morgan to discuss his stance on a variety of issues. And it would appear that, where abortion is concerned, Cain is “anti-abortion in all cases,” yet “pro-choice.”
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CNN:
PIERS MORGAN TONIGHT — GOP Presidential Front Runner Herman Cain on Growing up Towards End of Civil Rights Movement — THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED. — PIERS MORGAN, CNN HOST: Tonight, the man of the hour for the hour.
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Washington Monthly, GOP 12 and Race 4 2012
Joshua Green / Business Week:
Herman Cain: Mine. Mine. Mine — The GOP contender has used charisma, and the seductive power of simplicity, to become a front-runner in the Presidential race. But what exactly is he running for? — Cain takes his message to a crowd in Bartlett, Tenn., on Oct. 14 — Karen Pulfer Focht/ZUMA Press/Corbis
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Ryan Cooper / Washington Monthly:
Herman Cain and Health Care for Small Business
Herman Cain and Health Care for Small Business
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TalkLeft and Democracy in America
Dan Eggen / Washington Post:
Obama still flush with cash from financial sector despite frosty relations — View Photo Gallery — President Obama's reelection campaign and DNC together raised $70 million in the third quarter of 2011. Outside of fundraising, the president is ramping up support for his reelection …
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New York Times:
Romney and Perry Have History of Clashes — WASHINGTON — The hostilities flaring between Mitt Romney and Gov. Rick Perry of Texas have been steadily rising inside both camps and may signal a new, more combative phase in the Republican presidential campaign.
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Guy Benson / Townhall.com:
Misfire: Romney Ad Targets Rick Perry's Jobs Record
Misfire: Romney Ad Targets Rick Perry's Jobs Record
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Charles Babington / Associated Press:
AP-GfK Poll: Public unsettled on Obama challenger
AP-GfK Poll: Public unsettled on Obama challenger
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Hotline On Call
Maggie Haberman / The Politico:
Mitt Romney aide: He stood up to ‘bully’ Rick Perry at debate
Mitt Romney aide: He stood up to ‘bully’ Rick Perry at debate
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Jason Mattera / Human Events:
All Huffy, Joe Biden Stands By Rape Reference to GOP — Vice President Joe Biden now says he didn't make a reference to rape, and got testy with HUMAN EVENTS when we asked if he would like to retract his comments that the number of sexual assaults would increase if Republicans don't sign on to Barack Obama's latest “jobs” proposal.
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Mj Lee / The Politico:
Hillary Clinton and Hamid Karzai chuckle over Herman Cain — Secretary of State Clinton and Afghan President Hamid Karzai put international diplomacy aside Thursday during their meeting in Kabul to have a few laughs at Herman Cain's expense. — According to the Associated Press …
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Associated Press, Reuters and Weasel Zippers
Ron Scherer / CNBC:
A Long, Steep Drop for Americans' Standard of Living — Think life is not as good as it used to be, at least in terms of your wallet? You'd be right about that. The standard of living for Americans has fallen longer and more steeply over the past three years than at any time since …
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Pirate's Cove, Weasel Zippers and The Lonely Conservative
Eamon Javers / CNBC:
Energy Department Altered Loan-Related Releases — Someone affiliated with the Department of Energy has been going back to make changes to press releases posted on the Internet weeks and months ago, CNBC has found. — The changes occurred in two press releases from the Department …
Christina Boyle / NY Daily News:
Occupy Wall St. protesters' rights in good hands as legal minds step up to offer their support — Hundreds of attorneys, law students and other legal minds are volunteering their skills to protect the rights of protesters in the Occupy movement, according to the National Lawyers Guild.
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Nick Timiraos / Wall Street Journal:
Foreigners' Sweetener: Buy House, Get a Visa — The reeling housing market has come to this: To shore it up, two Senators are preparing to introduce a bipartisan bill Thursday that would give residence visas to foreigners who spend at least $500,000 to buy houses in the U.S.
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The Politico and ThinkProgress
Karina Bland / Arizona Republic:
Latest chapter for Gabrielle Giffords: Narrating her audio memoir — Rep. Gabrielle Giffords reads aloud the final chapter in the audio edition of the memoir she penned with her husband, allowing people for the first time to hear for themselves how she is recovering.
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The Politico, Hotline On Call and ABCNEWS
Marie Diamond / ThinkProgress:
GOP Senator Pushes Radical Bill To Restrict Discussion Of Abortion Over The Internet — Instead of focusing on job creation, congressional Republicans have spent their time passing socially conservative legislation like the “Let Women Die” bill that would allow hospitals that receive federal funds …
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Crooks and Liars, Blog for Choice, Hullabaloo, The Political Carnival, Liberal Values, The Mahablog, Balloon Juice and Shakesville
John Hinderaker / Power Line:
A Moment of Candor From Harry Reid — Every once in a while a liberal says what he really thinks. Today Harry Reid explained why the Democrats prefer funding public sector jobs rather than permitting private sector job creation: … Yes, the private sector is doing just great.
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Anjeanette Damon / Las Vegas Sun:
Pressure building for Nevada GOP to give up its early caucus date — Republican National Committee chairman Reince Priebus, in Las Vegas for the Western Republican Leadership Conference, is reportedly pushing hard to broker an early-state compromise that would push Nevada's caucus date back to Feb. 4.
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Kevinliptak / CNN:
Perry proposes flat-tax ahead of economy speech
Perry proposes flat-tax ahead of economy speech
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Swampland, The Political Carnival and Ballot Box