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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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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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Reuters:
Gaddafi's death - who pulled the trigger? — (Reuters) - Disturbing images of a blood-stained and shaken Muammar Gaddafi being jostled by angry fighters quickly circulated around the world after the Libyan dictator's dramatic death near his home town of Sirte.
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The Daily Beast:
When Condi Met Gaddafi — In an exclusive excerpt from Condoleezza Rice's new memoir, ‘No Higher Honor,’ the former secretary of state tells all about her meeting with the recently killed Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi: his obsession with her, his WMD stockpile—and the infamous ‘tent.’
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Jake Tapper / ABCNEWS:
Where Is Mitt Romney on Libya? — Have you had any difficulty discerning Republican presidential frontrunner Mitt Romney's precise position on the US involvement in the NATO mission in Libya? — The one consistency has been criticism of President Obama. — But beyond that, he's seemed a bit all over the Libyan map.
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FLASHBACK: In His Book, Romney Attacked Obama's Foreign Policy For Appeasing Qaddafi
FLASHBACK: In His Book, Romney Attacked Obama's Foreign Policy For Appeasing Qaddafi
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Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
Romney aide on Libya: Credit to the Libyans, not Obama
Romney aide on Libya: Credit to the Libyans, not Obama
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Rasmussen Reports:
Iowa: Cain 28% Romney 21% Paul 10% — Reflecting national trends, businessman Herman Cain has now jumped to the front of the Republican pack in Iowa. — A new Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of Likely Iowa caucus-goers shows that Cain is in front with 28% followed by former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney at 21%.
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Manuel Roig-Franzia / Washington Post:
Marco Rubio's compelling family story embellishes facts, documents show — During his rise to political prominence, Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) frequently repeated a compelling version of his family's history that had special resonance in South Florida. He was the son of exiles, he told audiences …
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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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Jonathan Bernstein / Washington Post:
Are Herman Cain's 15 minutes finally over?
Are Herman Cain's 15 minutes finally over?
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Joshua Green / Business Week:
Herman Cain: Mine. Mine. Mine
Herman Cain: Mine. Mine. Mine
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Debbie Siegelbaum / The Hill:
FBI investigating assassination threat against Rep. Schilling — The FBI and Capitol Police are investigating an online threat made against Rep. Bobby Schilling (R-Ill.) offering a $75,000 reward for his assassination. — Schilling learned of the threat in an email alert Tuesday night, according to his spokeswoman, Andrea Pivarunas.
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Chris Minor / WQAD-TV:
Congressman Schilling asked to lay low after online threat offering assassination reward
Congressman Schilling asked to lay low after online threat offering assassination reward
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David Cay Johnston:
First look at US pay data, it's awful — Anyone who wants to understand the enduring nature of Occupy Wall Street and similar protests across the country need only look at the first official data on 2010 paychecks, which the U.S. government posted on the Internet on Wednesday.
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
A Tale Of Two Presidents — A reader writes: … And this time, the Arab world loves us as well. — To rid the world of Osama bin Laden, Anwar al-Awlaki and Moammar Qaddafi within six months: if Obama were a Republican, he'd be on Mount Rushmore by now.
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Alastair Gale / Korea Real Time:
Occupy Wall Street Gets Pyongyang's Backing … You could see this one coming. — North Korea's state news agency weighed in on the Occupy Wall Street protests Thursday, highlighting the “stern judgment” of “millions of people” against a capitalist system that “brings exploitation …
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Mike Lillis / The Hill:
Pelosi's silent treatment shows breaks with President Obama — For House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), disagreement with President Obama often takes the form of silence. — While rank-and-file House Democrats have been outspoken in taking the White House to task over issues …
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Pema Levy / TAPPED:
In Defense of Rachel Maddow — After Jon Stewart's Rally to Restore Sanity in Washington, D.C., last year, Rachel Maddow convinced Stewart to sit down with her for over an hour to discuss politics and the media. She dedicated her entire show that night to the interview.
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Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
The GOP's ‘Thank America Last’ crowd — Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) appeared on Fox News this morning to respond to reports of Moammar Gadhafi's demise. His first instinct wasn't to thank American troops, but rather, to thank French troops. — “Today's not a day to point fingers,” the right-wing Florida senator said.
The Right Sphere:
OccupyWallStreet Protesters Go On Private Property And Threaten To Disrupt Business — Here's something you never saw at a Tea Party event, rally, or gathering. — I'm actually amazed that this guy left that restaurant with a full mouth of teeth. The guy at the end of the video …
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Spencerackerman / Attackerman:
The Post-Gadhafi Journalism You Will Read In The Next 72 Hours — 1. Why Gadhafi's Death Vindicates “Leading From Behind” (Tom Friedman) — 2. Gadhafi's Death Shows The U.S. Was Never Really “Leading From Behind” (Anne-Marie Slaughter) — 3. There Is Still More To Do In Libya (Any Washington Post op-ed)
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Washington Wire:
Perry Campaign Chartered a Plane Used in Drug-Smuggling Ring — The campaign of Texas Gov. Rick Perry, which said Wednesday it had underpaid wealthy donors for use of their private jets, has another ticklish plane problem. … For a campaign swing that started late last month …
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Kevin Drum / Political Mojo:
Illegal Immigration and the Left — Ryan Bonneville writes that there's really nothing Barack Obama can do to placate the right-wing illegal immigration crowd. No matter what he does, it will never be enough. Then this: … Well, the reason I don't have a big problem …
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Doug MacDiarmid / KLFY-TV:
Law Bans Cash for Second Hand Transactions — Cold hard cash. It's good everywhere you go, right? You can use it to pay for anything. — But that's not the case here in Louisiana now. It's a law that was passed during this year's busy legislative session.
Peter Hermann / Baltimore Sun:
‘Occupy’ memo could discourage victims from reporting assaults — Protest group says it wants to be self-contained community — Efforts by the Occupy Baltimore protest group to evolve into a self-contained, self-governing community have erupted into controversy with the distribution …
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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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David Kestenbaum / NPR:
What If We Paid Off The Debt? The Secret Government Report — Planet Money has obtained a secret government report outlining what once looked like a potential crisis: The possibility that the U.S. government might pay off its entire debt. — It sounds ridiculous today.
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Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
The GOP's ludicrous claim about their jobs bill — “The entire plan will not add one penny to the federal debt, while creating 5 million new jobs.” — “Paul said the bill would create 5 million new jobs—although he did not offer a specific time frame.” — Politicians love to make claims …
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The Politico:
ActBlue to begin listing super PACs - Big spending third Q reports trickling in - MW&E snags four - Hensarling brings in the big guns — EXCLUSIVE ... ACTBLUE TO BEGIN LISTING SUPER PACS: Dave and Abby Phillip report that ActBlue, the nation's premier online Democratic fundraising organization …
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Andrew Breitbart / Big Journalism:
Source: ABC Reporter's Life Allegedly Threatened at Occupy Oakland; ‘We Shoot White Bitches Like You Around Here’ — Early yesterday morning, we received a tip from a reader in the San Francisco East Bay area who informed us that a local reporter's life had been threatened by an activist at the Occupy Oakland demonstration.