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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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Guardian:
Muammar Gaddafi is dead, NTC says - live coverage — • Libyan PM confirms death of former dictator — • Pictures and video show body in the streets — • Final pro-Gaddafi stronghold Sirte falls to NTC — • Nato commanders recommend ending mission
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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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Fox News:
Conflicting Reports Say Libyan Dictator Muammar Qaddafi Has Been Captured or Killed
Conflicting Reports Say Libyan Dictator Muammar Qaddafi Has Been Captured or Killed
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Mackenzie Weinger / Reuters:
Muammar Qadhafi is dead, Libyan Prime Minister says
Muammar Qadhafi is dead, Libyan Prime Minister says
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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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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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Kirit Radia / ABCNEWS:
Hillary Clinton Mocks Herman Cain
Associated Press:
Clinton, Karzai chuckle over Herman Cain
Clinton, Karzai chuckle over Herman Cain
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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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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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Nia-Malika Henderson / Washington Post:
Herman Cain on abortion: Pro-choice and pro-life?
Herman Cain on abortion: Pro-choice and pro-life?
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Maggie Haberman / The Politico:
Cain: My abortion position not ‘directive’ to the nation
Cain: My abortion position not ‘directive’ to the nation
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Alicia M. Cohn / The Hill:
Romney campaign pulls Web video mocking Perry's debate performances — Mitt Romney's presidential campaign on Thursday removed a Web video mocking rival Rick Perry at CNN's request, according to a Romney spokesman. — The video was released Wednesday night on the Romney campaign's anti-Perry site, CareerPolitician.com.
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Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Brutal new Romney ad: Rick Perry's a moron; Update: Romney pulls ad?
Brutal new Romney ad: Rick Perry's a moron; Update: Romney pulls ad?
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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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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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Dan Eggen / Washington Post:
Obama still flush with cash from financial sector despite frosty relations
Obama still flush with cash from financial sector despite frosty relations
The Politico:
Barney Frank supports protesters, raises Wall St. cash
Barney Frank supports protesters, raises Wall St. cash
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Yup: Blue collar whites do support Occupy Wall Street
Yup: Blue collar whites do support Occupy Wall Street
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Davidswanson / War Is A Crime .org:
NPR Gets Radio Host Fired for Occupying — National Public Radio on Wednesday discovered that a woman named Lisa Simeone who [produced] hosted a show about opera called “World of Opera” had been participating in a nonviolent occupation of Freedom Plaza in Washington, D.C., organized by October2011.org.
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ssa.gov:
Wage Statistics for 2010 — Enter another year? — Year must be after 1989 — The national average wage index (AWI) is based on compensation (wages, tips, and the like) subject to Federal income taxes, as reported by employers on Forms W-2. Beginning with the AWI for 1991 …
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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.
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Tim Mak / The Politico:
Goolsbee flunks ‘cash for clunkers’ — Former Obama administration economic advisor Austan Goolsbee said Thursday that if given a second chance he wouldn't have backed the “cash for clunkers” program or the home buyer tax credit passed in 2009 to stave off further economic distress.
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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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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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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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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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