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CBS News:
Andy Rooney dead at 92 — Andy Rooney, the “60 Minutes” commentator known to generations for his wry, humorous and contentious television essays - a unique genre he is credited with inventing - died Friday night in a hospital in New York City of complications following minor surgery.
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New York Times:
Andy Rooney, Mainstay on ‘60 Minutes’, Dead at 92 — Andy Rooney, whose prickly wit was long a mainstay of CBS News and whose homespun commentary on “60 Minutes,” delivered every week from 1978 until 2011, made him a household name, died Friday in New York City.
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Mashable!
Tina Dupuy / Crooks and Liars:
Exclusive Video: #OccupyDC Protesters Hit by Driver...Who Police Let Go — On Friday night I was covering the protest of the Americans for Prosperity conference at the Washington DC Convention Center. It started off with a march from McPherson Square, the location of the Occupation, down K Street to the convention center.
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The Raw Story
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Michelle Fields / The Daily Caller:
Occupy protest turns violent outside Washington Convention Center
Occupy protest turns violent outside Washington Convention Center
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Don Surber, The Right Scoop, The Lonely Conservative, The Other McCain and American Spectator
Robert Stacy McCain / The Other McCain:
OWS Protesters Attempt to Storm AFP Defending the American Dream Summit
OWS Protesters Attempt to Storm AFP Defending the American Dream Summit
Tim Craig / Washington Post:
Occupy D.C. protesters block streets near convention center
Occupy D.C. protesters block streets near convention center
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Outside the Beltway, Associated Press and Weasel Zippers
myfoxdc WTTG FOX 5:
Car Plows into Crowd of Occupy D.C. Protesters in Northwest — WASHINGTON - At least three Occupy D.C. protesters have been hit by a car at 7th and K Streets in northwest around 9:50 on Friday night. — Police say the car hit the first group, then kept driving, and hit a third person before it was stopped.
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The Huffington Post, OWS Exposed, Talking Points Memo, Scared Monkeys, The Gateway Pundit and Suburban Guerrilla
CEPR:
WAPO Ombudsman Defends Hit Job on Social Security — If there were ever any doubts that “Fox on 15th Street” was a fitting label for the Washington Post, Patrick Pexton, the paper's ombudsman removed them with his defense of the Post's front page piece on Social Security last Sunday.
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Washington Post, Hullabaloo and Lawyers, Guns & Money
Emily Schultheis / The Politico:
Under Herman Cain, NRA launched sex harassment fight — When sexual harassment complaints against Herman Cain unfolded at the National Restaurant Association in the late 1990s, the issue was an all too familiar one for the trade association. — In the wake of the televised 1991 Clarence …
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Paul Waldman / American Prospect:
Cain Lurves the Race Card
Cain Lurves the Race Card
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Outside the Beltway and The Atlantic Online
Walter Russell Mead / Via Meadia:
Blue San Francisco Plans To Stiff The Unions — Scott Walker move over; San Francisco is the latest front line in the battle against abusive public sector unions. — The bluest city in the bluest state in the union has woken up and smelled the latte; generations of extortionate collusion …
Ira Stoll / The Future of Capitalism:
Occupy Boston Occupies Israeli Consulate — A contingent from the Occupy Boston “Occupy” protest camp marched late yesterday afternoon to the building that houses the Israeli consulate in Boston and held a brief sit-in in the building's lobby. Video is here and embedded below.
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Outside the Beltway and Power Line
New York Post:
Zuccotti protesters put up women-only tent to prevent sexual assaults — It's a safe house from the sex fiends. — Zuccotti Park has become so overrun by sexual predators attacking women in the night that organizers felt compelled to set up a female-only sleeping tent yesterday to keep the sickos away.
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Atlas Shrugs and OccupyWallSt News
Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
The unnecessary ‘jack-booted thugs’ uproar — There was a bit of a stir yesterday on some far-right blogs, which claimed that EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson called conservatives “jack-booted thugs” in a speech. — That's not what happened. Politico's Patrick Reis has the story:
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No More Mister Nice Blog, Weasel Zippers and JunkScience.com
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Patrick Reis / The Politico:
Lisa Jackson ‘thugs’ misquote sparks uproar
Lisa Jackson ‘thugs’ misquote sparks uproar
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JunkScience.com, nation.foxnews.com, Balloon Juice and RedState
Thomas Walkom / Toronto Star:
Europe falls victim to a classic Greek tragedy … Like all Greek tragedies, the euro crisis is a story of noble intention poisoned by overweening arrogance. And like all Greek tragedies, it promises to end badly. — Friday's combination of parliamentary drama and farce in Athens has served …
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The Moderate Voice
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TheDenverChannel.com:
Occupy Protester Arrested In $10M Arson Fire — Fire Burned Two Buildings In Fort Collins — FORT COLLINS, Colo. — Police have arrested an Occupy Fort Collins protester in connection with a $10 million arson fire that damaged dozens of condominiums and businesses in Fort Collins.
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Verum Serum, Hot Air, Wake up America and Scared Monkeys
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Kieran Nicholson / Denver Post:
Fort Collins man arrested as arson suspect in $10 million downtown fire
Fort Collins man arrested as arson suspect in $10 million downtown fire
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Coloradoan Online, americanthinker.com and Power Line
Reity O'Brien / Philly.com:
Occupy Philly protests fund-raiser for Romney — Members of Occupy Philadelphia and other groups protested late Friday afternoon outside a fund-raiser for Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney. — More than 100 people marched from the Occupy Philly tent city at Dilworth Plaza …
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The Raw Story
Matthew Yglesias / ThinkProgress:
Demand Denialism — I got to thinking about Frédéric Bastiat again yesterday since I saw an edition of some of his books in a bookshop window. So I went back and read his “What Is Seen And What Is Not Seen,” which I've seen a lot of people cite as the foundation for their opposition to stimulus policies.
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Brad DeLong
Tihanna McCleese / KGO-TV:
Second veteran injured in ‘Occupy Oakland’ violence — OAKLAND, Calif. (KGO) — There are fresh charges of police brutality against a war veteran arrested near an Occupy Oakland demonstration. — The veteran, 32-year-old Kayvan Sabeghi, underwent surgery on Friday for a ruptured spleen.
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Outside the Beltway and The Gateway Pundit
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Adam Gabbatt / Guardian:
Occupy Oakland: second Iraq war veteran injured after police clashes
Occupy Oakland: second Iraq war veteran injured after police clashes
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Occupy Together, Gawker, naked capitalism, Booman Tribune, The Raw Story and US Politics
Sam Stein / The Huffington Post:
Solyndra Subpoena Rejected By Obama Administration … Solyndra , Video , Obama Solyndra , Republicans Solyndra , Solyndra Obama , Gop Solyndra , Obama Solyndra Subpoena , Solyndra Investigation , Solyndra Subpoena , Solyndra Subpoena Gop , Solyndra Subpoena Rejected , Politics News
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Hugh Hewitt's TownHall Blog, Daily Kos, The Hill and The Politico
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Philip Klein / Campaign 2012:
WH rejects subpoena request for Solyndra docs
WH rejects subpoena request for Solyndra docs
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The Other McCain and americanthinker.com