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San Francisco Chronicle:
Man shot to death near Occupy Oakland camp — (11-10) 19:11 PST OAKLAND — A man was shot and killed this evening near the Occupy Oakland encampment outside City Hall, inflaming debate over whether the month-old gathering should be allowed to remain. — The man, whom several Occupy campers …
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CBS News:
Man fatally shot near Occupy Oakland camp — OAKLAND, Calif. - A man has died after being shot just outside the Oakland encampment that anti-Wall Street protesters have occupied for the last month. — Oakland Police Chief Howard Jordan says the victim was pronounced dead …
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insideBayArea, The Gateway Pundit and Fire Andrea Mitchell!
KTVU-TV:
Man shot, killed near Occupy Oakland encampment — A man was shot and killed in downtown Oakland near the Occupy encampment in front of City Hall Thursday afternoon. — A KTVU cameraman witnessed the man collapse in front of the Tully's Coffee Shop at 14th Street and Broadway shortly …
John Hinderaker / Power Line:
Occupier Devolution — If you have ever wondered what would happen in a society consisting entirely of liberals, the Occupier movement is providing the answer: devolution. It is almost impossible to keep up with the downward spiral, but here are some of the highlights of the last 24 hours:
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Don Surber and JustOneMinute
Aimee Allison / City Brights:
Occupy Oakland: Video Eyewitness Account of Shooting Aftermath
Occupy Oakland: Video Eyewitness Account of Shooting Aftermath
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The Snitch and Verum Serum
Michael Hurley / NESN.com:
Jerry Sandusky Rumored to Have Been ‘Pimping Out Young Boys to Rich Donors,’ Says Mark Madden — In April, Pittsburgh radio host Mark Madden wrote a story revealing Penn State for much of the cover-up of Jerry Sandusky's alleged child rape that has been exposed in the past week.
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A+K:
Twitter Management — Up until today, I have posted virtually every one of my tweets on my own, but clearly the platform has become too big to be managed by a single individual. When I started using twitter, it was a communication platform that people could say what they were thinking …
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Media Decoder, Washington Post, Inside TV, Mashable!, The Daily Caller, newsfeed.time.com, TMZ.com, Gawker and CBS News, more at Techmeme »
The Daily Collegian:
Students fill Beaver Canyon in riot in response to firing of Joe Paterno — In wake of the Board of Trustees' decision to dismiss Penn State President Graham Spanier and head football coach Joe Paterno, thousands of students gathered at Old Main at around 10:30 p.m., shouting chants of “F— the Trustees” and “We want Joe.”
Grace Wyler / Business Insider:
Rick Perry's Collapse Is The Best Thing That Could Have Happened To Him — Within seconds of Rick Perry's onstage collapse last night, the political world had almost unanimously declared the time of death for the Texas Governor's presidential campaign. — But Perry's spectacular meltdown …
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The PJ Tatler, GOP 12, Towleroad News #gay and FiveThirtyEight
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Amanda Marcotte / Slate:
Mississippi's Personhood Defeat Reveals the Gap Between “Anti-Choice” and “Pro-Life”
Mississippi's Personhood Defeat Reveals the Gap Between “Anti-Choice” and “Pro-Life”
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Eschaton
Michael D. Shear / The Caucus:
Perry Tries to Recover From His ‘Oops’ Moment
Perry Tries to Recover From His ‘Oops’ Moment
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The Moderate Voice, New York Times, The League of Ordinary … and Opinions You Should Have
Justin Sink / The Hill:
Gingrich mocks Perry over ‘oops’ moment at Detroit campaign stop
Gingrich mocks Perry over ‘oops’ moment at Detroit campaign stop
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CNN, Washington Examiner and Hot Air
Joe Romm / ThinkProgress:
Stunning Triumph for 99%: Obama Sends Keystone XL Back to State for Review, McKibben Calls This “A Very Important Day” … That's Bill McKibben's headline at Tar Sands Action (full statement below). — In a stunning reversal of a “done deal,” the Obama administration has sent …
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The Huffington Post, Sky Dancing, Political Mojo, New York Times, Corrente and Lawyers, Guns & Money
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Ben Geman / The Hill:
Obama delays Keystone decision until after 2012 reelection bid
Obama delays Keystone decision until after 2012 reelection bid
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ABCNEWS and The Heritage Foundation
Juliet Eilperin / Washington Post:
Keystone pipeline route in Nebraska to be reassessed
Keystone pipeline route in Nebraska to be reassessed
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Hot Air and Booman Tribune
Sarah Palin / Facebook:
Fire Eric Holder — It's tempting to get distracted with the horse race aspect of electoral politics during a primary season. But as pundits talk about “who's up and who's down” in the 24 hour news cycle, we must keep our eye on the ball with the Obama administration.
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Weasel Zippers, Fire Andrea Mitchell! and The Daily Caller
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Tim Mak / The Politico:
Eric Holder ‘sorry’ for murder of border agent
Eric Holder ‘sorry’ for murder of border agent
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Weasel Zippers, The Daily Caller and Campaign 2012
CBS News:
Poll: Cain tops 3-way race with Romney, Gingrich — CBS News Poll analysis by the CBS News Polling Unit: Sarah Dutton, Jennifer De Pinto, Fred Backus and Anthony Salvanto. — In the Republican race for the presidential nomination, Newt Gingrich's support continues to slowly grow …
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GOP 12 and Business Insider
Nathan Manske / The Huffington Post:
True LGBTQ Stories: Houston Mayor Annise Parker's Young and Forbidden Love (VIDEO) — Lgbt , I'm From Driftwood , Annise Parker , Annise Parker Gay , Annise Parker Houston , Annise Parker Lesbian , Houston Annise Parker , Lgbt Stories , Lgbtq Stories , True Lgbt Stories , Gay Voices News
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Jezebel
Alan I. Abramowitz / Sabato's Crystal Ball:
Why Barack Obama Has a Good Chance of Winning a Second Term — And why Nate Silver may have underestimated his chances — According to the Time-for-Change forecasting model, which has correctly predicted the winner of the popular vote in every presidential election since 1988 …
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US Politics
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Bnyhan / Brendan Nyhan:
Forecasting 2012: How much does ideology matter?
Forecasting 2012: How much does ideology matter?
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The Monkey Cage and American Prospect
Cbstbella / CBS Atlanta:
Tuberculosis Breaks Out At Occupy Atlanta's Base — ATLANTA (CBS Atlanta) - The home base for Occupy Atlanta has tested positive for tuberculosis. — The Fulton County Health Department confirmed Wednesday that residents at the homeless shelter where protesters have been occupying have contracted the drug-resistant disease.
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Legends of the Fail — This is the way the euro ends — not with a bang but with bunga bunga. Not long ago, European leaders were insisting that Greece could and should stay on the euro while paying its debts in full. Now, with Italy falling off a cliff, it's hard to see how the euro can survive at all.
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Prairie Weather
Tod Kelly / The League of Ordinary Gentlemen:
Crushing Our Better Angels: How Tribalism & Self-Identity Force Us to Support Penn State, Herman Cain and Rick Perry — My first love, as a kid, was baseball. No, strike that, that's not quite right. — My first love, as a kid, was the Los Angeles Dodgers.
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Rod Dreher, The Daily Dish, American Times and msnbc.com
Brian Stelter / New York Times:
Charlie Rose and Gayle King in CBS ‘Early’ Plan — Coming soon to CBS: Charlie Rose, Gayle King and a complete makeover of “The Early Show,” the network's low-rated morning television show. — The network is putting the finishing touches on a two-hour news show, expected to be announced …
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Deadline.com, Mediaite, New York Magazine and Mixed Media, more at Mediagazer »
Eugene Volokh / The Volokh Conspiracy:
Not Safe to Display an American Flag in an American High School — Dariano v. Morgan Hill Unified School District (N.D. Cal.), decided the day before yesterday, upholds a California high school's decision to forbid students from wearing American flag T-shirts on Cinco de Mayo.
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Betsy's Page and Clayton Cramer's Blog
Breitbart.tv:
CITIZEN JOURNALIST VIOLENTLY ASSAULTED AT #OCCUPYSANDIEGO — Enough is enough, Time to end this. use real bullets — This is great,thank you POTUS, your whole party has embraced these idiots! Unbelievable Shame on you thugs! — Why is this, once again, NOT a surprise - The Socialist Leftists being violent.
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The Gateway Pundit and Fire Andrea Mitchell!
Jonathan S. Tobin / Commentary Magazine:
Resenting Israel, Not Netanyahu — Barack Obama's dislike of Benjamin Netanyahu was not a state secret prior to the publication of his candid exchange about the Israeli prime minister with French President Nicolas Sarkozy. So the fact the two have a low opinion of Netanyahu and consider dealing …
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Israel Matzav
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Mark Landler / New York Times:
Obama's Influential Mideast Envoy to Resign
Obama's Influential Mideast Envoy to Resign
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Guardian, Moon of Alabama, Swampland, The PJ Tatler and Ben Smith's Blog