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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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Washington Post, Inside TV, Mashable!, The Daily Caller, newsfeed.time.com, TMZ.com and Gawker, more at Techmeme »
The Daily Collegian:
Students fill Beaver Canyon in riot in response to firing of Joe Paterno
Students fill Beaver Canyon in riot in response to firing of Joe Paterno
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Univision News Tumblr, newsfeed.time.com, NBC Philadelphia, Jammie Wearing Fools, New York Times and ESPN
John Scalzi / Whatever:
Omelas State University
Wall Street Journal:
The Paterno Question
The Paterno Question
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CBS News, Fox News, Chicago Tribune, TalkLeft and American Prospect
Nate Schweber / New York Times:
Penn State Students Clash With Police in Unrest After Announcement
Penn State Students Clash With Police in Unrest After Announcement
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Daniel Strauss / The Hill:
Pa. senators no longer support Joe Paterno for Medal of Freedom
Pa. senators no longer support Joe Paterno for Medal of Freedom
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The Politico and Gawker
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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Weasel Zippers, Jammie Wearing Fools, Pat Dollard, Scared Monkeys and The Raw Story
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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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The Gateway Pundit and Fire Andrea Mitchell!
Free / Burlington Free Press:
Breaking: Police investigate shooting at Occupy Burlington encampment — A 35-year-old man died of a gunshot wound at the scene of the Occupy Burlington encampment, according to the mayor. — Police said it will be several hours before they know more, but did say there is no danger to the public.
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WCAX-TV, CBS News, nation.foxnews.com, Crooks and Liars, The Raw Story, Big Government, OWS Exposed, National Review 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 …
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Hot Air, Pat Dollard, The PJ Tatler, nation.foxnews.com, National Review and Big Government
Aimee Allison / City Brights:
Occupy Oakland: Eyewitness Account of Shooting Aftermath
Occupy Oakland: Eyewitness Account of Shooting Aftermath
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The Snitch and Verum Serum
David Weigel / Slate:
Newt Hits Perry on the Way Down … - One of Cain's Accusers Settled for $45,000. Is That a Lot for a Sexual Harassment Payout? — The Beautiful, Painful Love Affair at the Heart of J. Edgar - Surprise! NCIS Is the Smartest Procedural on Television.
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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
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
The Politico:
Obama punts Keystone XL pipeline — The State Department will take another look at the route of the controversial Keystone XL pipeline, pushing President Barack Obama's difficult decision on the project until after the 2012 election. — Environmental groups have been protesting the pipeline …
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The Hill, Gawker, The Lonely Conservative, Taylor Marsh, CNN, The PJ Tatler and The Future of Capitalism
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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, The Daily Caller and Fire Andrea Mitchell!
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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
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.
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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GOP 12, The PJ Tatler, Towleroad News #gay and FiveThirtyEight
Erick Erickson / RedState:
Dear Herman Cain — I owe you a good bit of my present career in radio. You leaving opened the door for me. — I still believe you can win the Republican nomination. — I still believe you can beat Barack Obama. — I still believe you can be one of the most inspiring Presidents since Ronald Reagan.
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The Daily Caller, Wonkette, Outside the Beltway and Hot Air
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 and Betsy's Page
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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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Swampland, The PJ Tatler and Ben Smith's Blog
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, theGrio and msnbc.com
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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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!
Jonah Goldberg / National Review:
The Perilous Perry Pattern — I just got back from Fox where several people were talking up the fact that Perry is using last night's gaffe to his “advantage.” Bill Hemmer even asked me about it on air. Apparently Perry is available to any media outlet that wants him today.
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Hot Air and Political Mojo
Mackenzie Weinger / The Politico:
Dem concedes in cliffhanger Va. race — Republicans eked out a narrow win in the last remaining Virginia state Senate race Thursday, after Democratic state Sen. Edd Houck conceded to challenger Bryce Reeves. — Houck said Thursday he will not contest Tuesday's election results …
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Richmond Times-Dispatch, CNN, www2.starexponent.com and Fire Andrea Mitchell!