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Lyle Denniston / SCOTUSblog:
Court sets 5 1/2-hour hearing on health care (FINAL) — FINAL UPDATE at 11:09 a.m. A separate post, coming shortly, will provide further analysis of the grants. — Setting the stage for a historic constitutional confrontation over federal power, the Supreme Court on Monday granted three separate cases …
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Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Supreme Court to Hear Case Challenging Health Law — WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear a challenge to the 2010 health care overhaul law, President Obama's signature legislative achievement. The development set the stage for oral arguments by March and a decision in late June …
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CNN:
Supreme Court takes up challenge to health care reform law — From Bill Mears, CNN Supreme Court Producer — Washington (CNN) — The U.S. Supreme Court will hear a challenge to President Barack Obama's sweeping health care reform law, the court announced Monday.
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Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
Supreme Court to hear challenge to Obama's health-care overhaul — Bill O'Leary/WASHINGTON POST - The nine members of the Supreme Court pose for a group photograph. Front row l-r: Clarence Thomas, Antonin Scalia, John Roberts, Anthony Kennedy, Ruth Ginsburg.
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Sarah Kliff / Washington Post:
Obama administration to announce effort to expand health-care workforce
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Bill Carter / New York Times:
Chelsea Clinton to Report for NBC — NBC is to announce on Monday morning that it has hired Chelsea Clinton to become a full-time special correspondent for NBC News. — The appointment is immediate. Ms. Clinton will show up at the news division offices oon Monday morning, said Steve Capus …
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Edward Luce / Financial Times:
Mr President, it's time to panic — A few weeks ago, James Carville, the legendary manager of Bill Clinton's 1992 campaign, had a choice word of advice for Barack Obama: “panic”. The president was heading to disaster in 2012 with the same crew of advisers that had led him up this blind alley.
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The Politico:
Some Democrats refuse to back President Obama — Sen. Joe Lieberman was treated like an outcast back in 2008 when he broke from the Senate Democratic Caucus and openly opposed Barack Obama's bid for the White House. — Asked last week if he'd back Obama in 2012, the Connecticut independent said, “I don't know what I'm going to do.”
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Meghashyam Mali / The Hill:
Deal-breaker election looms over supercommittee negotiations
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Jackie Calmes / New York Times:
Costume Shot Unnecessary, Obama Says
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San Francisco Chronicle:
(11-14) 07:05 PST OAKLAND — Oakland police have arrested about 25 protesters at the sprawling Occupy Oakland encampment outside City Hall while hundreds of law-enforcement officers square off against demonstrators in the second such raid of the downtown tent city.
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Robert Pear / New York Times:
Deficit Panel Seeks to Defer Details on Raising Taxes — WASHINGTON — With a little over a week left to reach a deal, members of the Congressional deficit reduction panel are looking for an escape hatch that would let them strike an accord on revenue levels but delay until next year tough decisions about exactly how to raise taxes.
GQ:
A Pizza Party with Herman Cain — He's the funniest, most outrageous guy on the GOP stage. And he's got a simple plan to save America. Yes, that plan is more than a little nutty, and yes, his charm has taken a big hit lately. But have you met his competition?
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Justin Sink / The Hill:
Cain says he believes a majority of American Muslims hold extremist views
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CBS News:
Congress: Trading stock on inside information? — Washington, D.C. is a town that runs on inside information - but should our elected officials be able to use that information to pad their own pockets? As Steve Kroft reports, members of Congress and their aides have regular access …
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New York Post:
Ex-cop boots OWS heckler from congressman's swearing-in — Meet New York's newest hero. — Kevin Hiltunen, a former NYPD officer, yesterday grabbed an Occupy Wall Street demonstrator by the collar and dragged him out of a Queens school where he'd been heckling US Rep. Bob Turner at the congressman's swearing-in ceremony.
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Karl Vick / Time:
Intel Source: Israel Behind Deadly Explosion at Iran Missile Base — Smoke rises from an explosion at a Revolutionary Guard ammunition depot outside Tehran, which, according to Iranian officials, killed at least 15 people on Nov. 12, 2011 — Israeli newspapers on Sunday were thick with innuendo …
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Joe Conason / National Memo:
Obama Campaign Chiefs Meet Quietly With Clinton In Harlem — President Obama's top political operatives - including campaign chief adviser David Axelrod - traveled from Chicago and Washington to the headquarters of the William Jefferson Clinton foundation in Harlem last Wednesday afternoon …
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Wynton Hall / Big Government:
REVEALED: Nancy Pelosi Blocked Credit Card Reform While Investing Millions in Exclusive Visa Stock Offering — Former Speaker of the House-and current Minority Leader-Nancy Pelosi apparently bought $1 million to $5 million of Visa stock in one of the most sought-after and profitable initial public offerings …
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Eric Dash / New York Times:
Banks Quietly Ramping Up Costs to Consumers — Even as Bank of America and other major lenders back away from charging customers to use their debit cards, many banks have been quietly imposing other new fees. — Need to replace a lost debit card? Bank of America now charges $5 — or $20 for rush delivery.
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Bill Keller / New York Times:
How Romney Could Win — Election Day is nearly a year off and the first primaries aren't until January, but I'm ready to skip ahead to the main event. The last serious hope of the Tea Partiers, Rick Perry, and their last not-so-serious hope, Herman Cain, are in campaign death spirals.
Dominic Holden / The Stranger …:
Occupy Seattle Disrupts Pro-Occupy Wall Street Forum, Drives Away Supporters — Occupy Seattle: How to lose friends and alienate people. — No sooner had the panel finished opening remarks last night than a woman scampered up onto stage and yelled, “Mic check!”
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A.G. Sulzberger / New York Times:
Hispanics Reviving Faded Towns on the Plains — ULYSSES, Kan. — Change can be unsettling in a small town. But not long ago in this quiet farming community, with its familiar skyline of grain elevators and church steeples, the owner of a new restaurant decided to acknowledge the community's diversity …
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