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Gregory J. Krieg / ABCNEWS:
Texas College GOP Leader: Obama Assassination ‘Tempting’ — Hours after Pennsylvania State Police arrested a 21-year-old Idaho man for allegedly firing a semi-automatic rifle at the White House, the top student official for the College Republicans at the University of Texas tweeted that the idea …
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Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
An Occupy shooter? — If confirmed, this will likely be a much, much bigger image problem than the reports of crime in Occupy encampments: — Authorities suspect [Oscar Ramiro] Ortega-Hernandez] had been in the area for weeks, coming back and forth to the Washington Mall.
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Edwin Mora / CNSNews:
Maxine Waters on Deaths and Crimes at Occupy Protests: 'That's Life and It Happens'
Maxine Waters on Deaths and Crimes at Occupy Protests: 'That's Life and It Happens'
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Paul Duggan / Washington Post:
White House shooting suspect arrested in Pa.
White House shooting suspect arrested in Pa.
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New York Times:
Arrest Made After Semiautomatic Rifle Fired at White House
Arrest Made After Semiautomatic Rifle Fired at White House
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Mark Segraves / WTOP.com:
Suspect arrested in White House shooting
Suspect arrested in White House shooting
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Fox News:
Suspect in Shooting Near White House Arrested in Pennsylvania
Suspect in Shooting Near White House Arrested in Pennsylvania
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Paul Duggan / Washington Post:
Oscar Ramiro Ortega-Hernandez arrested after shots fired near White House
Oscar Ramiro Ortega-Hernandez arrested after shots fired near White House
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Ben Armbruster / ThinkProgress:
Cain: It's Not ‘Practical’ To Attack Iran Because It Has Mountains — Herman Cain has had a bad week when it comes to foreign policy — or rather, a bad entire campaign. But one of Cain's most embarrassing foreign policy moments came this week after the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel asked him if he agreed with President Obama on Libya.
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Thomas Walkom / Toronto Star:
Canada faces grim choice over nuclear showdown in Iran — As the nuclear crisis over Iran heats up, Canada is veering toward a dangerous place. — Israel is again contemplating a military attack on Iran to prevent its developing atomic weapons. This time it's not clear …
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The Moderate Voice and Northern Reflections
Craig Gilbert / JSOnline:
Cain took campaign on wild ride through Wisconsin
Cain took campaign on wild ride through Wisconsin
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Christian Heinze / GOP 12:
EXCLUSIVE: Perry challenges Pelosi to debate — Rick Perry sent a letter today to Nancy Pelosi, challenging her to a public debate next week. — Perry, in the letter: — “I am in Washington Monday and would love to engage you in a public debate about my Overhaul Washington plan versus the congressional status quo.
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Ian Swanson / Ballot Box:
Perry challenges Pelosi to debate part-time Congress plan — Rick Perry has challenged House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi to debate him next week about his plan for a part-time Congress. — In a letter to Pelosi (D-Calif.) obtained by The Hill, the Texas governor wrote …
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Ezra Klein / Washington Post:
Defusing the trigger won't be easy — (J. Scott Applewhite - AP) It's not exaggerating to say that the entire theory of the supercommittee rests on the presumed fear of the trigger. If the two parties fear the trigger, they have a reason to make a deal. If they don't fear the trigger …
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David Weigel / Slate:
Supercommittee Republicans Get Ready to Fail
Supercommittee Republicans Get Ready to Fail
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Peter Wallsten / Washington Post:
GOP supercommittee members' tax plan gives party an identity crisis
GOP supercommittee members' tax plan gives party an identity crisis
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Mike Lillis / The Hill:
GOP leader bucks party on taxes
GOP leader bucks party on taxes
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NY Daily News:
Zuccotti Park protester Nkrumah Tinsley arrested after threatening to burn down city — Urges Molotov coctail strike on Macy's — Nkrumah Tinsley was busted after his rant went viral on YouTube. — A protester was arrested in Zuccotti Park Wednesday after he threatened to fire bomb the city …
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Daniel Strauss / The Hill:
Gingrich says ticket of Gingrich-Cain could happen in 2012 — Newt Gingrich said a Gingrich-Hermain Cain ticket would be “a real possibility” if he won the Republican presidential nomination. — Speaking in an interview with Newsmax magazine, in response to the prospect of a Gingrich-Cain ticket …
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Eric Kleefeld / tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com:
TPMDC — Poll: Public Opinion Turning Against Occupy Wall Street — A new national survey from Public Policy Polling (D) finds public opinion souring pretty quickly on the Occupy Wall Street movement. — The poll asked: “Do you support or oppose the goals of the — Occupy Wall Street movement?
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Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Occupy Wall Street Favor Fading
Occupy Wall Street Favor Fading
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A.Killough / CNN:
CNN Poll: Americans becoming less optimistic about future — Washington (CNN) - Americans have typically been optimists about the future, but when it comes to how things are going in the country, a new national survey suggests that may no longer be the case.
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Michael Scherer / Swampland:
So Much Happening in New Rick Perry Ad, Except for One Verb — A while back, I argued that Rick Perry made good television ads, and his newest spot-"Lazy"-is no exception. But it is also, in the tradition of the best political advertising, inaccurate, fanciful and grammatically adventurous.
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Reid Pillifant / Capital New York:
Jonathan Gruber, a key intellectual architect of President Obama's overhaul of the American health care system, is a little frustrated. — “I'm frustrated that the future of the American health care system rests in the hands of one or two of these unelected people who might make the decision based …
Kathleen Sebelius / White House.gov Blog:
President Obama: Congratulations to Everyone Taking Part in Today's Great American Smokeout — Today, Americans from across the country are making plans to quit smoking as part of the American Cancer Society's Great American Smokeout. And this morning, we released a video …
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Nellie Andreeva / Deadline.com:
Joy Behar To Leave HLN At End Of Year — EXCLUSIVE: I have learned that Joy Behar will leave HLN at the end of the year. Behar, who has hosted her primetime talk show on the CNN sibling since 2009, is in the final year of her contract there. She has done well on HLN …
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Emily Goodin / The Hill:
Conservative celebs mostly not yet committed for 2012 — Celebrities on the right are largely staying on the sidelines in the 2012 presidential race, while liberals in Hollywood are lining up behind President Obama's reelection bid. — In many ways, the conventional wisdom of the left …
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Prairie Weather
Daily Mail:
Climate change episode of Frozen Planet won't be shown in the U.S. as viewers don't believe in global warming — An episode of the BBC's Frozen Planet documentary series that looks at climate change has been scrapped in the U.S., where many are hostile to the idea of global warming.
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Laura Hibbard / The Huffington Post:
Julio Artuz, 15-Year-Old Special Needs Student, Records Teacher Verbally Abusing Him (VIDEO) … Bullying , Video , Anti Bulling Laws , Anti-Bullying , Bullying Caught On Tape , Bullying In Schools , High School , High School Bullying , School Bullying , Special Needs Students , Teachers Bullying Students , Education News
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Ted Marzilli / YouGov - BrandIndex:
Cain's Candidacy Splits Pizza Scores — Allegations of inappropriate behavior recently leveled against Herman Cain seem to be impacting consumer perception of his former company, Godfather's Pizza. More interestingly, however, is that the brand perception changes are playing out along party lines in the US.
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Wall Street Journal:
Benetton Retries Provocation — If you shock them, will they buy? — Italian clothing chain Benetton is trying to drum up attention for its flagging brand with ads showing global leaders kissing. President Barack Obama locks lips with China's Hu Jintao and with Venezuela's Hugo Chávez.
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SEIU.org:
SEIU Endorses Barack Obama — Today, with great pride and a sense of purpose, the 2.1 million members united in SEIU endorse President Barack Obama for re-election. — President Obama is the only candidate for president who shares our vision of America as a land of opportunity for everyone.
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