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Gingrich Said to Be Paid at Least $1.6 Million by Freddie Mac — Newt Gingrich made between $1.6 million and $1.8 million in consulting fees from two contracts with mortgage company Freddie Mac, according to two people familiar with the arrangement. — The total amount is significantly larger …
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Newt responds to $1.6 M Freddie Mac payment (audio) — GOP presidential candidate Newt Gingrich answered questions about this Bloomberg News story for about three minutes this morning. Gingrich called it a fee for “strategic advice.” Here is the key part of the exchange with reporters:
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David Kurtz / Talking Points Memo:
Keeps Getting Better — In his unfailing piety, Newt Gingrich in 2008, fresh off his paid gig for Freddie Mac, went on Fox News and counseled John McCain to demand that Obama “give back all the money that Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae gave to you.” — Then a week later he urged John McCain to exploit …
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Pierre Thomas / Yahoo! News:
DC Shooting Suspect Could Be Threat to Obama, Police Say — ABC News has learned authorities are increasingly concerned that a man sought in connection with a bizarre shooting incident on the Washington Mall last week may pose a threat to President Obama. — The Secret Service now suspects …
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Ryan J. Reilly / tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com:
SLIDESHOW: Occupy D.C. Encampment — Protestor Ralph Wittenberg told TPM on Tuesday evening that authorities came through “searching for a so-called terrorist who shot at the White House, with no warrant, they went into everybody's tents.” — A person handling media requests for Occupy DC confirmed …
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Associated Press:
Secret Service says bullet hit White House
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Thomas Tobin / NBC Washington DC:
Bullet hits White House Window
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Brian Beutler / tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com:
TPMDC — Top GOPer On Super Committee Says No New Revenue, Games Out Strategy If Panel Fails — It's hard to see how the Super Committee can possibly reach a consensus by this time next week after Republican co-chair Jeb Hensarling's appearance on CNBC Tuesday night.
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Dems gain upper hand in deficit talks
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Jennifer Bendery / The Huffington Post:
Harry Reid: Grover Norquist Is Thwarting Super Committee
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Jesse Helfrich / The Hill:
GOP leaders preparing rank-and-file for deal on new tax revenues
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Anne E. Kornblut / Washington Post:
Obama administration quietly bracing for debt supercommittee failure
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Ezra Klein / Washington Post:
Wonkbook: ‘Supercommittee’ sabotage
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Michael / Occupy Wall Street Library:
State of Seized Library — (This post is being updated as news comes in, check back regularly.) — We're getting our first report back from the folks who went to the Sanitation Garage. Mayor Bloomberg's office tweeted: “Property from #Zuccotti, incl #OWS library, safely stored @ 57th St Sanit Garage …
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New York Post:
Inside story of why Mike finally had to act
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New York Times:
Jolted, Wall St. Protesters Face Challenge for Future
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Harry Siegel / NY Daily News:
How Bloomberg and Kelly's aggressive crackdown at Zuccotti Park will backfire
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Frank Newport / Gallup:
Americans Tilt Toward Favoring Repeal of Healthcare Law — Nation is divided on whether ensuring health coverage is the government's responsibility — PRINCETON, NJ — Given a choice, 47% of Americans favor repealing the 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, while 42% want it kept in place.
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Wall Street Journal:
Another ObamaCare Glitch — Congress made a legal mistake while rushing through the health law. Now it's come back to haunt the administration. — Even if ObamaCare survives Supreme Court scrutiny next spring, its trials will be far from over. That's because the law has a major glitch that threatens its basic functioning.
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New York Times:
Paterno Turns Home Over to Wife for $1 — STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — Joe Paterno transferred full ownership of his house to his wife, Sue, for $1 in July, less than four months before a sexual abuse scandal engulfed his Penn State football program and the university.
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Sara Ganim / PennLive.com:
Mike McQueary says he stopped attack on child and told PSU police of Sandusky sex abuse allegations
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Allentown Morning Call / Morning Call:
McQueary on alleged rape: ‘I did stop it,’ did have discussions with police
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Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Occupy Wall Street Favor Fading — The Occupy Wall Street movement is not wearing well with voters across the country. Only 33% now say that they are supportive of its goals, compared to 45% who say they oppose them. That represents an 11 point shift in the wrong direction …
Morgen / Verum Serum:
OWS Protester: In a Few Days You're Going to See What a Molotov Cocktail Can Do to Macy's — Just in time for the Thanksgiving Day parade! The headlined quote comes at about a minute in, but there is plenty more of the sort of “non-violent” talk OWS has become known for leading up to this point.
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Mike Dorning / Bloomberg:
Obama Loses to Romney in New Hampshire Poll — Driven down by economic forces, President Barack Obama is running poorly in New Hampshire, a state he carried in 2008 and one that has been a swing state in recent presidential elections. — Obama trails Republican Mitt Romney among likely …
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Michael D. Shear / New York Times:
Candidates' Gaffes Dismay Some Republicans — The Republican presidential candidates have served comedians a full platter of laughs this year — a steady diet of gaffes, misstatements, puzzled looks and long, awkward pauses. — To a remarkable degree, the candidates have turned …
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Craig Gilbert / JSOnline:
Cain took campaign on wild ride through Wisconsin — By Craig Gilbert of the Journal Sentinel — Aboard the Herman Cain Bus - It was a crazy, surreal, potentially disastrous day inside the Cain for President Campaign. — Or maybe it was a perfectly normal one.
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Shiv Malik / Guardian:
Young jobseekers told to work without pay or lose unemployment benefits — People taking up work experience places - providing up to 30 hours a week of unpaid labour - face losing benefits if they quit — Job scheme internships: tell us your story — Britain's young unemployed …
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Renee Dudley / The Post and Courier, Charleston SC:
Cancer center's Santa gets boot — It's not even December, but Santa has already been fired from Charleston's Hollings Cancer Center. — For each of the past two years, hospital volunteer Frank Cloyes spent one day as St. Nick, spreading good cheer and snacks to patients sitting through chemotherapy treatments.
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NBC Chicago:
Teacher Masturbated in Class: Police — Investigators said they believe Paul LaDuke may have engaged in activity several times in the last decade — A teacher at a northwest suburban Christian school has been charged with with sexual exploitation of a child for allegedly masturbating during class …
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