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12:45 AM ET, November 25, 2011

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Steven Ertelt / LifeNews.com:
Planned Parenthood Gives Tips to Promote Abortion at Thanksgiving  —  The New York affiliate of the Planned Parenthood abortion business is giving out tips today for its supporters in terms of how they can push abortion on their guests at the Thanksgiving dinner table.
Fox News:
Weapons Cache Found During Zuccotti Park Cleanup, Sources Say  —  A number of weapons were discovered in New York's Zuccotti Park after Occupy Wall Street protesters were evicted by the Police Department last week, law enforcement sources tell FoxNews.com.  —  Gardeners employed by the park owners …
Investors.com:
The CBO Quietly Downgrades Obama's $825 Bil Stimulus  —  Recovery: After nearly all the stimulus money has been spent, the Congressional Budget Office now admits it cost more than advertised, did less to boost growth and will hurt the economy in the long run.
yyAMCopy / Nation Now:
Obama criticized on Twitter for Thanksgiving remarks omitting God  —  President Obama devoted his weekly radio address to thanking U.S. service members and volunteers at shelters and soup kitchens.  But it's whom he didn't thank that caused a stir on Twitter: God.
Discussion: Gawker and The Gateway Pundit
Betsy Rothstein / FishbowlDC:
WaPo's Ezra Should Have De-Kleined  —  From JournoList to activist, it appears that WaPo's liberal blogger Ezra Klein is once again blurring the lines between being a journalist and trying to sway politics.  In what appears to be at a minimum a breach of journalism ethics …
Stefan Bos / BosNewsLife:
NEWS ALERT: Nigeria Militants Kill Children Of Christian Convert, Missionaries Say  —  ABUJA, NIGERIA (BosNewsLife)— A militant group seeking to enforce Sharia, or Islamic law, throughout Nigeria, has shot and killed two children of an ex-terrorist and “murderer” because he converted to Christianity …
Debbie Siegelbaum / The Hill:
Conservative students to apologize to Obama for burning effigy  —  Students at St Andrews University in Scotland will reportedly write a letter of apology to President Obama after an incident last week in which they burned him in effigy.  —  The incident occurred the evening of Nov. 18 …
Robert H. Frank / New York Times:
How to End the Black Friday Madness  —  Ithaca, N.Y.  —  ADAM SMITH'S most enthusiastic modern disciples insist that the recipe for economic progress is to push government aside and let unfettered markets work their magic.  His invisible hand theory does provide a tidy account of how market incentives can generate enormous wealth.
Discussion: American Power
New York Times:
Egyptian Generals Apologize for Bloodshed but Reject Calls to Leave Power  —  A protester pointed to an incoming tear-gas canister during clashes with the riot police on Wednesday near Tahrir Square in Cairo.  The violence has prompted growing international concern.  More Photos »
Yossi Melman / Haaretz:
Iran says arrests 12 CIA agents amid reports of compromised U.S. ring  —  Comment by top Iranian official comes as Intelligence Online says U.S. Congressman Mike Rogers arrives in Beirut to probe reported exposure of U.S. intel squad in Lebanon.  —  An Iranian official disclosed …
Business Week:
China's Super-Rich Buy a Better Life Abroad  —  Education for the kids, clean air, and rule of law are luring wealthy families to emigrate  —  Alamy(2); Bloomberg(1); iStockphoto(1)  —  Self-made millionaire Li Weijie runs his own ski and golf resort outside Beijing and considers himself a patriot …
Discussion: ParaPundit
Josh Glasstetter / Right Wing Watch:
Bryan Fischer Sounds the Alarm on Muslim Turkeys Invading Americans' Dinner Tables  —  Red-blooded Christian Americans, consider yourselves warned.  The American Family Association's Bryan Fischer has discovered a plot to secretly infiltrate America's ovens with Muslim turkeys:
Kevin Gosztola / Firedoglake:
Live Blog for #Occupy Movement: Protests, Events Planned for Black Friday And Thanksgiving  —  Damaged books rescued from NYPD dump.  Oh!  Alexandria!  —  With many encampments still setup around the country, it is to be expected that there will be stories of occupations having Thanksgiving at their camps.
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Associated Press:
Occupy protesters plan Black Friday surprises
 
 
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Matthew Yglesias / Slate:
Turkeynomics  —  Why has the price of turkey been rising?
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Helene C. Cooper / The Caucus:
White House Turkeys Walk the Walk, Talk the Talk
The Independent:
Leaked UN report reveals torture, lynchings and abuse in post-Gaddafi Libya
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Catherine Rampell / Economix:
Fatalism and the American Dream
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Caitlin Huston / The Hollywood Reporter:
Internal memo: Hearst Magazines president announces layoffs as part of a decision to “reallocate resources” to “continue our focus on digital innovation”

Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:
FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel announced she will leave the agency on January 20; she was the first woman to be confirmed to lead the agency

Lachlan Cartwright / The Ankler:
Sources: MSNBC renewed Rachel Maddow's contract early this fall, but with a pay cut; MSNBC bosses' plan to shake up daytime and weekend programming

 
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