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11:50 PM ET, November 24, 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.
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.
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 …
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 …
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 …
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
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:
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
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 …
Tyler Durden / zerohedge.com/fullrss2.xml:
Aircraft Carrier CVN-77 Parks Next Door To Syria Just As US Urges Americans To Leave Country “Immediately”  —  Yesterday we reported that the Arab League (with European and US support) are preparing to institute a no fly zone over Syria.  Today, we get an escalation which confirms we may be on the edge.
Discussion: americanthinker.com and Vox Popoli
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Matthew Yglesias / Slate:
Turkeynomics  —  Why has the price of turkey been rising?
Discussion: American Times and ThinkProgress
Helene C. Cooper / The Caucus:
White House Turkeys Walk the Walk, Talk the Talk
Kevin Gosztola / Firedoglake:
Live Blog for #Occupy Movement: Protests, Events Planned for Black Friday And Thanksgiving
The Independent:
Leaked UN report reveals torture, lynchings and abuse in post-Gaddafi Libya
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