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Shams Momand / Reuters:
Pakistan stops NATO supplies after raid kills up to 28 — (Reuters) - NATO helicopters and fighter jets attacked two military outposts in northwest Pakistan on Saturday, killing as many as 28 troops and plunging U.S.-Pakistan relations, already deeply frayed, further into crisis.
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Nick Paton Walsh / CNN:
Pakistan official: NATO attack kills 26 Pakistani soldiers
Pakistan official: NATO attack kills 26 Pakistani soldiers
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Zandar Versus The Stupid
A.Killough / CNN:
Obama on NBA tentative agreement: ‘Good deal’ — (CNN) - After playing a round of hoops at Fort McNair on Saturday, President Barack Obama seemed to approve the tentative deal reached earlier in the day to end the NBA lockout. — When asked about the potential agreement, Obama gave a thumbs up and said, “Good deal!”
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Alicia M. Cohn / The Hill:
Obama gives thumbs up to end of NBA strike — The NBA lockout may be over, allowing basketball season to proceed after a two-month delay, following a tentative deal agreed to early Saturday morning. — NBA representatives and players shook hands on the deal at about 3 a.m. Saturday, according to The New York Times.
Howard Beck / New York Times:
N.B.A. and Players Reach Tentative Deal to End Lockout
N.B.A. and Players Reach Tentative Deal to End Lockout
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Gothamist, CBS New York and Marginal Revolution
Alicia M. Cohn / Ballot Box:
Texas court refuses to hold GOP-contested redistricting map — A San Antonio-based federal court refused to block a new congressional redistricting map late Friday, setting up a battle between Texas GOP and Democratic interests that will next turn to the Supreme Court.
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Gary Martin / MySanAntonio.com:
Rep. Gonzalez will not run again — Decision opens doors for Castro, Rodriguez. — WASHINGTON — Rep. Charlie Gonzalez said Friday he won't seek re-election, a decision that will end the congressional tenure of a Democratic family whose name has been synonymous with the city of San Antonio for more than half a century.
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Daily Kos, Off the Kuff, Hotline On Call and The Page
Stacey Patton / Washington Post:
Why African Americans aren't embracing Occupy Wall Street — Occupy Wall Street might seem like a movement that would speak to black Americans. After all, unemployment among African Americans is at 15 percent, vs. almost 8 percent for whites. And between 2005 and 2009 …
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Althouse, Pirate's Cove, Daily Kos and Ricochet Conversations Feed
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Rob Waugh / Daily Mail:
Climategate scientists DID collude with government officials to hide research that didn't fit their apocalyptic global warming — 5,000 leaked emails reveal scientists deleted evidence that cast doubt on claims climate change was man-made — Scientist asks, 'What if they find that climate change is a natural fluctuation?
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Don Surber, The Gateway Pundit and Tom Nelson
Home Santafenewmexican.com:
‘Abandoned’ by GOP, Johnson could seek Libertarian nod — HOME - NEWS - SPORTS - OPINION - PASATIEMPO - MAGAZINES - OBITUARIES - PHOTOS - VIDEO - SUBSCRIBERS - HELP & CONTACTS — Former New Mexico Gov. Gary Johnson knows he's not going to win the New Hampshire presidential primary …
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Alan Colmes' Liberaland, Hit & Run, Taegan Goddard's … and Outside the Beltway
Ynetnews:
Cairo rally: One day we'll kill all Jews — Muslim Brotherhood holds venomous anti-Israel rally in Cairo mosque Friday; Islamic activists chant: Tel Aviv, judgment day has come — Arab hate: A Muslim Brotherhood rally in Cairo's most prominent mosque Friday turned into a venomous anti-Israel protest …
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Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Jihad Watch, The Gateway Pundit, Weasel Zippers and americanthinker.com
Jon Kyl / Washington Post:
The supercommittee failed because Democrats insisted on $1 trillion in new taxes — We do not choose to add more to the blame game for failure of the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction , but one Democratic talking point needs debunking: that the talks failed because of Republicans' attachment to the Bush tax cuts.
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Washington Monthly and Hugh Hewitt's TownHall Blog
William Nottingham / L.A. NOW:
Villaraigosa, Beck start countdown to Occupy L.A. closure — Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa ordered the shutdown of the Occupy L.A. encampment on City Hall grounds at 12:01 a.m. Monday, saying officials can no longer “maintain the public safety of a long-term encampment,” according to a statement issued Friday.
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americanthinker.com, Verum Serum and Jammie Wearing Fools
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Ian Lovett / New York Times:
Occupy Los Angeles to Be Evicted From City Hall Park
Occupy Los Angeles to Be Evicted From City Hall Park
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Occupy Boston, Connecting.the.Dots and Mediaite, more at Mediagazer »
Noel Sheppard / NewsBusters.org blogs:
Barack Obama and Ed Schultz Make GQ's ‘25 Least Influential People Alive’ — President Barack Obama and MSNBC's Ed Schultz have been named to GQ magazine's annual list of “The 25 Least Influential People Alive.” — Although not available online yet, TVNewser published a preview Friday:
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Scared Monkeys, THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS and Ed Driscoll
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Chris Ariens / TVNewser:
GQ thinks Ed Schultz is one of ‘The Least Influential People Alive’
GQ thinks Ed Schultz is one of ‘The Least Influential People Alive’
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Althouse, The Political Carnival, nation.foxnews.com, Weasel Zippers, Campaign 2012 and The PJ Tatler
Gail Collins / New York Times:
O.K., Now Ron Paul — Ron Paul, the libertarian congressman from Texas, now seems to have an outside chance of winning the Iowa caucus vote. Not the presidential nomination. It seems highly unlikely that the Republicans are going to give the nod to a guy who disapproves of the Patriot Act and marriage licenses.
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LewRockwell.com Blog and Prairie Weather
New York Times:
Legal Education Reform — American legal education is in crisis. The economic downturn has left many recent law graduates saddled with crushing student loans and bleak job prospects. The law schools have been targets of lawsuits by students and scrutiny from the United States Senate …
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Althouse and Balkinization