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8:30 AM ET, November 27, 2011

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Fox News:
Pakistan Tells U.S. to ‘Vacate’ Air Base as Border Strike Inflames Tensions  —  Pakistan's government has ordered the U.S. to “vacate” an air base used for suspected drone attacks, in retaliation for a NATO strike that allegedly killed two-dozen Pakistani soldiers, Fox News has confirmed.
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Jon Boone / Guardian:
Nato air attack on Pakistani troops was self-defence, says senior western official  —  US-Pakistan relations strained further after attack allegedly kills up to 28 and prompts ban on Nato trucks crossing Afghan border  —  An attack by Nato aircraft on Pakistani troops that allegedly killed …
Associated Press:
Pakistan demands US vacate suspected drone base
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Edward Jay Epstein / media.nybooks.com:
What Really Happened to Strauss-Kahn?  —  Dominique Strauss-Kahn and his wife, Anne Sinclair, in the courtyard of their Paris residence, September 2011  —  May 14, 2011, was a horrendous day for Dominique Strauss-Kahn, then head of the International Monetary Fund and leading contender …
Marcus Walker / Wall Street Journal:
Euro Zone Weighs Plan to Speed Fiscal Integration  —  BERLIN—Euro-zone countries are weighing a new plan to accelerate the integration of their fiscal policies, people familiar with the matter said, as Europe's leaders race to convince investors they can resolve the region's debt crisis and keep the currency area from fracturing.
Juilan Pecquet / The Hill:
Supreme Court hearing on Obama health law sets up lobbying storm  —  Next year's Supreme Court decision on the healthcare reform law could be the most heavily lobbied ever.  —  Corporations, unions, trade groups and advocates are expected to spend millions of dollars over the next few months trying …
Discussion: Prairie Weather
James Kirkup / Telegraph:
Prepare for riots in euro collapse, Foreign Office warns  —  British embassies in the eurozone have been told to draw up plans to help British expats through the collapse of the single currency, amid new fears for Italy and Spain.  —  As the Italian government struggled to borrow …
Sean Rayment / Telegraph:
Taliban paid £100 a month to stop fighting  —  Members of the Taliban who give up their fight are being paid £100 a month and will be allowed to keep their guns in a new initiative to end the insurgency.  —  The “reintegration” programme, which has the full support of Nato …
Discussion: Jihad Watch and msnbc.com
Kate Linthicum / Los Angeles Times:
Villaraigosa announces impending shutdown of Occupy L.A. camp  —  The mayor says the City Hall park will close at 12:01 a.m. Monday but that police might not immediately begin removing protesters who linger.  Occupy L.A. has issued a statement vowing to stay.
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KABC-TV:
Mayor Villaraigosa sets move out date for Occupy LA
Discussion: Firedoglake
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
Perry ad features SuperPAC footage  —  The last shred of regulation preventing unlimited money from flowing into presidential campaigns is the requirement that campaigns not “coordinate” their communications with Super PACs and the other independent groups pouring money into that race.
Alina Selyukh / Reuters:
Obama promotes shops on “Small Business Saturday”  —  (Reuters) - President Barack Obama, eager to spur growth and hiring, took his daughters on an early Christmas shopping trip on Saturday in Washington as the U.S. retail sector got its vital holiday season underway.
Discussion: USA Today and New York Magazine
Shocked / WSAZ-TV:
Man Dies on Black Friday; Shoppers Unfazed … SOUTH CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WSAZ) — A man collapsed while doing some Black Friday shopping in a crowded store, and people nearby continued to shop.  —  Witnesses tell WSAZ.com some shoppers walked around and even over the man's body.
Karoli / Crooks and Liars:
Updated: The Shocking Truth About Naomi Wolf's Factless Assertions  —  In an article for The Guardian, Naomi Wolf wrote this: … This follows the ongoing meme that DHS has coordinated the Occupy crackdowns on a national level; that they are orchestrating the violence behind the clearing of Zuccotti Park and others.
Alicia M. Cohn / The Hill:
Obama and family take in basketball game, chat with Bill Murray  —  President Obama and the First Family continued their post-Thanksgiving tradition by attending the Oregon State versus Towson game in Maryland on Saturday afternoon.  Michelle Obama's brother Craig Robinson coaches …
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
A.Killough / CNN:
House Democrat to pass on seeking re-election  —  (CNN) - Rep. Charlie Gonzalez of Texas and chair of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus will forgo seeking an eighth term in the U.S. House of Representatives.  —  “I've been in Congress for 14 years and I want to do something else - what that is, I really don't know.
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Alicia M. Cohn / Ballot Box:   Texas court refuses to hold GOP-contested redistricting map
 
 
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MLive.com:
Fred Meijer, West Michigan billionaire grocery magnate, dies at 91
Jeremy Page / Wall Street Journal:
Children of the Revolution
Robert Wilonsky / Unfair Park:
Downtown Neimans Now a Little Less Festive After Protestors Throw Fake Blood on Windows
Discussion: Verum Serum
Wall Street Journal:
The Non-Green Jobs Boom
A. G. Sulzberger / New York Times:
North Dakota Oil Boom Creates Camps of Men
Discussion: Via Meadia and The Other McCain
Byron York / Campaign 2012:
Team Romney on Obama: ‘We will tie them in knots’
Erik Lacitis / Seattle Times:
Occupy Seattle visits Walmart's 99%
Linda McQuaig / Toronto Star:
Occupy moves us into a new era
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
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Megan McArdle / Wall Street Journal:
Spend It or Save It? … Shoppers in downtown Chicago on Black Friday, 2010.
Discussion: TBogg and The Impolitic
Barry Ritholtz / The Big Picture:
Examining the big lie: How the facts of the economic crisis stack up
Keith Koffler / White House Dossier:
Obama Plays Golf for the 30th Time This Year
Howard Beck / New York Times:
N.B.A. and Players Reach Tentative Deal to End Lockout
Louise A. Mozingo / New York Times:
To Rethink Sprawl, Start With Offices
Jon Kyl / Washington Post:
The supercommittee failed because Democrats insisted on $1 trillion in new taxes
 

 
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Devin Coldewey / TechCrunch:
As the NYT Tech Guild goes on strike, Perplexity CEO Aravind Srinivas offers the AI company's services to the NYT to help ensure election coverage is available

Joshua Benton / Nieman Lab:
Around 75% of the largest US newspapers aren't endorsing anyone for president this year, as publishers try not to annoy any sliver of their remaining customers

Ellen Clegg / What Works:
After The Minnesota Star Tribune decided last summer not to endorse anyone for president, 15 former opinion staffers posted their own endorsement online

 
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