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Juli Weiner / Vanity Fair:
In Memoriam: Christopher Hitchens, 1949-2011 — Christopher Hitchens—the incomparable critic, masterful rhetorician, fiery wit, and fearless bon vivant—died today at the age of 62. Hitchens was diagnosed with esophageal cancer in the spring of 2010, just after the publication of his memoir …
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William Grimes / New York Times:
Christopher Hitchens, 1949-2011: Christopher Hitchens Is Dead at 62 — Obituary — Christopher Hitchens, a slashing polemicist in the tradition of Thomas Paine and George Orwell who trained his sights on targets as various as Henry Kissinger, the British monarchy and Mother Teresa …
Christopher Buckley / News Desk:
Postscript: Christopher Hitchens, 1949-2011 — We were friends for more than thirty years, which is a long time but, now that he is gone, seems not nearly long enough. I was rather nervous when I first met him, one night in London in 1977, along with his great friend Martin Amis.
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BBC:
Christopher Hitchens dies at 62 after suffering cancer — Vanity Fair's editor said those who read him felt they knew him — British-born author, literary critic and journalist Christopher Hitchens has died at the age of 62. — He died from pneumonia, a complication of the oesophageal cancer he had, at a Texas hospital.
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Mail Online:
In Memoriam: Christopher Hitchens, 1949-2011 — How odd it is to hear of your own brother's death on an early morning radio bulletin. How odd it is for a private loss to be a public event. I wouldn't normally dream of writing about such a thing here, and I doubt if many people would expect me to.
Matt Schudel / Washington Post:
Christopher Hitchens dies; Vanity Fair writer was a religious skeptic, master of the contrarian essay — Christopher Hitchens, a sharp-witted provocateur who used his formidable learning, biting wit and muscular prose style to skewer what he considered high-placed hypocrites …
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Graydon Carter / Vanity Fair:
Christopher Hitchens, 1949-2011: In Memoriam — Christopher Hitchens was a wit, a charmer, and a troublemaker, and to those who knew him well, he was a gift from, dare I say it, God. He died today at the MD Anderson Cancer Center, in Houston, after a punishing battle with esophageal cancer, the same disease that killed his father.
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Joy McCann / Conservative Commune:
R.I.P. Christopher Hitchens [UPDATEDx5]
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Darren Samuelsohn / The Politico:
GOP wins light bulb fight — The shutdown-averting budget bill will block federal light bulb efficiency standards, giving a win to House Republicans fighting the so-called ban on incandescent light bulbs. — GOP and Democratic sources tell POLITICO the final omnibus bill includes …
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Stephen Dinan / Washington Times:
Congress overturns incandescent light bulb ban — Congressional negotiators struck a deal Thursday that overturns the new rules that were to have banned sales of traditional incandescent light bulbs beginning next year. — That agreement is tucked inside the massive 1,200-page spending bill …
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Tanya Somanader / ThinkProgress:
Rep. Allen West: 'If Joseph Goebbels Was Around, He'd Be Very Proud Of The Democrat Party' — Arguably the most inflammatory member in Congress, GOP Rep. Allen West (FL) outdid himself yesterday by comparing the Democratic Party to the Nazi party. Bristling at a new poll revealing …
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Darren Samuelsohn / The Politico:
Allen West: Goebbels would be proud of Democrats
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Alicia M. Cohn / The Hill:
Dems call on Rep. West to apologize for Joseph Goebbels comparison
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New York Post:
Long Island high-school students suspended for ‘Tebowing’ — The Tebow mania sweeping the nation sacked a group of Long Island high-school students who were suspended for mimicking the quarterback's famous prayer pose. — Twin brothers Tyler and Connor Carroll of Riverhead HS …
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Christopher Hunt / ESPN:
High schoolers banned for Tebowing
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Serafin Gomez / Fox News:
SC Gov.Nikki Haley Endorses Mitt Romney on FOX and Friends — SIOUX CITY, IOWA— South Carolina Gov.Nikki Haley, a rising Republican star, endorsed Mitt Romney for President on FOX News Friday. — “Today is the day that I'm throwing all of my support behind Mitt Romney for president,"Haley said on FOX & Friends.
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A.Killough / CNN:
Haley explains her decision to back Romney, not Gingrich
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Jonathan Martin / The Politico:
Nikki Haley to endorse Romney
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Jake Shermanand Manu Raju / The Politico:
Boehner on Keystone: We're fighting for the pipeline provision — They're going to fight on the pipeline. — Speaker John Boehner Friday morning told the House Republican Conference that he's hunkering down on the Keystone XL pipeline provision in the payroll tax holiday bill.
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Russell Berman / The Hill:
Shutdown averted: Deal reached on $1T omnibus package
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Lymari Morales / Gallup:
Fewer Americans See U.S. Divided Into “Haves,” “Have Nots” — The majority would put themselves in the “haves” category if they had to choose — WASHINGTON, D.C. — Americans are now less likely to see U.S. society as divided into the “haves” and “have nots” than they were in 2008, returning to their views prior to that point.
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Frank Newport / Gallup:
Americans Prioritize Economy Over Reducing Wealth Gap
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Steven Jiang / CNN:
‘Batman’ star Bale punched, stopped from visiting blind Chinese activist — DONGSHIGU VILLAGE, China (CNN) — As Christian Bale approached an impromptu checkpoint leading to this tiny village in eastern China, four men blocking the narrow path started marching toward him in menacing unison.
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Sarah Maslin Nir / New York Times:
Tea Party Group Leader Is Arrested at La Guardia — An influential Tea Party leader was arrested at La Guardia Airport early Thursday after he tried to board a flight with a semi-automatic handgun and its ammunition in his luggage, the authorities said. — Mark J. Meckler, 49 …
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Tim Mak / The Politico:
Mark Meckler, tea party leader, arrested with gun
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Washington Post:
Congressional leaders reach spending deal to avoid government shutdown — Congressional negotiators signed off Thursday evening on a $1 trillion spending agreement for federal agencies, just 28 hours before a deadline that would have led to a government shutdown.
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Michele Bachmann: “After the debate that we had last week, PolitiFact came out and said that everything I said was true." — “After the debate that we had last week, PolitiFact came out and said that everything I said was true.” — DNC chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz “denied unemployment went up under Obama.”
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Kevin Zieber / Media Matters for America:
Cartoon Regularly Featured On Big Journalism Connected To Nazi-Era Magazine — In at least three instances, Andrew Breitbart's Big Journalism website has used an image connected to a Nazi-era German magazine noted for anti-Semitic cartoons and pro-Hitler leanings.
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Scott Peterson / Christian Science Monitor:
Exclusive: Iran hijacked US drone, says Iranian engineer — In an exclusive interview, an engineer working to unlock the secrets of the captured RQ-170 Sentinel says they exploited a known vulnerability and tricked the US drone into landing in Iran. — ISTANBUL, TURKEY
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Romney accuses Obama of deliberately harming America for political reasons — I'm not sure why this isn't getting more attention. After the debate spin last night, Mitt Romney made an accusation during an interview with Fox News I haven't seen him make before: He accused the President …
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Wayne Besen / Truth Wins Out:
Marcus Bachmann Backs Down and Caves on Bogus $150 ‘Ex-Gay’ Therapy Bill — FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE — Contact: John Becker, Director of Communications — BURLINGTON, Vt. - The heated standoff between Truth Wins Out and Marcus Bachmann abruptly ended today after the therapist agreed …
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