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Associated Press:
North Korean Leader Kim Jong Il, 69, Has Died — SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Kim Jong Il, North Korea's mercurial and enigmatic leader, has died. He was 69. — Kim's death was announced Monday by state television from the North Korean capital, Pyongyang.
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BBC:
N Korean leader Kim Jong-il dies — North Korean leader Kim Jong-il has died at the age of 69, state-run television has announced. — His death was announced in an emotional statement read out on national television. — The announcer, wearing black, said he had died on Saturday of physical and mental over-work.
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CNN:
North Korean leader Kim Jong Il dead, state TV reports — (CNN) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Il is dead, North Korean state TV said Monday. — Kim, 69, died Saturday, state TV said. — South Korean news agency Yonhap — which based its reporting on its monitoring off North Korean state television …
New York Times:
N. Korea Says Dictator, Kim Jong-il, Dies — SEOUL, South Korea — Kim Jong-il, the North Korean leader who realized his family's dream of turning his starving country into a minor nuclear-weapons power even as the isolated nation sank further into despotism, died on Saturday of a heart attack …
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Bill Austin / Bloomberg:
Kim Jong Il, North Korea's ‘Dear Leader’ Dictator, Dead at 70 — Kim Jong Il, the second-generation North Korean dictator who defied global condemnation to build nuclear weapons while his people starved, has died, Yonhap News reported. He was 70. — The news came in a radio broadcast …
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Reuters:
North Korean leader Kim Jong-il dead, son hailed as heir
North Korean leader Kim Jong-il dead, son hailed as heir
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Evan Ramstad / Wall Street Journal:
North Korean Leader Kim Jong Il Is Dead
North Korean Leader Kim Jong Il Is Dead
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Campaign 2012
Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Paul leads in Iowa — Newt Gingrich's campaign is rapidly imploding, and Ron Paul has now taken the lead in Iowa. He's at 23% to 20% for Mitt Romney, 14% for Gingrich, 10% each for Rick Santorum, Michele Bachmann, and Rick Perry, 4% for Jon Huntsman, and 2% for Gary Johnson.
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Washington Examiner:
GOP will take off the gloves if Ron Paul wins Iowa — The Republican presidential primary has become a bit feisty, but it will get downright ugly if Ron Paul wins the Iowa caucuses. — The principled, antiwar, Constitution-obeying, Fed-hating, libertarian Republican congressman …
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E.J. Dionne / The Moderate Voice:
Newt and the Revenge of the Base — WASHINGTON — It is one of the true delights of a bizarrely entertaining Republican presidential contest to watch the apoplectic fear and loathing of so many GOP establishmentarians toward Newt Gingrich. They treat him as an alien body whose approach to politics they have always rejected.
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Lucy Madison / CBS News:
Gingrich: Gov't branches should rule 2 out of 3
Gingrich: Gov't branches should rule 2 out of 3
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Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
Quote of the Day — At this week's debate for Republican …
Quote of the Day — At this week's debate for Republican …
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Alexander Bolton / Ballot Box:
Gingrich: Congress can send Capitol Police to arrest rogue judges
Gingrich: Congress can send Capitol Police to arrest rogue judges
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Jennifer Steinhauer / New York Times:
Payroll Tax Cut Rejected by House Republicans — WASHINGTON — The House Republican leader on Sunday flatly rejected a short-term, bipartisan Senate measure to extend a payroll tax break and unemployment insurance, setting the stage for a bitter year-end Congressional collision and the potential loss …
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David M. Drucker / Roll Call:
John Boehner: House GOP Will Reject Extenders Bill
John Boehner: House GOP Will Reject Extenders Bill
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Russell Berman / The Hill:
Speaker Boehner opposes Senate's two-month payroll tax cut extension
Speaker Boehner opposes Senate's two-month payroll tax cut extension
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Jeb Bush / Wall Street Journal:
Capitalism and the Right to Rise — In freedom lies the risk of failure. But in statism lies the certainty of stagnation. — Congressman Paul Ryan recently coined a smart phrase to describe the core concept of economic freedom: “The right to rise.” — Think about it.
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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Will China Break? — Consider the following picture: Recent growth has relied on a huge construction boom fueled by surging real estate prices, and exhibiting all the classic signs of a bubble. There was rapid growth in credit — with much of that growth taking place not through traditional banking …
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Michael Stone / Examiner:
California politician advocates assassination of Obama and family — Like this? Subscribe to get instant updates. — Facebook faux pas: California libertarian and Tea Party darling Jules Manson is caught calling for the assassination of President Barack Obama and his children.
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Reuters:
Callista Gingrich: A force behind the scenes for Newt — Callista's husband recently suggested to ABC News that she's an amalgamation of Nancy Reagan and Laura Bush, perhaps with a touch of Jackie Kennedy mixed in. — Kellyanne Conway, Gingrich's pollster and a friend of the couple, said …
Chris Edwards / Townhall.com:
Unemployment Insurance is an Expensive Free Lunch — Extending the extra unemployment insurance benefits would be bad for the federal budget and bad for the economy, and there is a better long-term solution for unemployment than the current UI system. — With respect to the budget …
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