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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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CBS News:
Kim Jong Il, N. Korean dictator, dies at 69 — PLAY CBS NEWS VIDEO — North Korea'S “Dear Leader” Dies — PYONGYANG, North Korea - Even as the world changed around him, North Korean leader Kim Jong Il remained firmly in control, ruling absolutely at home and keeping the rest of the world on edge through a nuclear weapons program.
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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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Chico Harlan / Washington Post:
Kim Jong Il, North Korean leader, is dead at age 69
Kim Jong Il, North Korean leader, is dead at age 69
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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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Bill Austin / Bloomberg:
Kim Jong Il, North Korea's ‘Dear Leader’ Dictator, Dead at 70
Kim Jong Il, North Korea's ‘Dear Leader’ Dictator, Dead at 70
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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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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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Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Paul Moves Into Lead in Iowa Forecast — Our Iowa forecasts, which are designed to be quite aggressive, have had a big reaction to the new Public Policy Polling survey published late Sunday evening. The poll showed Newt Gingrich's support slipping badly in Iowa and Ron Paul moving into the lead.
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Julie Hirschfeld Davis / Bloomberg:
Paul's Raw Milk Freedom Pitch Reflects Offbeat Campaign on Rise
Paul's Raw Milk Freedom Pitch Reflects Offbeat Campaign on Rise
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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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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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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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New York Times:
Retirement Deal Keeps Bain Money Flowing to Romney — Almost 13 years ago, Mitt Romney left Bain Capital, the successful private equity firm he had helped start, and moved to Utah to rescue the Salt Lake City Olympic Games and begin a second career in public life.
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Robert Cruickshank:
Occupy the Progressive Movement — It was during the fifth or sixth major argument within the netroots in 2011 about the Obama Administration that the first protestors attempted to Occupy Wall Street in mid-September. Within days the talk of primary challenges, donor strikes …
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Reuters:
Exclusive: Secret U.S., Taliban talks reach turning point — (Reuters) - After 10 months of secret dialogue with Afghanistan's Taliban insurgents, senior U.S. officials say the talks have reached a critical juncture and they will soon know whether a breakthrough is possible …
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Chris Casteel / Daily Oklahoman:
Senators block Oklahoma City federal prosecutor from judge post — WASHINGTON — Faced with unrelenting — and mostly unexplained — opposition from Oklahoma's senators, the U.S. Senate on Saturday sent back to the White House the nomination of Arvo Mikkanen to be a federal judge in Tulsa.
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Joseph Curl / Washington Times:
One president, please, with a side of Rice — ANALYSIS/OPINION: — Republican diners haven't yet picked their entree, but they've narrowed it down to the steak or the fish. Still, just as interesting as their main course will be their side selection: Will they go for a drab salad, or something more exciting?
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CNN:
TRENDING: Bachmann pauses in Iowa tour to talk ‘myth’ of Kinsey Report — Clarion, Iowa (CNN) - Republican presidential contender Michele Bachmann continued her super-charged bus tour across Iowa Sunday, attending several more events to shake hands and sign autographs.
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Jonathan Easley / Ballot Box:
Des Moines Register editor: Romney can ‘bridge’ partisan divide — The editor for the Des Moines Register said his paper endorsed Mitt Romney for the GOP presidential nomination over the weekend in part because the other candidates would contribute to the partisan gridlock that currently grips Washington.
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