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Murray Weiss / DNAinfo.com:
John Edwards is First Name Uncovered in ‘Millionaire Madam’ Investigation … MANHATTAN — A call girl working for alleged “Millionaire Madam” Anna Gristina told investigators she was paid to have sex with former U.S. Sen. John Edwards when he was in New York raising money for his failed presidential bid, DNAinfo has learned.
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New York Times:
Jeb Bush Endorses Romney; Aide Makes ‘Etch A Sketch’ Gaffe — WASHINGTON — Mitt Romney sought to use the coveted endorsement of Jeb Bush on Wednesday to amplify his call for Republicans to rally behind his candidacy and get on with the mission of ousting President Obama.
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Zeke Miller / BuzzFeed:
Romney Praises 2008 Bank Bailout
Romney Praises 2008 Bank Bailout
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Brent Budowsky / Pundits Blog:
Mitt ‘Etch A Sketch’ Romney, Ron ‘Etch A Sketch’ Paul, and the supreme hypocrisy of the GOP right
Mitt ‘Etch A Sketch’ Romney, Ron ‘Etch A Sketch’ Paul, and the supreme hypocrisy of the GOP right
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Michael O'Brien / msnbc.com:
Romney credits Bush, Wall St. bailout for avoiding depression
Romney credits Bush, Wall St. bailout for avoiding depression
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Salena Zito / PittsburghLIVE.com:
Jeb Bush: It's time to support Romney
Jeb Bush: It's time to support Romney
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Bill Maher / New York Times:
Please Stop Apologizing — THIS week, Robert De Niro made a joke about first ladies, and Newt Gingrich said it was “inexcusable and the president should apologize for him.” Of course, if something is “inexcusable,” an apology doesn't make any difference, but then again, neither does Newt Gingrich.
Josh Gerstein / Reuters:
Health law could hinge on wheat, pot and broccoli — The survival of President Barack Obama's signature health care law may come down to wheat, pot, guns — and a nagging question about broccoli. — Strange as it may seem, those diverse topics are apt to surface repeatedly during next week's arguments …
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George Judson / Latest Stories on Marketplace.org:
The Obama interview: Health care law ‘the right thing to do’ — To view this content, Javascript must be enabled and Adobe Flash Player must be installed. — Subscribe to podcast - Embed player - Audio player assistance - Pop-Up — Jeremy Hobson: The president will be talking energy today …
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Nicole Belle / Crooks and Liars:
Supreme Court Voids Part of Family Leave Act
Supreme Court Voids Part of Family Leave Act
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David G. Savage / Los Angeles Times:
Supreme Court expands defendant's rights in plea deals
Supreme Court expands defendant's rights in plea deals
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New York Times:
French Slaying Suspect Dead After Police Raid Hideout — TOULOUSE, France —A 23-year-old Frenchman who claimed responsibility for the killings of four men and three children died on Thursday after jumping from a balcony as security forces stormed the apartment where had been holed up for more than 30 hours …
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Obama's Keystone XL Visit A Potemkin Village Photo-Op — Politics: The president stages a photo-op in Oklahoma to take credit for the portion of the Keystone XL pipeline that doesn't need his approval and for oil production on private and state lands beyond his jurisdiction.
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Elizabeth Mendes / Gallup:
Americans Favor Keystone XL Pipeline — Republicans twice as likely as Democrats to say the government should approve it — WASHINGTON, D.C. — A solid majority of Americans think the U.S. government should approve of building the Keystone XL pipeline, while 29% think it should not.
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Jake Sherman / Politico:
How Paul Ryan sold his budget plan — The Paul Ryan budget was a political disaster last year for Republicans. This year the GOP had a much more methodical, careful rollout. — The party polled on Medicare in 50 battleground districts. It vetted the plan with a dozen conservative groups.
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Alec MacGillis / The New Republic:
When Romney Liked High Gas Prices — As he campaigns for president, Mitt Romney is ratcheting up his attacks on Barack Obama over high gas prices, putting the issue at the center of his economic message. He is calling for Obama to fire his Energy secretary, EPA administrator …
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Elizabeth Harrington / CNSNews:
Sandra Fluke Says She Didn't Know Target Sells Birth Control Pills for $9 — (CNSNews.com) - Thirty-year-old Georgetown Law student Sandra Fluke, who told a House Steering and Policy Committee hearing convened by House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi last month that contraception can cost …
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George F. Will / Washington Post:
The inexorable march of creative destruction — Retreat need not mean surrender. Still . . . — In 1886, a shipment of $25 watches from a Chicago jeweler was rejected by the addressee in Redwood Falls, Minn. The jeweler offered to sell the undeliverable goods for $12 apiece …
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Kalyn McMackin / The Daily Caller:
Va. middle-schoolers assigned opposition research on GOP candidates — A Virginia middle school teacher recently forced his students to support President Barack Obama's re-election campaign by conducting opposition research in class against the Republican presidential candidates.
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Byron Tau / Politico:
Obama: Solyndra ‘heartbreaking’ for the workers — President Obama, on a four-state energy swing, defended investments in clean and alternative energy amid questions about his administration's handling of loan guarantees for the solar company Solyndra — calling the company's bankruptcy …
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George Judson / Latest Stories on Marketplace.org:
The Obama interview: U.S. must invest in itself
The Obama interview: U.S. must invest in itself
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Judd Legum / ThinkProgress:
Opponents Of Florida's 2005 ‘Stand Your Ground’ Law Predicted ‘Racially Motivated Killings’ — SANFORD, FL — Nearly one month after shooting and killing Trayvon Martin, George Zimmerman remains a free man. The Sanford Police maintain that Zimmerman's conduct was legally justified under …
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Lauren Tara LaCapra / Reuters:
Goldman conducts company-wide email review: sources — (Reuters) - Goldman Sachs Group Inc has begun scanning internal emails for the term “muppet” and other evidence that employees referred to clients in derogatory ways, Chief Executive Lloyd Blankfein told partners in a conference call this week …
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Conor Friedersdorf / The Atlantic Online:
Why Politicians Can't Give Honest Answers About Military Service — I'd love to hear, just once in my life, a presidential candidate give a blunt and honest account of why he hasn't served. — In The New Republic, Alec MacGillis says one reason Mitt Romney has trouble connecting with Southern voters …
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Pete Kasperowicz / The Hill:
Senate Republicans propose interstate concealed-weapon bill — Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) and 28 other Senate Republicans on Tuesday introduced a bill that would allow people authorized to carry concealed weapons in their home state to do the same in other states that allow concealed carry, without requiring a federal permit.
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David Ignatius / Washington Post:
How al-Qaeda tried to control the media — Among the last known images of Osama bin Laden is a video seized at his compound the night he was killed, which shows the al-Qaeda leader hunched before a television screen studying a video of himself. It's testimony to bin Laden's obsession …
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Mitt Romney for President of the United States …:
Conservative Record — Mitt Romney spent his career in the private sector and used the lessons he learned in business to close a $3 billion budget gap without raising taxes and leave a $2 billion rainy day fund when he was governor. Mitt Romney will bring these principles to Washington …
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