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6:40 AM ET, May 18, 2012

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Joel B. Pollak / BREITBART.COM:
THE VETTING - EXCLUSIVE - OBAMA'S LITERARY AGENT IN 1991 BOOKLET: ‘BORN IN KENYA AND RAISED IN INDONESIA AND HAWAII’  —  Note from Senior Management:  —  Andrew Breitbart was never a “Birther,” and Breitbart News is a site that has never advocated the narrative of “Birtherism.”
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Taegan Goddard's Political Wire:
Literary Agent Says 1991 Booklet was a Mistake  —  Breitbart News reports on a promotional booklet produced in 1991 by Barack Obama's then-literary agency which describes the author as “born in Kenya and raised in Indonesia and Hawaii.”  —  Miriam Goderich issued the following statement to Political Wire:
Ben Shapiro / BREITBART.COM:
OBAMA'S LIT AGENCY USED ‘BORN IN KENYA’ BIO UNTIL 2007
Discussion: Erick's blog and The PJ Tatler
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Rahm Emanuel ‘livid,’ not returning calls from Ricketts family  —  Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel is not returning calls from the Ricketts family and is “livid” over a New York Times report that Joe Ricketts commissioned a proposal for a multimillion-dollar ad campaign linking President Obama …
Discussion: The Hill and Chicago Business
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New York Times:
Joe Ricketts Rejects Plan to Finance Anti-Obama Ads  —  Joe Ricketts, an up-by-the-bootstraps billionaire whose varied holdings include a name-brand brokerage firm in Omaha, a baseball team in Chicago, herds of bison in Wyoming and a start-up news Web site in New York, wanted to be a player in the 2012 election.
Discussion: Bangor Daily News and The Caucus
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
GOP struggles to banish ghost of Jeremiah Wright
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Mitt Romney stands by invocation of Rev. Wright
Guy Benson / Townhall.com:
EXCLUSIVE: Romney ‘Repudiates’ Conservative Group's Planned Rev. Wright Attacks
Maggie Haberman / Politico:
Romney invoked Wright with Hannity in the primary
New York Times:
‘Super PAC’ Plan to Link Obama to Rev. Wright
Jim Rutenberg / The Caucus:
Billionaire Rejects Proposal to Revive Jeremiah Wright Controversy
Orlando Sentinel:
Encounter between George Zimmerman and Trayvon Martin ‘avoidable,’ cops said in report  —  JACKSONVILLE - Newly released evidence in the case against George Zimmerman shows that Sanford Police believed the encounter between Zimmerman and Trayvon Martin was “ultimately avoidable,” if Zimmerman had …
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Associated Press:
THC found in Martin's blood  —  ORLANDO, Fla. — Medical examiners found evidence of marijuana in Trayvon Martin's system after he was fatally shot by a neighborhood watch volunteer, an autopsy report released Thursday shows.  —  The report was included in a large amount of evidence released …
CNN:
Autopsy: Drug THC found in Trayvon Martin's system  —  (CNN) — Trayvon Martin had drugs in his system when he was fatally shot earlier this year by George Zimmerman in Sanford, Florida, according to autopsy results released Thursday.  —  Martin's blood contained THC, which is the psychoactive ingredient …
USA Today:
Police report: Trayvon Martin's shooting was “avoidable”  —  Trayvon Martin's fatal encounter with George Zimmerman was “avoidable,” and the teen was not doing anything criminal at the time of their confrontation on Feb. 26, a report by Sanford, Fla., police says.
Discussion: CANNONFIRE and New York Magazine
Matt Gutman / ABCNEWS:
Trayvon Martin Had Drugs in System, Autopsy Found
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
Fox News:
Autopsy of Trayvon Martin reportedly shows fatal bullet fired from ‘intermediate range’
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
Sam Baker / The Hill:
Boehner: Keeping any parts of Obama health law ‘unacceptable’  —  House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) reiterated Thursday that he wants to repeal all of President Obama's healthcare law if the Supreme Court doesn't toss out the entire statute.  —  “We voted to fully repeal the president's healthcare law …
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Philip Klein / Campaign 2012:
Ryan: GOP won't offer Obamacare substitute in 2012
Democracy Now:
“End This Depression Now”: Paul Krugman Urges Public Spending, Not Deficit Hysteria, to Save Economy
Discussion: Prairie Weather
TMZ.com:
Donna Summer Dead — Disco Legend Dies After Battle with Lung Cancer  —  DEAD AT 63  —  EXCLUSIVE  —  9:27 AM PST- TMZ has learned ... Donna died from lung cancer.  Several sources are telling us Donna believed she contracted it by inhaling toxic particles after the 9/11 attack in New York City.
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Rolling Stone:
Donna Summer Dead at 63
Discussion: Lippmann's Ghost and Boing Boing
Caitlin McDevitt / Politico:
Ben Stein: Obama's not very smart  —  Is President Obama smart?  Ben Stein wouldn't put his money on it.  —  During an appearance on Fox News, the economist and actor said he doesn't consider the president to be very intelligent.  —  “Barack Obama is a smart man, you would say that, right?” host Bill O'Reilly asked.
Lizette Alvarez / New York Times:
Florida Tries to Clear Illegal Voters From Rolls  —  MIAMI — In an attempt to clear the voter rolls of noncitizens, a move that had set off criticism and a threatened lawsuit, Florida election officials decided on Thursday to use information from a federal database to check a list of 182,000 voters …
TEDChris:
TED and inequality: The real story  —  Today TED was subject to a story so misleading it would be funny... except it successfully launched an aggressive online campaign against us.  —  The National Journal alleged we had censored a talk because we considered the issue of inequality “too hot to handle.”
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DealBook:
Facebook Raises $16 Billion in I.P.O.  —  Facebook pulled it off.  —  As investors raced to get shares, the sprawling social network raised $16 billion on Thursday, in an initial public offering that valued Facebook at $104 billion.  —  The I.P.O. signals a rapid evolution for the company.
United States Department of Labor:
Skip to page content  —  Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis  —  EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION  —  Program Contact:  —  TRANSMISSION OF MATERIAL IN THIS RELEASE IS EMBARGOED UNTIL  —  (202) 693-4676  —  UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE WEEKLY CLAIMS REPORT  —  SEASONALLY ADJUSTED DATA
Discussion: Daily Kos, Economix, Hot Air and Reuters
 
 
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Wall Street Journal:
Bo's Ties to Army Alarmed Beijing
americanselect.org:
A Statement from Americans Elect
Michael Warren / Weekly Standard:
Who Is Deb Fischer?  —  On Tuesday night, Nebraska state senator …
Kevin Roderick / LA Observed:
Brad Sherman mailers come with (or without) mom *
Discussion: Politico, BuzzFeed and Ballot Box
John H. Cushman Jr / New York Times:
Senate Confirms 2 Fed Board Nominees
Discussion: The Maddow Blog
 Earlier Items: 
Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
NPR sees sharp downturn in advertising revenue, leading to talk of cuts
Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
Romney Registers Personal Best 50% Favorable Rating
Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Movement among black North Carolinians on gay marriage
Judson Berger / Fox News:
Florida Catholic school considers dropping student health plan, on heels of Ohio decision
Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:
Biden Calls Himself ‘Middle Class Joe,’ Owns Mansion
Discussion: Weasel Zippers