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Katrina Trinko / National Review:
CORRECTION — UPDATE: I took down my earlier post on Elizabeth Warren plagiarizing from the book Getting On the Money Track. On Amazon.com, the Warren book All Your Worth is listed as having been published January 9, 2006. As it turns out, that is the paperback publication date; the hardback book was published in March 2005.
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Alan Dershowitz / Algemeiner.com:
New Evidence is Consistent with George Zimmerman's Self Defense Claim — George Zimmerman. Photo: wiki commons. — A medical report by George Zimmerman's doctor has disclosed that Zimmerman had a fractured nose, two black eyes, two lacerations on the back of his head and a back injury on the day after the fatal shooting.
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John Zarrella / CNN:
Commercial space vehicle launch aborted — (CNN) — SpaceX aborted the historic launch of its Dragon spacecraft to the International Space Station on Saturday at the last second because of a rocket engine glitch. — The launch would the first attempt to send a private spacecraft to the space station.
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Amie Parnes / The Hill:
Fiscal issues loom as G8 summit opens with Iran, Syria talks — CAMP ROUND MEADOW, Md. - President Obama and other world leaders opened the Camp David G8 summit Friday evening discussing a “dual track” approach with Iran while also attempting to focus on the political transition in Syria.
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John Mercure / Local:
Mayor Barrett was meeting with union organizers when he missed police memorial — MILWAUKEE - It turns out, Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett was in Oshkosh talking with union organizers when he missed an event in Milwaukee honoring law enforcement in southeast Wisconsin, including Milwaukee Police officers.
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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
How White Will the Electorate Be? — Probably not quite this white. — Last month, Emory University political scientist Alan Abramowitz noticed something unusual. Most of the polling about the presidential race found President Obama leading Mitt Romney, by mid-to-high single digits.
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James Fallows / The Atlantic Online:
China Soft-Power Watch: the Yang Rui ‘Foreign Bitch’ Factor — This story is all over the China-hand blogosphere, and is so strange that at first I was sure it was a joke. But apparently it isn't. It involves the man below, shown in a WSJ screen shot, and here is the background to understand the fuss:
Patrick Marley / JSOnline:
Judge deals setback to state unions on dues withdrawals — By Patrick Marley of the Journal Sentinel — Madison - State unions were dealt a setback Friday when a federal judge said they would have to get their members to opt in, rather than opt out, to have the state deduct union dues from their paychecks.
John Hinderaker / Power Line:
Behind the Scenes at MSNBC — We wrote here about MSNBC's disgraceful attacks on Charles and David Koch and Koch Industries in connection with the Trayvon Martin shooting. Guest host Karen Finney said: … A few days later, Van Jones, a guest on MSNBC, said:
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Yahoo! News:
Advice to would-be Romney running mates: Run for the hills — Nothing is easier to mock in politics right now than the apparent reluctance of leading Republicans to sign on as Mitt Romney's second banana. A few weeks ago, Jon Stewart summarized the way that Rob Portman was plugging …
Tom Benning / Trail Blazers Blog:
George W. Bush to return to White House this month to be honored by President Obama with official portrait — Bush spokesman Freddy Ford said, “The Bushes are looking forward to being back in Washington and seeing some of their friends. They appreciate the Obamas' hospitality in hosting the portrait hanging.”
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Matt Negrin / ABCNEWS:
Bush and Romney Talk After Elevator Endorsement
Bush and Romney Talk After Elevator Endorsement
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Wall Street Journal:
Facebook Falls Back to IPO Price — Underwriters Stepped In to Support Social Network's Shares at Offering Price — Facebook Inc.'s public debut had plenty of buzz but not much pop. The shares opened 11% higher, but struggled to stay above their $38 offering price and ended the day up just 23 cents.
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Washington Post:
Americans Elect and the death of the third party movement — It ended with a whimper, not a bang. — Late Thursday night, Americans Elect, a much-ballyhooed group dedicated to securing ballot access for a serious third-party presidential candidate in 2012, issued a statement acknowledging failure.
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Akiva Novick / Ynetnews:
Medics attacked by Palestinians near Jerusalem — Emergency crew responding on scene of accident find themselves the target of violent mob — An emergency medical crew narrowly escaped being lynched this week while responding on the scene of an injurious car accident near Jerusalem, Yedioth Ahronoth reported Friday.
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Adam Serwer / Mother Jones:
House GOP Kills Proposal to Block Indefinite Detention of US Citizens — At least it's on the record: Most House Republicans support the indefinite detention without trial of American citizens. — During Thursday's floor debate over the latest national defense authorization act …
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Felicia Sonmez / Washington Post:
‘Birther’ controversy: Arizona election official says it's ‘possible’ Obama might not make ballot — Arizona's top election official said in a radio interview Thursday that it's “possible” President Obama may not make the state's November ballot due to unanswered questions about his birth certificate.
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House Democrats Introduce Voter Empowerment Act — SHARE: EMAIL PRINT FACEBOOK TWITTER — Today, House Democrats introduced the Voter Empowerment Act, comprehensive voting rights legislation to modernize our voter registration system, ensure equal access to the ballot box …
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Carl Campanile / New York Post:
Sorry, Charlie — Bill Clinton is abandoning his old ally Charles Rangel, who is fighting for his political life as he seeks re-election to a 22nd term, The Post has learned. — Harlem Rep. Rangel won't be getting an endorsement from the former president, who will sit out the primary, a Clinton source said.
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