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10:20 AM ET, June 1, 2012

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Jeff Cox / CNBC:
US Creates 69,000 New Jobs, Unemployment Rate 8.2%  —  The American jobs engine hit stall speed in May, with the economy adding just 69,000 new jobs while the unemployment rate climbed to 8.2 percent.  —  As another summertime swoon looms, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported …
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Associated Press:
US economy added 69K jobs in May, fewest in a year  —  US economy added 69,000 jobs in May, fewest in a year; unemployment rate rose to 8.2 percent  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. economy suddenly looks a lot weaker.  —  U.S. employers created only 69,000 jobs in May, the fewest in a year, and the unemployment rate ticked up.
Timothy R. Homan / Bloomberg:
Employment In U.S. Increased 69,000 In May  —  American employers in May added the smallest number of workers in a year and the unemployment rate unexpectedly increased as job-seekers re-entered the workforce, further evidence that the labor-market recovery is stalling.
Discussion: Reuters, Instapundit and The Page
Lucia Mutikani / Reuters:
Job growth stumbles, boosting pressure on Fed  —  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Job growth braked sharply in May and the unemployment rate rose for the first time since June, putting pressure on the Federal Reserve to ease monetary policy further to shore up the sputtering recovery.
Shaila Dewan / New York Times:
Weak U.S. Hiring Adds to Global Gloom  —  The United States economy gained a net 69,000 jobs in May, the Labor Department said Friday, a dismal showing that reflected mounting evidence of a global slowdown.  The unemployment rate rose to 8.2 percent from 8.1 in April, largely because more people began looking for work.
Discussion: Power Line, Economix and The Caucus
Peter Morici / Fox News:
What to expect from Friday's jobs report
Discussion: Weasel Zippers and Campaign 2012
Bill Clinton / CNN:
TRENDING: Bill Clinton, predicting Obama win, calls Romney's business career ‘sterling’  —  (CNN) - Former President Bill Clinton, a stalwart backer of President Barack Obama who's already helped the incumbent Democrat raise funds for his re-election bid, said Thursday that Mitt Romney had a …
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BuzzFeed:
Mitt Romney Wins Over The Right By Confronting Obama  —  Behind his confrontational strategy: A bet that the base cares more about grit than policy, and doesn't want him to apologize for Donald Trump.  “This is right out of Breitbart's playbook,” says Thor.  —  Romey, in front of Solyndra Thursday.
CNN:
Romney campaign out with third ‘Day One’ TV ad
Byron Tau / Politico:
Bill Clinton: Mitt Romney's business record ‘sterling’
David E. Sanger / New York Times:
Obama Order Sped Up Wave of Cyberattacks Against Iran  —  WASHINGTON — From his first months in office, President Obama secretly ordered increasingly sophisticated attacks on the computer systems that run Iran's main nuclear enrichment facilities, significantly expanding America's …
Monica Davey / New York Times:
Recall Election Could Foretell November Vote  —  WAUKESHA, Wis. — If this was ever an election just about Wisconsin, it is far more than that now.  —  With more than $30 million raised from conservative donors, many of them from other states, and visits from a who's who of high-profile Republican governors …
Discussion: Althouse, The Page and FOX6Now.com
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Washington Examiner:
York: On wrong side of issues, Obama avoids Wisc.
Discussion: Shot in the Dark and hogewash
Kevin Bogardus / Ballot Box:
Public sector union head says Dems could do more for Wisconsin recall
Brian McGrory / The Boston Globe:
Warren: 'I won't deny who I am'  —  Elizabeth Warren, outside her childhood home in Norman, Okla., last year.  She said her parents had to elope because her father's family disapproved of her mother's Native American ancestry.  —  She has given clumsy answers, evaded questions …
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Hillary Chabot / Boston Herald:
Cherokees to protest Warren at convention
Ryan J. Reilly / tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com:
TPMMuckraker  —  Justice Department Demands Florida Stop Purging Voter Rolls  —  The Justice Department sent a letter to Florida Secretary of State Ken Detzner Thursday evening demanding the state cease purging its voting rolls because the process it is using has not been cleared under the Voting Rights Act, TPM has learned.
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Lizette Alvarez / New York Times:
Judge Opposes Restrictions on Florida's Voter Groups
Joseph Williams / Politico:   DOJ eyes Florida voter roll purge of non-U.S. citizens
Mark Landler / New York Times:
Wisecracks in White House As Bush Portrait Is Unveiled  —  WASHINGTON — When former President George W. Bush returned to the White House on Thursday to unveil his official portrait, he brought along his wife, Laura; his parents, George and Barbara; daughters, Jenna and Barbara …
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Hans Nichols / Bloomberg:
Obama Tells Donors Health-Care Fight May Loom After Court Rules
Mike Riggs / Hit & Run:
White House Visitor Logs Show Barack Obama Has Spent More Time With George Clooney Than DEA Chief Michele Leonhart
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
CBS News:
Romney gives Obama an “F” across the board  —  PLAY CBS NEWS VIDEO  —  (CBS News) In an interview with CBS News political correspondent Jan Crawford, presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney said he would give President Obama an “F” in every area, including foreign policy.
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Washington Post:
John Edwards should not be retried  —  THE ACQUITTAL Thursday of former North Carolina senator and Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards on one count of accepting illegal campaign contributions, and the jurors' inability to reach a unanimous verdict on five other counts …
Discussion: Daily Kos, Booman Tribune and Gawker
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Alex Alvarez / Mediaite:
CNN's Ashleigh Banfield: Pedophilia, Incest Often ‘Not By Choice,’ But Being Gay Is ‘A Lifestyle Choice’  —  On Thursday morning, Early Start co-anchor Ashleigh Banfield felt compelled to weigh in on a story involving New Hope Baptist Church's Pastor Curtis Knapp, who made headlines for saying …
Pete Kasperowicz / The Hill:
House members slam Obama on closing Yucca Mountain nuclear waste site  —  Republicans and Democrats in the House slammed the Obama administration's plan to close the nuclear waste disposal site at Yucca Mountain in Nevada, as both praised a bill that would keep that site open …
WHBF-TV:
Controversial family book in Erie schools  —  A book aimed at preventing bullying at Erie Elementary is creating a lot of controversy.  —  Some parents are all riled up about what it's telling kids is acceptable.  —  Parents in Erie, Illinois said “The Family Book” has got to go.
Discussion: ThinkProgress
ABCNEWS:
President Obama Hosts 6 Fundraisers Friday on Minneapolis, Chicago Visit  —  President Obama will jump-start what looks to be a major June fundraising push with six money events today in Minneapolis and Chicago - the most fundraisers he's held in a single day since launching his bid for a second term.
kff.org:
Kaiser Health Tracking Poll — May 2012  —  The May Health Tracking Poll focuses on the public's perceptions and reactions to women's reproductive health reemerging as a heated issue in policy debates and news and its potential impact on the upcoming presidential election.
Brian Z. Tamanaha / New York Times:
How to Make Law School Affordable  —  THE economics of legal education are broken.  The problem is that the cost of a law degree is now vastly out of proportion to the economic opportunities obtained by the majority of graduates.  The average debt of law graduates tops $100,000 …
 
 
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About FDA  —  Response to Petition from Corn Refiners Association …
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