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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.
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Michelle Malkin, GOP 12, The Gateway Pundit and Scared Monkeys
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.
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Reuters, International Liberty, Instapundit and The Page
Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Jobs Growth Slowed Sharply in May — Payrolls Rise by Just 69,000; Jobless Rate Ticks Up to 8.2% — WASHINGTON—U.S. job growth slowed sharply in May, the latest indication that the economy has lost momentum. — Nonfarm payrolls grew by a 69,000 last month, the Labor Department said Friday, the smallest gain in a year.
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White House Dossier and The Lonely Conservative
David Hogberg / Investor's Business Daily:
Core 25-54 Employment Rates Still Near Historic Lows — The unemployment rate rose slightly to 8.2% in May, holding above 8% for the 40th straight month, the Labor Department reported Friday. But actual employment rates of core working age Americans suggests the true jobs situation is even worse.
Shaila Dewan / New York Times:
Weak U.S. Hiring Adds to Global Gloom
Weak U.S. Hiring Adds to Global Gloom
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Power Line, Economix and The Caucus
Lucia Mutikani / Reuters:
Job growth stumbles, boosting pressure on Fed
Job growth stumbles, boosting pressure on Fed
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GOP 12, Roger L. Simon and Vodkapundit
ThinkProgress:
Morning Briefing: Disappointing Jobs Report Calls GOP's Austerity Policies Into Question
Morning Briefing: Disappointing Jobs Report Calls GOP's Austerity Policies Into Question
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The Hope For America, Weasel Zippers and americanthinker.com
Peter Morici / Fox News:
What to expect from Friday's jobs report
What to expect from Friday's jobs report
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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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Ryan J. Reilly / tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com:
TPMMuckraker — Justice Department Demands Florida Stop Purging Voter Rolls
TPMMuckraker — Justice Department Demands Florida Stop Purging Voter Rolls
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ThinkProgress, Firedoglake, theGrio, Joe. My. God. and Talking Points Memo
John Nolte / BREITBART.COM:
WHEN ROMNEY FIGHTS BACK, POLITICO DECLARES THE DAY ‘NASTY’
WHEN ROMNEY FIGHTS BACK, POLITICO DECLARES THE DAY ‘NASTY’
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Politico, Betsy's Page, Washington Examiner, Power Line, americanthinker.com, ABCNEWS and PoliPundit.com
Lizette Alvarez / New York Times:
Judge Opposes Restrictions on Florida's Voter Groups
Judge Opposes Restrictions on Florida's Voter Groups
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Washington Post, Taegan Goddard's … and Firedoglake
CNN:
Romney campaign out with third ‘Day One’ TV ad
Romney campaign out with third ‘Day One’ TV ad
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Politico, The Caucus, The Moderate Voice and The PJ Tatler
Byron Tau / Politico:
Bill Clinton: Mitt Romney's business record ‘sterling’
Bill Clinton: Mitt Romney's business record ‘sterling’
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CNN, NY Daily News, Weasel Zippers, msnbc.com, ABCNEWS and Washington Post
Scott Keyes / ThinkProgress:
BREAKING: Federal Judge Blocks Florida Voter Suppression Law
BREAKING: Federal Judge Blocks Florida Voter Suppression Law
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Shakesville, The Maddow Blog, New York Times, Brennan Center for Justice, Election Law Blog, Firedoglake and Daily Kos
Joseph Williams / Politico:
DOJ eyes Florida voter roll purge of non-U.S. citizens
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 …
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Washington Examiner:
York: On wrong side of issues, Obama avoids Wisc.
York: On wrong side of issues, Obama avoids Wisc.
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Hot Air, Shot in the Dark, hogewash and Wall Street Journal
Kevin Bogardus / Ballot Box:
Public sector union head says Dems could do more for Wisconsin recall
Public sector union head says Dems could do more for Wisconsin recall
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Politico, Alan Colmes' Liberaland, The Raw Story, CNN, Washington Free Beacon and Washington Post
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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Weekly Standard, Politico, The Hill, Ballot Box, Weasel Zippers, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion and Boston Globe
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Hillary Chabot / Boston Herald:
Cherokees to protest Warren at convention
Cherokees to protest Warren at convention
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MFS - The Other News, National Review and Weekly Standard
Hans Nichols / Bloomberg:
Obama Tells Donors Health-Care Fight May Loom After Court Rules — Obama Needs More Time to Redo Health Care — President Barack Obama is confiding to Democratic donors that he may have to revisit the health-care issue in a second term, a position at odds with his publicly expressed confidence …
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ABCNEWS, Campaign 2012, The Lonely Conservative, Washington Post and National Review
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Anupama Narayanswamy / Sunlight Foundation …:
Big donors to Democratic super PACs visited White House
Mark Landler / New York Times:
Wisecracks in White House As Bush Portrait Is Unveiled
Wisecracks in White House As Bush Portrait Is Unveiled
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AMERICAN DIGEST, Outside the Beltway, The Reaction, Sense of Events and Shakesville
Dareh Gregorian / New York Post:
DC Comics Green Lantern relaunched as gay superhero — One of DC Comics oldest heroes is super-coming out. — The original Green Lantern - a DC Comics mainstay for the past 70 years - will be revealed to be a gay man in next week's issue of “Earth 2.” — Alan Scott - formerly …
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Hit & Run, The New Civil Rights Movement, Weasel Zippers, Gawker, The Daily Caller, Guardian and The Jawa Report
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Darren Franich / PopWatch:
DC reveals gay superhero: James Robinson discusses the new (old) Green Lantern
DC reveals gay superhero: James Robinson discusses the new (old) Green Lantern
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Towleroad News #gay and BuzzFeed
Russell Goldman / ABCNEWS:
Tensions Inside John Edwards Jury Room — In nine long days of deliberations, tension occasionally escalated in a North Carolina jury room as eight men and four women debated the guilt of John Edwards, who was on trial for allegedly using money from wealthy donors to cover up an affair and love child.
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New York Times:
For Edwards, Mistrial on 5 of 6 Counts
For Edwards, Mistrial on 5 of 6 Counts
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NPR, BuzzFeed, americanthinker.com, CNN, The Caucus, Politico, msnbc.com, Althouse and Guardian
Amanda Marcotte / Salon:
Justice for John Edwards
Justice for John Edwards
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CANNONFIRE, The Atlantic Online, Lawyers, Guns & Money, Mother Jones and Suburban Guerrilla
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 …
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ThinkProgress, Towleroad News #gay, LGBTQ Nation and Advocate
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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.
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Washington Monthly, American Prospect, The Moderate Voice, Daily Kos, Hugh Hewitt's TownHall Blog, BuzzFeed and GOP 12
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.
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Wall Street Journal:
Holder's Racial Incitement — When looking for the Attorney General's motives, think lower. — The United States of America has a black President whose chief law enforcement officer, Attorney General Eric Holder, is also black. They have a lot of political power. So how are they using it?
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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 …
Justin Sink / The Hill:
Obama apologizes in writing for ‘Polish death camp’ verbal gaffe — President Obama has penned a letter of apology expressing “regret” over using the phrase “Polish death camps” in a ceremony earlier this week, which has drawn heavy criticism from Polish officials.
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