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Alexander Burns / Politico:
Three polls in a row: Mass. a tie — Suffolk University had a poll last week showing Scott Brown and Elizabeth Warren separated by only 1 point in the Massachusetts. Today, two more surveys have the race too close to call: the Boston Globe has Brown up 2 points, while the Western …
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Michelle Malkin, masslive.com topics and Hotline On Call
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Boston Herald:
Records: Prof profited by buying, selling homes — Elizabeth Warren, who has railed against predatory banks and heartless foreclosures, took part in about a dozen Oklahoma real estate deals that netted her and her family hefty profits through maneuvers such as “flipping” properties, records show.
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Weasel Zippers, The PJ Tatler, The Lonely Conservative and Black & Right X
Robert Rizzuto / Union-News:
Elizabeth Warren lands party endorsement with record 95 percent support at Massachusetts Democratic Convention — SPRINGFIELD- To resounding cheers and applause, Democratic U.S. Senate hopeful Elizabeth Warren walked away from the state party's convention in Springfield as the official Democratic candidate …
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Christian Science Monitor, Weekly Standard and masslive.com topics
Noah Bierman / Boston Globe:
Elizabeth Warren on Scott Brown's heels in Globe poll
Elizabeth Warren on Scott Brown's heels in Globe poll
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Union-News, Hotline On Call, American Power, No More Mister Nice Blog, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Ballot Box and Politico
Brad Knickerbocker / Christian Science Monitor:
Amelia Earhart: New evidence tells of her last days on a Pacific atoll — New information gives a clearer picture of what happened 75 years ago to Amelia Earhart and navigator Fred Noonan, where they came down and how they likely survived - for a while, at least - as castaways on a remote island.
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Hot Air, Outside the Beltway and Gawker
Mike Flynn / BREITBART.COM:
MA DEMOCRATS: NO ENTRY TO CONVENTION WITHOUT PHOTO ID — In recent years, Democrats have argued that requiring voters to show photo IDs prior to voting is an egregious act of voter suppression. Ben Jealous, of the NAACP, has gone so far as to argue that such requirements are tantamount to modern-day Jim Crow laws.
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Igor Volsky / ThinkProgress:
Second Romney-Backed Solar Company Files For Bankruptcy — On Thursday, Mitt Romney campaigned at the headquarters of Solyndra — the first renewable energy company to receive a federal loan under the stimulus — and reiterated his debunked claims that its bankruptcy symbolized the corruption and cronyism of the Obama administration.
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Washington Examiner:
In tough fight with Romney, Obama longs for McCain — US Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama (L) and Republican John McCain stand together at the end of the final presidential debate at Hofstra University in Hempstead, New York, on October 15, 2008. (EMMANUEL DUNAND/AFP/Getty Images)
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NBC's Andrew Rafferty / msnbc.com:
Trump: Media are biggest threat to Romney's presidential campaign
Trump: Media are biggest threat to Romney's presidential campaign
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Mediaite and The Raw Story
BBC:
Mubarak jailed for protest deaths — An Egyptian court has sentenced ex-President Hosni Mubarak to life in prison for complicity in the killing of protesters during last year's uprising. — The 84-year-old is the first former leader to be tried in person since the start of the Arab Spring in early 2011.
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David D. Kirkpatrick / New York Times:
Egyptian Court Sentences Mubarak to Life in Prison
Egyptian Court Sentences Mubarak to Life in Prison
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Gothamist, Mashable!, Outside the Beltway and Macleans.ca
Ben Wedeman / CNN:
Egypt's Hosni Mubarak sentenced to life in prison for role in killing of protesters
Egypt's Hosni Mubarak sentenced to life in prison for role in killing of protesters
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US Politics
Kenneth Quinnell / Crooks and Liars:
Is Scott Walker Going to Be Indicted Soon? — On the Young Turks Friday, David Shuster claimed that he is almost certain that Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker will be indicted in the coming months for his role in the numerous scandals floating around his first campaign for governor.
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Uppity Wisconsin
Ann Althouse / Althouse:
“We're sending this mailing to you and your neighbors to publicize who does and does not vote.” — Incredibly creepy mail today from the Greater Wisconsin Political Fund: — I obscured names and addresses, but be assured, this was a list of real names and addresses of people who live near me …
Dara Kam / Palm Beach Post:
Florida voter purge gets pushback from elections supervisors, U.S. Justice — TALLAHASSEE — Florida elections supervisors said Friday they will discontinue a state-directed effort to remove names from county voter rolls because they believe the state data is flawed and because the U.S. Department …
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Rosie Gray / BuzzFeed:
Priebus Downplays Expectations In Wisconsin — GOP chairman manages expectations before the recall. “I'm not going to play into this narrative about whether or not the Democrats are letting up because I don't care.” — Priebus speaking to the crowd at a Tea Party rally in Wisconsin.
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Daily Mail:
Revealed: Victim of Canadian porn star cannibal is Chinese gay lover as police reveal ‘murderer’ is on the run in France... dressed as a woman — A man who filmed himself chopping up his lover before posting body parts to politicians was being hunted across Europe last night.
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Althouse, The Gateway Pundit and Riehl World View