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1:20 PM ET, June 17, 2012

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CNN:
Rodney King dead at 47  —  Los Angeles (CNN) — Rodney King, whose beating by Los Angeles police in 1991 was caught on camera and sparked riots after the acquittal of the four officers involved, was found dead in his swimming pool Sunday, authorities and his fiancee confirmed.  He was 47.
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TMZ.com:
Rodney King Dead at 47  —  See More: RODNEY KING , R.I.P. RODNEY KING  —  R.I.P.  —  6/17/2012 7:43 AM PDT BY TMZ STAFF  —  RODNEY KING  —  DEAD AT 47  —  EXCLUSIVE  —  UPDATE 9:27 AM PT — According to our sources, King's fiancée is telling friends King had been drinking …
Reid J. Epstein / Politico:
Romney dodges immigration questions  —  Mitt Romney refuses to say whether he'd repeal the Obama administration's decision to stop deporting certain undocumented immigrants.  —  In an interview with Bob Schieffer aired Sunday on CBS's “Face the Nation,” the presumptive Republican presidential …
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Ben Geman / Ballot Box:
Immigration ruling ‘fully within’ Obama powers, says adviser Plouffe  —  Senior White House adviser David Plouffe insisted Sunday that President Obama's decision to defer deportation of certain illegal immigrants who came to the country as children was “fully within” the president's authority and not made with the 2012 election in mind.
Lindsey Boerma / CBS News:
Romney: Immigration needs long-term fix, not stop-gap  —  (CBS News) President Obama's new policy allowing qualified children of illegal immigrants to remain in the United States is a short-term solution to a long-term problem, and was driven in “large part” by politics …
Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
Top GOP Pundit Bill Kristol Praises Obama Immigration Order As ‘The Right Thing To Do’  —  On Fox News Sunday this morning, host Chris Wallace asked Bill Kristol, a leading GOP pundit and apologist for the Iraq War, how he felt about President Obama's recent announcement that the Department …
Reid J. Epstein / Politico:
Plouffe denies administration leaked information
Discussion: CNN
David Plouffe / CNN:
Immigration change not political, Plouffe asserts
Discussion: Politico
Frances Martel / Mediaite:   Huckabee Defends Obama's Immigration Policy: 'It's An Admirable Thing'
William A. Jacobson / Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion:
Explain to me again why they are called “reporters”?  —  When Neil Munro shouted out a question to Obama yesterday as Obama was reading a statement in the Rose Garden about his unilateral thumbing of Congress and the American people in the eye, a firestorm of condemnation erupted among media-types on both the left and right.
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Nathaniel Popper / New York Times:
C.E.O. Pay Is Rising Despite the Din  —  YOU call this a revolution?  —  Probably the most-heard complaint about big business these days, one seemingly tailored for the 99 percent, is how much money corporate C.E.O.'s routinely pull down.  Many ordinary Americans probably cheered when stockholders …
Discussion: Hullabaloo
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Travis Waldron / ThinkProgress:   Average CEO Pay At Largest Companies Grew Twice As Fast As Worker Wages In 2011, Rising To $14.5 Million
Mike Allen / Politico:
Playbook: Prankster Mitt leaves note  —  How ya doin', Knucklesnorts?" http://mi.tt/LS1tAU  —  ROMNEY TO SCHIEFFER: “Europe is capable of dealing with their banking crisis if they choose to do so” ... PLOUFFE TO STEPHANOPOULOS: “This is within the power of the Europeans to act”
Washington Examiner:
‘Angry’ money gives funding edge to GOP and Romney  —  Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney speaks during a campaign event at the Cornwall Iron Furnace on June 16, 2012 in Cornwall, Pennsylvania.  Mr. Romney continues hs campaign swing through battle ground states …
Discussion: Betsy's Page
Tyler Cowen / New York Times:
Broken Trust Takes Time to Mend  —  PRESIDENT OBAMA caused a stir recently when he said that “the private sector is doing fine” and pinned many of the nation's economic troubles on a decline in public-sector employment.  He cited some interesting numbers, but he didn't draw the right lesson …
Discussion: xpostfactoid and EconLog
Rachel L. Swarns / New York Times:
DNA Gives New Insights Into Michelle Obama's Roots  —  REX, Ga. — Joan Tribble held tightly to her cane as she ventured into the overgrown cemetery where her people were buried.  There lay the pioneers who once populated north Georgia's rugged frontier, where striving white men planted corn and cotton …
Discussion: Althouse and Politico
Shay / CBS Charlotte:
New Law To Keep Booze Flowing For Democratic Convention  —  RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Adding a twist to blue laws in an increasingly red state, North Carolina's Republican-led legislature is toasting a measure intended to keep the booze flowing at the Democratic National Convention.
Discussion: Outside the Beltway
Atrios / Eschaton:
Tom Friedman, The Musical!  —  I guess “Tommy” has already been used.  Inspired somewhat by this, my long friendship with the man, and some suggests from the Twitter, here's what we have so far:  —  It's the tale of a wealthy white American who travels the world, blissfully unaware …
Cooper Smith Koch / The Huffington Post:
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Discussion: GLAAD
 
 
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Ben Geman / Ballot Box:
Romney says he'd still reject 10-to-1 budget cuts to revenue deal
Discussion: Hullabaloo
BuzzFeed:
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John_Frank / Raleigh News & Observer:
Beau Biden takes shot at Mitt Romney, hits Gov. Bev Perdue
Discussion: Moe Lane and The Daily Caller
Robert Stacy McCain / The Other McCain:
Team Kimberlin's Busted Hustle Now Beginning to Unravel Rapidly
Sam Dolnick / New York Times:
As Escapees Stream Out, a Penal Business Thrives
Discussion: Washington Monthly
Rick Santorum / CNN:
Santorum: On immigration, Obama ‘has not faithfully executed’ the law
Discussion: Politico and The Hill
Evan McMorris-Santoro / 2012.talkingpointsmemo.com:
TPM2012  —  Alberto Gonzales: Obama May Have Violated His Oath …
Lean Forward / msnbc.com:
The smartest guy in the room
Discussion: Daily Kos and Hullabaloo
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Haaretz:
Officials: Hamas ordered Grad attack on Israel at request of Muslim Brotherhood
Keith Laing / The Hill:
Highway bill running out of gas, as House, Senate negotiations stall
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Josh Rogin / Foreign Policy:
44 Senators urge Obama to cut off Iran negotiations unless progress made
Paul West / Los Angeles Times:
Romney: Obama fears Israeli attack on Iran more than Iran nukes
Discussion: Weasel Zippers and Israel Matzav
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