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4:00 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 — Face of L.A. Riots Dies at 47  —  DEAD AT 47  —  EXCLUSIVE  —  UPDATE 9:27 AM PT — According to our sources, King's fiancée is telling friends King had been drinking and smoked weed in the hours before his death.  —  Rodney King — the man who was at the center …
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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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 …
Reuters:
Romney accuses Obama of political motivation on immigration  —  (Reuters) - Republican presidential challenger Mitt Romney accused President Barack Obama on Sunday of political motivation in offering work permits to hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants brought to the United States as children …
Lindsey Boerma / CBS News:
Romney: Immigration needs long-term fix, not stop-gap
Reid J. Epstein / Politico:
Plouffe denies administration leaked information
Discussion: CNN
Joe Weisenthal / Business Insider:
HOLD EVERYTHING!  Party Infighting Means Greece Still Might Not Have A Government  —  UPDATE 3:21 PM ET, SEE MORE BELOW:  —  New Democracy leader Antonio Samaras just gave his “victory” speech, saying that Greeks have voted for growth, and to stay in the Euro.  —  It was a very short speech deliered in both Greek and English.
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James Pethokoukis / The Enterprise Blog:
Greek election results: What they mean for Greece, the euro, the EU — and beyond  —  Based on final exit polls, Greece's New Democracy party will — narrowly — be the leading vote getter in today's big elections in Greece, edging out left-wing coalition Syriza.
Discussion: Business Insider
CNN:
Romney sees bright side of rain-soaked campaign event  —  Brunswick, Ohio (CNN) - Everyone was drenched by the time Mitt Romney arrived at his Father's Day pancake breakfast in Ohio, but the GOP candidate turned the lousy weather into a metaphor for the 2012 presidential race.
Discussion: Politico
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John Barrasso / CNN:
Lawmakers mum on health care contingency plans
Discussion: Politico
David Plouffe / CNN:
TRENDING: Immigration change not political, Plouffe asserts
Discussion: Politico
BuzzFeed:
The Real Story Of Barack Obama  —  A new biography finally challenges Obama's famous memoir.  And the truth might not be quite as interesting as the president, and his enemies, have imagined.  —  David Maraniss's new biography of Barack Obama is the first sustained challenge to Obama's control …
Bonnie Kavoussi / Reuters:
Roberto Unger, Obama's Former Harvard Law School Professor, Says The President ‘Must Be Defeated’ … REACT:  —  FOLLOW:  —  Barack Obama , Elections 2012, Video, Obama Roberto Unger, Obama Unger, Obama Unger HLS, Obama Unger Harvard Law School, President Obama Roberto Unger …
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
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
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
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”
Gwen Florio / Missoulian:
Montana GOP convention features bullet-riddled ‘Obama outhouse’  —  Political conventions often feature unique offerings.  But the gun/shovel/duct tape raffle and the bullet-"pocked" outhouse at the Montana GOP convention might have pushed the envelope.  —  Former GOP presidential candidate …
John_Frank / Raleigh News & Observer:
Beau Biden takes shot at Mitt Romney, hits Gov. Bev Perdue  —  Beau Biden, the son of the Democratic vice president, went “off script,” as he called it, to fire a shot a Republican Mitt Romney but hit Gov. Bev Perdue at the same time.  —  At the N.C. Democratic Party's annual fundraising dinner …
Cooper Smith Koch / The Huffington Post:
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Discussion: GLAAD and Towleroad News #gay
 
 
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Cristina Corbin / Fox News:
Conservative bloggers taking precautions over ‘SWAT-ing’ attacks
Terence P. Jeffrey / CNSNews:
Obama Celebrates Anti-Police Riot Started at Mafia-Owned Bar for Transvestites
Ben Geman / Ballot Box:
Romney says he'd still reject 10-to-1 budget cuts to revenue deal
Discussion: Hullabaloo
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
Rachel L. Swarns / New York Times:
DNA Gives New Insights Into Michelle Obama's Roots
Evan McMorris-Santoro / 2012.talkingpointsmemo.com:
TPM2012  —  Alberto Gonzales: Obama May Have Violated His Oath …
 Earlier Items: 
Lean Forward / msnbc.com:
The smartest guy in the room
Discussion: Daily Kos and Hullabaloo
Tyler Cowen / New York Times:
Broken Trust Takes Time to Mend
Discussion: xpostfactoid and EconLog
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
Discussion: Prairie Weather
Josh Rogin / Foreign Policy:
44 Senators urge Obama to cut off Iran negotiations unless progress made
Atrios / Eschaton:
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