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Matthew Kemeny / PennLive.com:
Jerry Sandusky verdict: Sandusky found guilty of 45 of 48 abuse charges — BELLEFONTE — A Centre County jury has found former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky guilty of 45 counts of child sexual abuse. — Sandusky, a former Penn State assistant football coach …
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CBS News:
Sandusky found guilty in child sex abuse trial — PLAY CBS NEWS VIDEO — The Penn State Scandal — (CBS/AP) A jury has found Jerry Sandusky guilty on 45 of 48 counts Friday in his child sex abuse trial, believing prosecutors' portrayal of him as a serial molester who groomed his victims …
Philly.com:
Jerry Sandusky found guilty on 45 counts, led from court in handcuffs — BELLEFONTE, Pa. - A Centre County jury found Jerry Sandusky guilty of 45 counts of child sex abuse late Friday night, closing the first chapter in a scandal that tarnished a university and led to the ouster of four of its top administrators.
Ian Simpson / Reuters:
Sandusky found guilty on 45 of 48 sex abuse charges — (Reuters) - A jury found former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky guilty on 45 of 48 child sex abuse charges on Friday, ending a trial that rocked U.S. college football and renewed attention on pedophilia in America.
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Joe Drape / New York Times:
Penn State's Sandusky Convicted of Sexually Abusing Boys — BELLEFONTE, Pa. — Jerry Sandusky, a former Penn State assistant football coach, was convicted Friday of sexually abusing young boys, completing the downfall of a onetime local hero in a scandal that shook a proud Pennsylvania community …
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Laura Wilson / Barack Obama:
The Obama event registry — Got a birthday, anniversary, or wedding coming up? — Let your friends know how important this election is to you—register with Obama 2012, and ask for a donation in lieu of a gift. It's a great way to support the President on your big day.
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Politico:
Forkless Friday at Obama event — LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. —Does a fork or dinner knife pose an unacceptable danger to President Barack Obama? — One wouldn't think so, given the hundreds of lunches and dinners he's attended ranging from state dinners to political fundraisers to run-of-the-mill stops on the rubber-chicken circuit.
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Ian Swanson / The Hill:
GOP promises to rid nation of healthcare law — Republicans are using their weekly radio address to reiterate their promise to repeal President Obama's healthcare law. — The address is timed for this week's decision by the Supreme Court, which is set to announce its ruling on the controversial law as early as Monday.
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Jon Walker / Firedoglake:
The Health Care Lose-Lose Scenario Facing Democrats
The Health Care Lose-Lose Scenario Facing Democrats
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Brian Montopoli / CBS News:
Weekend of secrecy for big GOP donors — (CBS News) It's going to be a big weekend in the world of big conservative money: Both Mitt Romney and billionaire industrialist brothers David and Charles Koch are holding hush-hush events with wealthy donors designed to keep the dollars coming in.
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Elise Foley / The Huffington Post:
Obama NALEO Speech: Immigration Decision ‘Right Thing To Do’
Obama NALEO Speech: Immigration Decision ‘Right Thing To Do’
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Reid J. Epstein / Politico:
Obama blames GOP for playing ‘politics’ on immigration
Obama blames GOP for playing ‘politics’ on immigration
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Reuters:
U.S. Catholic priest found guilty in child abuse case — PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - A monsignor who oversaw hundreds of priests in the Philadelphia Archdiocese was found guilty on Friday of one count of endangering the welfare of a child, making him the first senior U.S. Roman Catholic Church official …
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Victor Fiorillo / blogs.phillymag.com:
What Happens When You Let Gay Philly Activists Into the White House — They pose for pics giving Ronald Reagan's portait the finger. — Last Friday, an attaché of important gay people from Philadelphia made a trip to Washington D.C. as invited guests of President Barack Obama …
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Pete Kasperowicz / The Hill:
House Republicans release final Holder contempt resolution — Republicans late Friday released the final version of the resolution asserting that Attorney General Eric Holder is in contempt of Congress for refusing to hand over documents related to the Fast and Furious gun-walking operation.
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The Right Scoop and Weasel Zippers
Guardian:
Saudi Arabia to fund Syria rebel army — Exclusive: Command centre in Turkey organising weapon supply to opposition — Saudi officials are preparing to pay the salaries of the Free Syria Army as a means of encouraging mass defections from the military and increasing pressure on the Assad regime, the Guardian has learned.
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Robert Costa / National Review:
Ryan Being Vetted for VP — I'm reliably informed that Representative Paul Ryan of Wisconsin, the Budget Committee chairman, has submitted paperwork to the Romney campaign. Sources confirm that he is being vetted for the vice-presidential nomination. — Ryan, one of the GOP's brightest young stars …
BuzzFeed:
Anti-Obama Artist Strikes Again — Jon McNaughton, the artist who depicted Obama burning the Constitution, has a new painting . He's aiming to sell it to the highest bidder, between $50,000 and $100,000. — McNaughton's new piece of art, “The Empowered Man”
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Alex Pareene / Salon:
Kathryn Jean Lopez: The saddest hack — It's time to take the National Review's Kathryn Jean Lopez seriously, as depressing as that is … Kathryn Jean Lopez is, as best I can tell, a Heritage Foundation intern who was awarded the job of “National Review Online Editor” …
Henry Blodget / Business Insider:
Corporate Profits Just Hit An All-Time High, Wages Just Hit An All-Time Low — In case you needed more confirmation that the priorities of US companies and the US economy are screwed up, here are three charts for you. — 1) Corporate profit margins just hit an all-time high.
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Ignazio Messina / Toledo Blade:
Wurzelbacher: Story of ad unfairly spun — House candidate says he 'wasn't talking about the Holocaust' in video — Facebook Twitter Reddit Digg E-mail Print Rss — Samuel “Joe the Plumber” Wurzelbacher is not backing down from an anti-gun-control video released by his campaign this week …
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James Pethokoukis / AEIdeas:
Sorry, Washington Post, Romney didn't get rich moving U.S. jobs overseas — In what is meant to be a bombshell political story, the Washington Post is attempting to paint Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney as a private equity boss who got rich by shipping American jobs overseas.
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