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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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ABCNEWS, New York Times, The Gateway Pundit, The Moderate Voice and Scared Monkeys
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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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The Raw Story and Suburban Guerrilla
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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Prairie Weather, Outside the Beltway and Examiner
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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Doug Ross, The Caucus, Weasel Zippers and Riehl World View
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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The Gateway Pundit and The Moderate Voice
Reid J. Epstein / Politico:
Obama blames GOP for playing ‘politics’ on immigration
Obama blames GOP for playing ‘politics’ on immigration
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Weasel Zippers
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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Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion
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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TheBlaze.com, Independent Journal Review, Rush Limbaugh, Wonkette, Riehl World View and UrbanGrounds
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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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NewsBusters.org, National Review, Power Line, Jay Bookman, The Raw Story, Capital Hill, ABCNEWS and Crooks and Liars
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Alexander Burns / Politico:
Romney campaign: ‘outsourcing’ does not equal ‘offshoring’
Romney campaign: ‘outsourcing’ does not equal ‘offshoring’
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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 …
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” …
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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2012 Decoded, Outside the Beltway and Little Green Footballs
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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 (specifically, they're engineered to create a country of a few million overlords and 300+ million serfs), here are three charts for you:
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ThinkProgress, Donklephant and The Political Carnival
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”