memeorandum: Power outages could last for days (Washington Post)

10:40 AM ET, July 1, 2012

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Power outages could last for days — Daybreak Sunday found 789,358 in the Washington region still without power, facing another sweltering day and the prospect of returning to work Monday before electricity is restored to their homes. — Many roads made impassable by fallen trees …

Discussion: Outside the Beltway, americanthinker.com, New York Times and Taylor Marsh

CNN:
Storms cut power to millions

Discussion: This Just In and The Atlantic Cities

Washington Post:
D.C. thunderstorms knock out power across region, leaving at least 5 dead

Discussion: GigaOM, CBS DC, Los Angeles Times and New York Magazine

New York Times:

Bain Attacks Make Inroads for President — Propelled by a torrent of blistering television advertisements, President Obama is successfully invoking Mitt Romney's career at Bain Capital to raise questions about Mr. Romney's commitment to the middle class, strategists in both parties say …

Discussion: Politico, Hullabaloo and Prairie Weather

John Yoo / Wall Street Journal:

Chief Justice Roberts and His Apologists — Some conservatives see a silver lining in the ObamaCare ruling. But it's exactly the big-government disaster it appears to be. — White House judge-pickers sometimes ask prospective nominees about their favorite Supreme Court justice.

Discussion: The Volokh Conspiracy, americanthinker.com, The Lonely Conservative, Concurring Opinions, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Sense of Events, Washington Examiner, The Impolitic, emptywheel and Ricochet Conversations Feed

Lloyd Grove / The Daily Beast:

Obama's In-Flight Cash Plea — In an anxious conference call from Air Force One, Obama asked campaign donors to send more money. Lloyd Grove obtained the tape and describes the presidential pitch. — President Obama sounded weary and maybe a tad worried late Friday during …

Discussion: Gawker, Mediaite, The PJ Tatler, Michelle Malkin, NewsBusters.org blogs and Washington Examiner

Molly K. Hooper / The Hill:

GOP lawmakers: Romney needs to distance himself from Bush — Republican lawmakers say Mitt Romney should distance himself from former President George W. Bush. — Such a move, they say, would take away a key political advantage from President Obama, who has repeatedly suggested Romney …

Discussion: Daily Kos

Jo Becker / New York Times:

E-Mails Indicate Paterno Role in '01 Silence About Sandusky — Joe Paterno appears to have played a greater role than previously known in Penn State's handling of a 2001 report that Jerry Sandusky had sexually assaulted a boy in a university shower, according to a person with knowledge …

Susan Candiotti / CNN:
Disturbing e-mails could spell more trouble for Penn State officials

Discussion: Towleroad News #gay, Ricochet Conversations Feed and Lawyers, Guns & Money

Gary Fineout / NBC 6 Miami:

Gov. Scott Says Fla. Won't Comply with Health Care Law — The governor announced Friday night the state would not expand the Medicaid program to lower number of uninsured residents — South Florida health care experts and politicians were quick to react Thursday to the to Supreme Court's decision …

Philip Rucker / Washington Post:

Mitt Romney's summer vacation full of competitive sports and family meetings — WOLFEBORO, N.H. — This weekend, Mitt Romney is starting his annual summer vacation on his lakefront compound here — a week of fun and family, though not entirely carefree. — The Romneys, 30 in all these days …

Discussion: Althouse

Karoli / Crooks and Liars:

Mitt Romney Wants Americans To ‘Get All The Education They Can Afford’ — What a shining example this is of Mitt Romney's policy ideas. In his stump speech yesterday, he mocked President Obama's vision of fairness and opportunity for all by saying he agreed with it.

Discussion: Alan Colmes' Liberaland and The Reaction

Joe Romm / ThinkProgress:

NBC Meteorologist On Record Heat Wave: 'If We Did Not Have Global Warming, We Wouldn't See This' — Tweet of the heat wave, from the National Weather Service: — It is friggin' hot! — How hot is it? It's so hot that all-time records are being set in June: “Nashville has reached …

Discussion: Dr. Jeff Masters' WunderBlog, Booman Tribune and Climate Central

Angela K. Brown / Associated Press:

Hood shooting suspect again barred from court — FORT HOOD, Texas — A military judge ruled Friday against delaying the trial of the Fort Hood shooting suspect, an Army psychiatrist who remains banned from the courtroom because his beard violates Army regulations.

Discussion: Scared Monkeys, Jihad Watch and Weasel Zippers

Greta Christina / Salon:

Why are believers ignorant about atheists? — When believers talk about atheists, they often don't bother to talk to any first. What are they afraid of? — The director of the Sistine Chapel Choir, Monsignor Massimo Paolombella arrives for an interview with The Associated Press, in Rome.

Discussion: Hullabaloo