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Dan Pfeiffer / White House.gov Blog:
Fact Check: The Bust of Winston Churchill — Lately, there's been a rumor swirling around about the current location of the bust of Winston Churchill. Some have claimed that President Obama removed the bust of Winston Churchill from the Oval Office and sent it back to the British Embassy.
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Jake Tapper / ABCNEWS:
Is the Churchill Bust Controversy a Total Bust?
Is the Churchill Bust Controversy a Total Bust?
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Outside the Beltway, Mediaite, Washington Examiner and Hot Air
CNN:
Busted: Two statues amount to one Churchill bust of a controversy
Busted: Two statues amount to one Churchill bust of a controversy
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The Political Carnival and Weasel Zippers
Charles Krauthammer / Washington Post:
Why he's going where he's going — A generation ago, it was the three I's.
Why he's going where he's going — A generation ago, it was the three I's.
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Politico, BuzzFeed, Hot Air, The PJ Tatler, USA Today and Taylor Marsh
Emily Friedman / ABCNEWS:
Romney ‘Looking Forward’ To Returning Churchill Bust to White House
Romney ‘Looking Forward’ To Returning Churchill Bust to White House
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JOSHUAPUNDIT, Atlanta Black Star and ABCNEWS
Meghashyam Mali / The Hill:
Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. treated for depression at Mayo Clinic — Democratic Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr., who has been absent from Capitol Hill since mid-June, is receiving treatment for depression. — The Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota said the Illinois lawmaker had arrived at the healthcare center for …
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Traci Klein / Mayo Clinic News:
Statement by Congressman Jesse Jackson, Jr., distributed by Mayo Clinic — Rochester, Minn. — Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr. has arrived at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., for extensive inpatient evaluation for depression and gastrointestinal issues. — Further information will be released …
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The Hinterland Gazette and msnbc.com
Sarah Lyall / New York Times:
A 5-Ring Circus: Olympic Opening Is Oddly, Confidently British — LONDON — With its hilariously quirky Olympic opening ceremony, a wild jumble of the celebratory and the fanciful; the conventional and the eccentric; and the frankly off-the-wall, Britain presented itself to the world Friday night …
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Daily Mail:
Michelle Obama goes for stunning all-white look to take on Duchess Kate in dazzling fashion face-off at Buckingham Palace — The look continues the red, white and blue fashion theme she has been maintaining since her arrival in London this morning — The event preceded …
Rahm Emanuel / nbcchicago.com:
Rahm Clarifies Chick-fil-A Stance — After a national conversation blew up this week over the role of legislature and small business, Mayor Rahm Emanuel wants to set the record straight on how he feels about Chick-fil-A. — Emanuel press secretary Tarrah Cooper called Friday to clarify …
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Boston Globe, Weasel Zippers, Ed Driscoll, Politico and Hot Air
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Colin Campbell / Politicker:
Mayor Bloomberg: Chick-fil-A Ban ‘Not Going to Happen’ in NYC
Mayor Bloomberg: Chick-fil-A Ban ‘Not Going to Happen’ in NYC
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Joe. My. God., Advocate, The Huffington Post, Towleroad News #gay and Gothamist
Aaron Kalman / The Times of Israel:
Hosts accept coach's demand, and separate the teams with makeshift barrier — Two of Israel's judokas, Arik Zeevi (right) and Alice Schlesinger at the entrance to the Israeli building at the Olympic village, July 26 (photo credit: courtesy of the Israeli Olympic Committee)
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americanthinker.com, Algemeiner.com, The PJ Tatler, Weasel Zippers and Atlas Shrugs
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Joshua Rhett Miller / Fox News:
Catholic business owners score win against ObamaCare mandate — The owners of Hercules Industries — from left to right, James Newland, Paul Newland, William Newland, Andrew Newland — won an injunction to stop the Obama administration's health care mandate that requires employers provide coverage …
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LifeNews.com, The Gateway Pundit, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion and The Anchoress
Daily Mail:
THE YOUNG ATHLETES CHOSEN TO LIGHT THE OLYMPIC CAULDRON — Callum Airlie, 17, was nominated by gold medal-winning sailor Shirley Robertson. He has been sailing since the age of four, and is a two-time Optimist UK national champion who aims to be entered into the 2013 ISAF (International Sailing Association & Federation) Open.
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Althouse, The Gateway Pundit and Roger L. Simon
Brad Wolverton / Chronicle of Higher Education:
Freeh Group Member Criticizes NCAA's Use of Investigative Report — [Updated (7/27/2012, 6:31 p.m.) with comment from the Freeh Group.] — A member of the team that produced a 267-page report condemning the response of Pennsylvania State University's leaders to a serial child molester believes …
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ThinkProgress, CollegeFootballTalk, SI Tracking Blog and CNN
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Zack Beauchamp / ThinkProgress:
Santorum Defends Penn State, Blasts Freeh Report
Santorum Defends Penn State, Blasts Freeh Report
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Mediaite and The Raw Story
Daily Kos:
Netanyahu: Romney Lying About Their Friendship … But, to hear the pathological liar, Mitt Romney, tell it the two were as thick as thieves (no pun intended) while they both worked at Bain Consulting Group in the 1970s (not to be confused with Bain Capital.) — Romney to the New York Times:
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New York Times, Wonkette, Alan Colmes' Liberaland, Brad DeLong and Firedoglake
Alex Seitz-Wald / Salon:
Fla. Republican: We wanted to suppress black votes — Florida's disgraced former GOP chairman says the party had meetings about “keeping blacks from voting” — In the debate over new laws meant to curb voter fraud in places like Florida, Democrats always charge that Republicans are trying …
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Associated Press, Orlando Sentinel, The BRAD BLOG, The Raw Story, The Moderate Voice, Wonkette and Tampa Bay Times
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
The Real Reason 'You Didn't Build That' Works — Mitt Romney's plan of blatantly lying about President Obama's “you didn't build that” speech is clearly drawing blood. But what makes the attack work so well is not so much the lie itself but the broader subtext of it.
BuzzFeed:
Team Romney Readies For “Saturday Obama Surprise” — What's the surprise? BuzzFeed doesn't know yet or even know if it exists. But Boston is sure one is coming tomorrow. — After a disastrous 48-hour news cycle in London, the Romney campaign “wants the world to know” that they are prepared for a …
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Balloon Juice and Alan Colmes' Liberaland
Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
Romney looks for a breakout moment in Israel to salvage foreign trip — View Photo Gallery — Romney begins his overseas tour: The Republican presidential candidate made his first stop on the week-long tour in London, praising the U.S.-British relationship and stirring up several minor controversies along the way.
Guardian:
Blind archer sets first London record — • South Korea's Im Dong-hyun sets team and individual best — • Two world records tumble in men's archery at Lord's — South Korea claimed the first world records of London 2012 on Friday morning with a stunning display in the men's archery ranking round at Lord's.
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Ros Wynne-Jones / Guardian:
London 2012: the Olympic athletes who have defied the odds