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12:45 AM ET, September 14, 2012

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Kim Sengupta / The Independent:
Revealed: inside story of US envoy's assassination  —  Exclusive: America ‘was warned of embassy attack but did nothing’  —  NOTE: WE DO NOT STORE YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS(ES) BUT YOUR IP ADDRESS WILL BE LOGGED TO PREVENT ABUSE OF THIS FEATURE.  PLEASE READ OUR LEGAL TERMS & POLICIES
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Mike Allen / Politico:
U.S. denies premeditation report in Libya attack  —  The Obama administration is flatly denying a blaring British newspaper report that the U.S. diplomats in Libya were killed as a result of a “continuing security breach,” and that “credible information” about possible attacks had been ignored.
John Hinderaker / Power Line:
A Non-Denial Denial From the Obama Administration
Mark Murray / First Read:
Polls: Obama holds the edge in Florida, Ohio and Virginia  —  President Barack Obama has opened up a five-point lead in the Sunshine State and the “right track” number is now more than 40 percent.  NBC's Chuck Todd reports.  —  After two political conventions and heading into the post-Labor Day sprint …
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Marist Poll:
9/13: Obama Leads Romney by 7 Points in Ohio
Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Obama up 7, Klobuchar 19 in Minnesota
Marist Poll:
9/13: Obama Up Five Points Over Romney in Virginia
Discussion: Hotline On Call
Marist Poll:
9/13: Obama with Advantage Over Romney in Florida
Discussion: Hotline On Call
Josh Rogin / Foreign Policy:
White House clarifies Obama's statement that Egypt is not an ‘ally’  —  President Barack Obama didn't intend to signal any change in the U.S.-Egypt relationship last night when he said Egypt is not an “ally,” the White House told The Cable today.  —  In an interview with Telemundo Wednesday night …
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Marc A. Thiessen / Washington Post:
Obama alone: This president does not need intel briefers  —  How long had it been since President Obama attended his daily intelligence meeting in the lead-up to the Sept. 11 attacks on U.S. diplomatic facilities in Egypt and Libya?  After all, our adversaries are known to use the anniversary of 9/11 to target the United States.
Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Video: NBC chief foreign correspondent blasts Obama's “Egypt not an ally” statement
Associated Press:
Feds ID California man's role in anti-Islam film  —  Associated Press/Hani Mohammed - A Yemeni protestor, left, holds a white flag with Islamic inscription in Arabic that reads, “No God but Allah, and Mohammed is his prophet,” in front of the U.S. embassy during ...more
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CNN:
Violent protests erupt in Yemen and Egypt  —  Protesters chant slogans during a march to the U.S. Embassy in Sanaa, Yemen, on Thursday, September 13.  One protester was killed in clashes when Yemeni security forces dispersed hundreds of demonstrators who gathered around and inside the U.S. Embassy …
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System:
For immediate release  —  Information received since the Federal Open Market Committee met in August suggests that economic activity has continued to expand at a moderate pace in recent months.  Growth in employment has been slow, and the unemployment rate remains elevated.
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Megan Ruyle / The Hill:
Republicans question whether Fed carrying water for Obama
Bloomberg:
With QE3, We All Win — Poor and Rich Alike
Adam Kredo / Washington Free Beacon:
Reports: Marines Not Permitted Live Ammo  —  UPDATE: A Marine spokesperson at the Pentagon denied reports that U.S. Marines defending the American embassy in Egypt were not permitted by the State Department to carry live ammunition in a statement to Fox News Thursday.
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Michael J. Totten / Michael J. Totten's blog:
Enough Appeasement Already
Discussion: The Hill, Politico and Tablet Magazine
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Media and Obama out to lunch — Romney had it right
Talking Points Memo:
Kansas Goes Birther: State Board Considers Removing Obama From Ballot  —  Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach, an informal advisor to Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, said on Thursday he and his fellow members of a state board were considering removing President Barack Obama from the Kansas ballot this November.
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Tim Carpenter / Topeka Capital-Journal:
Kansas panel delays ballot decision on Obama
Discussion: The Raw Story
Alex Seitz-Wald / Salon:
Limbaugh: Al-Qaida “gave up Osama”  —  He says the terrorist group wanted to “mak[e] Obama look good” so he would remain in the White House  —  Polite and serious pundits were shocked when Mitt Romney suggested, and RNC Chairman Reince Priebus outright declared, that President Obama …
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Top Romney adviser: ‘Apology’ statement fit our narrative, so we ran with it  —  In a post that's generating some attention today, Josh Marshall pointed out that last night's New York Times story detailing the Romney camp's step-by-step thinking on the Embassy attacks was replaced with another version that was missing key reporting.
Emily Goodin / The Hill:
Ryan gets hero's welcome from House GOP upon return to DC  —  Republican vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan got a hero's welcome from his colleagues on Thursday as he returned to the Capitol for the first time since being named by Mitt Romney to the GOP ticket.
Discussion: Politico, Ballot Box and The Hill
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John Stanton / BuzzFeed:
House Republicans Start Circling Ryan's Budget Chair
Discussion: Roll Call and The Hill
Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
Whoa!... Democrat Kirstin Powers UNLOADS on Obama and Media After Mideast Embassy Attacks (Video)  —  Whoa!  Democrat Kirstin Powers blasted this week's media jihad against Mitt Romney today on America Live with Megyn Kelly.  Powers also slammed the Obama Administration for their weak response …
Discussion: Riehl World News
Hillary Rodham Clinton / US Department of State:
Statement on the Deaths of Tyrone S. Woods and Glen A. Doherty in Benghazi, Libya  —  Press Statement  —  Washington, DC  —  The attack on our diplomatic post in Benghazi, Libya on Tuesday claimed the lives of four Americans.  Yesterday, I spoke about two: Ambassador Chris Stevens and Information Management Officer Sean Smith.
David Shepardson / detroitnews.com:
Teamsters leader compares GOP to Cambodian dictator  —  Washington — Teamsters President James Hoffa on Thursday compared the recent Republican Party convention's downplaying of the Bush administration to Cambodian leader Pol Pot, who infamously wiped from history books anything that happened before he rose to power.
Mike Baker / Associated Press:
Three Ron Paul-Supporting Electors May Not Support Republican Ticket … REACT:  —  FOLLOW:  —  Mitt Romney, Ron Paul, Paul Ryan, Ron Paul, Video, Electoral College, Electors, Mitt Romney 2012, Paul Ryan 2012, Politics News  —  At least three Republican electors say they may not support …
Nick Gillespie / Hit & Run:
Terrifying: Increases in Real Per Capita Federal Spending Over The Past 35 Years  —  The above chart put together by my frequent collaborator Veronique de Rugy is, simply put, terrifying.  —  It shows the growth in inflation-adjusted federal outlays per capita.
Discussion: small dead animals
BuzzFeed:
Romney's Team Turns On The Press  —  A frustrating week in Boston.  “The polls are close, and so the media starts cheering on their guy,” says one adviser.  —  DULLES, Va. — As Mitt Romney finishes his second week of dismal news coverage — with slipping polls and a combustible international crisis driving …
 
 
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New York Review of Books:
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David Dayen / Firedoglake:
Treasury Lowballs Settlement Against Standard Chartered, Despite Large Award to New York Regulator
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Stephanie Gaskell / Reuters:
Veterans jobs bill stalls in Senate
Discussion: The Raw Story and Daily Kos
Stephanie Gaskell / Reuters:
House approves new stolen valor bill
Jonny Hogg / Reuters:
Ebola outbreak in DRC risks spreading to towns: WHO
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Romney Offers Donors Ride on ‘Hair Force One’
BuzzFeed:
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Martina Valverde / KFOX-TV:
4th grader's drawing assignment on 9/11 attacks raises concerns
Discussion: Crooks and Liars
Rosie Gray / BuzzFeed:
Jesse Ventura: The Only Difference Between Bush And Obama Is “The Color Of Their Skin”
Discussion: The Reaction
Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
Health Board Approves Ban on Large Sugary Drinks
 

 
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Katie Robertson / New York Times:
The NYT reports adding 260K digital subscribers in Q3, for 11.9M in total, with digital ad revenue up 8.8% YoY to $81.6M, and The Athletic had its first profit

Joshua Benton / Nieman Lab:
Around 75% of the largest US newspapers aren't endorsing anyone for president this year, as publishers try not to annoy any sliver of their remaining customers

Sean Burch / The Wrap:
Report: Garrett Ventry, who will join NBC News' Election Night coverage as a Republican pundit on election day, registered as an agent of Qatar in September

 
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