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10:30 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. rebuts British report on LIbya  —  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  —  The Obama administration is denying the Independent's report that it had warnings of possible attacks on diplomatic installations in the Middle East, but failed to act.  Steve and I both wrote about the Independent story.
Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
Romney team sharpens attack on Obama's foreign policy  —  Advisers to Mitt Romney on Thursday defended his sharp criticism of President Obama and said that the deadly protests sweeping the Middle East would not have happened if the Republican nominee were president.
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Martin H. Simon / ABCNEWS:
Romney on Iran: Share Same ‘Red Line’ As Obama  —  Mitt Romney has skewered President Obama's Iran policy.  But in an exclusive interview, days after the Israeli Prime Minister criticized the U.S. for not putting “red lines before Iran,” Romney told me he would draw the same line in the sand as Obama.
Michael Falcone / ABCNEWS:
Mitt Romney And The Art Of The Double-Down (The Note)
McPartland / nation.foxnews.com:
Jimmy Carter Corrects Obama
Discussion: The Fix, Hot Air and The PJ Tatler
Josh Rogin / Foreign Policy:
White House clarifies Obama's statement that Egypt is not an ‘ally’
Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Video: NBC chief foreign correspondent blasts Obama's “Egypt not an ally” statement
Martin H. Simon / ABCNEWS:
EXCLUSIVE - Romney on Debates: Obama Will 'Say Things That Aren't True'  —  With the first Presidential debate less than three weeks away, Mitt Romney is spending lots of time getting ready behind closed doors.  In his first comments on that debate prep, he told me that Sen. Rob Portman …
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Jeff Zeleny / The Caucus:
Poll: Obama Holds Narrow Edge Over Romney  —  President Obama holds a narrow three-point advantage over Mitt Romney among Americans most likely to vote in November, according to the latest New York Times/CBS News poll.  —  With their back-to-back political conventions behind …
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 …
Marist Poll:
9/13: Obama Up Five Points Over Romney in Virginia
Discussion: The Fix and Hotline On Call
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  —  Kobach seeks Democrat's birth records from Hawaii  —  Three of the state's top elected Republicans on Thursday determined they lacked sufficient evidence of President Barack Obama's birth records to decide whether to remove the Democratic nominee from the November ballot in Kansas.
Politico:
Arab Spring: Tech as tinder  —  The Internet tools of the Arab Spring have become the weapons of a new Arabian nightmare playing out at American diplomatic missions across North Africa and the Middle East.  —  Platforms like Twitter, Facebook and YouTube that spread an obscure movie trailer depicting …
Discussion: ABCNEWS
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Tara Palmeri / New York Post:
Samuel's prez ad: Wake the f@#k up!  —  They picked the perfect actor for a political ad loaded with f-bombs.  —  Samuel L. Jackson will film a provocative spot supporting President Obama's re-election bid as early as tomorrow — telling voters to “Wake the f—k up, Vote for Obama.”
Wall Street Journal:
Strassel: Mr. Romney, Trust Your Pants  —  Obama tells Americans the terrible things the Republican will do to them.  The Republican remains silent about what he would do.  —  In the classic 1968 film “Once Upon a Time in the West,” a villainous Henry Fonda shoots one of his lackeys …
Discussion: National Review and Betsy's Page
Andrew Dugan / Gallup:
Married Voters Are Romney Voters  —  Marital status is strong predictor of voting behavior  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — Married registered voters prefer Republican challenger Mitt Romney over Democratic President Barack Obama by 54% to 39%, according to Gallup data collected from June to August.
Discussion: Politico
Paul Krugman:
A Quick Note on the Fed  —  I was airborne until late, so no chance until now to weigh in on the Fed's new move.  And now I really need to get some sleep to fight off this cold!  So just a few points:  —  1. It's good to see the Fed moving, finally.  —  2. It certainly sounds as if Bernanke …
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
The iPhone Stimulus  —  Are you, or is someone you know, a gadget freak?  If so, you doubtless know that Wednesday was iPhone 5 day, the day Apple unveiled its latest way for people to avoid actually speaking to or even looking at whoever they're with.  —  So is the new phone as insanely great as Apple says?
Discussion: LewRockwell.com Blog
Thomas Kaplan / New York Times:
Primary Results Close for 2 G.O.P. Legislators Who Voted for Same-Sex Marriage  —  Two Republican state senators who provided pivotal votes to legalize same-sex marriage last year were fighting to preserve their political careers on Thursday as voters went to the polls for New York State's legislative primary.
Larry Gordon / Associated Press:
UC to pay settlement in Davis pepper spray case  —  UC leaders agree to pay settlement to 21 UC Davis students and alumni who sued over campus officers' use of pepper spray during a November 2011 protest.  —  A UC Davis officer pepper-sprays Occupy protesters in November.
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 …
This Just In:
Armed men storm Lebanon restaurant; German Embassy in Sudan on fire  —  Editor's note: Several protests stemming at least in part from an anti-Islam film produced in the United States are unfolding outside U.S. embassies around the world.  Friday's protests follow ones Tuesday at the U.S. Embassy …
Patrick Goodenough / CNSNews:
Islamic Bloc: We Told You This Would Happen If You ‘Hurt the Religious Sentiments of Muslims’  —  (CNSNews.com) - The organization representing the world's Islamic nations on Wednesday condemned the attacks on U.S. diplomatic missions in Libya and Egypt, saying it had consistently warned that …
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Patrick Goodenough / CNSNews:
Hurting Muslims' Feelings ‘Cannot Be Tolerated,’ Egypt's Ruling Party Says
Discussion: Jihad Watch and Weasel Zippers
 
 
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Daniel Strauss / The Hill:
Romney to receive intelligence briefings starting next week
Discussion: Ballot Box
Washington Post:
GM's vaunted Volt is on the road to nowhere fast
Christine Haughney / New York Times:
USA Today to Introduce New Look
Ryan J. Reilly / Talking Points Memo:
On The Road To Prison, Alabama's Ex-Governor Still Has A Few Things He Wants To Say
Discussion: Taylor Marsh
ekathimerini.com:
Jobless figures continue to rise at an alarming rate
Discussion: Guardian and Firedoglake
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Conservatives bash media for being mean to Mitt Romney
New York Times:
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David Shepardson / detroitnews.com:
Teamsters leader compares GOP to Cambodian dictator
Emily Goodin / The Hill:
Ryan gets hero's welcome from House GOP upon return to DC
Discussion: Reuters, Politico, Ballot Box and The Hill
Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
Whoa!... Democrat Kirstin Powers UNLOADS on Obama and Media After Mideast Embassy Attacks (Video)
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Caitlin Huston / The Hollywood Reporter:
Internal memo: Hearst Magazines president announces layoffs as part of a decision to “reallocate resources” to “continue our focus on digital innovation”

Mark Sweney / The Guardian:
National World, one of the UK's biggest newspaper groups, gets a £56.2M buyout offer from shareholder Media Concierge, a 40% premium to its Nov. 21 stock price

Max Goldbart / Deadline:
The English Premier League ends its content partnership with IMG and plans to bring content production and distribution in-house in 2026

 
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