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7:40 PM ET, September 23, 2012

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Elizabeth Flock / US News:
Mitt Romney Calls U.S.A. a ‘Foreign Country’ in His Tax Returns  —  Maybe Mitt Romney thinks he lives in Switzerland?  —  When the former Massachusetts governor released his official 2011 tax return Friday, he (or whoever actually filled out the form) appeared to have mistakenly referred to the United States as a foreign country.
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Kevin Bogardus / The Hill:
Graham: Election about economy, not Romney's tax returns
Discussion: CNN
John Podhoretz / New York Post:   Romney the giver  —  The big news from tax returns
Mike Allen / Politico:
State Department: CNN ‘indefensible’ on late ambassador Christopher Stevens's diary  —  The State Department - in a harsh, detailed statement - is accusing CNN of an “indefensible” invasion of the privacy of Christopher Stevens, the late U.S. ambassador to Libya, after finding his seven-page journal in the consulate where he was killed.
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Associated Press:
US State Dept. blasts CNN report on Christopher Stevens' diary
Discussion: protein wisdom and Althouse
Reuters:
Iran readies domestic Internet system, blocks Google  —  (Reuters) - Iran plans to switch its citizens onto a domestic Internet network in what officials say is a bid to improve cyber security but which many Iranians fear is the latest way to control their access to the web.
Robert Gibbs / CNN:
Gibbs: Romney has advantage in debates  —  (CNN) - A senior Obama campaign adviser said Mitt Romney has a leg up on President Barack Obama in the upcoming presidential debates.  —  “Mitt Romney I think has an advantage, because he's been through 20 of these debates in the primaries over the last year,” Gibbs said Sunday on Fox News.
Henry J. Gomez / Plain Dealer:
President Barack Obama leads Mitt Romney by 5 percentage points in Ohio Newspaper Poll  —  President Barack Obama continues to lead Mitt Romney in the race for battleground Ohio, a poll commissioned by The Plain Dealer and the state's other major newspapers shows.
Daily Mail:
More Americans now commit suicide than die in car crashes as miserable economy takes its toll  —  Suicide is a bigger killer than car crashes, according to an alarming new study.  —  The number of people dying from suicide has drastically increased, while car accident deaths haven lessened …
James Glanz / New York Times:
The Cloud Factories: Data Centers Waste Vast Amounts of Energy, Belying Industry Image  —  SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Jeff Rothschild's machines at Facebook had a problem he knew he had to solve immediately.  They were about to melt.  —  The company had been packing a 40-by-60-foot rental space …
Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Obama Campaign's Flag Poster No Longer Appears In Store  —  An Obama for America flag print that was released last week no longer appears in the campaign stores.  —  The item, known as “Our Strips: Flag Poster” redesigned the American flag using the Obama for America logo.
Discussion: Power Line
Carlo Munoz / The Hill:
GOP pushes Romney to break from White House's Afghan strategy  —  Some Republican defense hawks are urging Mitt Romney to separate himself from President Obama on Afghanistan and back an extended presence for U.S. troops in the country.  —  The advice comes as the White House hits …
New York Post:
Shalom & welcome to NYC, A'jad!  —  Feel the love, Mahmoud — and taste the gefilte fish.  —  Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad arrived last night at the Warwick Hotel in Midtown in advance of his annual hate-spewing address to the UN General Assembly on Wednesday — and The Post tried to deliver him a gift fit for a despot.
Discussion: New York Magazine
Ynetnews:
Silwan woman tries to stab officer ‘over anti-Islam film’  —  East Jerusalem resident tried to knife officer at Shalem police station parking lot; police suspect attack linked to movie that sparked Muslim riots worldwide  —  Noam (Dabul) Dvir  —  Police suspect the attack …
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
Igor Volsky / ThinkProgress:
Paul Ryan Tells Florida Seniors That Obamacare Includes Death Panels  —  Paul Ryan likened a mechanism to control health care spending to “death panels,” during a town hall at the University of Central Florida in Orlando on Saturday.  —  After listening to Ryan repeatedly call for the repeal …
 
 
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Sarah Jones / PoliticusUSA:
Ann Romney Cancels Interviews After Stop It Controversy
Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Sept. 22: Little Agreement Among Pollsters on ‘Enthusiasm Gap’
Discussion: Booman Tribune, UPI and Prairie Weather
Jay Root / New York Times:
How Perry Lost His Edge in Bid to Be President
Discussion: New York Magazine, Gawker and Gothamist
Associated Press:
AMID GOP UNEASE, ROMNEY TURNS EYE TO SWING STATES
Discussion: Riehl World News
Jo Becker / New York Times:
Ralph Reed Hopes to Nudge Mitt Romney to a Victory
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Jennifer Epstein / Politico:
Bill Clinton has ‘no earthly idea’ whether Hillary will run in 2016
Amie Parnes / Ballot Box:
RNC chair: ‘Not the best week’ for Romney
Discussion: New York Magazine, CNN and Politico
Matt K. Lewis / The Daily Caller:
As NBC News reports, if you count early voting and absentee voting …
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