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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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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
US State Dept. blasts CNN report on Christopher Stevens' diary
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Michael Calderone / The Huffington Post:
CNN's Use Of Christopher Stevens' Journal Is ‘Disgusting’: State Dept.
CNN's Use Of Christopher Stevens' Journal Is ‘Disgusting’: State Dept.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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 …
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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 …
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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.
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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 …
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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.
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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 …
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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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