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Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
From video to terrorist attack: a definitive timeline of administration statements on the Libya attack — “We are still doing an investigation.” — In any kind of confused overseas event, initial reports are often wrong. But the Sept. 11 attack on the U.S. diplomatic post in Benghazi …
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Wall Street Journal:
The Libya Debacle — The more we learn, the more Benghazi looks like a gross security failure. — In his United Nations speech on Tuesday, President Obama talked about the September 11 attack on the U.S. consulate in Libya and declared that “there should be no doubt that we will be relentless …
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Washington Examiner, ABCNEWS and Weekly Standard
CNN:
Sources: FBI can't get to Benghazi — (CNN) — More than two weeks after four Americans — including the U.S. ambassador to Libya — were killed in an attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, FBI agents have not yet been granted access to investigate in the eastern Libyan city, and the crime scene has not been secured, sources said.
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Weasel Zippers, Outside the Beltway, americanthinker.com and Washington Free Beacon
Steven Lee Myers / New York Times:
Clinton Suggests Link to Qaeda Offshoot in Deadly Libya Attack
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Politico, The Heritage Foundation, Hot Air, Right Wing News, The Gateway Pundit, Althouse, Weasel Zippers, American Power, Mediaite and The Daily Caller
Alexander Burns / Politico:
Obama's two-minute, direct-to-camera ad — In a new commercial that has the feeling of a closing argument, President Barack Obama outlines a four-point agenda to restore “economic patriotism,” moving to crystallize a positive economic message for the last weeks of the campaign.
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Taylor Marsh, The Impolitic and Israel Matzav
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Justin Sink / The Hill:
Defiant Romney: 'I'm going to win Ohio, become the next president'
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CNN, Politico, RedState, The Reaction, Alan Colmes' Liberaland and The Democratic Daily
Carol E. Lee / Washington Wire:
Now On-Air: A 2-Minute Obama Ad, Romney Coal Ad
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Michael Falcone / ABCNEWS:
Mitt Romney: ‘Pleased With Some Polls, Less So With Other Polls’
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Aviva Shen / ThinkProgress:
6 Conservatives Who Think The Media Is Fixing The Polls For Obama — With six weeks until Election Day, new polling from Quinnipiac, the New York Times and CBS News shows President Obama leading in crucial swing states including Ohio, Florida and Iowa. As Obama's lead grows …
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Slate, New York Magazine, The Daily Beast and CNN
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Rush Limbaugh:
Don't Let Bogus Polls Depress You
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Doug Ross, Nice Deb, his vorpal sword, Politico and Weekly Standard
Matthew Sheffield / NewsBusters.org blogs:
Quinnipiac Pollster Admits: ‘Probably Unlikely’ That Electorate Will Feature Massive Dem Skew
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The PJ Tatler and Da Tech Guy's Blog
John Nolte / BREITBART.COM:
JUICED: PRO-OBAMA POLLS RELY ON RECORD DEM TURNOUT
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The Strata-Sphere, The Daily Caller, Hot Air, Doug Ross, HillBuzz.org, Israpundit, Da Tech Guy's Blog, Mediaite and Talking Points Memo
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Romney camp goes all in on ad touting concern for ordinary Americans — A Democrat familiar with ad buy information tells me that starting Friday, the new ad the Romney campaign rolled out today will begin airing at full throttle in all of Romney's media markets in nine swing states, and it will be the only Romney ad running in them.
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Sahil Kapur / Talking Points Memo:
Romney Campaign: No, We're Not Backing Off Our Tax Plan
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Brad DeLong
Matthew Yglesias / Slate:
Romney Campaign Now Says They Probably Won't Do Their Tax Cuts After All
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Firedoglake, The Daily Beast and Brad DeLong
Garance Franke-Ruta / The Atlantic Online:
Mitt Romney's ‘Them’ Problem
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The Maddow Blog, Shakesville and The Agonist
CNBC:
Durable Goods Orders Sink Even as Jobless Claims Fall — New durable goods orders in August fell by the most since the recession and a separate reading on the broader U.S. economy came in much weaker than expected. But weekly jobless claims sank to a two-month low, in a hopeful sign for the labor market.
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Martin Crutsinger / Associated Press:
US ECONOMY GREW 1.3 PERCENT IN SECOND QUARTER
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Associated Press:
Refs due back Thursday night — NEW YORK — So long, replacement refs. The NFL's regular crews will be back on the field starting Thursday night. — After two days of marathon negotiations — and mounting frustration among coaches, players and fans — the NFL and the referees' union announced …
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Hot Air, Firedoglake, americanthinker.com, The Daily Caller, Patterico's Pontifications and Taylor Marsh
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Jesse Drucker / Bloomberg:
Romney ‘I Dig It’ Trust Gives Heirs Triple Benefit — In January 1999, a trust set up by Mitt Romney for his children and grandchildren reaped a 1,000 percent return on the sale of shares in Internet advertising firm DoubleClick Inc. — If Romney had given the cash directly …
Tara Palmeri / New York Post:
WATCH: Samuel L. Jackson debuts profanity-laced pro-Obama ad — He's hoping this scary bedtime story will make you run to the polls. — Samuel L. Jackson, whose video reading of the book “Go the F—k to Sleep” went viral on the Internet, is releasing a pro-Obama ad today in the spirit of Dr. Seuss …
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Business Insider, Jammie Wearing Fools, The Hinterland Gazette and Washington Examiner
Molly Ball / The Atlantic Online:
Romney Is Flailing in Ohio — The GOP nominee's scattershot campaign and faltering poll numbers have Democrats in Ohio and elsewhere saying, “Thanks, Mitt!” — Reuters — KENT, Ohio — As I was leaving an Obama campaign rally here — roaring, enthusiastic, packed with gleeful liberals …
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The Reaction, The Caucus and Reuters
Matthew Jaffe / ABCNEWS:
Police Search for Jimmy Hoffa's Body in Michigan Driveway — “Where is Jimmy Hoffa's body?” is a question that has spawned thousands of theories. Now, one Michigan police chief believes a break in the famous cold case could be close at hand. — James Berlin, the police chief in Roseville …
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CNN, Scared Monkeys and The Agonist
BuzzFeed:
Romney's Supporters Reject His Soft Line On Obama — A failed golfer-president, not Che Guevera Lite? Shouts of “No!” in Toledo. — Image by Brian Snyder / Reuters — TOLEDO, Ohio — Mitt Romney covered a lot of territory Wednesday — rhetorically and geographically …
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Julian Pecquet / The Hill:
Netanyahu to aim fiery UN address at both Obama, Israeli public — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is expected to deliver a fiery address to the United Nations Thursday calling on the international community to prevent Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon.
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Weasel Zippers
Philip Dorling / Sydney Morning Herald:
US calls Assange ‘enemy of state’ — WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange addresses a UN in event in New York via video link from the Ecuadorian embassy in London. — THE US military has designated Julian Assange and WikiLeaks as enemies of the United States - the same legal category …
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The Talking Dog, CANNONFIRE and Guardian
Shira Toeplitz / Roll Call:
DCCC Moving TV Resources to More Competitive Races — House Democrats shifted resources away from six races as the party continues to move money to more promising targets. — According to two sources who monitor ad buys, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee cut its reservations …
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Washington Wire and The Buzz Florida Politics Feed
Nina Chestney / Reuters:
100 mln will die by 2030 if world fails to act on climate - report — (Reuters) - More than 100 million people will die and global economic growth will be cut by 3.2 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) by 2030 if the world fails to tackle climate change, a report commissioned by 20 governments said on Wednesday.
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americanthinker.com, Right Wing News, Questions and Observations, The Agonist and Hullabaloo
Nicholas Confessore / New York Times:
‘Super PACs’ Finally a Draw for Democrats — James Simons, a Long Island investor and philanthropist, has not given a cent to President Obama's re-election campaign this year. — But Mr. Simons has given at least $2 million to Priorities USA Action, the “super PAC” aiding Mr. Obama …
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The Caucus, Washington Free Beacon, Prairie Weather and Business Insider
Andy McSmith / The Independent:
New New Labour for children of the Blair years — Rumour has it that Euan Blair, Tony' eldest, may run for parliament. But what about the other progeny of those who dominated the New Labour era? — The blogger Guido Fawkes set a hare running this week by suggesting that Euan Blair …
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