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Tommy Christopher / Mediaite:
Fear-Chucker: Fox Contributor Mark Sanford Says Obama To ‘Throw A Lot Of Spears’ At Debate — Former South Carolina Governor and Fox News contributor Mark Sanford wandered off the Appalachian Trail again Sunday morning when, in yet another completely isolated example of a Republican …
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Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
Arlen Specter dies; he was Pennsylvania's longest-serving senator — View Photo Gallery — Former senator Arlen Specter dies: Specter, who represented Pennsylvania in the Senate from 1981 to 2011, died Sunday at his home in Philadelphia from complications of non-Hodgkins lymphoma. He was 82.
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Bloomberg, Booman Tribune, Outside the Beltway, Stinque, Business Insider, No More Mister Nice Blog and Liberty Street
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Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
Arlen Specter, Pennsylvania Senator, Is Dead at 82
Arlen Specter, Pennsylvania Senator, Is Dead at 82
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Democracy in America, The Other McCain, Hit & Run and Daily Kos
Joe Sterling / CNN:
Arlen Specter dead at 82
Arlen Specter dead at 82
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Towleroad News #gay, Scared Monkeys, The Moderate Voice and PoliPundit.com
Paul Mirengoff / Power Line:
Axelrod bobs and weaves over Obama's level of engagement the day of the Benghazi attack — Today on Fox News Sunday, Chris Wallace pressed David Axelrod on the question of how soon, and in what ways, President Obama tried to get to the bottom of the nature of the attack in Benghazi.
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Eliana Johnson / National Review:
Axelrod Refuses to Say Whether Obama Met with Nat'l Security Team Before Heading to Las Vegas — After David Axelrod's repeated assurances this morning on Fox News Sunday that “there isn't anybody on this planet” who feels a greater sense of responsibility for our diplomats than this President …
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Doug Ross and Betsy's Page
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Questions on Benghazi — Where is CIA Director Gen. David Petraeus?
Questions on Benghazi — Where is CIA Director Gen. David Petraeus?
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The Hill, Hot Air and New York Times
Jonathan Amos / BBC:
Skydiver surpasses speed of sound — Highlights from Felix Baumgartner's leap into the record books — Austrian Felix Baumgartner has become the first skydiver to go faster than the speed of sound, reaching a maximum velocity of 833.9mph (1,342km/h). — In jumping out of a balloon 128,100ft …
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John Tierney / New York Times:
Felix Baumgartner Was Just Thinking About Coming Home — ROSWELL, N.M. — Felix Baumgartner, the professional daredevil, said he was not thinking about setting records or collecting scientific data in the moments before he jumped from a capsule more than 24 miles high.
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CNN, New York Magazine, Outside the Beltway, Hot Air and Balloon Juice
Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Wisconsin Senate Candidate's Son Says We “Have The Opportunity” To Send Obama Back To Kenya — Jason Thompson, the son of former Governor and Wisconson Senate candidate Tommy Thompson, speaking this morning at a brunch attended RNC Chairman Reince Priebus said that “we have the opportunity …
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The Political Carnival, Little Green Footballs and The Reality-Based Community
Mark Halperin / The Page:
Moderator Role Under Scrutiny - Before the Debate — In a rare example of political unity, both the Romney and the Obama campaigns have expressed concern to the Commission on Presidential Debates about how the moderator of the Tuesday town hall has publicly described her role, TIME has learned.
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NewsBusters.org blogs and New York Magazine
BREITBART.COM:
MORGAN FOR MITT: CNN STAR SAYS ROMNEY ‘MIGHT JUST SAVE AMERICA’ — Watch “America's Got Talent” judge turned CNN talker Piers Morgan and you can't help but notice how he badgers conservatives while hurling softballs at left-of-center guests. — That hardly makes him unusual in mainstream media circles.
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The Gateway Pundit
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Retiring Senate centrists creating headaches for their party leaders — The bruised feelings of retiring Senate centrists have created headaches for Republican and Democratic leaders who are trying to keep control of their seats. — Sens. Dick Lugar (R-Ind.), Olympia Snowe (R-Maine) …
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Booman Tribune
Jennifer O'Mahony / Telegraph:
Muslims protest ‘age of mockery’ as thousands descend on Google HQ — Thousands of Muslims have pledged a series of protests against Google HQ for a “hateful and offensive” anti-Islam video, saying they now live in an “age of mockery”. — A protest by 10,000 Muslims outside the offices …
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Atlas Shrugs and Jihad Watch
Pat Garofalo / ThinkProgress:
Another CEO Threatens To Fire Employees If Obama Wins — Last week, billionaire CEO David Siegel, who runs a timeshare empire, threatened to fire employees if President Obama is reelected in November, saying in an email, “the economy doesn't currently pose a threat to your job.
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Wall Street Journal:
Jackson Is Subject of Criminal Probe — Federal prosecutors and the Federal Bureau of Investigation are in the final stages of a criminal probe into allegations that Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. misused campaign money to decorate his house, according to people familiar with the matter.
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New York Magazine