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Tina Brown / The Daily Beast:
A TURN OF THE PAGE FOR NEWSWEEK — After 80 years in print, the newsmagazine adopts an all-digital format. — We are announcing this morning an important development at Newsweek and The Daily Beast. Newsweek will transition to an all-digital format in early 2013.
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Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
BREAKING: Federal Appeals Court Strikes Down DOMA In Opinion By Republican-Appointed Judge — Chief Judge Dennis Jacobs is a very conservative judge. He joined a court decision effectively declaring corporations immune to international human rights law — even when they “trade in or exploit slaves …
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Larry Neumeister / bigstory.ap.org:
NY APPEALS COURT NIXES DEFENSE OF MARRIAGE ACT — You are here — Home » United States » NY appeals court nixes Defense of Marriage Act — NEW YORK (AP) — A divided federal appeals court in Manhattan struck down the Defense of Marriage Act Thursday as unconstitutional …
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BuzzFeed:
Federal Appeals Court: Marriage Recognition Ban Unconstitutional
Federal Appeals Court: Marriage Recognition Ban Unconstitutional
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David Ariosto / CNN:
New York appeals court strikes down Defense of Marriage Act
New York appeals court strikes down Defense of Marriage Act
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Kevin Robillard / Politico:
Tagg Romney jokes about ‘swing’ at Obama — Mitt Romney's eldest son joked in a radio interview that he wanted to “take a swing” at President Barack Obama after Obama called his father a liar. — “Jump out of your seat and you want to rush down to the stage and take a swing at him,” Tagg said, laughing.
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Alicia M. Cohn / The Hill:
Ann Romney: Mitt “absolutely” done with politics if he loses election on Nov. 6 — Ann Romney, in her first appearance on ABC's “The View” on Thursday, sought to make amends with the five female hosts who Mitt Romney described as “sharp tongued” interviewers.
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Dylan Byers / Politico:
Soledad O'Brien: Obama ‘up 15’ in Virginia — Some CNN viewers may be under the impression that President Barack Obama is leading Gov. Mitt Romney by 15 points in Virginia. — This morning, CNN's Soledad O'Brien told Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell “pre-debate polling shows that the president was up 15 points in the state of Virginia.”
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TMZ.com:
CNN Tries to Blunt Romney Criticism Over Candy Crowley — Tries to Blunt Romney — Criticism Over Candy — EXCLUSIVE — CNN's Managing Editor sent an email around the office today, praising Candy Crowley and trying to blunt criticism that she was unfair to Mitt Romney.
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John Hinderaker / Power Line:
CNN Explains — TMZ says it has obtained an email …
Bruce Springsteen / The Official Bruce …:
A Message From Bruce — Dear Friends: — The election is coming up on all of us and we all have strong feelings about it. I've been getting asked a lot about where I stand, so for those who are interested, here goes. — This presidential election is different than the last one because President Obama …
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Caroline May / The Daily Caller:
Report: Welfare government's single largest budget item in FY 2011 at approx. $1.03 trillion — The government spent approximately $1.03 trillion on 83 means-tested federal welfare programs in fiscal year 2011 alone — a price tag that makes welfare that year the government's largest expenditure …
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Jeffrey H. Anderson / Weekly Standard:
The 7-Eleven Presidency
The 7-Eleven Presidency
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Jason Howerton / TheBlaze.com:
VIRGINIA TEACHER CHARGED WITH ASSAULT: GIRL'S HAND CUT IN FORCED ‘ISLAMIC HAND SIGN’ DRILL (UPDATED) — An elementary school teacher in Chesapeake, Va. has been charged with simple assault after a parent claimed her daughter's hand was cut open as a result of the teacher yanking her arm aggressively …
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David Sessions / The Daily Beast:
D'Souza Resigns — D'SOUZA RESIGNS — Amid scandal over his engagement to a much younger woman and dissatisfaction with his tenure, the conservative has quit the presidency at King's College. David Sessions reports. — Bruce Bennett / Getty Images — ABORTION PIVOT? NO PROBLEM
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Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Obama, Romney tied nationally — Today PPP is releasing the first results from the daily tracking poll it will be running for the rest of the election, sponsored by Americans United for Change. It will be based on a three day rolling average, with 400 interviews conducted each day.
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Outside the Beltway and Washington Post
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David Alliot / NewsMax.com:
NewsmaxZogby Poll: Obama Edges Out Romney in Florida, 47%-44%
NewsmaxZogby Poll: Obama Edges Out Romney in Florida, 47%-44%
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Ballot Box and The Political Carnival
Politico:
GOP's problems exposed in struggle for Senate — In 2010, when Republicans stumbled on what had been a clear path to winning control of the Senate, GOP operatives comforted themselves with a defiant vow: Just wait 'til next time. — Now, next time is here — and the GOP is in danger …
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Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Chris Matthews: Is challenging Obama unconstitutional? — Popular in Politics — On MSNBC's “Hardball” Wednesday evening, Chris Matthews discussed the theatrics of the presidential debate with James Lipton, longtime host of “Inside the Actor's Studio.” Lipton offered some unremarkable observations …
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Russ Buettner / New York Times:
Should've Left That at Home, Teacher Is Told at Jury Duty — Damian Esteban was qualified to teach students at a specialized New York City high school, and had just been deemed reasonable enough to judge a man's fate in a murder trial. — But passing through the metal detectors …
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BuzzFeed:
Why The Romney Campaign Stopped Talking About Libya — A quick reversal of spin-room bravado. “You'd think an ‘offensive’ would include more than a web video,” snipes an Obama aide. — Image by Alex Brandon / AP — LEESBURG, Va. — In the post-debate spin room Tuesday night …
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Greg Palast / The Nation:
Mitt Romney's Bailout Bonanza — This article appeared in the November 5, 2012 edition of The Nation. — Recommended by 1 — — This investigation was supported by the Investigative Fund at the Nation Institute and by the Puffin Foundation. Elements of it appear in Palast's new book …
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Stephania Jimenez / nbcconnecticut.com:
Hebron Woman Accused of Tearing Down Controversial Political Poster — In the midst of a heated political season and with the election just weeks away, you expect to see political signs everywhere; but a controversial sign in Hebron got a woman riled up, and arrested.
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Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Many In Romney's “Binder Full Of Women” Were Campaign Donors — The former Massachusetts Governor touted hiring “binders full of women” for his cabinet, but many were donors to his gubernatorial campaign. — Mitt Romney sits with his former Chief of Staff Beth Myers. — Image by Brian Synder / Reuters
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Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Romney edge expands post-debate in Rasmussen tracking poll — The Left seemed pretty pleased with Barack Obama's performance in Tuesday night's debate, cheering his renewed energy and aggressiveness. How did it play with voters overall? The spot polls produced mixed results …
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Lori Montgomery / Washington Post:
Officials: Obama ready to veto a bill blocking ‘fiscal cliff’ without tax hike for rich — View Photo Gallery — Are our leaders behaving like “Thelma and Louise,” flirting with disaster, thumbing their noses at our nation's economic livelihood? Here's more on that reference …
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Carol Ross Joynt / Washingtonian:
BREAKING: Obama Daughters' School Evacuated Following Threat — Sidwell Friends, the school where President Obama's daughters Sasha and Malia attend, evacuated students and staff from its Wisconsin Avenue campus this morning following a phoned-in threat. — Sidwell Friends …
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John McCormack / Weekly Standard:
New Obama Ad Edits Debate Footage, Falsely Claims Romney Would Ban All Abortions — The New York Times reports today that the “the Obama campaign and Democratic groups have run commercials relating to abortion about 30,000 times since July 2 — about 10 percent of their ads …
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Virginia N. Sherry / Staten Island Advance:
Weird whistling noise that plagues Staten Island's East Shore is captured on video — STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — If noise is defined as unwanted sound, Ocean Breeze residents are enduring plenty of it these days as eerie “music” reverberates off the unsheathed, acoustic metal roof deck …
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Gallup:
Special Report: 3.4% of U.S. Adults Identify as LGBT — Inaugural Gallup findings based on more than 120,000 interviews — PRINCETON, NJ — The inaugural results of a new Gallup question — posed to more than 120,000 U.S. adults thus far — shows that 3.4% say “yes” when asked if they identify as lesbian …
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