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Jennifer Griffin / Fox News:
EXCLUSIVE: CIA operators were denied request for help during Benghazi attack, sources say — Fox News has learned from sources who were on the ground in Benghazi that an urgent request from the CIA annex for military back-up during the attack on the U.S. Consulate and subsequent attack several hours later …
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Bob Owens / The PJ Tatler:
AC-130U Gunship was On-Scene in Benghazi, Obama Admin Refused to Let It Fire (Updated) — If you don't get torches-and-pitchforks irate about this, you are not an American: … There were two AC-130Us deployed to Libya in March as part of Operation Unified Protector.
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Jake Tapper / ABCNEWS:
Father of Slain Former SEAL, New Report, Raise Questions About Response to Benghazi Attack*
Father of Slain Former SEAL, New Report, Raise Questions About Response to Benghazi Attack*
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Jason Samenow / Washington Post:
Hurricane Sandy may be unprecedented in East Coast storm history — European model simulation for Hurricane Sandy - on its approach to the mid-Atlantic - with a minimum pressure of 934 mb. (Weatherbell.com) With computer models locked in on the eventuality of a punishing blow for East Coast …
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New York Times:
Forecasters Predict East Coast Landfall for Storm
Forecasters Predict East Coast Landfall for Storm
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John H. Cushman Jr / New York Times:
Dying Satellites Could Lead to Shaky Weather Forecasts
Dying Satellites Could Lead to Shaky Weather Forecasts
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The Atlantic Online
Brian McNoldy / Washington Post:
Hurricane Sandy on collision course with mid-Atlantic and Northeast
Hurricane Sandy on collision course with mid-Atlantic and Northeast
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The Fix and Election 2012
Molly Waldron / Local News:
Senator Harry Reid hospitalized after crash in Las Vegas — Las Vegas, NV (KTNV) — Senator Harry Reid was hospitalized after a crash on Interstate 15 Friday. — The crash happened just after 1 p.m. on I-15 northbound near Sahara, according to the Nevada Highway Patrol.
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Mike Blasky / Las Vegas Review-Journal:
Sen. Reid taken to UMC for minor rib injuries following car accident … U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., 72, was taken to the emergency room at University Medical Center in Las Vegas Friday afternoon following a traffic accident. — Nevada Highway Patrol said his caravan …
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Associated Press:
Sen. Harry Reid taken to hospital after Las Vegas rear-end car crash involving 6 vehicles
Sen. Harry Reid taken to hospital after Las Vegas rear-end car crash involving 6 vehicles
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Politico:
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid doing fine after car accident
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid doing fine after car accident
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Eric Kleefeld / Talking Points Memo:
Ronald Reagan Made A ‘First Time’ Voting Joke 32 Years Before Lena Dunham Did — Some conservative were outraged Thursday, when the Obama campaign posted a Web ad starring Lena Dunham, creator of the TV show “Girls,” in which she speaks about her “first time” voting, using innuendo to compare it to a girl losing her virginity.
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Lou Cannon / Washington Post:
Reagan campaigns like a man who's won — CHICAGO — Ronald Regan campaigned in politically crucial Great Lakes states today, acting more and more like a man who thinks he has already clinched the election. — While continuing to hammer away at President Carter's economic record …
BuzzFeed:
Romney Campaign Exaggerates Size Of Nevada Event With Altered Image — At best, the official Romney Instagram account posted a really bad panorama. — Zeke Miller — a half hour ago — 61 responses
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Paul Steinhauser / CNN:
CNN Poll: Obama 50%-Romney 46% in Ohio — (CNN) - With a week and a half to go until Election Day, a new poll indicates the race for arguably the most important battleground state remains very close. — According to a CNN/ORC International survey released Friday, President Barack Obama holds …
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Tom Kludt / Talking Points Memo:
Live Polls Show Obama With Bigger Leads In Ohio (CHART)
Live Polls Show Obama With Bigger Leads In Ohio (CHART)
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Jim Acosta / CNN:
Romney economic speech at company that received stimulus funds
Romney economic speech at company that received stimulus funds
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William Kristol / Weekly Standard:
Petraeus Throws Obama Under the Bus — Breaking news on Benghazi: the CIA spokesman, presumably at the direction of CIA director David Petraeus, has put out this statement: “No one at any level in the CIA told anybody not to help those in need; claims to the contrary are simply inaccurate. ”
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Michelangelo Signorile / The Huffington Post:
Romney: 'Some Gays Are Actually Having Children. It's Not Right on Paper. It's Not Right in Fact.' … LGBT , Civil Rights , Mitt Romney , Elections 2012 , Gay Marriage , Politics , Gay Marriage , Boston Globe , Gay Voices News , Mitt Romney Lgbt Rights , Murray Waas , Romney For President …
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Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Dem's amendment would give 29 more electoral votes to popular vote winner — The head of the House Democratic campaign arm this week proposed a Constitutional amendment that would give the winner of the popular vote in the presidential race an additional 29 electoral votes.
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Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Oct. 25: The State of the States
Oct. 25: The State of the States
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Kevin Drum / Mother Jones:
Obama's Ground Game Advantage May Not Be As Big As It Looks — The chart below has been making the rounds over the past couple of days. It shows how many field offices each campaign has in the top ten swing states, and it's pretty stunning. Obama has twice as many offices as Romney in Virginia.
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Jilian Fama / ABCNEWS:
Man Gets Romney ‘R’ Tattooed On His Face For $15,000 — Some say that campaign ads are getting just ridiculous. But now it's taken a turn to the truly bizarre. An Indiana man has auctioned off space on the side of his head, where he tattooed Mitt Romney's presidential campaign “R” logo in a 5-by-2-inch spot for a bid of $15, 000.
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Josh Hicks / Washington Post:
Obama's ‘Tonight Show’ remark: Planned Parenthood provides mammograms — “You've got issues like Planned Parenthood, where that organization provides millions of women cervical-cancer screenings, mammograms, all kinds of basic health care.” — President Obama appeared on “The Tonight Show” …
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Christopher Collins- / Examiner:
Clinton asked for more security in Benghazi, Obama said no — Last night, it was revealed that Secretary of State Hillary Clinton had ordered more security at the U.S. mission in Benghazi before it was attacked where four Americans, including U.S. Ambassador Christopher Stevens were murdered …
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Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
2012 U.S. Electorate Looks Like 2008 — Composition of electorate by race, age, gender essentially the same — PRINCETON, NJ — The composition of the electorate for the 2012 presidential election is looking quite similar to what it was in 2008 as well as 2004, according to an analysis …
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Erick Erickson / The Atlantic Wire:
Conservatives Get All Hot and Bothered Over Obama's Suggestive New Ad — President Obama teamed up with the most divisive 26-year-old in the world to make a suggestive ad encouraging young people to vote, but it seems to have upset some old conservative men on Twitter.
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Robert Costa / National Review:
McCain: Powell ‘Got Us Into Iraq’ — Fairfax, Va. — Senator John McCain blasted Colin Powell this morning in an interview with National Review Online. — Powell “got us into Iraq,” McCain said. — That fact, he asserted, lessens Powell's purported appeal to undecided voters, especially those critical of the Iraq War.
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