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4:50 PM ET, July 4, 2013

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Joan Biskupic / Reuters:
Exclusive: Supreme Court's Ginsburg vows to resist pressure to retire  —  (Reuters) - At age 80, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, leader of the Supreme Court's liberal wing, says she is in excellent health, even lifting weights despite having cracked a pair of ribs again, and plans to stay several more years on the bench.
Frank Newport / Gallup:
Most in U.S. Still Proud to Be an American  —  But 71% say the signers of the declaration would be disappointed  —  PRINCETON, NJ — As the United States celebrates Independence Day, most of its adult residents continue to say they are proud to be an American, including 57% who are extremely proud and 28% who are very proud.
Channel 4:
Revealed: the Rupert Murdoch tape  —  “Incompetent” cops, regrets over his own investigation, promises to protect Sun journalists: a secret recording reveals Rupert Murdoch's real attitudes to the scandal that has engulfed his empire.  —  Please wait while this video loads.
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Nitasha Tiku / Gawker:
Rupert Murdoch Caught on Tape: “We Will Hit Back”  —  ExaroNews a British investigative web site, has just published the full transcript of a secretly recorded meeting between media mogul Rupert Murdoch and the staff of The Sun, a U.K. tabloid owned by News Corp., in which Murdoch admitted …
Thisistwitchy / Twitchy:
Lib ‘journalist’ blasts Twitchy for ‘fake’ pro-abortion photo, ends up eating crow  —  In The Atlantic Wire, senior writer Elspeth Reeve has produced an execrable article entitled “The Conservative Meme of Satan-Loving Texas Pro-Choice Protesters Is a Bit Off.”  Why is the conservative meme off?
The Independent:
Profiles: Adly Mansour and Mohamed ElBaradei - Egypt's incoming leaders  —  Adly Mansour only took up his job as chief justice of the country's Supreme Constitutional Court on 1 June, and now finds himself Egypt's interim President.  —  Born in 1945, Mansour was appointed to the court in 1992 …
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
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Ty McCormick / FP Passport:
Meet Adly Mansour, the Judge Who Is Now (Sort of) Running Egypt
Zeina Karam / bigstory.ap.org:
ASSAD PRAISES EGYPT REVOLT AGAINST PRESIDENT
Julian Pecquet / The Hill:
Obama launches ‘review’ of aid to Egypt in wake of military coup
Carlos Lozada / Washington Post:
Review of Mark Leibovich's ‘This Town’  —  Carlos Lozada is Outlook editor of The Washington Post.  Follow him on Twitter: @carloslozadaWP  —  Mark Leibovich toyed with several titles for his new book on self-interest, self-importance and self-perpetuation in the nation's capital.  “Suck-Up City” was one.
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Review of Mark Leibovich's ‘This Town’
Sarah Desprat / Twitchy:
Brilliant: James O'Keefe breaks through in interview with Rush Limbaugh [video]  —  Superstar guerilla journalist James O'Keefe spends a lot of time in the trenches, shining much-needed sunlight on leftist hypocrisy and fraud.  But this afternoon, he shifted gears and took time out for an interview …
Ryan Parker / Denver Post:
Body of Sen. Mark Udall's brother, Randy, recovered in Wyoming  —  The body of Randy Udall, brother of Sen. Mark Udall, was located Wednesday after six days of searching by authorities.  —  Randy Udall, 61, never returned from a solo backpack trip to Wind River Range of Wyoming.
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Daniel Strauss / The Hill:
Udall family: Body of senator's brother found
Discussion: Politico
Egypt Independent:
Jihadists vow struggle against army if Morsy removed  —  The brother of Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri, who lives in Egypt, has vowed to engage in armed struggle if President Mohamed Morsy is forced to step down in response to massive protests demanding early presidential elections.
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Washington Wire:
Obama's Statement on Egypt
Discussion: Via Meadia, Politico and Hot Air
Elise Viebeck / The Hill:
GOP questions legality of mandate order  —  Republicans on Wednesday questioned whether the administration has the legal authority to delay the employer mandate under ObamaCare.  —  Two top GOP lawmakers expressed doubts that federal officials have the authority to defer major parts of ObamaCare without approval from Congress.
Discussion: Reuters and Daily Kos
Geoffrey Ingersoll / Business Insider:
4th Of July Sign In Public Park Sums Up The State Of ‘Independence’ In America  —  Check out this sign.  —  It's a set of rules put into effect by the Lakewood Ohio parks division of the municipal government for the day that local Lakewood residents celebrate America's independence.
Rasmussen Reports:
More Americans View Blacks As Racist Than Whites, Hispanics  —  Americans consider blacks more likely to be racist than whites and Hispanics in this country.  —  Thirty-seven percent (37%) of American Adults think most black Americans are racist, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.
 
 
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