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9:30 AM ET, July 8, 2013

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New York Times:
Spitzer Seeks Ballot for City Comptroller's Race  —  Eliot Spitzer, who resigned as governor of New York five years ago amid a prostitution scandal, is re-entering political life, with a run for the citywide office of comptroller and a hope that voters have forgiven him his previous misconduct.
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Dan Abrams / ABC News:
Analysis: George Zimmerman Probably Won't Be Convicted of Murder or Manslaughter — Here's Why  —  I drew a legal conclusion on “Good Morning America” Saturday that would have surprised the Dan Abrams who covered the George Zimmerman case leading up to, and shortly after, his arrest.
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Andrew Branca / Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion:
Why Zimmerman's Motion for Acquittal Should Have Been Granted  —  Immediately following the close of the State's case on Friday, Mark O'Mara, the lawyer leading George Zimmerman's defense team, stood before Judge Nelson and made his oral motion for a judgment of acquittal for his client …
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Defining Prosperity Down  —  Friday's employment report wasn't bad.  But given how depressed our economy remains, we really should be adding more than 300,000 jobs a month, not fewer than 200,000.  As the Economic Policy Institute points out, we would need more than five years of job growth …
Peter Baker / New York Times:
Kerry's Wife Is Flown for Emergency Care  —  Teresa Heinz Kerry, the wife of Secretary of State John Kerry, became ill with a serious medical condition during a vacation on Nantucket on Sunday and was flown to a hospital in Boston for emergency treatment, the State Department said.
Discussion: MyFoxBoston, Politico and The Raw Story
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Associated Press:
Teresa Heinz Kerry hospitalized  —  Teresa Heinz Kerry, the wife of Secretary of State John Kerry and heir to a ketchup company fortune, was hospitalized in critical condition Sunday while on Massachusetts' Nantucket Island.  —  Heinz Kerry was flown to Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston …
Meghashyam Mali / The Hill:
Obama loses altitude, needs solid wins six months into second term  —  Six months into his second term, the momentum that President Obama gained from his reelection win is a fading memory.  —  Few could have foreseen this White House struggling so much after Obama's convincing 332-206 electoral vote victory …
Discussion: Prairie Weather
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Zachary A. Goldfarb / Washington Post:   Obama's summertime push: Immigration and the economy
Reuters:
At least 42 killed in Egypt, Islamists call for uprising  —  (Reuters) - At least 42 people were killed on Monday when Islamist demonstrators enraged by the military overthrow of Egypt's elected President Mohamed Mursi said the army opened fire during morning prayers at the Cairo barracks where he is being held.
Discussion: Via Meadia and Informed Comment
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John Hudson / Foreign Policy:
Cameras Catch Mystery Break-In at Whistleblower's Law Firm  —  The offices of a Dallas law firm representing a high-profile State Department whistleblower were broken into last weekend.  Burglars stole three computers and broke into the firm's file cabinets.
Beth Matusoff Merfish / New York Times:
My Mother's Abortion  —  BOULDER, Colo. — ON June 25, I sat with my mother and sister in the gallery of the Texas State Senate to support Wendy Davis, a Democratic senator, in her filibuster against legislation that would limit abortions after 20 weeks and impose new regulations that would leave just a few abortion clinics open.
Discussion: Pirate's Cove
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Cameron Joseph / The Hill:
Perry vows Texas will pass abortion bill
CNN:
Pilot in deadly plane crash had no experience landing 777 in San Francisco  —  San Francisco (CNN) — [Breaking news update at 11:33 p.m.]  —  (CNN) — The pilot of the Asiana Airlines plane that crashed in San Francisco on Saturday was making his first landing with a Boeing 777 …
Discussion: Scared Monkeys and Twitchy
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Ashley Halsey III / Washington Post:
NTSB: South Korean plane was flying far too slowly to reach runway just before crash
Discussion: The Week, Politico and Wonkblog
Daniel Ellsberg / Washington Post:
Snowden made the right call when he fled the U.S.  —  Daniel Ellsberg is the author of “Secrets: A Memoir of Vietnam and the Pentagon Papers.”  He was charged in 1971 under the Espionage Act for theft and conspiracy for copying the Pentagon Papers.  The trial was dismissed in 1973 after evidence …
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Bobby Cervantes / Politico:
Menendez: Snowden asylum anti-U.S.
New York Times:
Immigration in the House  —  The Republican caucus of the United States House of Representatives is holding a private meeting on Wednesday.  The subject will be immigration.  Perhaps it will be a showdown or a summit that will reset the party's direction on this issue.
Discussion: msnbc.com
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Cameron Joseph / Ballot Box:
Rep. Labrador: Bad immigration bill could be ‘the death’ of the GOP
Daniel Strauss / The Hill:
Rep. McCaul: Senate immigration reform bill threw ‘candy’ at border
Discussion: Politico and CNN
Maggie Haberman / Politico:
Hillary Clinton's answer to the has-been charge  —  Republicans in search of an attack line against Hillary Clinton have begun to cast her as a tired relic of the past — an implicit contrast to their own bench of up-and-comers like hip hop-listening Marco Rubio and libertarian-leaning Rand Paul.
Discussion: Taegan Goddard's … and msnbc.com
Emily Swanson / The Huffington Post:
Mike McCaul On Immigration Bill: ‘Bunch Of Candy’ Thrown At Border  —  Rep. Mike McCaul (R-Texas), the chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, said Sunday that the money for border security proposed as part of the immigration legislation passed by the Senate was “a bunch of candy” …
 
 
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Jonathan Weisman / New York Times:
In Congress, Gridlock and Harsh Consequences
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Robert McCartney / Washington Post:
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Uphold the Third Amendment: Column
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ABC News:
‘This Week’ Transcript: George W. Bush, Laura Bush, Mohamed Tawfik
Discussion: Crooks and Liars
David DeSteno / New York Times:
The Morality of Meditation  —  MEDITATION is fast becoming …
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Louisiana Republican Introduces Bill To Ban LGBT Rainbow Flag From Public Buildings
 

 
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Caitlin Huston / The Hollywood Reporter:
Internal memo: Hearst Magazines president announces layoffs as part of a decision to “reallocate resources” to “continue our focus on digital innovation”

Mark Sweney / The Guardian:
National World, one of the UK's biggest newspaper groups, gets a £56.2M buyout offer from shareholder Media Concierge, a 40% premium to its Nov. 21 stock price

Lachlan Cartwright / The Ankler:
Sources: MSNBC renewed Rachel Maddow's contract early this fall, but with a pay cut; MSNBC bosses' plan to shake up daytime and weekend programming

 
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