memeorandum: NTSB chief Hersman: San Francisco crash could have been worse (Daniel Strauss/The Hill)

12:15 PM ET, July 7, 2013

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Eric Lichtblau / New York Times:

In Secret, Court Vastly Broadens Powers of N.S.A. — WASHINGTON — In more than a dozen classified rulings, the nation's surveillance court has created a secret body of law giving the National Security Agency the power to amass vast collections of data on Americans while pursuing not only terrorism suspects …

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Washington Post:

Health insurance marketplaces will not be required to verify consumer claims — The Obama administration announced Friday that it would significantly scale back the health law's requirements that new insurance marketplaces verify consumers' income and health insurance status.

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Yuval Levin / National Review:

Obamacare's Invitation to Fraud — When the Obama administration announced last Tuesday that they would be delaying Obamacare's employer mandate and its associated reporting requirements by a year, many observers (myself included) noted that this could create problems for verifying eligibility for subsidies in the Obamacare exchanges.

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Avik Roy / Forbes:

Not Qualified For Obamacare's Subsidies? Just Lie — Govt. To Use ‘Honor System’ Without Verifying Your Eligibility — If you thought the delay in the employer mandate was bad news for Obamacare, just wait. On Friday, Sarah Kliff and Sandhya Somashekhar of the Washington Post discovered …

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Jonathan Martin / New York Times:

In Wyoming, a Cheney Run Worries G.O.P. — LUSK, Wyo. — A young Dick Cheney began his first campaign for the House in this tiny village — population 1,600 — after the state's sole Congressional seat finally opened up. But nowadays, his daughter Liz does not seem inclined to wait patiently for such an opening.

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Daniel Strauss / The Hill:

NTSB chief Hersman: San Francisco crash could have been worse — National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) Chairwoman Deborah Hersman on Sunday said investigators were in the initial stages of their probe into the deadly crash of a Boeing 777 at San Francisco International Airport …

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KTVU-TV:

Boeing 777 crashes while landing at SFO — Sponsored Links — SAN FRANCISCO — An Asiana Airlines Boeing 777 arriving from a flight South Korea crashed while landing at San Francisco International Airport Saturday morning, bursting into flames, authorities said.

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Jamapro / CBS San Francisco:
Korean Passenger Plane Crashes At SFO; 2 Dead, 182 Injured

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CNN:
Boeing 777 crashes at San Francisco International Airport

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Fox News:

McCain: After thinking ‘long and hard,’ US should suspend aid to Egypt — Arizona Republican Sen. John McCain is calling on President Obama to suspend aid to Egypt after its military overthrew the country's government. — McCain, a member of the Senate's Foreign Relations Committee …

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James Atlas / Opinionator:

Class Struggle in the Sky — The choice of “snacks” on my New York to Miami flight includes blue potato chips, a Luna bar, a packet of trail mix and — a selection I haven't been offered before — popcorn. But it makes sense: the cabin already feels like a movie theater at the end of a showing …

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Jordan Weissmann / The Atlantic Online:

Please Don't Be Satisfied With This Jobs Report — The labor market continues to be consistently, maddeningly mediocre. — Another month, another jobs report that's good, but not quite good enough. — Employers beat expectations in June by adding 195,000 new workers to their payrolls.

Hamza Hendawi / bigstory.ap.org:

EGYPT: ELBARADEI'S APPOINTMENT PUT ON HOLD — You are here — Home » Mohamed Morsi » Egypt: ElBaradei's appointment put on hold — CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's new president moved to assert his authority and regain control of the streets Saturday even as his Islamist opponents declared …

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Mackenzie Weinger / Politico:

Thom Hartmann: View from the left — Thom Hartmann may be the most popular progressive you've never heard of. — His nationally syndicated radio show draws 2.75 million listeners a week, he's a New York Times bestselling author and he hosts a nightly television show.

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