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Matt Gutman / ABC News:
George Zimmerman Emerged From Hiding for Truck Crash Rescue — George Zimmerman, who has been in hiding since he was acquitted of murder in the death of Trayvon Martin, emerged to help rescue someone who was trapped in an overturned truck, police said today.
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Zimmerman Saves Family of Four in Florida Car Crash, Extinguishes Car Fire
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Los Angeles Times:
Rhetoric, race and reality in America — The biggest threat to black youths is other young blacks, not white bigots. — Rev. Al Sharpton speaks during a news conference outside the Department of Justice while discussing Trayvon Martin case. Sharpton called for the federal government …
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Shelby Steele / Wall Street Journal:
The Decline of the Civil-Rights Establishment — Black leaders weren't so much outraged at injustice as they were by the disregard of their own authority. — The verdict that declared George Zimmerman not guilty of murdering Trayvon Martin was a traumatic event for America's civil-rights establishment …
Pew Research Center for the People and the Press:
Big Racial Divide over Zimmerman Verdict
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Buckeye Firearms Foundation:
READ THIS ... Whatever you might think about the Zimmerman verdict …
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Jon Cohen / Post Politics:
Zimmerman verdict: 86 percent of African Americans disapprove
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Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
Ohio Gun Group: 'We're Buying Zimmerman A New Gun'
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David Leonhardt / New York Times:
In Climbing Income Ladder, Location Matters — The odds of rising to another income level are notably low in certain cities, like Atlanta and Charlotte, and much higher in New York and Boston.
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Matthew Yglesias / Slate:
In America, Where You're Born Has a Huge Impact on How Far You'll Go in Life
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Tyler Durden / Zero Hedge:
25 Facts About The Fall Of Detroit That Will Leave You Shaking Your Head — Submitted by Michael Snyder of The Economic Collapse blog, — It is so sad to watch one of America's greatest cities die a horrible death. Once upon a time, the city of Detroit was a teeming metropolis …
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Cries of Betrayal as Detroit Plans to Cut Pensions — DETROIT — Gloria Killebrew, 73, worked for the City of Detroit for 22 years and now spends her days caring for her husband, J. D., who has had three heart attacks and multiple kidney operations, the last of which left him needing dialysis three times …
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Margaret Sullivan / The Public Editor's Journal:
Nate Silver Went Against the Grain for Some at The Times — Why did Nate Silver decide to leave The New York Times and accept an offer from ESPN? — That's the cause of great speculation in media circles at the moment. As has been noted elsewhere, there's no question that The Times …
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Mike Allen / Politico:
How ESPN and ABC landed Nate Silver — If you were away from your screens this weekend, you may have missed Mike Allen's fascinating behind-the-scenes look at how ESPN and ABC News fought to lure data-whiz Nate Silver away from The New York Times. Because this all went down in Playbook, it'll be lost to the archives soon.
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Mark Landler / New York Times:
Obama Plans to Unveil His Agenda for Economy — WASHINGTON — With major battles looming in the fall over the federal budget and the debt ceiling, President Obama is trying to regain the initiative, embarking on a campaign-style tour of the Midwest this week to lay out his agenda for reinvigorating …
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Dan Pfeiffer / White House.gov Blog:
You're Going to Want to Watch This Speech
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Illinois Review:
OBAMA CO-SPONSORED LEGISLATION STRENGTHENING ILLINOIS' “STAND YOUR GROUND” LAW — CHICAGO - This past week President Obama publicly urged the reexamination of state self-defense laws (see remarks below). However, nine years ago then-State Sen. Barack Obama actually co-sponsored a bill …
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John Fund / National Review:
Obama Voted to Strengthen Illinois's Stand Your Ground Law in 2004
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Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
Obama Approval Dips to 47.9% in 18th Quarter in Office — Second consecutive quarter his approval average has declined — PRINCETON, NJ — President Obama's job approval rating averaged 47.9% during his 18th quarter in office. His quarterly average has declined in each of the last two quarters …
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Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Poll: Obama's approval rating drops for second straight quarter
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Steve Kornacki / Salon:
Christie may be forced to quit as governor — If the polls are right and Chris Christie wins a lopsided reelection victory this fall, it will put the New Jersey governor in position to seek the presidency in 2016. That's the conventional wisdom, at least, and there's plenty to be said for it.
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W. James Antle III / The Daily Caller:
Southern Avenger no more: Rand Paul aide Jack Hunter leaves staff, returns to punditry — The man who for years called himself the “Southern Avenger” says he now seeks to avenge his own honor. — Jack Hunter, the aide to Kentucky Republican Sen. Rand Paul who has been under fire …
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CNN:
Royal baby on the way, Catherine enters hospital in labor — What will royal baby's name be? — London (CNN) — As a nation and the world awaited news of a child who could one day sit on the British throne, Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, was experiencing a normal labor on Monday, Kensington Palace said.
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Alice Philipson / Telegraph:
Duchess of Cambridge goes into labour: reaction and developments - live
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Laurie Goodstein / New York Times:
Some Mormons Search the Web and Find Doubt — A Mormon Doubts: Hans Mattsson was once a high-ranking leader for the Mormon church in Europe. He joins others who are experiencing a crisis of faith and finding few answers from their church. — In the small but cohesive Mormon community where he grew up …
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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Detroit, the New Greece — When Detroit declared bankruptcy, or at least tried to — the legal situation has gotten complicated — I know that I wasn't the only economist to have a sinking feeling about the likely impact on our policy discourse. Was it going to be Greece all over again?
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Jacob Fischler / BuzzFeed:
Mayors Abandon Bloomberg's Gun Control Group — Some weren't sure what they signed on for. And as some mayoral members of Bloomberg's group leave office, their successors are hesitant to sign up. — Via: Kena Betancur / Getty Images — New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg's gun control group Mayors …
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Julie Hirschfeld Davis / Bloomberg:
Virginia Republican Suffers Abortion Backlash From Donors — Virginia Republican gubernatorial candidate Ken Cuccinelli has less than half as much cash as Democratic opponent Terry McAuliffe, with a prominent list of Republican donors sitting out this year's most competitive U.S. political contest — and in some cases switching sides.
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Patrick Howley / The Daily Caller:
The Obama appointee implicated in congressional testimony in the IRS targeting scandal met with President Obama in the White House two days before offering his colleagues a new set of advice on how to scrutinize tea party and conservative groups applying for tax-exempt status.
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