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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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ABC News:

George Zimmerman Emerged From Hiding for Truck Crash Rescue … George Zimmerman, defendant in the killing of Trayvon Martin, is sworn in as a witness in Seminole circuit court for a pre-trial hearing April 30, 2013 in Sanford, Fla. — Joe Burbank/Getty Images

Discussion: Hit & Run, Twitchy, Right Wing News, The Daily Caller, Illinois Review and Conservatives4Palin

Kerry Picket / BREITBART.COM:

Zimmerman Saves Family of Four in Florida Car Crash, Extinguishes Car Fire — On Wednesday, July 17 at about 5:45 PM Sanford Police responded to a single car accident in the area of I- 4 and State Road 46 in Sanford. A blue Ford Explorer SUV traveled off the road and rolled over.

Discussion: protein wisdom and Rush Limbaugh

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 …

Discussion: Politico, PopWatch, Guardian, BobCesca.com, Business Insider, Talking Points Memo, Mediaite, The Week, Mashable, The Huffington Post, The Raw Story, Althouse and Towleroad News #gay, more at Mediagazer »

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.

Discussion: Washington Monthly, Deadline.com and New Republic

Amy Phillips / ESPN:

Nate Silver - Renowned Statistician, Author and Founder of FiveThirtyEight - Joins ESPN in Multi-Faceted Role — Nate Silver - Renowned Statistician, Author and Founder of FiveThirtyEight - Joins ESPN in Multi-Faceted Role — Will Also Contribute Regularly to ABC News Platforms

Discussion: ThinkProgress, The Verge and Poynter, more at Mediagazer »

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 …

Discussion: The Mahablog, The PJ Tatler and Connecting.the.Dots

Shelby Steele / Wall Street Journal: The Decline of the Civil-Rights Establishment

Justin Sink / The Hill:
Report: Jay Z, Kanye West, Rolling Stones join Stevie Wonder's Florida boycott

Discussion: AprilDRyan.com and Weasel Zippers

USA Today:

The royal baby has arrived — The royal baby has arrived and it's a boy! — CONNECT — Get ready for a 62-gun salute, let the fireworks and street parties commence: The royal baby has arrived, and it's a boy. — Prince William and Duchess Kate's first baby, a future monarch …

Discussion: Taylor Marsh, The Hinterland Gazette and American Spectator

BBC:
Royal baby: Kate gives birth to boy

Discussion: The Moderate Voice

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.

Discussion: ThinkProgress, American Prospect, National Review, AEIdeas, The Dish, Paul Krugman, Economix and Marginal Revolution

Matthew Yglesias / Slate:
In America, Where You're Born Has a Huge Impact on How Far You'll Go in Life

Discussion: Gawker, Via Meadia and Brad DeLong

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 …

Discussion: USA Today, Yahoo! News, Via Meadia, The Plum Line, Washington Monthly, Right Wing News, Booman Tribune and UrbanGrounds

Justin Sink / The Hill:
White House defends Obama economic push

Discussion: Politico

Michael D. Shear / New York Times:
Obama Seeking to Take Credit and Set Course for Economy

Discussion: Outside the Beltway

Pew Research Center for the People and the Press:

Big Racial Divide over Zimmerman Verdict — Whites Say Too Much Focus on Race, Blacks Disagree — OVERVIEW — The public is divided over the not guilty verdict in the George Zimmerman trial and over the conversation about race that has surrounded it. The latest national survey …

Discussion: ABC News, Yahoo! News, Bangor Daily News, Hot Air and Taegan Goddard's …

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 …

Discussion: The Moderate Voice, The Heritage Foundation, Questions and Observations, National Review, Power Line, americanthinker.com and Blazing Cat Fur

New York Times:
Cries of Betrayal as Detroit Plans to Cut Pensions

Discussion: The Week, Via Meadia, msnbc.com, Hot Air and CBS News

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 …

Discussion: Associated Press, Hot Air, americanthinker.com, Weasel Zippers and Rasmussen Reports

John Fund / National Review:
Obama Voted to Strengthen Illinois's Stand Your Ground Law in 2004

Discussion: The PJ Tatler and Power Line

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 …

Discussion: The Moderate Voice, PostPartisan, The Daily Caller and National Republican …

Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Poll: Obama's approval rating drops for second straight quarter

Discussion: Hot Air and americanthinker.com

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 …

Discussion: Outside the Beltway and New Republic

Brian Tashman / Right Wing Watch:

Priebus: GOP Not Embracing ‘Tolerance,’ Just Becoming More Loving — Following their 2012 election debacle, the Republican National Committee and the College Republicans issued reports which urged the party to go through an image makeover without adjusting its political stances.

Discussion: Washington Monthly, ThinkProgress, Little Green Footballs and Daily Kos

Pew Research Center:

Are unauthorized immigrants overwhelmingly Democrats? — As Congress debates immigration reform, some political leaders and analysts have speculated that there will be “an electoral bonanza for Democrats” if the nation's estimated 11.1 million unauthorized immigrants - three quarters of whom are Hispanics …

Discussion: Politico and Post Politics

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.

Discussion: Towleroad News #gay, ThinkProgress, Taylor Marsh, Yahoo! News and Outside the Beltway