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4:30 PM ET, August 29, 2013

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Telegraph:
Kim Jong-un's ex-lover ‘executed by firing squad’  —  Kim Jong-un's ex-girlfriend was among a dozen well-known North Korean performers who were executed by firing squad nine days go, according to South Korean reports.  —  Hyon Song-wol, a singer and rumoured to be a former lover of the North Korean leader …
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Digital Chosunilbo:
Kim Jong-un's Ex-Girlfriend ‘Shot by Firing Squad’  —  Kim Jong-un's ex-girlfriend was among a dozen well-known North Korean performers who were executed by firing squad on Aug. 20, reports said Wednesday.  —  Sources in China said singer Hyon Song-wol as well as Mun Kyong-jin …
Joe Kemp / NY Daily News:
Ex-girlfriend of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un executed by firing squad: report  —  Hyon Song-wol, a well-known pop artist and longtime girlfriend of the dictator, was one of a dozen performers gunned after they were arrested for allegedly breaking pornography laws, according to a report.
Fox News:
Kim Jong-un's ex-girlfriend reportedly executed by firing squad
Discussion: The Daily Banter
U.S. Department of the Treasury:
All Legal Same-Sex Marriages Will Be Recognized for Federal Tax Purposes  —  Ruling Provides Certainty, Benefits and Protections Under Federal Tax Law for Same-Sex Married Couples  —  WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) …
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Sam Stein / The Huffington Post:
Same-Sex Married Couples To Get Federal Tax Recognition Regardless Of State  —  WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of the Treasury announced Thursday that when it comes to taxes, it will recognize same-sex couples' marriages even if they live in a state that does not.
Zoe Schlanger / Talking Points Memo:
Federal Tax System Will Recognize Married Gay Couples Even If Their States Do Not
Discussion: Rumproast
Josh Lederman / Associated Press:
OBAMA OFFERS NEW GUN CONTROL STEPS  —  You are here  —  Home » United States government » Obama offers new gun control steps  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Striving to take action where Congress would not, the Obama administration announced new steps Thursday on gun control …
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Evan McMorris-Santoro / BuzzFeed:
NRA Slams New Obama Executive Orders On Guns
Discussion: PoliticusUSA
Reid J. Epstein / Politico:
White House announces new action on gun control
Discussion: CNN, NBCNews and The Democratic Daily
Lara Seligman / The Hill:   Obama imposes new limits on guns through executive action
Allison Benedikt / Slate:
If You Send Your Kid to Private School, You Are a Bad Person  —  A manifesto.  —  You are a bad person if you send your children to private school.  Not bad like murderer bad—but bad like ruining-one-of-our-nation's-most- essential-institutions-in-order-to-get- what's-best-for-your-kid bad.
Associated Press:
AP SOURCES: INTELLIGENCE ON WEAPONS NO ‘SLAM DUNK’  —  You are here  —  Home » United States government » AP sources: Intelligence on weapons no ‘slam dunk’  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — The intelligence linking Syrian President Bashar Assad or his inner circle to an alleged chemical weapons attack …
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Josh Rogin / The Daily Beast:   Exclusive: Obama Refused to Send Gas Masks to Syrian Opposition for Over a Year
Paul Steinhauser / CNN:
Chemical weapons a game-changer on U.S. public opinion on Syria
Nicholas D. Kristof / New York Times:
Reinforce a Norm in Syria
Clara Ritger / NationalJournal.com:
Obama's Affordable Care Act Looking a Bit Unaffordable  —  Independent National Journal analysis finds premiums higher under Obamacare as employers weigh dropping coverage.  —  Republicans have long blamed President Obama's signature health care initiative for increasing insurance costs, dubbing it the “Unaffordable Care Act.”
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Dylan Scott / Talking Points Memo:
This Is What Obamacare Outreach Looks Like (VIDEOS)  —  With a month to go until the Affordable Care Act's online health insurance marketplaces open for business, the race is on to reach the public and let them know what's going to be available to them on Oct. 1.
Elise Viebeck / The Hill:
No widespread premium increases coming under ObamaCare, study says
Discussion: Washington Monthly and CNN
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Evan Perez / CNN:
No federal challenge to pot legalization in 2 states
Discussion: AL.com
Ryan J. Reilly / The Huffington Post:
Eric Holder Says DOJ Will Let Washington, Colorado Marijuana Laws Go Into Effect
Washington Post:
U.S. spy network's successes, failures and objectives detailed in ‘black budget’ summary  —  U.S. spy agencies have built an intelligence-gathering colossus since the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, but remain unable to provide critical information to the president on a range of national security threats …
Eliana Johnson / National Review:
Cory Booker's Imaginary Friend  —  Go back and listen to Cory Booker's stump speeches over the years, and, as in those of any politician, you'll hear many of the same stories.  But Booker's are more dramatic and heart-rending than most.  They draw heavily on his experiences in Newark, N.J. …
Douglas McIntire / Bangor Daily News:
Sabattus man says ‘shoot’ posting wasn't a threat against Obama, defends using racial slur  —  SABATTUS, Maine — David Marsters said Tuesday night that the wording of his Facebook post was a mistake, but he defended it, anyway.  —  “(The Secret Service) didn't see no pictures of Obama with bullet holes in his head,” Marsters said.
Yahoo! News:
Eliot Spitzer loses advantage in bid for political comeback: poll  —  NEW YORK — Eliot Spitzer's commanding lead in the race for city comptroller has vanished, according to a new poll.  —  A Quinnipiac University survey released on Thursday found the former New York governor tied with rival Scott Stringer …
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Kevin Liptak / CNN:
Spitzer's lead vanishes in New York City poll
Discussion: Politico, Newsday and Ballot Box
Alex Seitz-Wald / Salon:
Clinton's line was true: The sad facts about assault weapons and voting  —  At the 50th Anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.'s March on Washington yesterday afternoon, former President Bill Clinton delivered not just one of the best lines of the day, but one of the best lines of the debate …
Discussion: ThinkProgress, Mediaite and The Fix
The Atlantic Online:
On the Death of Dreams  —  If we are honest with ourselves we will see a president who believes in particular black morality, but eschews particular black policy.  —  Watching Barack Obama's speech yesterday, I thought of a young W.E.B. Du Bois who in 1897 authored the original Poundcake Speech:
Discussion: News Desk and The Dish
Rasmussen Reports:
10% Think Race Relations Better Since Obama Elected  —  Voters think America's a better place since Martin Luther King, Jr. gave his famous “I have a dream” speech 50 years ago this week, but nearly nine-out-of-10 say race relations have gotten worse or remained about the same since the election of the nation's first black president.
 
 
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