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1:10 PM ET, October 30, 2013

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Associated Press:
GOV'T DOCUMENT: HEALTH SITE POSED SECURITY RISK  —  You are here  —  Home » United States government » Gov't document: Health site posed security risk  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — An internal government memo obtained by The Associated Press shows administration officials were concerned …
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CNN:
White House was warned about site  —  Washington (CNN) — The Obama administration was given stark warnings just one month before launch that the federal healthcare site was not ready to go live, according to a confidential report obtained by CNN.  —  Read documents
Politico:
Hill aides can quietly stay off health exchanges
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
Washington Post:
Obama accused of breaking promise to consumers as health plans cancel policies  —  A new controversy over the president's health-care law is threatening to overshadow the messy launch of its Web site: Notices are going out to hundreds of thousands of Americans informing them that their health insurance polices …
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Michael Warren / Weekly Standard:
Senate Democrats Struggle to Defend Health Insurance Promises
Michelle Malkin / Townhall.com:
The Thuggery of Obamacare Czarina Kathleen Sebelius
Ian Swanson / The Hill:   White House struggles to defend Obama healthcare claim
Aparnes / The Hill:
Annoyed Obama demands fix  —  An agitated President Obama has expressed frustration to Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius about the faulty ObamaCare enrollment website.  —  A visibly annoyed Obama behind closed doors has made clear to Sebelius that it's her responsibility …
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Amy Argetsinger / Washington Post:
Kathleen Sebelius, welcome to an unwelcome Washington tradition: The deathwatch.
Matthew Cooper / NationalJournal.com:
Why Obama Won't Fire Sebelius
Quinnipiac News + Events:
Release Detail  —  October 30, 2013 - Mcauliffe Up By 4 Points In Close Virginia Gov Race, Quinnipiac University Poll Finds; Libertarian Has 9 Percent  —  The Virginia governor's race is going down to the wire with Democrat Terry McAuliffe clinging to a slight 45 - 41 percent likely voter lead …
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Roanoke College:
RC Poll: McAuliffe widens lead over Cuccinelli; Democrats also lead down-ticket races
Discussion: CNN and Washington Post
Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
Obama's pledge that ‘no one will take away’ your health plan  —  “That means that no matter how we reform health care, we will keep this promise to the American people: If you like your doctor, you will be able to keep your doctor, period.  If you like your health care plan, you'll be able to keep your health care plan, period.
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Kiley Kroh / ThinkProgress:
Koch Pipeline Spills 400 Barrels Of Crude Oil In Texas  —  17,000 gallons of crude oil spilled from an eight-inch pipeline owned by Koch Pipeline Company on Tuesday, the Railroad Commission of Texas reported Wednesday.  —  The spill impacted a rural area and two livestock ponds near Smithville …
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KVUE-TV:
17,000 gallons of crude oil spill near Smithville
Discussion: InsideClimate News
Caroline Howard / Forbes:
The World's Most Powerful People 2013  —  Who's more powerful: the autocratic leader of a former superpower or the handcuffed commander in chief of the most dominant country in the world?  This year the votes for the World's Most Powerful went with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
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Caroline Howard / Forbes:
Ranking The World's Most Powerful People 2013
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
New York Times:
Spying Known at Top Levels, Officials Say  —  WASHINGTON — The nation's top spymaster said on Tuesday that the White House had long been aware in general terms of the National Security Agency's overseas eavesdropping, stoutly defending the agency's intelligence-gathering methods …
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Peter Baker / New York Times:
Where the Buck Stops, Some See a Bystander
Sahil Kapur / Talking Points Memo:
27 GOP Senators ‘Disapprove’ Of Their Own Vote To Raise Debt Ceiling  —  Twenty-seven Republican senators voted with Democrats on Oct. 16 to lift the debt ceiling and avert a catastrophic default.  And each one of those 27 senators voted Tuesday to “disapprove” of their own votes.
Adam C. Smith / Tampa Bay Times:
Alex Sink is running for C.W. Bill Young's congressional seat, will move to Pinellas  —  ST. PETERSBURG — Alex Sink is running for Congress.  —  Florida's former chief financial officer and Democratic gubernatorial nominee on Tuesday confirmed exclusively to the Tampa Bay Times that she is jumping …
Arthur Schlesinger, Jr / The Atlantic Online:
Letters From Camelot's Historian  —  Arthur Schlesinger Jr. remembers what Jackie Kennedy thought of Hillary Clinton, upbraids John Boehner for misquoting Lincoln, and denies JFK's philandering.  —  Over the course of a long career as an historian, public intellectual, speechwriter …
Discussion: Taylor Marsh
Reuters:
Murdoch editors Brooks and Coulson oversaw phone hacking: court  —  (Reuters) - Rupert Murdoch's former editor Rebekah Brooks and Andy Coulson, Prime Minister David Cameron's ex-media chief, oversaw a system of phone-hacking and illegal payments to officials when they ran the now defunct News of the World …
Jsink / TheHill:
Romney blasts ObamaCare as ‘frustrating embarrassment’  —  Former Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney blasted the rollout of ObamaCare as a “frustrating embarrassment” ahead of President Obama's trip to Massachusetts.  —  While in Boston, the president is expected to compare …
Discussion: Politico
Sean Whaley / Las Vegas Review-Journal:
Nevada group seeks to draw GOP convention to Las Vegas in 2016  —  (File, JOHN GURZINSKI/LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL)  —  CARSON CITY — A newly formed Nevada group announced Tuesday that it will make a formal bid to bring the 2016 Republican National Convention to Las Vegas.
Discussion: TheHill and GovBeat
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Tal Kopan / Reuters:
Las Vegas bids for 2016 Republican National Convention
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and CNN
 
 
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David D. Kirkpatrick / New York Times:
Ousted General in Egypt Is Back, as Islamists' Foe
Discussion: Via Meadia and National Review
Peggy Fikac / Texas Politics:
Greg Abbott will need affidavit to vote (UPDATE)
New York Post:
ObamaCare screw up sends callers to cupcake shop
Discussion: Weasel Zippers and VodkaPundit
Howie Carr / Boston Herald:
We already met our knucklehead quota
Carrie Wells / InsideEd:
Morgan State student says fraternity rejected him for being gay
David Edwards / The Raw Story:
12-year-old ‘suffragette’ fires back at NC gov. for voter suppression: ‘I am not a prop!’
Discussion: Liberaland and Mock Paper Scissors
Slate:
The Myth of the War of the Worlds Panic
Jonah Goldberg / National Review:
Obama's Big Lie
Discussion: VodkaPundit
 Earlier Items: 
Dylan Scott / Talking Points Memo:
Why Extending The Obamacare Deadline Could Hurt Democrats In 2014
Scott Bland / NationalJournal.com:
John Boehner: Coming Soon to a TV Near You?
Discussion: Booman Tribune
Mhooper / The Hill:
Republican: Many in GOP don't live in political reality
Discussion: First Read
Terry McAuliffe / Politico:
Why I'm running for governor
The Atlantic Online:
Marriage Makes Our Children Richer—Here's Why
Samuel Gibbs / Guardian:
Man buys $27 of bitcoin, forgets about them, finds they're now worth $886k
Discussion: Techdirt and The Daily Caller
 

 
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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

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”

Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:
FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel announced she will leave the agency on January 20; she was the first woman to be confirmed to lead the agency

 
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