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11:10 AM ET, November 9, 2013

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Matthewjbuettner / CBS Denver:
Colorado Woman Who Championed Obamacare Loses Insurance Plan  —  DENVER (CBS4) - President Barack Obama is apologizing to Americans who are losing their current health insurance plans.  Millions of people are getting cancellation notices, including about 250,000 Coloradans.
Discussion: Vox Popoli
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Bryan Koenig / CNN:
GOP weekly address: The ‘betrayal’ of Obamacare  —  (CNN) - Rep. Todd Young took his turn delivering the GOP's weekly address on Saturday to assail Obamacare's negative impacts on his constituents.  —  “This is what betrayal looks like,” the Indiana Republican said in the address …
Discussion: Politico
Matt Fuller / Roll Call:   GOP Playbook Looks to Capitalize on Obamacare Woes
Donna Cassata / Associated Press:   House GOP Leader: No Vote On Immigration Reform This Year
Jennifer Epstein / Politico:
Obama laments site, not health plans
Discussion: The PJ Tatler, Twitchy and First Read
Philly.com:
Police probe website targeting crime witnesses  —  Philadelphia police and prosecutors are investigating an anonymous Instagram account with thousands of followers that for months has been identifying witnesses in violent crimes across the city - aiming, in its creator's words, to “expose rats.”
Michael Kinsley / New York Times:
‘Double Down,’ by Mark Halperin and John Heilemann  —  “Chasmal.”  Is that a word?  Here, I'll use it in a sentence for you: “Santorum had been turfed out of office in 2006, losing his re-election bid by a chasmal 18-point margin.”  According to Merriam Webster, it is indeed a word, meaning ­"resembling a chasm."
Michael D. Shear / New York Times:
A White House in Crisis Mode, but Some Allies Prod for More Action  —  WASHINGTON — President Obama was seething.  Two weeks after the disastrous launch of HealthCare.gov, Mr. Obama gathered his senior staff members in the Oval Office for what one aide recalled as an “unsparing” dressing-down.
Discussion: Via Meadia
Erik Eckholm / New York Times:
Gay Marriage Battle Nears End in Hawaii, the First Front Line  —  HONOLULU — When, as most everyone expects, Gov. Neil Abercrombie signs into law same-sex marriage here in the coming days, it may almost seem like a routine event.  Hawaii is poised to be among 16 states to approve gay marriage …
Hadas Gold / Politico:
Simon & Schuster pulling Benghazi book  —  The publisher for Dylan Davies, the source of “60 Minutes” controversial Benghazi report, announced on Friday that they are pulling his book “in light of information” brought to their attention since its publication.
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ThinkProgress:
White Anti-Gay Activist Wins Election After Pretending To Be Black  —  An electrician best known for mailing homophobic fliers to thousands of Houston voters attacking the city's lesbian mayor narrowly won an election to the Houston Community College Board of Trustees after he misled voters into believing that he is African American.
Discussion: KHOU-TV and Liberaland
Ben Geman / The Hill:
Obama grasps for climate legacy as second-term agenda crumbles  —  President Obama has a chance to craft a second-term legacy on climate change even as the rest of his agenda runs aground in Congress.  —  Gun control legislation is dead; immigration reform is on life support …
PR Newswire:
Business Owners Welcome White House Support for $10 Minimum Wage  —  Business owners applauded President Obama in backing a federal minimum wage increase to at least $10 an hour.  “The American Dream needs a minimum wage increase,” said Lew Prince, CEO and co-owner of Vintage Vinyl in St. Louis …
Discussion: Cafe Hayek and EconLog
Rebecca Shabad / The Hill:
Top Oversight Dem slams Issa for HealthCare.gov claims  —  The top Democrat on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee says he has evidence that contradicts information Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) has released about the number of users HealthCare.gov was expected to handle.
Discussion: The Raw Story and Liberaland
Olga Khazan / The Atlantic Online:
When Trans Fats Were Healthy  —  With a new FDA proposal to outlaw trans fats, this may be the end of what was once considered “a great boon to Americans' arteries.”  —  On Thursday the FDA proposed changing its classification of trans fats to no longer “generally recognized as safe,” …
Pew Research Center for the People and the Press:
Obama's Second-Term Slide Continues  —  65% Disapprove of his Handling of Economy  —  Barack Obama has had a difficult year since his reelection victory.  His overall job rating stands at 41%, down 14 points since last December.  A majority (53%) now disapproves of the way he is handling his job as president.
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George E. Condon Jr / NationalJournal.com:
How Obama Blew the Entire Last Year
Discussion: Hot Air and Associated Press
 
 
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New Jersey Online:
Christie-Buono race draws record low turnout for N.J. governor's election
Discussion: Crooks and Liars
Ruby Cramer / BuzzFeed:
One Week In, Cory Booker Hasn't Figured Out How To Save Washington Yet
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
McConnell quietly convenes group for next fiscal showdown
Discussion: Booman Tribune
Jennifer Haberkorn / Politico:
Only 5 enrollments completed in D.C. Obamacare exchange
Discussion: National Review
 Earlier Items: 
Lynn Sweet Washington / Chicago Sun Times:
Sweet: Obama tries to empathize over health insurance cancellations, but is that the best he's got?
Noah Rothman / Mediaite:
Obama Burns Media Supporters with Apology
Discussion: JustOneMinute
Associated Press:
HOME DEPOT APOLOGIZES FOR RACIST TWEET
Benjamin Weiser / New York Times:
Pine Bush, N.Y., School District Faces Accusations of Anti-Semitism
Discussion: Capital New York, The Week and BBC
 

 
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Jonathan Stempel / Reuters:
A New York judge finds Sirius XM liable for a difficult subscription cancellation process; Sirius says it will appeal but abide by a new “click-to-cancel” rule

Ashley Carman / Bloomberg:
A growing number of podcasters, including Tim Ferriss, are moving away from interviews to monologues or co-hosts, as some well-known guests can be overexposed

Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Sources: NBCUniversal Vice Chairman Bonnie Hammer plans to leave the company at the end of the year; she has been with the company since 2004

 
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