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Jason Millman / Reuters:
Online SHOP enrollment delayed by one year — The Obama administration today announced a year-long delay of online enrollment for small businesses looking to purchase health coverage through federal-run exchanges, another setback for HealthCare.gov. — The delay, first reported by POLITICO …
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Sarah Kliff / Wonkblog:
Obamacare's online SHOP enrollment delayed by one year — The Obama administration announced Wednesday it would delay a significant piece of the health-care law: the online small business insurance marketplace. — The Small Business Health Options Program, known as the SHOP exchange …
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Robert Pear / New York Times:
Online Health Law Sign-Up Is Delayed for Small Business
Online Health Law Sign-Up Is Delayed for Small Business
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J.D. Harrison / Washington Post:
Obama administration delays small business exchange again; won't be ready until late 2014
Obama administration delays small business exchange again; won't be ready until late 2014
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Roxanne Jones / CNN:
Young men, get a ‘yes’ text before sex — Editor's note: Roxanne Jones is a founding editor of ESPN The Magazine and a former vice president at ESPN. She is a national lecturer on sports, entertainment and women's topics and a recipient of the 2010 Woman of the Year award from Women in Sports and Events.
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Eli Stokols / KDVR.com:
Hudak resigns seat to end recall threat, hold Democrats' Senate majority — DENVER — State Sen. Evie Hudak has decided to resign rather than risk facing a recall election that, should she lose, would flip control of the senate to Republicans, FOX31 Denver was first to report Wednesday.
Alex Hern / Guardian:
Help! My hard drive with £4m in Bitcoins is somewhere in that Newport landfill — A digital ‘wallet’ containing 7,500 Bitcoins that James Howells generated on his laptop is buried under four feet of rubbish — Buried somewhere under four feet of mud and rubbish …
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Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Obama's photo policy smacks of propaganda — Is the Obama White House airbrushing history? — It was a hallmark of the Stalin era: Fallen Soviet leaders vanished from official photographs. Nobody accuses President Obama of such subterfuge (well, nobody except for those who believe …
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New York Times:
A Plea to Avoid Crush of Users at Health Site
A Plea to Avoid Crush of Users at Health Site
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Mackenzie Weinger / Politico:
President Obama crowns victor of turkey ‘Hunger Games’
President Obama crowns victor of turkey ‘Hunger Games’
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Brad Plumer / Wonkblog:
The turkey pardon is America's dumbest tradition
The turkey pardon is America's dumbest tradition
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David Edwards / The Raw Story:
Mike Huckabee labels Lara Logan a ‘hero journalist’ for discredited Benghazi report — Fox News host and former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee (R) on Wednesday said that Lara Logan's botched reporting on Benghazi made her a “hero journalist” and he was shocked that CBS News would force her off the air.
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NationalJournal.com:
The Hotline's Senate Race Rankings: Democrats on Defense — Thirteen of the 15 seats most likely to switch are Democratic-held. — Arkansas Sen. Mark Pryor is his party's most vulnerable incumbent seeking reelection. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) — A lot has happened since National …
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James Taranto / Wall Street Journal:
The dog ate Obama's health-care reform. — When we got up this morning, there was an email on our BlackBerry from “Barack Obama.” We assumed that, like all the other emails we get from “Obama,” it was a fundraising pitch from Organizing for Action, the 501(c)(4) “social welfare” organization that sells access to the president.
Conor Friedersdorf / The Atlantic Online:
If You Must Talk Politics at Thanksgiving, Here's How — 10 unsatisfying rules for disagreeing with friends and family over the holidays — On Thanksgiving, it's usually best if you don't talk politics. The subject tends to aggravate people, and it's very unlikely that anyone's mind will be changed.
Steve Benen / msnbc.com:
Joe Lieberman, lobbyist — The week of the 2012 elections, the New York Times magazine talked to then-Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.), who was wrapping up his congressional career. “You're retiring after serving 24 years in the Senate. What lobbying firm are you going to join now?” the Times asked.
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Hunter Walker / Talking Points Memo:
DNC Wants To Help You Talk With ‘Your Republican Uncle’ On Thanksgiving — The Democratic National Committee is launched a Thanksgiving-themed website Wednesday called YourRepublicanUncle.com that purports to help people deal with “lively discussions with Republican relatives about politics” that occur during the holiday season.
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Jim Yardley / New York Times:
Berlusconi Expelled From Senate in Italy After 2 Decades in Government — ROME — Having spent months manufacturing procedural delays and conjuring political melodrama in hopes of saving himself, Silvio Berlusconi could no longer stave off the inevitable: Italy's Senate stripped …
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Ben Domenech / The Federalist:
Ten Obamacare Talking Points To Ruin Your Thanksgiving — We probably all know at least one: the person who comes to a family gathering primed to talk about politics - particularly, to let you know why their view is right, and yours is dead, dead wrong. These are the worst kind of guests.
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Associated Press:
Sriracha Factory Shut Down Over ‘Offensive’ Odors — LOS ANGELES (AP) — A judge has given a dose of cold water to the hot sauce Sriracha, ruling Tuesday that the factory that manufactures the trendy condiment must partially shut down after neighbors complained of the spicy smells it was producing.
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Mackenzie Weinger / Politico:
Mike Huckabee radio show ending — Mike Huckabee's radio show is done, the former Arkansas governor announced on Wednesday. — “The Mike Huckabee Show on radio, which was heard 3 hours a day on over 200 radio stations across the country since April of 2012 will conclude its run at the end …
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Sig Christenson / MySanAntonio.com:
Pentagon, Texas Guard end standoff on benefits — A standoff between the Pentagon and Texas National Guard ended Tuesday when officials in Austin said same-sex couples could apply for benefits immediately. — The decision means that five Texas Guard facilities once closed to gay couples …