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The National Interest:
How One Man Could Obliterate Obamacare — Why an MIT health economist who was one of the health-care law's architects could cause its utter destruction. — For five years, Republicans have been searching for the perfect messenger to speak out against Obamacare. — They have finally found him.
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Laura Gunderson / Oregonian:
Monica Wehby called John Kitzhaber after election about leading health agency, helping with reforms — Republican Monica Wehby speaks to supporters Tuesday after voters overwhelmingly re-elected Sen. Jeff Merkley. The pediatric neurosurgeon says she's open to working in a more civic-minded job …
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The Moderate Voice, Talking Points Memo and Raw Story
New York Times:
Cost of Coverage Under Affordable Care Act to Increase in 2015
Cost of Coverage Under Affordable Care Act to Increase in 2015
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Washington Monthly, Political Wire, The PJ Tatler, Seeing the Forest, JustOneMinute, The Moderate Voice, Daily Kos, Gallup, US News and Washington Post
Glenn Harlan Reynolds / USA Today:
1 small shirt for a man, 1 giant leap backward for women: Column — Better not to land a spaceship on a comet than let men wear sexist clothing. — So how are things going for feminism? Well, last week they took one of the great achievements of human history — landing a probe from Earth …
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Pamela Constable / Washington Post:
Washington Cathedral's first Muslim prayer service interrupted by heckler — In a corner of Washington National Cathedral, several hundred Muslim worshipers and other invited guests gathered Friday afternoon for a first-ever recitation of weekly Muslim prayers at the iconic Christian sanctuary …
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BizPac Review, The PJ Tatler, FOX News Radio and John Hawkins' Right Wing News
Kathryn Schroeder / opposingviews.com/homepage.xml:
Tombstones Discovered In Backyard Of Family's New Home — A family's new home in Riverbank, Sacramento, came with an unexpected surprise: Tombstones in the backyard. — The Buenrostro family planned a day of yard clean-up, but they found more than weeds in an overgrown garden area.
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Scott Neuman / NPR:
In NPR Interview, Bill Cosby Declines To Discuss Assault Allegations — In an NPR interview with Bill Cosby that aired today on Weekend Edition Saturday, the comedian discusses the loan of 62 pieces of African Art for an exhibition in Washington, D.C. — But, there's one thing …
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Mike Lillis / The Hill:
Washington braces for immigration quake — Congress returned to Washington this week to find a Capitol transformed by the GOP's midterm wave and a bicameral scramble to approve an oil pipeline that few would have predicted just days earlier. — But for all the debate over Keystone politics …
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Political Wire
Ralph Ellis / CNN:
Declared dead, 91-year-old woman wakes up 11 hours later in funeral home — (CNN) — Never underestimate the healing power of a good nap. — A 91-year-old woman in Poland was declared dead November 6 and sent to a funeral home, only to wake up 11 hours later in cold storage, CNN's Polish affiliate TVN reported.
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Gawker and FOX News Radio
Jeff Dunetz / “The Lid”:
Two CNBC Alums Say Network Mgmt. Stopped Them From Telling Truth About Obamacare & Obamanomics — During her Friday program on the “Fox Business Network,” Melissa Francis made a truly scandalous revelation. “when I was at CNBC, I pointed out to my viewers that the math of Obamacare simply didn't work.
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Hot Air
Jason Sickles / Yahoo! News:
Chief: Ferguson Officer Darren Wilson ‘immediately’ returns if cleared in Michael Brown's death — The Ferguson police officer who fatally shot Michael Brown will be “immediately” returned to active duty if he is not indicted, Chief Tom Jackson told Yahoo News on Friday.
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Raw Story, Talking Points Memo and Hinterland Gazette
The Hill:
Shutdown talk grows in GOP — Conservative House Republicans say they're willing to shut down the government to prevent President Obama from carrying out what they see as unconstitutional actions on immigration. — Tea Party lawmakers emboldened by the GOP's big midterm gains say they will insist …
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Daniel / Rosetta:
Our lander's asleep — With its batteries depleted and not enough sunlight available to recharge, Philae has fallen into ‘idle mode’ for a potentially long silence. In this mode, all instruments and most systems on board are shut down. — “Prior to falling silent, the lander was able …
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