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8:30 AM ET, May 13, 2009

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Hillel Italie / Associated Press:
Palin has book deal, memoir to come next year  —  NEW YORK - You knew it was coming: Sarah Palin is ready to tell her side, agreeing to publish a memoir with HarperCollins.  The book comes out in Spring 2010 — the year she is up for re-election.  —  “There's been so much written …
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Mike Allen / The Politico:
Palin book due out next spring  —  Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin will be publishing a memoir in spring 2010 that chronicles both her political and personal life, publishing sources said.  —  Palin has continued to fascinate the public even after her rocky run as last year's Republican vice presidential candidate …
Discussion: The Swamp, The Page and GOP 12
Sean Cockerham / Anchorage Daily News:
Palin signs deal to write book for HarperCollins by 2010  —  MEMOIR: Not revealing the dollar amount yet but says she'll write on her own time.  —  scockerham@adn.com  —  Gov. Sarah Palin has signed a book deal with HarperCollins Publishers for what is described as her memoir.
ABCNEWS:
EXCERPTS: Charlie Gibson Interviews Sarah Palin
Discussion: Politics Daily
Manu Raju / The Politico:
Democrats: CIA is out to get us  —  Democrats charged Tuesday that the CIA has released documents about congressional briefings on harsh interrogation techniques in order to deflect attention and blame away from itself.  —  “I think there is so much embarrassment in some quarters [of the CIA] …
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Fox News:
Report: Aide Told Pelosi of Waterboarding Use
Discussion: Gateway Pundit and Flopping Aces
Washington Post:
Officials Knew of AIG Bonuses Months Before Firestorm  —  As American International Group chief executive Edward M. Liddy returns to Washington to face Congress today, new details are emerging about how long federal officials were aware of the company's recent bonus payments to its executives …
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Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Eyes Bank Pay Overhaul  —  Administration in Early Talks on Ways to Curb Compensation Across Finance  —  WASHINGTON — The Obama administration has begun serious talks about how it can change compensation practices across the financial-services industry, including at companies …
New York Times:
U.S. Considers Financial Pay Guidelines  —  Obama administration officials are contemplating a major overhaul of the compensation practices in the financial services industry, moving beyond banks to include more loosely regulated hedge funds and private equity firms.
Discussion: EconLog and The Page
Alexander Burns / The Politico:
Trump on Prejean: Same as Obama  —  President Barack Obama ended up in the middle of an unlikely controversy this morning — the debate over Miss California's position on gay marriage.  —  At a press conference addressing Carrie Prejean's disputed title in the Miss USA competition …
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TMZ.com:
Miss California Topless — Oops, She Did It Again
Timothy F. Geithner / ssa.gov:
A MESSAGE TO THE PUBLIC:  —  Each year the Trustees of the Social Security and Medicare trust funds report on the current and projected financial status of the two programs.  This message summarizes our 2009 Annual Reports.  —  The financial condition of the Social Security and Medicare programs remains challenging.
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The White House:
Clearing the Air  —  Media reports today are suggesting that OMB has found fault with EPA's proposed finding that emissions of greenhouse gases from motor vehicles contribute to air pollution that endangers public health and welfare.  Any reports suggesting that OMB was opposed to the finding are unfounded.
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Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Video: EPA memo says greenhouse effect not proven?
Caitlin Taylor / Political Punch:
In Inter-agency Memo, “Bush Holdover” …
Discussion: Climate Progress and Hot Air
Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
N.Y. Assembly Passes Gay Marriage Bill  —  ALBANY — The State Assembly approved legislation on Tuesday night that would make New York the sixth state to allow same-sex marriage — a pivotal vote that shifts the debate to the State Senate, where gay rights advocates and conservative groups alike are redoubling their efforts.
WCBS-TV:
FDA Blasts General Mills Over Cheerios Claim  —  Cereal Makers Scolded Because Claim Of Lowering Cholesterol 10 Percent In Month Makes It A “Drug”  —  Company Fires Back: This Is About Language, Not Science  —  NEW YORK (CBS) ― The Food and Drug Administration scolded the makers …
Myglesias / Matthew Yglesias:
Richard Posner Throwing In the Towel on the Conservative Movement  —  I actually don't know that much about Richard Posner's political views, being primarily familiar with his (quite good, in my opinion) more abstract and philosophical work.  But he's definitely a political conservative …
Carol D. Leonnig / Washington Post:
FAA Approves Plan to Give Stimulus Funds to Airport Named After Murtha  —  The Federal Aviation Administration, after reviewing concerns about a project at a regional airport named after Rep. John P. Murtha (D-Pa.), has decided to go forward with plans to use $800,000 in stimulus funds to repave the airport's alternate runway.
Andy Barr / The Politico:
GOP govs plan Tea Party sequel  —  Hoping to recapture the grassroots energy of last month's “tea parties,” Republican Govs. Mark Sanford of South Carolina and Rick Perry of Texas will host a tele-town hall Thursday that's being dubbed “Tea Party 2.0.”  —  The Republican Governors Association …
Richard Pérez-Peña / New York Times:
Ire Over a Columnist, an Author of Torture Memos  —  When The Philadelphia Inquirer hired as its new opinion columnist, John C. Yoo, an author of the Bush administration's widely criticized legal memos on harsh interrogation techniques, it was probably inevitable that the decision would draw complaints.
Discussion: Balloon Juice and Philly.com
Scott / Power Line:
The meaning of Chrysler  —  The Obama administration's misbehavior in the matter of Chrysyler is fundamentally inconsistent with the Constitution and the rule of law.  In today's Wall Street Journal, Professor Todd Zywicki explains: … The case of Chrysler is illustratives of a proposition …
Discussion: Wall Street Journal
Jean Halliday / AdAge:
Obama Halves Chrysler's Planned Marketing Budget  —  Task Force Agrees Automaker Needs Advertising — Just Not $134 Million Worth  —  DETROIT (AdAge.com) — Chrysler wanted to spend $134 million in advertising over the nine weeks it's expected to be in bankruptcy — the U.S. Treasury's auto-industry task force gave it half that.
William Kristol / Weekly Standard:
Kristol: Obama to Reverse on Release of Detainee Treatment Photos?  —  From White House Spokesman Robert Gibbs's press briefing today: … This sounds to me as if the president is getting ready to reverse the decision of his Justice Department.  I expect him to announce …
Camille Paglia / Salon:
Radio rage  —  The assassination jokes and “liberal” conspiracy theories on talk radio could be an ominous sign of things to come.  Plus: Madonna vs. Daniela, gay men's favorite divas, a charming TV show for kids and more.  —  In John Frankenheimer's taut 1964 film, “Seven Days in May,” …
Discussion: Fraters Libertas and Redhot
Wall Street Journal:
‘A Blatant Extortion’  —  A judge slams plaintiffs lawyers' torts-for-import game.  —  Printer  —  Friendly  —  Court cases get dismissed all the time, but rarely are dismissals as significant as the two lawsuits against Dole Food and other companies that were tossed recently by a California judge.
Discussion: Commentary and PointOfLaw Forum
Ben Popken / Consumerist:
Send Us Your Credit Card Questions So We Can Ask 'Em At The White House  —  Consumerist is going to the White House this week, and we need your help!  Ben and Meg are hitting Washington to do an on-camera interview of a senior policy official in the Obama administration about the new credit card reforms …
Robin Pogrebin / New York Times:
Producer Is Chosen to Lead Arts Endowment  —  Rocco Landesman, the colorful theatrical producer and race-track aficionado who brought hits like “Big River,” “Angels in America” and “The Producers” to Broadway, has been nominated as the next chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts, the White House said on Tuesday.
Discussion: The Page and ArtsBeat
Heather / Crooks and Liars:
Jesse Ventura: You Give Me a Water Board, Dick Cheney and One Hour, and I'll Have Him Confess to the Sharon Tate Murders  —  You can view this video right here by getting the latest version of Flash Player!  —  On Larry King Live Jesse Ventura takes on the Bush administration chickenhawks and Rush Limbaugh, and defends Colin Powell.
Curt Anderson / Associated Press:
5 Miami men convicted of Sears Tower attack plot  —  MIAMI - It took three trials, three juries and nearly three years, but federal prosecutors finally succeeded Tuesday in convicting five Miami men of plotting to start an anti-government insurrection by destroying Chicago's Sears Tower and bombing FBI offices.
Eric Martin / Obsidian Wings:
Used to be One of the Rotten Ones  —  What, with all the recent brow furrowing, chin scratching and contrarian preening set in motion by the suddenly controversial topic of whether or not torture works and, if so, whether we should consider adopting it as our official policy …
 
 
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Jim Abrams / Associated Press:
Report: One-fourth of overseas votes go uncounted
Discussion: Betsy's Page
Los Angeles Times:
U.S. military, Pakistan carrying out Predator drone missions together
Discussion: MyDD
Ewen MacAskill / Guardian:
Obama throws poetry jam at White House
Discussion: CBS News, The Caucus and The Page
Peter Wehner / The Corner:
Vice-Presidential Issues
Discussion: Commentary and The Plank
Martin Crutsinger / Associated Press:
Gov't runs April deficit for first time since '83
Discussion: theblogprof
Scott / Power Line:
The making of a Minnesota suicide bomber
 Earlier Items: 
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Tillman's parents want general's record reviewed
Discussion: Don Surber
Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
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Scott Gottlieb / Wall Street Journal:
How ObamaCare Will Affect Your Doctor
Discussion: Donklephant and Townhall.com