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9:45 AM ET, September 27, 2010

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Gavin Allen / Daily Mail:
Millionaire owner of Segway firm dies in freak accident after riding one of his two-wheel machines off a cliff  —  The multi-millionaire owner of the Segway company died in a freak accident yesterday when he rode one of the high-tech two-wheel machines off a cliff and into a river.
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
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Royal Family / Telegraph:
Segway company owner dies riding two-wheeled machine off cliff  —  Jimi Heselden, the owner of the Segway company, has died after riding one of the two-wheeled machines off a cliff and into a river.  —  The multi-millionaire businessman, 62, fell into the River Wharfe while inspecting …
Discussion: Gawker
msnbc.com:
Segway company owner rides scooter off a cliff  —  UK exec, who bought firm a year ago, dies in accident near his estate  —  A British businessman, who bought the Segway company less than a year ago, died after riding one of the scooters off a cliff and into a river near his Yorkshire estate.
Discussion: Mediaite
The Politico:
Poll: Rocky road seen ahead for Obama  —  A significant majority of voters are considering voting against President Barack Obama in the 2012 election, expressing sour views of his new health care law and deep skepticism about his ability to create jobs and grow the sluggish economy …
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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Structure of Excuses  —  What can be done about mass unemployment?  All the wise heads agree: there are no quick or easy answers.  There is work to be done, but workers aren't ready to do it — they're in the wrong places, or they have the wrong skills.  Our problems are “structural,” and will take many years to solve.
Maureen Callahan / New York Post:
Paladino's wife tells of son's loss, hubby's affair & ‘get over it’ policy  —  Tweet  —  BUFFALO — It was just about a year ago, hours after the death of her son in a car crash, that Cathy Paladino's husband told her he was the father of a 10-year-old girl with another woman …
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Charlie Savage / New York Times:
U.S. Wants to Make It Easier to Wiretap the Internet  —  WASHINGTON — Federal law enforcement and national security officials are preparing to seek sweeping new regulations for the Internet, arguing that their ability to wiretap criminal and terrorism suspects is “going dark” …
Steven Greenhouse / New York Times:
Liberal Groups Planning to Rally on National Mall  —  Hoping to overshadow last month's rally led by Glenn Beck that drew thousands of Tea Party advocates and other conservatives, a coalition of liberal groups plan to descend on Washington on Saturday to make the case that they …
NPR:
Former Reagan Adviser On GOP'S Pledge To America … House Republican leader John Boehner has a two-point prescription for our economic ills: freeze current tax rates and cut government spending.  But is it really that simple?  Host Guy Raz breaks it down with former Office of Management and Budget director David Stockman.
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Byron York / Beltway Confidential:   Evidence points to left-wing activist as source of Boehner affair rumor
Tanya Somanader / Think Progress:
Boehner: The ‘Pledge’ …
Associated Press:
US: Inverted Philippine flag was ‘honest mistake’  —  MANILA, Philippines - The U.S. government said Sunday it made an “honest mistake” when it displayed an inverted Philippine flag — which wrongfully signified that the Southeast Asian nation was in a state of war — in a meeting hosted by President Barack Obama.
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Daily Mail:
U.S. apologises after flying Philippine flag upside-down …
Washington Post:
Obama looks to reenergize youth vote, get late Democratic surge for midterms  —  MADISON, WIS. - President Obama will swoop into the heartland this week in a high-stakes bid to boost enthusiasm for Democrats by reigniting the coalition of young and minority voters who were critical to his success two years ago.
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Michael D. Shear / The Caucus:
An Effort to Recapture Democratic Enthusiasm
Megan Carpentier / TPMDC:
Ann Coulter At Homocon: 'Marriage Is Not A Civil Right.  You're Not Black.'  —  Ann Coulter doesn't mince words.  And even when speaking to a gay conservative organization, GOProud, at their inaugural Homocon party on Saturday night, she apparently wasn't willing to start.
Daily Mail:
Guantanamo Bay rations detainees' ice cream portions  —  Detainees' diets at Guantanamo Bay have been a controversial issue for some time and now the U.S. prison is said to be rationing ice cream.  —  The frozen dessert is allegedly being tightly measured, with only one ice cream allowed for each of its 147 detainees.
Ross Douthat / New York Times:
The Seduction of the Tea Partiers  —  On the surface, the Pledge to America that House Republicans unveiled last week, in obvious imitation of Newt Gingrich's famous Contract With America, feels like a triumph for the Tea Party.  —  Whereas the Gingrich-era contract was a terse …
Discussion: The Blaze
Mark Hemingway / Beltway Confidential:
Local Tea Party group may have uncovered massive vote fraud in Texas  —  The Examiner's Mark Tapscott wrote about this story over a week ago, but now Fox News is reporting on Tea Party activists in Texas uncovering vote fraud: … True the Vote appears to have made some pretty significant discoveries …
The Politico:
The Fox primary: complicated, contractual  —  With Sarah Palin, Newt Gingrich, Rick Santorum and Mike Huckabee all making moves indicating they may run for president, their common employer is facing a question that hasn't been asked before: How does a news organization cover White House hopefuls when so many are on the payroll?
Discussion: GOP 12
Bob Woodward / Washington Post:
Military thwarted president seeking choice in Afghanistan  —  The first of three articles adapted from “Obama's Wars” by Bob Woodward.  —  President Obama was on edge.  —  For two exhausting months, he had been asking military advisers to give him a range of options for the war in Afghanistan.
San Francisco Chronicle:
No endorsement in U.S. Senate race  —  Californians are left with a deeply unsatisfying choice for the U.S. Senate this year.  The incumbent, Democrat Barbara Boxer, has failed to distinguish herself during her 18 years in office.  There is no reason to believe that another six-year term …
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Chris Haire / Charleston City Paper:
Will Folks plans tell-all book about Haley, Sanford
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Richard E. Cohen / The Politico:
Report: Fla. adds 2 seats, N.Y. loses
Discussion: Online NewsHour
Ellen Nakashima / Washington Post:
Money transfers could face anti-terrorism scrutiny
CNN:
Obama to sign $42 billion bill aimed at helping small businesses
Discussion: The Page
David Streitfeld / New York Times:
Anger as a Private Company Takes Over Libraries
Discussion: Suburban Guerrilla
Heidi Blake / Telegraph:
UN ‘to appoint space ambassador to greet alien visitors’
 Earlier Items: 
Xinhua News Agency:
3rd U.S.drone attack reported in NW Pakistan
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
Randall Chase / Associated Press:
O'Donnell is first political target of SNL season
Michael Sheridan / NY Daily News:
House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer: Stephen Colbert was an ‘embarrassment’
Discussion: DownWithTyranny!
Boston Globe:
Baker catches Patrick in new poll
David Zucchino / Los Angeles Times:
U.S. military training adjusts its aim
Discussion: Newshoggers.com
Russell Berman / The Hill:
Conservative Democrat wants Skelton over Pelosi as party's next speaker
Discussion: Scared Monkeys and Weasel Zippers
MikeM / Confederate Yankee:
The Erik Scott Shooting: Update 3
Discussion: Vox Popoli