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Daily Mail:
'We hate obese passengers and people with personal hygiene issues:' Now ‘abused’ TSA staff vent their anger at patdown searches — Furious security staff today hit back at pat down searches in airports across America, claiming that they hated dealing with obese travellers and those with personal hygiene problems.
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Michelle Malkin:
The no-grope list: Look who gets a junk-touching exemption — Don't squeeze the J-Nap. — You've heard of the “no-fly” list. — Now get a load of the no-grope list — a roster of the privileged federal officials and politicians who don't have to be subjected to TSA's grabby hands.
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Jordy Yager / The Hill:
Next step for body scanners could be trains, boats, metro — The next step in tightened security could be on U.S. public transportation, trains and boats. — Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano says terrorists will continue to look for U.S. vulnerabilities, making tighter security standards necessary.
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Associated Press:
TSA: Some gov't officials to skip airport security — WASHINGTON (AP) — Cabinet secretaries, top congressional leaders and an exclusive group of senior U.S. officials are exempt from toughened new airport screening procedures when they fly commercially with government-approved federal security details.
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Susanna Kim / ABCNEWS:
Airport Pat-Downs: TSA Says it Can Fine You for Backing Out
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Mark McDonald / New York Times:
‘Crisis Status’ in South Korea After North Shells Island — SEOUL, South Korea — The South Korean military went to “crisis status” on Tuesday and threatened military strikes after the North fired dozens of shells at a South Korean island, killing two of the South's soldiers and setting off …
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Glenn Reynolds / Instapundit:
JUST WHAT THE WORLD NEEDS NOW: North Korea fires artillery barrage on South. If they start anything, I say nuke 'em. And not with just a few bombs. They've caused enough trouble — and it would be a useful lesson for Iran, too. We can't afford another Korean war, but hey, we're already dismantling warheads. . . .
John Garnaut / Sydney Morning Herald:
North Korean dictator-in-waiting linked to deadly artillery attack
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Washington Post:
North Korea fires artillery at South Korean island of Yeongpyeong
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Phil Stewart / Reuters:
U.S. condemns N.Korean shelling, shows restraint
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James Hibberd / Hollywood Reporter:
'Sarah Palin's Alaska' Ratings Plummet — After setting a TLC ratings record last week, Sarah Palin's reality show plummeted for its second episode. — Sarah Palin's Alaska fell 40% on Sunday night to 3 million viewers. — Not many were in the key adult demo either.
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Nellie Andreeva / Deadline.com:
CABLE RAT RACE: Palin Drops Big In Week 2; ‘Walking Dead’ Steady — Sarah Palin lost almost half of her premiere audience in the second airing of her TLC reality series Sarah Palin's Alaska. On Sunday, the series executive produced by Mark Burnett, drew 3 million viewers.
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Rob Shuter / PopEater:
Sarah Palin Wants Christine O'Donnell on Next ‘Dancing With the Stars’
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Catherine Rampell / New York Times:
Corporate Profits Were the Highest on Record Last Quarter — The nation's workers may be struggling, but American companies just had their best quarter ever. — American businesses brought in $1.66 trillion at an annual rate in the third quarter, according to a Commerce Department report released Tuesday.
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Michelle Breidenbach / Syracuse Post-Standard:
It's over: Buerkle clinches seat in Congress as Maffei concedes 25th District — Ann Marie Buerkle will be Syracuse's next representative in Congress, its first woman in the U.S. House. — U.S. Rep. Dan Maffei, the Democrat, called Buerkle today to concede, ending three weeks of ballot inspections, recounting and court wrangling.
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Michelle Breidenbach / Syracuse Post-Standard:
Dan Maffei's options in New York's 25th Congressional District: Concede or recount
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Big Government, Left Coast Rebel, USA Today, The Political Carnival and The Other McCain
Shane D'Aprile / Ballot Box:
Rep. Bishop leads Altschuler as absentee count ends
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Citizen:
Buerkle wins 25th after Maffei concedes
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Ballot Box, The Other McCain, CNN, Left Coast Rebel and The Page
Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Decline your health care, say GOP voters — Most Americans think incoming Congressmen who campaigned against the health care bill should put their money where their mouth is and decline government provided health care now that they're in office. Only 33% think they should accept the health care …
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Steven Thomma / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
New poll undercuts GOP claims of a midterm mandate — WASHINGTON — A majority of Americans want the Congress to keep the new health care law or actually expand it, despite Republican claims that they have a mandate from the people to kill it, according to a new McClatchy-Marist poll.
Julian Pecquet / The Hill:
House Dem dares GOP on healthcare repeal — Rep. Gary Ackerman (D-N.Y.) is daring Republicans to make good on one of their top legislative priorities: repealing the healthcare law. — Using a somewhat unusual tactic, Ackerman, a strong advocate for the healthcare reform law …
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Michael Calderone / Yahoo! News:
Washington Post hires conservative blogger — The Washington Post boasts some of the top liberal bloggers, such as Ezra Klein and Greg Sargent. Now the paper's bringing a conservative into the blog stable. — The Post has hired Jennifer Rubin, previously with Commentary magazine …
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Michael Luo / New York Times:
Effort for Liberal Balance to G.O.P. Groups Begins — In what may prove a significant development for the 2012 elections, David Brock, a prominent Democratic political operative, says he has amassed $4 million in pledges over the last few weeks and is moving quickly to hire a staff to set …
Ann Althouse / Althouse:
Sally Quinn — who says “Dancing is my religion” — denounces Bristol Palin's success on “Dancing with the Stars” as “unholy.” — And this strangely sanctimonious journalist — she's writing in the always awful “On Faith” section of The Washington Post — condemns Palin voters for “cheating” …
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Jennifer Epstein / The Politico:
Nancy Pelosi to fly commercial — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) will give up more than just the majority in the next Congress — she'll be stripped of her right to use military aircraft. — Since becoming speaker in 2007, Pelosi has used Air Force jets for flights …
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Jake Sherman / The Politico:
N.Y. Dem might vote for Boehner
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Brian Maloney / The Radio Equalizer:
Sharpton Calls For FCC Action Against Rush Limbaugh — SHARP-LY REPRESSIVE — Reverend Al: Time For FCC Crackdown On Rush — With Democrats holding a majority on the FCC's board, lefties are salivating over a post-election opportunity to quietly impose a crackdown on free speech in talk radio.
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Say Anything, theblogprof and The Gateway Pundit
Igor Volsky / Wonk Room:
Exclusive: In Letter, Gates Dismissed McCain's Concerns About DADT Study — In late September, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) wrote a letter to Secretary of Defense Robert Gates expressing his concerns that the Pentagon's Working Group review of Don't Ask, Don't Tell policy was operating under the condition that …
Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Congressman fires chief of staff after arrest on sex charges — Rep. Steve Rothman (D-N.J.) has fired his chief of staff, effective last Friday, after his arrest on charges of soliciting sex from a minor. — Rothman spokesman Aaron Keyak said that Robert Decheine, the lawmaker's former top aide …
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Blake Eskin / News Desk:
Before the Junk Jokes: Airport Security Cartoons — As Americans debate the safety and propriety of new airport scanning devices, gear up for National Opt-Out Day, and endure a lot of headlines with the word “junk” in them, the Washington Post has reported on a “cheap and simple fix” to the problem:
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Javier C. Hernandez / New York Times:
Education Chief Raises Doubts on Pick by Bloomberg — The candidacy of Cathleen P. Black, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg's choice to be chancellor of New York City schools, was in jeopardy on Tuesday as both a panel weighing her credentials and the state official who will determine …
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Politics Daily, New York Magazine and Capital Tonight
Patrick Gavin / The Politico:
BARBARA BUSH EXPLAINS MISCARRIAGE ANECDOTE — George H.W. Bush and Barbara Bush appeared on CNN's “Larry King Live” Monday night, and George said that the two were “living a quiet life” (even though George said he still planned on sky-diving in 2014 to mark his 90th birthday, an endeavor he undertakes every year).
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Aurelius / Pundit Press:
NBC Names Ground Zero Mosque Developer a “Person of the Year” — NBC and its affiliates have been trounced in ratings over the last several years. With stations like MSNBC under their belt and liberals such as Matt Lauer and Keith Olbermann hosting programs, NBC is clearly disconnected with the average American.
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Ezra Klein:
The future of Social Security in one graph — This comes from the Strengthen Social Security Campaign, and it lists the impact of all of the various deficit-reduction plans on a medium-income Social Security beneficiary (click for a larger version): — It's worth noting that the “current law” …
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