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10:55 AM ET, November 27, 2010

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Bryan Denson / Oregonian:
FBI thwarts terrorist bombing attempt at Portland holiday tree lighting, authorities say  —  The FBI thwarted an attempted terrorist bombing in Portland's Pioneer Courthouse Square before the city's annual tree-lighting Friday night, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office in Oregon.
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Associated Press:
Feds Arrest Somali-Born Teen in Car Bomb Plot  —  PORTLAND, Ore. — A Somali-born teenager plotted to carry out a car bomb attack at a crowded Christmas tree lighting ceremony in downtown Portland on Friday, but the bomb turned out to be a dud supplied by undercover agents as part of a sting, federal prosecutors said.
CNN:
Somali-American accused of plotting to bomb Oregon tree-lighting event  —  (CNN) — A 19-year-old has been arrested in connection with a plot to detonate a vehicle bomb at an annual Christmas tree lighting ceremony in Portland, Oregon, on Friday evening, the Justice Department announced.
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
The obligatory “Obama elbowed in the face during pick-up game” post; Update: Elbower identified  —  First he gets pounded in the midterms, then Kim Jong-il starts shelling South Korea, now he's getting flagrantly fouled while shooting hoops with friends and family.  What's next?
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Associated Press:
Obama Needs Stitches After Being Hurt During Basketball Game  —  WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama needed 12 stitches in his upper lip after taking an errant elbow during a pickup basketball game Friday morning with family and friends visiting for the Thanksgiving holiday, the White House said.
Craigjohnsoncnn / This Just In:
Obama gets busted lip, stitches in basketball game
msnbc.com:
Obama needs 12 stitches after being hit on lip during basketball game
Discussion: Reuters and Wonkette
Enigmax / TorrentFreak:
U.S. Government Seizes BitTorrent Search Engine Domain and More  —  Following on the heels of this week's domain seizure of a large hiphop file-sharing links forum, it's clear today that the U.S. Government has been very busy.  Without any need for COICA, ICE has just seized the domain …
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Sara Jerome / The Hill:
Homeland Security seizes domain names  —  The investigative arm of the Homeland Security Department appears to be shutting down websites that facilitate copyright infringement.  —  Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has seized dozens of domain names over the past few days, according to TorrentFreak.
Peter King / New York Post:
Qaeda the enemy - not TSA screeners  —  Tweet  —  The debate over security scanning and pat-downs has reached such a fever pitch, it seems that people are forgetting that the enemy isn't the Transportation Security Administration — it's al Qaeda.  —  I don't want my children …
Discussion: Pirate's Cove and Associated Press
Jon Bershad / Mediaite:
FoxNation.com Reposts Anti-Obama Article From The Onion, Doesn't Mention It's A Joke  —  Most people recognize The Onion as the Peabody Award-winning satire machine that it is.  Some people, however, don't.  Which is why we get a story like this every few months.
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The Onion:
Frustrated Obama Sends Nation Rambling 75,000-Word E-Mail
Romalley / Fox Nation:   The Onion: Frustrated Obama Sends Nation Rambling 75,000-Word E-Mail
John Leland / New York Times:
Iraq's Troubles Drive Out Refugees Who Came Back  —  The mother and daughters of Abu Maream in a cramped Baghdad apartment.  The family fled to Syria in 2005 and returned last year.  But Mr. Maream is unable to find a job and worried about safety, so he is sending some of his relatives back to Syria.
Discussion: Newshoggers.com
New York Times:
Health Law Faces Threat of Undercut From Courts  —  WASHINGTON — As the Obama administration presses ahead with the health care law, officials are bracing for the possibility that a federal judge in Virginia will soon reject its central provision as unconstitutional and …
Bob Herbert / New York Times:
Winning the Class War  —  The class war that no one wants to talk about continues unabated.  —  Even as millions of out-of-work and otherwise struggling Americans are tightening their belts for the holidays, the nation's elite are lacing up their dancing shoes and partying like royalty as the millions and billions keep rolling in.
Discussion: LewRockwell.com Blog and Daily Kos
Robert Stacy McCain / The Other McCain:
Report: ‘Issues of Culture, Ethnicity and Identity’ Raised in U.K. Rape-Gang Case  —  A report on the sexual exploitation of British girls as young as 12 by a gang led by two 28-year-old Muslim men found that cultural issues were “a critical factor in making [the victims] easy targets for abusers.”
Amie Parnes / The Politico:
Barack Obama to Barbara Walters: ‘Extraordinarily proud’ of health care reform  —  President Barack Obama, in a wide-ranging, reflective interview with Barbara Walters, staunchly defends his controversial policies - including sweeping health care reforms and the massive economic stimulus package …
Discussion: Power Line and Weasel Zippers
John / Verum Serum:
It Begins: Medicare Patients See Long Waits for Doctors  —  From the right-wing extremists at the Washington Post: … Recall that these steep cuts to Medicare reimbursement rates are the way in which the Obama administration was able to claim that a) Obamacare cost less than a trillion dollars and b) it would bend the cost curve.
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Alda Sigmundsdottir / Associated Press:
Iceland elects ordinary folk to draft constitution
Discussion: Hot Air
Bill King / Houston Chronicle:
It's time for Democrats to give in on voter ID bill
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Eli Lake / Washington Times:
Mubarak snubs U.S. call for election monitors
Discussion: EA WorldView, Commentary and FrumForum
Waqar Hussain / Agence France Presse:
Pakistan Muslims warn of anarchy over Christian
Discussion: Jihad Watch
Chris Moody / The Daily Caller:
Anti-Four Loko advocates promise they're not after your Irish Coffee.
Discussion: Hot Air and Moe Lane
Roger Cohen / New York Times:
The Real Threat to America
msnbc.com:
South Korea honors slain marines; commander vows ‘thousand-fold’ retaliation
Discussion: HotAirPundit
Amanda Carey / The Daily Caller:
Tea Party targets big business
Discussion: Left Coast Rebel
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Holding Sarah Palin to Her Promise
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Arab News:
Grandma prays for Obama to embrace Islam
Discussion: Power Line and The Hill
Javier C. Hernandez / City Room:
Mayor and State Reach Deal to Pave Way for Schools Chief
John B. Judis / The New Republic:
Is the Republican Comeback Just a Flash in the Pan?
Discussion: Hullabaloo and The Plum Line
Stacy Drake / Conservatives4Palin.com:
Lessons in Reactionary Mockery
Discussion: Liberty Pundits Blog
Michael Gerson / Washington Post:
Liberals resort to conspiracy theories to explain Obama's problems
 

 
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