memeorandum: Gadhafi's youngest son killed but Libyan leader survives NATO missile strike, spokesman says (Associated Press)

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WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENTS' DINNER 2011: SCENES FROM THE RED CARPET — POLITICO Slideshows require the Adobe Flash Player. — POLITICO brings you minute-by-minute coverage of the White House Correspondents' Dinner and the events leading up to Washington's biggest night below:

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Patrick Gavin / Reuters:

In his speech, Barack Obama trumps adversaries — On his way into the White House Correspondents' Dinner Saturday night, Donald Trump made a bold prediction: “I wouldn't think [Obama] would address me.” — That forecast held up for about 10 seconds. — Trump, who continues to boast …

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The Politico:

SETH MEYERS SKEWERS D.C. — “SNL” head writer Seth Meyers spared no one in his star turn at the White House Correspondents Dinner, pivoting from jokes about the oddball crop of 2012 presidential contenders to members of Congress to President Barack Obama. He mocked the White House …

Daniel Strauss / The Hill:

The White House Correspondents' Dinner weekend, via Twitter — Before the White House Correspondents' Dinner even began, Twitter was buzzing with the “#nerdprom” hashtag — the self-mocking nickname Washington's twitterati use for the dinner, which is the big night on the capital's social scene.

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BBC:

Nato strike ‘kills Saif al-Arab Gaddafi’, Libya says — Libya's government took journalists to the site where they said Saif al-Arab Gaddafi was killed — A Nato air strike in the Libyan capital, Tripoli, has killed the son of the Libyan leader, Colonel Gaddafi, a government spokesman has said.

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Associated Press:

Gadhafi's youngest son killed but Libyan leader survives NATO missile strike, spokesman says — TRIPOLI, Libya — Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi escaped a NATO missile strike in Tripoli on Saturday, but his youngest son and three grandchildren under the age of 12 were killed, a government spokesman said.

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New York Times:

Qaddafi Is Said to Survive NATO Airstrike That Kills Son — BENGHAZI, Libya — The government of Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi said he survived an airstrike in Tripoli late Saturday night that killed one of his sons and three grandchildren, in the sharpest intensification yet of the NATO air campaign intended …

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CNN:
One of Gadhafi's sons killed in NATO airstrike, Libyan official says

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Dan Mitchell / International Liberty:

Obama's Medicare Appointee Has Accidental Encounter with Reality, Learns Nothing — I just read something that unleashed my inner teenager, because I want to respond with a combination of OMG, LMAO, and WTF. — Donald Berwick, the person appointed by Obama to be in charge of Medicare …

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Glen Johnson / Boston Globe:

Romney clarifies as he proposes to ‘hang’ Obama with misery index — UPDATED — MANCHESTER, N.H. — Expected Republican presidential contender Mitt Romney tread on socially dangerous ground last night as he talked about the need to “hang” a misery index around the neck of Barack Obama, the nation's first black president.

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Alexander Burns / The Politico:
Mitt Romney trips over ‘hang’ metaphor

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Mark Steyn / National Review:

Discredited — The other day Paul O'Neill said that . . . Oh, wait. I suppose I ought to explain who Paul O'Neill is. A decade ago, he was President Bush's first Treasury secretary. I have no very clear memory of him except that he toured Africa with Bono and they were photographed …

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Associated Press:

Bachmann uses Holocaust to illustrate tax point — MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann on Saturday described the loss of “economic liberty” that young Americans face today as a “flash point of history” in which the younger generation will ask what their elders did to stop it.

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Roger Lowenstein / New York Times:

Be Careful Wishing for the Fed's End — Ben S. Bernanke, the Federal Reserve chairman, faces a crisis of confidence. He is excoriated on the right for debasing the currency, and blasted on the left for failing to stimulate more than he has. It has gotten so bad that last week Mr. Bernanke …

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Cameron McWhirter / Wall Street Journal:

The Big Spill Over ‘Three Cups of Tea’ — Nonprofits working in the developing world are now under intense scrutiny; a revamp in charity ratings — Rye Barcott (in Nairobi, above) has found it harder to raise money for his work in Kenya after questions were raised about author Greg Mortenson.

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Larry O'Connor / Breitbart.tv:

Breitbart Punches Back on Maher's ‘Real Time’ — Andrew Breitbart was confronted on HBO's Real Time with Bill Maher by liberal political analyst Laura Flanders. Ignoring Maher's questions and moving on her own agenda for the show she challenged Breitbart to apologize to Shirley Sherrod.

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Eugene Volokh / The Volokh Conspiracy:

Will Calls for Distribution “According to Islamic Laws and Sharia”; Pennsylvania Court Gives Twice as Much to Each Son as to Each Daughter — That seems to be what happened in Alkhafaji v. TIAA-CREF Individual and Instit. Services LLC, 2010 WL 1435056 (Pa. Ct. Com. Pl. Jan. 14, 2010), which is now on appeal.

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