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9:25 AM ET, May 24, 2011

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Jana Winter / Fox News:
EXCLUSIVE: Strauss-Kahn Told Maid 'Don't You Know Who I Am?'  During Alleged Sex Attack  —  Dominique Strauss-Kahn told a New York City hotel maid, “Don't you know who I am!  Don't you know who I am?” while pinning her down during the alleged sexual assault, law enforcement sources close to the investigation told FoxNews.com.
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New York Post:
Strauss-Kahn's pals bid to pay off woman's kin  —  By ORON DAN in Tel Aviv and LAURA ITALIANO and BOB FREDERICKS in NY  —  Friends of alleged hotel sex fiend Dominique Strauss-Kahn secretly contacted the accusing maid's impoverished family, offering them money to make the case go away since …
Dominique Strauss-Kahn / Telegraph:
DNA samples confirm sperm traces on maid's dress
Ross Douthat / New York Times:
Who Will Play Strauss-Kahn?
Jacob Tomsky / New York Times:
Behind Closed, Sequentially Numbered Doors
Discussion: Balloon Juice and Mother Jones
Maen Rashid Areikat / The Politico:
A Palestinian perspective  —  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has accepted House Speaker John Boehner's invitation to address a joint session of Congress on Tuesday.  The speaker says his invitation is a chance to promote freedom, security and peace in the Middle East.
Discussion: Right Wing News
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Wall Street Journal:
An Anti-Israel President  —  The president's peace proposal is a formula for war.  —  Say what you will about President Obama's approach to Israel—or of his relationship with American Jews—he sure has mastered the concept of chutzpah.  —  On Thursday at the State Department …
Mike Lillis / The Hill:
Reid breaks with Obama on Israel  —  Breaking with President Obama, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) on Monday urged a renewal of the Israeli-Palestinian peace talks without preconditions regarding borders.  —  Obama, in recent days, has proposed that Israel's 1967 boundaries be the …
Natasha Mozgovaya / Haaretz:
AIPAC chief: Obama should not be even-handed toward Israel and Palestinians
Discussion: Israpundit
Ron Radosh / Pajamas Media:
Eric Cantor Gives AIPAC Delegates a Lesson on which Political Party Really Supports Israel …
David G. Savage / Los Angeles Times:
Supreme Court orders California to release tens of thousands of prison inmates  —  The 5-4 decision represents one of the largest prison release orders in U.S. history.  The court majority says overcrowding has caused ‘suffering and death.’ In a sharp dissent, Justice Antonin Scalia warns ‘terrible things are sure to happen.’
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Adam Liptak / New York Times:   State Secrets Block Resolution of Contractors' Suit, Justices Say
Los Angeles Times:
U.S. Supreme Court orders massive inmate release to relieve California's crowded prisons
Discussion: New York Times and TalkLeft
Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
Poll: Romney way ahead of GOP field in New Hampshire  —  Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney (R) enjoys more than triple the support of his next closest competitor in New Hampshire's Republican primary, according to a poll released Monday.  —  Thirty-two percent of New Hampshire's Republican voters …
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Byron York / Washington Examiner:
BELTWAY CONFIDENTIAL  —  King: Giuliani ‘very close’ to joining GOP presidential race
Discussion: GOP 12 and Betsy's Page
Sean J. Miller / Ballot Box:
All eyes on New York's special  —  All of Washington will be watching New York on Tuesday, where a Democratic win in the special election could have national implications for the Republican Party.  —  The special election for former Rep. Chris Lee's (R) seat has been cast as a referendum …
Discussion: FrumForum
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Alex Isenstadt / The Politico:
5 things to watch in the NY-26 vote
Discussion: CNN
Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Special Election Warrants Caution for Forecasters — and for Republicans
Daniel Strauss / The Hill:
GOP lawmaker says Sen. Scott Brown ‘should be ashamed of himself’  —  Rep. Joe Walsh (R-Ill.) scolded the senator for opposing the House GOP budget from Rep. Paul Ryan.  —  An Illinois Republican on Monday said Sen. Scott Brown (R-Mass.) should be “ashamed of himself” for opposing Rep. Paul Ryan's (R-Wis.) budget plan.
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Erik Wasson / The Hill:
Budget director: Debt ceiling will be raised before it's reached
Discussion: FrumForum
Aharding / CNN:
Top Republican says Paul Ryan should run for president
Associated Press:
FACT CHECK: Not the whole truth in Pawlenty claims  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — “Truth” was Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty's buzzword Monday when he announced his campaign for the Republican presidential nomination.  He said he will tell the truth about hard choices facing the nation while others …
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Eric Kleefeld / TPMDC:
Pawlenty In Iowa: Phase Out Ethanol Subsidies
Chris O'Shea / FishbowlNY:
White House Adds New Position to Deal with Unfavorable Online Media  —  The White House has named Jesse Lee to a new position within its communications department titled Director of Progressive Media & Online Response.  According to The Huffington Post, Lee will essentially be responsible …
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Sam Stein / The Huffington Post:
White House Beefs Up Online Rapid Response
Jeremy W. Peters / Media Decoder:
Frank Bruni Named Times Op-Ed Columnist  —  Frank Bruni, whose writing career at The New York Times has spanned two presidential campaigns, a pope and more than five years as chief restaurant critic, has been named an op-ed columnist.  —  Andrew Rosenthal, editor of the Opinion Pages …
New York Times:
Democrats Try to Woo Consumer Advocate to Run  —  WASHINGTON — Officials in the Democratic Party are wooing Elizabeth Warren to run for the Senate against the Massachusetts Republican Scott P. Brown rather than have her continue to set up the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
Erika Niedowski / The Hill:
Pledging ‘every ounce’ of resources, Obama to tour Mo. storm damage  —  President Barack Obama said Tuesday he will visit Missouri on Sunday to meet with those affected by devastating tornadoes that killed at least 116 people in Joplin over the weekend.  —  In remarks from London …
Cornell Law School:
SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES  —  EDMUND G. BROWN, J r ., GOVERNOR OF CAL-  —  IFORNIA, et al ., APPELLANTS v. MARCIANO  —  PLATA et al.  —  on appeal from the united states district courts for the eastern district and the northern district of california
Richard A. Oppel Jr / New York Times:
Steady Decline in Major Crime Baffles Experts  —  The number of violent crimes in the United States dropped significantly last year, to what appeared to be the lowest rate in nearly 40 years, a development that was considered puzzling partly because it ran counter to the prevailing expectation …
 
 
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Chicago Tribune:
Power outage: Libya war shows limits of War Powers Act
Discussion: Biased BBC and Hot Air
Alejandro Lazo / Los Angeles Times:
California creating mortgage fraud task force
Richard Norton-Taylor / Guardian:
Apache helicopters to be sent into Libya by Britain
Discussion: FrumForum
Mary Clare Jalonick / Associated Press:
House GOP Proposes Budget Cuts To Domestic, Foreign Food Aid
Discussion: Firedoglake and FrumForum
Katherine Dorsett / CNN:
Does having children make you happy?
Discussion: The Right Coast and Shakesville
Sam Baker / Healthwatch:
Tort reform bill takes fire from right
Discussion: The Volokh Conspiracy
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