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6:35 PM ET, July 23, 2011

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Steven Erlanger / New York Times:
Right-Wing Extremist Charged in Norway  —  OSLO — The Norwegian police on Saturday charged a man they identified as a right-wing fundamentalist Christian in connection with the bombing of a government building in central Oslo and a shooting attack on a nearby island that together killed at least 92 people.
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James Fallows / The Atlantic Online:
The Washington Post Owes the World an Apology for this Item  —  Read it and weep.  On the Post's site Jennifer Rubin first quotes the Weekly Standard, in a rushed item about the Norway horror: … Then she goes on to argue on her own: … No, this is a sobering reminder for those who think it's …
Peter Beaumont / Guardian:
Anders Behring Breivik: profile of a mass murderer  —  A right-wing fundamentalist with a hatred for Norway's left, multiculturalism and Muslims  —  Not far from of Elverum, 80 miles north of Oslo, a cluster of clapboard buildings, white and red, sits under a low mountain ridge at the end of a dirt track.
Discussion: Verum Serum
CNN:
Who is the suspect in Norway's attacks?  —  (CNN) — As Norway struggles to come to terms with its greatest loss of life in decades, all eyes are on the man charged in the explosion in central Oslo and the deadly shooting rampage at a youth camp.  —  While police have not officially named him …
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Norway bombing  —  The Post reports: … Thomas Joscelyn explains at the Weekly Standard Web site: … Moreover, there is a specific jihadist connection here: “Just nine days ago, Norwegian authorities filed charges against Mullah Krekar, an infamous al Qaeda-affiliated terrorist who …
Ali Gharib / ThinkProgress:
Right-Wing Pundits Jumped To Blame Muslims And ‘Jihadists’ For Norway Attacks
Jesse Walker / Hit & Run:
Meet the Man Arrested for the Utøya Shootings
Carrie Budoff Brown / The Politico:
Talks resume - briefly - at W.H.  —  Congressional leaders returned to the White House Saturday, meeting for less than an hour at the start of a last-gasp round of negotiations with President Barack Obama to avert a government default on the nation's debt.  —  The meeting began at 11:09 …
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Ezra Klein / Washington Post:
11 days until disaster, three options to prevent it  —  (Andrew Harrer - BLOOMBERG) It always feels different in the room.  In the room, everyone wants a deal.  They want their name on legislation, in history books.  They want to do the big things and make the hard choices.
The Politico:
As Washington turns: the Obama-Boehner breakup
Pete Kasperowicz / The Hill:
GOP leader says House might take up balanced-budget amendment next week
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Sarah Bull / Daily Mail:
BREAKING NEWS: Amy Winehouse, 27, found dead at her London flat  —  Amy Winehouse has been found dead at her home in London.  —  The Back To Black singer was found at the property by emergency services at 3.54pm this afternoon, according to sources, and her death is being treated as ‘unexplained’ by police.
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BBC:
Amy Winehouse found dead, aged 27  —  Winehouse's recent career was overshadowed by drink and drug problems  —  Singer Amy Winehouse, 27, has been found dead at her home, the Press Association has reported.  —  Last month, the north Londoner pulled out of her European tour after she was jeered …
TMZ.com:
Amy Winehouse Found Dead
Jennifer Jacobs / Iowa Caucuses:
Perry defends gay marriage as states' choice; Santorum takes a swipe  —  Texas Gov. Rick Perry, left, speaks at the Aspen Institute Friday.  Also pictured, (from back) Gov. Scott Walker, Gov. Bob McDonnell and Gov. Nikki Haley (AP Photo/Aspen Daily News/Heather Rousseau)
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Jennifer Jacobs / Iowa Caucuses:
The official straw poll ballot is now final, but write-ins will be counted
Discussion: Saint Petersblog
Oregonian:
Sources: Young woman accuses Oregon Rep. David Wu of aggressive, unwanted sexual encounter  —  By Charles Pope, Janie Har and Beth Slovic  —  A distraught young woman called U.S. Rep. David Wu's Portland office this spring, accusing him of an unwanted sexual encounter, according to multiple sources.
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Jonathan Chait / The New Republic:
Why Conservatives Abandoned Monetarism  —  Will Wilkinson asks why conservatives have almost uniformly abandoned Milton Friedman's monetarist views in favor of various hard-money approaches: … I see two factors at work here.  First, Friedman, in his time, was counterposed …
Discussion: Paul Krugman
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Democracy in America:
Missing Milton Friedman
Jeffrey Sachs / The Huffington Post:
Budgetary Deceit and America's Decline  —  As I shuttle between East Africa, where a severe drought threatens the lives of more than 10 million people, and Athens, where a financial crisis threatens Greece and all of Europe, I am shocked by the U.S. budget negotiations between Congress and President Obama.
Discussion: Economist's View
Associated Press:
Gunmen Kill Iranian Nuclear Scientist in Tehran  —  TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — A pair of gunmen firing from motorcycles killed an Iranian physicist involved in the country's disputed nuclear program on Saturday in an attack similar to other recent assassinations of scientists that Tehran blamed on the U.S. and Israel.
Discussion: Pajamas Media and Vox Popoli
Jazz Shaw / Hot Air:
FAA hits partial shutdown.  Nobody notices.  —  We previously posed the question, what happens if Congress can't manage to agree on another extension of the FAA authorization before the current one expires?  Well, when the clock struck midnight yesterday, we found out. … Folks, this is a disaster.
Discussion: The Other McCain
The Daily Beast:
The Web's Stealth Presidential Race  —  Big names have quietly launched an Internet presidential race that will offer the winner a real election ballot spot in all 50 states.  Will this be 2012's spoiler?  —  Imagine what our election system might look like if it were designed today …
Discussion: The Daily Caller
 
 
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FAA furloughs 4,000 workers after funding expires, congressional ‘inaction’
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