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8:40 PM ET, September 3, 2011

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Dan Merica / CNN:
TRENDING: Comedian tells ‘special needs’ joke at Palin event  —  Washington (CNN) - In comedy, timing is everything.  —  And minutes before Sarah Palin, former Alaska governor and parent of a child with Down syndrome, made her much-anticipated speech in Iowa, Los Angles-based comedian Eric Golub told …
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Dan Balz / Washington Post:
Palin says ‘room for more’ in GOP race  —  DES MOINES — Sarah Palin tantalized supporters on the eve of her appearance at a tea party rally by telling reporters “there's room for more” candidates in the contest for the Republican presidential nomination.  But she gave no hint as to whether she was talking about herself.
Jennifer Jacobs / Iowa Caucuses:
Sarah Palin: America is ‘at a tipping point’  —  Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin speaks during the Tea Party of America's Restoring America Event at the National Balloon Festival Grounds in Indianola today.  (Justin Hayworth/The Des Moines Register)  —  Indianola, Ia.
Erik Wasson / The Hill:
Palin still coy on presidential run  —  The audience at the Iowa Tea Party of America rally on Saturday chanted “Run Sarah, Run!” but former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin still won't say if she will be a candidate for president.  —  Palin instead unleashed an attack on “corporate crony capitalism” …
Rod Nordland / New York Times:
Files Note Close C.I.A. Ties to Qaddafi Spy Unit  —  TRIPOLI, Libya — Documents found at the abandoned office of Libya's former spymaster appear to provide new details of the close relations the Central Intelligence Agency shared with the Libyan intelligence service — most notably suggesting …
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Wall Street Journal:
Tripoli Files Show CIA Working With Libya
ABCNEWS:
Without Insurance, 24-year-old Dies of Toothache  —  A 24-year-old Cincinnati father died from a tooth infection this week because he couldn't afford his medication, offering a sobering reminder of the importance of oral health and the number of people without access to dental or health care.
Kevin Sack / New York Times:
G.O.P. Stands on Health Mask Records as Governors  —  The three most prominent current or former governors running for president — Rick Perry, Mitt Romney and Jon M. Huntsman Jr. — are firmly united in their commitment to repealing President Obama's health care law.
Discussion: CNN and New York Times
Jason Linkins / The Huffington Post:
Cameron Todd Willingham Execution: Rick Perry's Role Deserves Scrutiny … In the three weeks since Texas Gov. Rick Perry stormed into the 2012 presidential race, bigfooting past the Ames Straw Poll and surging to frontrunner status, the media have flocked to the new entrant like flies to cow manure.
Fred Barnes / Weekly Standard:
President Zero  —  Read his lips: No new jobs.  —  'The simplest question," Dick Cheney writes in his memoir In My Time, “is the most important one.  ” He mentions this in the context of asking how many American nukes were aimed at Kiev during the Cold War.
Paul Krugman:
Broken Windows, Ozone, and Jobs  —  I've actually been avoiding thinking about the latest Obama cave-in, on ozone regulation; these repeated retreats are getting painful to watch.  For what it's worth, I think it's bad politics.  The Obama political people seem to think that their route …
Paul Krugman:
The Austerity Economy  —  Do the dismal economic numbers really reflect the turn to fiscal austerity?  I keep hearing people say no, because austerity hasn't actually happened yet in America.  But they're wrong.  —  The fact is that the fading out of the stimulus, and in particular of aid …
James Freeman / Wall Street Journal:
The Boehner-Obama Precedent  —  Much of the media has been running with the claim that a president's request to speak to Congress has never been rejected until this week.  We're not so sure.  —  Much of the media has been running with the claim that a president's request to speak to Congress has never been rejected until this week.
Jamie Klatell / The Hill:
Obama wants Congress to pass transportation bill, save jobs  —  President Obama on Saturday called for Congress to skip the “political posturing in Washington” and pass measures funding the nation's transportation programs.  —  In his weekly address, the president said a failure to pass …
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A.Killough / CNN:
Obama urges Congress to renew transportation bill in weekly address
 
 
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