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1:35 PM ET, May 4, 2012

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Tyler Durden / zerohedge.com/fullrss2.xml:
People Not In Labor Force Soar By 522,000, Labor Force Participation Rate Lowest Since 1981  —  it is just getting sad now.  In April the number of people not in the labor force rose by a whopping 522,000 from 87,897,000 to  —  88,419,000.  This is the highest on record.
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Vicki Needham / The Hill:
Economic growth slows as nation adds only 115,000 jobs in April  —  The nation's economy added 115,00 jobs in April while the unemployment rate dropped one-tenth of a point to 8.1 percent.  —  The figures are lower than a month ago and were also below what many analysts had expected.
Calculated Risk:
April Employment Report: 115,000 Jobs, 8.1% Unemployment Rate  —  From the BLS: … This was below expectations of 165,000 payroll jobs added.  —  Click on graph for larger image.  —  Job growth started picking up early last year, but then the economy was hit by a series of shocks …
James Pethokoukis / The Enterprise Blog:
The awful April jobs report: Is the ‘real’ unemployment rate 11.1%?
Discussion: WILLisms.com
Catherine Rampell / New York Times:
U.S. Added Only 115,000 Jobs in April; Rate Is 8.1%
Josh Boak / Reuters:
Unemployment down slightly in April
Discussion: CNN and Weasel Zippers
Shobhana Chandra / Bloomberg:
Employers in U.S. Added Fewer Jobs Than Forecast in April
Discussion: Scared Monkeys and The Page
Plain Dealer:
Mitt Romney issues Ohio challenge to President Obama  —  Welcome to Ohio.  I have a simple question for you: Where are the jobs?  —  As we enter the fourth year of your term, unemployment is over 8 percent and has been for your entire term.  Nearly 23 million men and women are unemployed …
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New York Times:
Deal Appears Near on Dissident, But Clinton Expresses Caution  —  BEIJING — China has agreed to accept an application by the dissident lawyer Chen Guangcheng to travel to the United States as a student, the State Department said on Friday, pointing to a quick resolution of an eight …
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Meghashyam Mali / The Hill:
Dissident will be allowed to leave China
Discussion: National Review and Campaign 2012
Laurie Goodstein / New York Times:
Methodists Keep Stricture on Homosexuality
climateconference.heartland.org:
Our Billboards  —  Do You Still Believe in Global Warming?  —  Billboards in Chicago paid for by The Heartland Institute point out that some of the world's most notorious criminals say they “still believe in global warming” - and ask viewers if they do, too.
Shushannah Walshe / ABCNEWS:
Romney and Santorum Meet in Private  —  It was shrouded in secrecy, but some immediate details are coming out from the meeting held this morning between presumptive GOP nominee, Mitt Romney and his former rival Rick Santorum.  —  The met alone, face to face and without staffers during …
Discussion: GOP 12
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Travis Waldron / ThinkProgress:
Romney Claims Economy Should Be Adding 500,000 Jobs A Month, Which It Has Done Only Four Times In 50 Years
Discussion: Fox News Insider and Guardian
CNN:
FIRST ON CNN: Romney drops challenge for OH delegates
Henry Samuel / Telegraph:
Dominique Strauss-Kahn could face gang rape charges after US hotel orgy  —  Dominique Strauss-Kahn could face gang rape charges after an escort girl said the former International Monetary Fund chief and three others held her down and forced her to have anal sex.  —  Dominique Strauss-Kahn
Discussion: Reuters and The Raw Story
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Maïa De La Baume / New York Times:
New Sex Allegations Against Strauss-Kahn
Discussion: msnbc.com, DCist and New York Magazine
BBC:   New rape claim in Strauss-Kahn inquiry in France
Indianapolis Star:
Indiana senator: Poll gives Mourdock sizable lead over Lugar  —  A new poll shows Treasurer Richard Mourdock building a commanding lead over Sen. Richard Lugar.  —  The Howey/DePauw Indiana Battleground Poll, conducted by two prominent Republican and Democratic pollsters, shows Mourdock with a 48 percent to 38 percent lead over Lugar.
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Cameron Joseph / Ballot Box:
Poll: Lugar trails Mourdock by 10 points
Discussion: CNN and Riehl World View
Wall Street Journal:
Noonan: The Case for Dick Lugar
Discussion: PoliPundit.com
Michael Graham / Boston Herald:
See the pale-faced Warren redden  —  Dances with truths about her ethnicity  —  Is “Liz Warren” how you say “affirmative action” in Cherokee?  —  When the “Faux-cahontas” story first broke, I looked at it mostly as a laugh line — a truth-stretching liberal hoist on the left's identity-politics petard.
Discussion: Hot Air and Althouse
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Joe Battenfeld / Boston Herald:
Elizabeth Warren brings no peace to Dems
Bob Kerrey / NY Daily News:
President Obama's Bin Laden indiscretion  —  He spoke too soon and said too much  —  In the Situation Room of the White House on May 1, 2011, President Obama and his national security team receive an update on the Osama Bin Laden raid.  —  The operation that resulted in the death …
Discussion: Ballot Box and Hotline On Call
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Investor's Business Daily:   NBC Wags Dog For Bill Clinton, Who Let Osama Escape
Amy Bingham / ABCNEWS:
Ted Nugent to Keep Up Obama Flames  —  Ted Nugent speaks during a rally, Oct. 30, 2010 in Charleston, W.V. (Randy Snyder/Getty Images)  —  Ted Nugent, after a Secret Service investigation, a canceled Army concert and an outpouring of criticism, said presumptive GOP nominee Mitt Romney's camp …
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Alex Alvarez / Mediaite:   Ted Nugent's Bizarre CBS Interview Culminates In Profanity-Laced Speech About Being Moderate
Orlando Sentinel:
Source: Zimmerman says Trayvon circled his SUV, frightened him  —  George Zimmerman told investigators that while he was on the phone with a Sanford police dispatcher reporting Trayvon Martin as suspicious, the teenager was circling his vehicle on foot, a source familiar with the investigation told the Orlando Sentinel.
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Igor Volsky / ThinkProgress:
Romney Speaks Out On Grenell Resignation: We Don't Select People Based On ‘Their Sexual Preference’  —  Mitt Romney spoke out about the resignation of ex-foreign policy adviser Richard Grenell during an appearance on Fox News this morning.  In doing so, the former Massachusetts governor failed …
Erik Ortiz / NY Daily News:
Medical reports show Adolf Hitler used cocaine, suffered extreme flatulence  —  Records up for bid online through Alexander Historical Auctions reveal the Nazi leader's many quirks  —  An X-ray copy of Adolf Hitler's skull is part of the cache of medical documents on the Nazi leader given …
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
Unreal... Obama to Officially Launch 2012 Campaign on Karl Marx's Birthday  —  From each according to his ability, to each according to his need.  —  You just can't make this stuff up.  —  Barack Obama will officially launch his 2012 re-election campaign on Karl Marx's birthday.  —  Freedom Post reported:
 
 
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