G.O.P. ‘Super PAC’ Weighs Hard-Line Attack on Obama  —  WASHINGTON — A group of high-profile Republican strategists is working with a conservative billionaire on a proposal to mount one of the most provocative campaigns of the “super PAC” era and attack President Obama in ways that Republicans have so far shied away from.

THE VETTING - EXCLUSIVE - OBAMA'S LITERARY AGENT IN 1991 BOOKLET: ‘BORN IN KENYA AND RAISED IN INDONESIA AND HAWAII’  —  Note from Senior Management:  —  Andrew Breitbart was never a “Birther,” and Breitbart News is a site that has never advocated the narrative of “Birtherism.”

Encounter between George Zimmerman and Trayvon Martin ‘avoidable,’ cops said in report  —  JACKSONVILLE - Newly released evidence in the case against George Zimmerman shows that Sanford Police believed the encounter between Zimmerman and Trayvon Martin was “ultimately avoidable,” if Zimmerman had …

Donna Summer Dead — Disco Legend Dies After Battle with Lung Cancer  —  DEAD AT 63  —  EXCLUSIVE  —  9:27 AM PST- TMZ has learned ... Donna died from lung cancer.  Several sources are telling us Donna believed she contracted it by inhaling toxic particles after the 9/11 attack in New York City.

Ben Stein: Obama's not very smart  —  Is President Obama smart?  Ben Stein wouldn't put his money on it.  —  During an appearance on Fox News, the economist and actor said he doesn't consider the president to be very intelligent.  —  “Barack Obama is a smart man, you would say that, right?” host Bill O'Reilly asked.

TED and inequality: The real story  —  Today TED was subject to a story so misleading it would be funny... except it successfully launched an aggressive online campaign against us.  —  The National Journal alleged we had censored a talk because we considered the issue of inequality “too hot to handle.”

Ryan: GOP won't offer Obamacare substitute in 2012  —  House Budget Committee Chairman Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., on Thursday said Congressional Republicans would not unite around specific legislation to replace President Obama's national health care law this year, but would instead present an alternative market-based “vision.”

Florida Tries to Clear Illegal Voters From Rolls  —  MIAMI — In an attempt to clear the voter rolls of noncitizens, a move that had set off criticism and a threatened lawsuit, Florida election officials decided on Thursday to use information from a federal database to check a list of 182,000 voters …

Facebook Raises $16 Billion in I.P.O.  —  Facebook pulled it off.  —  As investors raced to get shares, the sprawling social network raised $16 billion on Thursday, in an initial public offering that valued Facebook at $104 billion.  —  The I.P.O. signals a rapid evolution for the company.

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A Statement from Americans Elect  —  There is a desire among Delegates and millions of Americans who have supported Americans Elect to see a credible candidate emerge from this process.  —  However, the rules, as developed in consultation with the Americans Elect Delegates, are clear.

Most Children Younger Than Age 1 are Minorities, Census Bureau Reports  —  The U.S. Census Bureau today released a set of estimates showing that 50.4 percent of our nation's population younger than age 1 were minorities as of July 1, 2011.  This is up from 49.5 percent from the 2010 Census taken April 1, 2010.