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7:40 PM ET, June 17, 2012

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Joe Weisenthal / Business Insider:
GREECE: Conservatives Win The Vote, But There's Still No Government  —  If you thought for a moment that the Greek election would end in a clean outcome tonight, the joke was on you.  —  In the first wave of exit polls that came out at 12:00 PM ET, the pro-bailout, conservative …
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James Pethokoukis / The Enterprise Blog:
Greek election results: What they mean for Greece, the euro, the EU — and beyond  —  Based on final exit polls, Greece's New Democracy party will — narrowly — be the leading vote getter in today's big elections in Greece, edging out left-wing coalition Syriza.
Discussion: Telegraph and Business Insider
Rachel Donadio / New York Times:
Greek Election Favors Pro-Bailout Party  —  ATHENS — Greek voters narrowly favored a pro-bailout party in parliamentary elections on Sunday, a result that is likely to calm world markets and ease fears that the country will leave the euro zone.  —  Official projections showed the conservative …
Guardian:
Greek elections: Greece returns to the polls - live coverage
Financial Times:
Greece exit polls too close to call
Discussion: Firedoglake and Business Insider
CNN:
Rodney King dead at 47  —  Los Angeles (CNN) — Rodney King, whose beating by Los Angeles police in 1991 was caught on camera and sparked riots after the acquittal of the four officers involved, was found dead in his swimming pool Sunday, authorities and his fiancee confirmed.  He was 47.
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TMZ.com:
Rodney King Dead — Face of L.A. Riots Dies at 47  —  DEAD AT 47  —  EXCLUSIVE  —  UPDATE 9:27 AM PT — According to our sources, King's fiancée is telling friends King had been drinking and smoked weed in the hours before his death.  —  Rodney King — the man who was at the center …
Reid J. Epstein / Politico:
Romney dodges immigration questions  —  Mitt Romney refuses to say whether he'd repeal the Obama administration's decision to stop deporting certain undocumented immigrants.  —  In an interview with Bob Schieffer aired Sunday on CBS's “Face the Nation,” the presumptive Republican presidential …
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Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
Top GOP Pundit Bill Kristol Praises Obama Immigration Order As ‘The Right Thing To Do’  —  On Fox News Sunday this morning, host Chris Wallace asked Bill Kristol, a leading GOP pundit and apologist for the Iraq War, how he felt about President Obama's recent announcement that the Department …
Lindsey Boerma / CBS News:
Romney: Immigration needs long-term fix, not stop-gap
Reuters:   Romney accuses Obama of political motivation on immigration
Meenal Vamburkar / Mediaite:
Fmr. Bush Atty General: Obama May Have Violated Oath Of Office With New Immigration Policy  —  Following President Obama's new immigration policy announcement, former George W. Bush administration Attorney General Alberto Gonzales voiced some concern about the means through which the president accomplished his goal.
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Evan McMorris-Santoro / 2012.talkingpointsmemo.com:
TPM2012  —  Alberto Gonzales: Obama May Have Violated His Oath …
Reid J. Epstein / Politico:
Plouffe denies administration leaked information
Discussion: CNN
Cristina Corbin / Fox News:
Conservative bloggers taking precautions over ‘SWAT-ing’ attacks  —  LAS VEGAS - Conservative bloggers are on heightened alert following a string of so-called “SWAT-ing” incidents and are taking precautionary measures to ensure they don't fall victim to the potentially dangerous prank …
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
CNN:
Romney sees bright side of rain-soaked campaign event  —  Brunswick, Ohio (CNN) - Everyone was drenched by the time Mitt Romney arrived at his Father's Day pancake breakfast in Ohio, but the GOP candidate turned the lousy weather into a metaphor for the 2012 presidential race.
Discussion: Politico
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John Barrasso / CNN:
Lawmakers mum on health care contingency plans
Discussion: Reuters and Politico
David Plouffe / CNN:
Immigration change not political, Plouffe asserts
Discussion: Politico
BuzzFeed:
The Real Story Of Barack Obama  —  A new biography finally challenges Obama's famous memoir.  And the truth might not be quite as interesting as the president, and his enemies, have imagined.  —  David Maraniss's new biography of Barack Obama is the first sustained challenge to Obama's control …
Jennifer Epstein / Politico:
Obama plays 100th round of golf as president  —  CHICAGO — President Obama is spending Father's Day in his hometown playing the 100th round of golf of his presidency.  —  After a late night at the wedding of senior adviser Valerie Jarrett's daughter Laura, the president was out of the house …
John_Frank / Raleigh News & Observer:
Beau Biden takes shot at Mitt Romney, hits Gov. Bev Perdue  —  Beau Biden, the son of the Democratic vice president, went “off script,” as he called it, to fire a shot a Republican Mitt Romney but hit Gov. Bev Perdue at the same time.  —  At the N.C. Democratic Party's annual fundraising dinner …
Nathaniel Popper / New York Times:
C.E.O. Pay Is Rising Despite the Din  —  YOU call this a revolution?  —  Probably the most-heard complaint about big business these days, one seemingly tailored for the 99 percent, is how much money corporate C.E.O.'s routinely pull down.  Many ordinary Americans probably cheered when stockholders …
Discussion: Hullabaloo
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Travis Waldron / ThinkProgress:   Average CEO Pay At Largest Companies Grew Twice As Fast As Worker Wages In 2011, Rising To $14.5 Million
 
 
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Terence P. Jeffrey / CNSNews:
Obama Celebrates Anti-Police Riot Started at Mafia-Owned Bar for Transvestites
Discussion: Truth Wins Out
Gwen Florio / Missoulian:
Montana GOP convention features bullet-riddled ‘Obama outhouse’
Cooper Smith Koch / The Huffington Post:
The Ultimate Father's Day Gift
Discussion: GLAAD and Towleroad News #gay
Ben Geman / Ballot Box:
Romney says he'd still reject 10-to-1 budget cuts to revenue deal
Discussion: Hullabaloo
Shay / CBS Charlotte:
New Law To Keep Booze Flowing For Democratic Convention
Discussion: Outside the Beltway
Robert Stacy McCain / The Other McCain:
Team Kimberlin's Busted Hustle Now Beginning to Unravel Rapidly
Mike Allen / Politico:
Playbook: Prankster Mitt leaves note
 Earlier Items: 
Sam Dolnick / New York Times:
As Escapees Stream Out, a Penal Business Thrives
Discussion: Washington Monthly and Gothamist
Rick Santorum / CNN:
Santorum: On immigration, Obama ‘has not faithfully executed’ the law
Discussion: Politico and The Hill
Rachel L. Swarns / New York Times:
DNA Gives New Insights Into Michelle Obama's Roots
Washington Examiner:
‘Angry’ money gives funding edge to GOP and Romney
Discussion: Betsy's Page
Lean Forward / msnbc.com:
The smartest guy in the room
Tyler Cowen / New York Times:
Broken Trust Takes Time to Mend
Discussion: xpostfactoid and EconLog
Haaretz:
Officials: Hamas ordered Grad attack on Israel at request of Muslim Brotherhood
 

 
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New York Times:
The NBC News-Ronna McDaniel saga highlights the perks and perils of partisan talk TV; a source says McDaniel is now seeking $600K+ for her two year deal

 
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