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8:20 AM ET, June 23, 2012

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Matthew Kemeny / PennLive.com:
Jerry Sandusky verdict: Sandusky found guilty of 45 of 48 abuse charges  —  BELLEFONTE — A Centre County jury has found former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky guilty of 45 counts of child sexual abuse.  —  Sandusky, a former Penn State assistant football coach …
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CBS News:
Sandusky found guilty in child sex abuse trial  —  PLAY CBS NEWS VIDEO  —  The Penn State Scandal  —  (CBS/AP) A jury has found Jerry Sandusky guilty on 45 of 48 counts Friday in his child sex abuse trial, believing prosecutors' portrayal of him as a serial molester who groomed his victims …
Philly.com:
Jerry Sandusky found guilty on 45 counts, led from court in handcuffs  —  BELLEFONTE, Pa. - A Centre County jury found Jerry Sandusky guilty of 45 counts of child sex abuse late Friday night, closing the first chapter in a scandal that tarnished a university and led to the ouster of four of its top administrators.
Ian Simpson / Reuters:
Sandusky found guilty on 45 of 48 sex abuse charges  —  (Reuters) - A jury found former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky guilty on 45 of 48 child sex abuse charges on Friday, ending a trial that rocked U.S. college football and renewed attention on pedophilia in America.
Joe Drape / New York Times:
Penn State's Sandusky Convicted of Sexually Abusing Boys  —  BELLEFONTE, Pa. — Jerry Sandusky, a former Penn State assistant football coach, was convicted Friday of sexually abusing young boys, completing the downfall of a onetime local hero in a scandal that shook a proud Pennsylvania community …
Laura Wilson / Barack Obama:
The Obama event registry  —  Got a birthday, anniversary, or wedding coming up?  —  Let your friends know how important this election is to you—register with Obama 2012, and ask for a donation in lieu of a gift.  It's a great way to support the President on your big day.
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Byron Tau / Politico:
Obama campaign launches events registry
Politico:
Forkless Friday at Obama event  —  LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. —Does a fork or dinner knife pose an unacceptable danger to President Barack Obama?  —  One wouldn't think so, given the hundreds of lunches and dinners he's attended ranging from state dinners to political fundraisers to run-of-the-mill stops on the rubber-chicken circuit.
Brian Montopoli / CBS News:
Weekend of secrecy for big GOP donors  —  (CBS News) It's going to be a big weekend in the world of big conservative money: Both Mitt Romney and billionaire industrialist brothers David and Charles Koch are holding hush-hush events with wealthy donors designed to keep the dollars coming in.
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Elise Foley / The Huffington Post:
Obama NALEO Speech: Immigration Decision ‘Right Thing To Do’
Reid J. Epstein / Politico:
Obama blames GOP for playing ‘politics’ on immigration
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
Ian Swanson / The Hill:
GOP promises to rid nation of healthcare law  —  Republicans are using their weekly radio address to reiterate their promise to repeal President Obama's healthcare law.  —  The address is timed for this week's decision by the Supreme Court, which is set to announce its ruling on the controversial law as early as Monday.
Discussion: CNN
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Jon Walker / Firedoglake:
The Health Care Lose-Lose Scenario Facing Democrats
Reuters:
U.S. Catholic priest found guilty in child abuse case  —  PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - A monsignor who oversaw hundreds of priests in the Philadelphia Archdiocese was found guilty on Friday of one count of endangering the welfare of a child, making him the first senior U.S. Roman Catholic Church official …
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New York Times:   Philadelphia's Msgr. William J. Lynn Is Convicted of Allowing Abuse
Victor Fiorillo / blogs.phillymag.com:
What Happens When You Let Gay Philly Activists Into the White House  —  They pose for pics giving Ronald Reagan's portait the finger.  —  Last Friday, an attaché of important gay people from Philadelphia made a trip to Washington D.C. as invited guests of President Barack Obama …
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James Pethokoukis / AEIdeas:
Sorry, Washington Post, Romney didn't get rich moving U.S. jobs overseas  —  In what is meant to be a bombshell political story, the Washington Post is attempting to paint Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney as a private equity boss who got rich by shipping American jobs overseas.
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Guardian:
Saudi Arabia to fund Syria rebel army  —  Exclusive: Command centre in Turkey organising weapon supply to opposition  —  Saudi officials are preparing to pay the salaries of the Free Syria Army as a means of encouraging mass defections from the military and increasing pressure on the Assad regime, the Guardian has learned.
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BBC:   Turkish jet ‘shot down’ off Syria
Robert Costa / National Review:
Ryan Being Vetted for VP  —  I'm reliably informed that Representative Paul Ryan of Wisconsin, the Budget Committee chairman, has submitted paperwork to the Romney campaign.  Sources confirm that he is being vetted for the vice-presidential nomination.  —  Ryan, one of the GOP's brightest young stars …
Discussion: Hot Air and Mediaite
Alex Pareene / Salon:
Kathryn Jean Lopez: The saddest hack  —  It's time to take the National Review's Kathryn Jean Lopez seriously, as depressing as that is … Kathryn Jean Lopez is, as best I can tell, a Heritage Foundation intern who was awarded the job of “National Review Online Editor” …
Ignazio Messina / Toledo Blade:
Wurzelbacher: Story of ad unfairly spun  —  House candidate says he 'wasn't talking about the Holocaust' in video  —  Facebook Twitter Reddit Digg E-mail Print Rss  —  Samuel “Joe the Plumber” Wurzelbacher is not backing down from an anti-gun-control video released by his campaign this week …
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Adam Peck / ThinkProgress:   Joe The Plumber Defends Campaign Ad Tying Holocaust To Gun Control
Henry Blodget / Business Insider:
Corporate Profits Just Hit An All-Time High, Wages Just Hit An All-Time Low  —  In case you needed more confirmation that the priorities of US companies and the US economy are screwed up (specifically, they're engineered to create a country of a few million overlords and 300+ million serfs), here are three charts for you:
BuzzFeed:
Anti-Obama Artist Strikes Again  —  Jon McNaughton, the artist who depicted Obama burning the Constitution, has a new painting .  He's aiming to sell it to the highest bidder, between $50,000 and $100,000.  —  McNaughton's new piece of art, “The Empowered Man”
 
 
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Reuters:
Bombs targeting Shi'ites kill 13, wound 100 in Baghdad
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Pete Kasperowicz / The Hill:
House Republicans release final Holder contempt resolution
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Debbie Siegelbaum / The Hill:
Suspect in thwarted Capitol bombing plot pleads guilty
Frank Newport / Gallup:
Many Americans Can't Name Obama's Religion
John Harwood / New York Times:
With Elections Awash in Cash, There's Blame to Go Around
Discussion: Hullabaloo
BBC:
Egypt protest over military rule
Discussion: Outside the Beltway
Annie Lowrey / New York Times:
Oregon Study Reveals Benefits, and Costs, of Insuring the Uninsured
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Elizabeth Hartfield / ABCNEWS:
Elizabeth Warren's Birthday Gift From GOP: An Ancestry.com Account
Jennifer Bendery / The Huffington Post:
Transgender Man Responds To Critics After Marriage Proposal Video Goes Viral
Discussion: Advocate, GLAAD and ThinkProgress
Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Bad news: Jon Stewart not exactly buying the executive-privilege claim
Bloomberg:
Republicans' Voter Suppression Project Grinds On
Rolling Stone:
The Scam Wall Street Learned From the Mafia
David Blankenhorn / New York Times:
How My View on Gay Marriage Changed