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8:45 AM ET, August 26, 2012

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John Noble Wilford / New York Times:
Neil Armstrong 1930-2012: Neil Armstrong, First Man on Moon, Dies at 82  —  Neil Armstrong, who made the “giant leap for mankind” as the first human to set foot on the moon, died on Saturday.  He was 82.  —  His family said he died of complications “resulting from cardiovascular procedures.”
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Sandra Maler / Reuters:
First man on moon Neil Armstrong dead at 82: NBC  —  (Reuters) - Former U.S. astronaut, Neil Armstrong, the first man on the moon, has died at the age of 82, U.S. media reported on Saturday.  —  Armstrong underwent a heart-bypass surgery earlier this month, just two days after his birthday on August 5 …
Brendan Sasso / Blog Summaries:
Obama: Neil Armstrong ‘among the greatest of American heroes’  —  President Obama on Saturday mourned the passing of Neil Armstrong, the first man on the moon.  —  Armstrong died on Saturday at the age of 82.  —  Obama praised Armstrong “as among the greatest of American heroes …
Discussion: Associated Press
Paul Duggan / Washington Post:
Neil Armstrong, first man to step on the moon, dies at 82
Discussion: Towleroad News #gay
Associated Press:
Astronaut Neil Armstrong dies at 82
Michael O'Brien / First Read:
Hurricane impending, Republicans cancel first day of convention  —  Updated 7:10 p.m. - TAMPA, Fla. — Republicans announced Saturday that they had effectively canceled the first day of its convention for safety concerns associated with an impending hurricane.
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CNN:
BREAKING: GOP delays start of convention until Tuesday  —  Tampa, Florida (CNN) - The Republican National Convention has cancelled the program's first day due to Tropical Storm Isaac, Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus announced Saturday.  —  The convention will convene …
Dylan Byers / Politico:
NYT's Abramson rebuts Brisbane charge  —  The executive editor of the New York Times is disputing an accusation of liberal bias made by her very own public editor, Arthur Brisbane.  —  In his final column for the Times, Brisbane wrote that his fellow staffers “share a kind of political …
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Arthur S. Brisbane / New York Times:
Success and Risk as The Times Transforms  —  “WHY on earth would you want this job?”  —  Two years ago, I set out to answer this question in my inaugural public editor column — if only because so many people at The New York Times had asked it.  Now, as I complete my term and hand the baton …
Economist:
So, Mitt, what do you really believe?  —  Too much about the Republican candidate for the presidency is far too mysterious  —  WHEN Mitt Romney was governor of liberal Massachusetts, he supported abortion, gun control, tackling climate change and a requirement that everyone should buy health insurance …
Charlie Crist / Tampa Bay Times:
Former Gov. Charlie Crist: Here's why I'm backing Barack Obama  —  I've studied, admired and gotten to know a lot of leaders in my life.  Across Florida, in Washington and around the country, I've watched the failure of those who favor extreme rhetoric over sensible compromise …
Alexander Burns / Politico:
Romney pulls '08 clip for Medicare pushback  —  It's the weekend before a political convention in Florida and both presidential campaigns are escalating the air war over — what else?  — Medicare.  —  After the Obama campaign released its second attack ad yesterday accusing Mitt Romney …
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Ben Feller / Associated Press:
AP Interview: Obama on Romney's ‘extreme’ views
Alexander Burns / Politico:
Obama's second, harder Medicare attack
Discussion: CNN and Weekly Standard
John Hinderaker / Power Line:
Republican Women For Obama?  [UPDATED: Another Fake “Republican” Exposed]  —  It happens all the time in talk radio: a caller will say that he is a lifelong Republican, and will recall fondly how he voted for Ronald Reagan.  Then he says that today's Republicans have gone too far …
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Kevin McDermott / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Poll shows Akin's slide in Missouri Senate race  —  U.S. Senate challenger Todd Akin's support in Missouri has plummeted since his remarks a week ago about “legitimate rape” and pregnancy, putting him 9 points behind Sen. Claire McCaskill in a race he was previously winning, according to a new Post-Dispatch/News 4 poll.
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Greg Sandoval / CNET:
Exclusive: Apple-Samsung juror speaks out  —  Manuel Ilagan, one of the nine jurors who ruled in favor of Apple, tells CNET he thought Samsung's internal e-mails about incorporating some of Apple's technology into its devices, and the evasive way Samsung executives answered questions, was damning.
Jim Treacher / The Daily Caller:
That's the message in the skies above today's Romney/Ryan rally in Powell, [Oiho] Ohio.  Courtesy of Jan Crawford at CBS News, here's a banner ad that's being flown overhead:  —  Maeve Reston at the LA Times says MoveOn.org is responsible for this.  That makes sense, because they're super-smart.
 
 
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Brendan Sasso / Blog Summaries:
Romney says Obama gave up on economy, has ‘admitted defeat’
Connor Simpson / The Atlantic Wire:
The NYPD Explains Why Their Bullets Wounded Nine People Yesterday
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Associated Press:
Key Pakistani Taliban leader reportedly killed in airstrike in Afghanistan
Discussion: The Jawa Report
John Harwood / New York Times:
Election 2012: Ron Paul Passing Torch to a Libertarian Legion
Jennifer Bendery / The Huffington Post:
Nathan Lane Compares Paul Ryan To Wicked Witch Of The West
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Elise Viebeck / Ballot Box:
Romney invokes Massachusetts health law ahead of Republican convention
Discussion: Conservatives4Palin
Andrew Ferguson / Weekly Standard:
Learning to Like Mitt  —  Andrew Ferguson, reluctant Romneyite
Igor Volsky / ThinkProgress:
Romney: 'No One's Ever Asked To See My Birth Certificate'
Discussion: Pharyngula
Juana Summers / Associated Press:
Kid Rock shares the stage with Paul Ryan
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Taegan Goddard's Political Wire:
Sanford Engaged to Former Argentinian Mistress