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3:00 PM ET, November 16, 2012

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nbcdfw.com:
Twinkies Maker Hostess Going Out of Business, CEO Blames Union Strike  —  “It's over.  This is it,” Gregory Rayburn tells “Today.”  —  Hostess, the makers of Twinkies, Ding Dongs and Wonder Bread, is going out of business after striking workers failed to heed a Thursday deadline to return to work, the company said.
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CNNMoney.com:
Hostess Brands closing for good  —  NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — Hostess Brands — the maker of such iconic baked goods as Twinkies, Devil Dogs and Wonder Bread — announced Friday that it is asking a federal bankruptcy court for permission to close its operations, blaming a strike by bakers protesting a new contract imposed on them.
Rachel Feintzeig / Wall Street Journal:
Twinkie Maker Hostess to Close  —  Hostess Brands Inc., the maker of iconic treats such as Twinkies and traditional pantry staple Wonder Bread, said Friday it is shuttering its plants and firing about 18,000 workers as it seeks to liquidate the 82-year-old business.
Hostess Brands Inc / PR Newswire:
Hostess Brands to Wind Down Company After BCTGM Union Strike Cripples Operations  —  Hostess Brands Inc. today announced that it is winding down operations and has filed a motion with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court seeking permission to close its business and sell its assets, including its iconic brands and facilities.
Matt Egan / Fox Business:
Hostess to Liquidate, Lay Off 18,500 After Crushing Union Fight
Discussion: protein wisdom
Associated Press:
Twinkie maker Hostess moves to wind down operations, lay off its 18,500 workers
AP Member Choice Limited / Reuters:
No more Twinkies? Hostess plans to shut down
DealBook:
Hostess Brands Moves to Wind Down Operations
Discussion: Fork in the Road
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Jeremy Herb / The Hill:
In testimony, Petraeus says he always saw Benghazi as terrorism  —  Former CIA Director David Petraeus told lawmakers at a closed-door briefing Friday the agency believed the assault on the U.S. Consulate in Libya was a terrorist attack from the beginning.  —  Petraeus also indicated …
Hayes Brown / ThinkProgress:
GOP Rep Admits CIA Approved U.N. Ambassador's Talking Points On Libya  —  Rep. Peter King (R-NY) has admitted that the CIA and intelligence community approved U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Susan Rice's talking points before she made her much-derided Sept. 16 appearance on several Sunday news shows to discuss the attacks in Benghazi.
Discussion: Little Green Footballs, CNN and Wired
Jon Walker / Firedoglake:
Most Republican States Won't Build Exchanges and That Is a Good Thing  —  Map showing party affiliation by Governors, current  —  Now that we have approached what should have been the deadline for states to say whether or not they plan to build state exchanges to comply with the Affordable Care Act …
Discussion: Politico
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Wall Street Journal:
Deadline Delayed For a Month on Health Exchanges
Discussion: Hit & Run, Wonkblog and Hot Air
Kevin Robillard / Politico:
Chris Christie unwraps Mitt Romney's ‘gift’ claim
Discussion: Daily Kos
Michael A. Memoli / Los Angeles Times:
At Republican governors' gathering, plenty of blame for Romney
Ryan Grim / The Huffington Post:
Democratic Solution To The Filibuster: Make Them Talk … REACT:  —  FOLLOW:  —  Elections 2012, Harry Reid , Congress, Democrats, Elections 2012, U.S. Senate, Video, Democrats Filibuster Reform, Politics News, Democratic Filibuster Reform, Democrats Fillibuster Reform, Filibuster, Filibuster Reform, Politics News
Discussion: Addicting Info
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Zeke Miller / BuzzFeed:   Congressional Leaders Optimistic, Say Revenue, Spending On The Table
Wall Street Journal:   Fiscal Cliff Talks to Get Fast Track
Devin Dwyer / ABCNEWS:
President Obama, GOP Leaders Hold Fiscal Summit at White House
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Obama, Boehner launch second effort to reach grand bargain to cut deficit
Chris Ariens / TVNewser:
Roger Ailes on Election Night: ‘Rove was wrong.  He backed down.  Our guys were right.’  —  On election night, Fox News co-founder and chairman Roger Ailes watched election coverage in the News Corp. Sports Suite, down the hall from his second floor office.
BBC:
Gaza rocket fired at Jerusalem  —  Israel says up to 150 targets were hit on Thursday night  —  Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip say they have launched a rocket on Jerusalem - the first time the holy city has been targeted from Gaza.  —  Israel Army radio said the missile landed just outside the city …
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New York Times:   Jerusalem Targeted by Rockets for First Time in Gaza Conflict
Ramsey Cox / The Hill:
Senate passes resolution condoning Israel's strikes on Hamas
Alexis Madrigal / The Atlantic Online:
When the Nerds Go Marching In  —  How a dream team of engineers from Facebook, Twitter, and Google built the software that drove Barack Obama's reelection  —  Three members of Obama's tech team, from left to right: Harper Reed, Dylan Richard, and Mark Trammell (Photo by Daniel X. O'Neil).
Donna Cassata / Associated Press:
Dozen House Women Defend Rice Over Libya Comments  —  A dozen female members of the House have staunchly defended U.N. ambassador Susan Rice against Republican criticism over her remarks on the deadly Sept. 11 Libya attack, suggesting the lawmakers' comments were racist and sexist.
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
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utsandiego.com:
Bilbray concedes to Peters in congressional race  —  GOP incumbent concedes race to Democratic port commissioner  —  Rep. Brian Bilbray conceded to Scott Peters on Friday, ending one of the most expensive and closely watched congressional races in California.
Discussion: The Fix and Politico
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Cameron Joseph / Ballot Box:
GOP Rep. Bilbray concedes his race
Discussion: CNN
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Life, Death and Deficits  —  America's political landscape is infested with many zombie ideas — beliefs about policy that have been repeatedly refuted with evidence and analysis but refuse to die.  The most prominent zombie is the insistence that low taxes on rich people are the key to prosperity.
Discussion: msnbc.com
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WWL-TV:
4 critical, 2 missing after fire and explosion on Gulf platform  —  OFF THE GULF COAST - Four people were in critical condition and two others were missing after a fire and explosion on a platform in the Gulf of Mexico south of Grand Isle Friday morning.  —  Coast Guard Incident Commander Ed Cubanski …
Discussion: WAFB-TV, Gizmodo and The Raw Story
David Brody / The Brody File:
Franklin Graham to Brody File on Obama's Re-Election: Christians Should Be ‘Upset at Themselves’  —  Rev. Franklin Graham tells The Brody File that one of the lessons of President Obama's re-election is that more Christians in this country need to vote and he tells me that, “if Christians are upset, they need to be upset at themselves.”
 
 
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John Podhoretz / New York Post:
Mitt still doesn't get it  —  Repeating his losing message
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Not Gerrymandering, but Districting: More Evidence on How Democrats Won the Popular Vote but Lost the Congress
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ANTI-ISRAEL, ANTI-AMERICA PROTEST OUTSIDE OBAMA HQ IN CHICAGO
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Ramsey Cox / The Hill:
Sen. Paul filibusters defense bill
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Daniel Strauss / The Hill:
Christie agrees Romney comments were ‘wrong’, calls on GOP to pivot
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