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7:45 AM ET, July 8, 2013

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New York Times:
Spitzer Seeks Ballot for City Comptroller's Race  —  Eliot Spitzer, who resigned as governor of New York five years ago amid a prostitution scandal, is re-entering political life, with a run for the citywide office of comptroller and a hope that voters have forgiven him his previous misconduct.
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Kenneth Lovett / NY Daily News:
Former Gov. Eliot Spitzer, who resigned after prostitution scandal, to jump into race for city controller  —  Currently, Scott Stringer is the front-runner.  But Spitzer will start collecting petition signatures Monday.  —  He's back!  Eliot Spitzer will start collecting signatures to get on the ballot for city controller.
Associated Press:
Teresa Heinz Kerry hospitalized  —  Teresa Heinz Kerry, the wife of Secretary of State John Kerry and heir to a ketchup company fortune, was hospitalized in critical condition Sunday while on Massachusetts' Nantucket Island.  —  Heinz Kerry was flown to Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston …
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Peter Baker / New York Times:
Kerry's Wife Is Flown for Emergency Care  —  Teresa Heinz Kerry, the wife of Secretary of State John Kerry, became ill with a serious medical condition during a vacation on Nantucket on Sunday and was flown to a hospital in Boston for emergency treatment, the State Department said.
Discussion: The Raw Story
Dan Abrams / ABC News:
Analysis: George Zimmerman Probably Won't Be Convicted of Murder or Manslaughter — Here's Why  —  I drew a legal conclusion on “Good Morning America” Saturday that would have surprised the Dan Abrams who covered the George Zimmerman case leading up to, and shortly after, his arrest.
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Andrew Branca / Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion:
Why Zimmerman's Motion for Acquittal Should Have Been Granted  —  Immediately following the close of the State's case on Friday, Mark O'Mara, the lawyer leading George Zimmerman's defense team, stood before Judge Nelson and made his oral motion for a judgment of acquittal for his client …
New York Times:
Immigration in the House  —  The Republican caucus of the United States House of Representatives is holding a private meeting on Wednesday.  The subject will be immigration.  Perhaps it will be a showdown or a summit that will reset the party's direction on this issue.
Discussion: msnbc.com
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Cameron Joseph / Ballot Box:
Rep. Labrador: Bad immigration bill could be ‘the death’ of the GOP
Daniel Strauss / The Hill:
Rep. McCaul: Senate immigration reform bill threw ‘candy’ at border
Discussion: Politico and CNN
Meghashyam Mali / The Hill:
Obama loses altitude, needs solid wins six months into second term  —  Six months into his second term, the momentum that President Obama gained from his reelection win is a fading memory.  —  Few could have foreseen this White House struggling so much after Obama's convincing 332-206 electoral vote victory …
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Zachary A. Goldfarb / Washington Post:   Obama's summertime push: Immigration and the economy
BBC:
Egypt unrest: Tensions soar amid Cairo killings  —  At least 42 people have been shot dead near a military barracks in Cairo, amid ongoing unrest over the removal of Egypt's President Mohammed Morsi.  —  The Muslim Brotherhood says its members were staging a pro-Morsi sit-in at the barracks …
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Daniel Strauss / The Hill:
McCain calls Morsi ouster a coup d'etat, urges blocking aid
David DeSteno / New York Times:
The Morality of Meditation  —  MEDITATION is fast becoming a fashionable tool for improving your mind.  With mounting scientific evidence that the practice can enhance creativity, memory and scores on standardized intelligence tests, interest in its practical benefits is growing.
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Defining Prosperity Down  —  Friday's employment report wasn't bad.  But given how depressed our economy remains, we really should be adding more than 300,000 jobs a month, not fewer than 200,000.  As the Economic Policy Institute points out, we would need more than five years of job growth …
John Hudson / Foreign Policy:
Cameras Catch Mystery Break-In at Whistleblower's Law Firm  —  The offices of a Dallas law firm representing a high-profile State Department whistleblower were broken into last weekend.  Burglars stole three computers and broke into the firm's file cabinets.
Discussion: The PJ Tatler and Instapundit
 
 
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Robert McCartney / Washington Post:
Metro rips out Phantom Planter's flowers at Dupont Circle station
Discussion: americanthinker.com and Althouse
Glenn Harlan Reynolds / USA Today:
Uphold the Third Amendment: Column
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ABC News:
‘This Week’ Transcript: George W. Bush, Laura Bush, Mohamed Tawfik
Discussion: Crooks and Liars
Clarice Feldman / American Thinker:
White House Down: Obama Version
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Adam Peck / ThinkProgress:
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Bobby Cervantes / Politico:
Menendez: Snowden asylum anti-U.S.
Kevin Cirilli / Politico:
Perry: 2016 an option  —  Texas Gov. Rick Perry isn't ruling …
Tim Alberta / mobile.nationaljournal.com:
House Republicans Draft Their Debt-Ceiling Playbook