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5:25 PM ET, July 27, 2013

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New York Times:
Scores of Demonstrators Killed in Egypt  —  CAIRO — The police and armed civilians opened fire Saturday with live ammunition on protesters against Egypt's new military government, witnesses said, killing scores of people as hopes faded that the Egyptian military would reach any political accommodation …
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BBC:
Egypt crisis: ‘Scores killed’ at Cairo protest  —  More than 100 people are reported to have been killed in Cairo at a protest held by supporters of ousted Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi.  —  Running battles are taking place around the Rabaa al-Adawiya mosque and there is blood on the streets …
Reem Abdellatif / Wall Street Journal:
Egypt's Economy Stabilizes, for Now, as Arab Pledges Buy Time
Discussion: The PJ Tatler and Via Meadia
James Taranto / Wall Street Journal:
She did the right thing despite her prejudices.  —  Sometimes life imitates the Onion.  Last week the satirical newspaper ran an “op-ed” by “Juror E6,” a fictitious member of the panel that acquitted George Zimmerman.  Here's the nut, and pardon our F—ch: “Now, I realize …
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William Saletan / Slate:
Did George Zimmerman Get Away With Murder?
KATU-TV:
Guy tries to rob a gun store with a baseball bat, fails miserably  —  BEAVERTON, Ore. - You've heard the old saying 'don't bring a knife to a gun fight.'  —  Well how about a bat?  Apparently, that doesn't work too well either - just ask 22-year-old Derrick Mosley.
Igor Volsky / ThinkProgress:
Growing Number Of States Are Reporting Lower Than Expected Health Care Premiums  —  Health premiums in Maryland's exchanges will be “among the lowest of the 12 states that have available proposed or approved rates for comparison,” the state's exchange — Maryland Health Connection — announced Friday.
Andrew Kaczynski:
Sarah Palin: I Was Banned From Talking About Jeremiah Wright By The McCain Campaign  —  “I wasn't allowed to talk about things like that because those elitist, those who are the brainics in the GOP machine running John McCain's campaign at the time said that the media would eat us alive if we brought up these things.”
Peter Schroeder / The Hill:
Obama: ‘Korea was a win’  —  President Obama hailed veterans of the Korean War Saturday, saying their sacrifices ensured that millions of Koreans could live safely in a democracy.  —  Speaking on the 60th anniversary of the Korean War's armistice, he noted that some had expressed …
Discussion: CNN and The Gateway Pundit
Chris Isidore / CNNMoney.com:
New $444 million hockey arena is still a go in Detroit  —  Detroit's financial crisis hasn't derailed the city's plans to spend more than $400 million in Michigan taxpayer funds on a new hockey arena for the Red Wings.  —  Advocates of the arena say it's the kind of economic development needed …
Ben Goad / The Hill:
FDA set to overhaul food safety rules for imported fruits, veggies  —  The Food and Drug Administration on Friday unveiled new rules to combat safety threats in imported foods - an overhaul that represents a sea change in U.S. treatment of food shipped from other countries.
Steve Liesman / CNBC:
Wall Street wants Yellen, not Summers, as next Fed chief  —  Wall Street overwhelmingly believes President Obama will and should pick Janet Yellen to be the next chairman of the Federal Reserve, according to a survey.  —  Preliminary results of the CNBC Fed Survey for July show 70 percent …
Matthias Gafni / Contra Costa Times:
Concord: Half of Affordable Care Act call center jobs will be part-time  —  CONCORD — Earlier this year, Contra Costa County won the right to run a health care call center, where workers will answer questions to help implement the president's Affordable Care Act.
Gary Baum / Hollywood Reporter:
Terminally Ill ‘Simpsons’ Co-Creator Vows to Give Away Fortune  —  Sam Simon faces down his terminal cancer diagnosis by spending his vast fortune (how much?  “I don't know") on animal rights and feeding the hungry: “I get pleasure from it.  I love it.”  —  Called both “brilliantly funny” …
Discussion: msnbc.com and BBC
 
 
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John Bresnahan / Politico:
Obama to visit Hill Democrats next week
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Reuters:
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Jeane MacIntosh / New York Post:
Weiner girl confidant: Pol's brother grilled sext partner 'to see if she was going to be a …
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