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12:10 PM ET, August 6, 2013

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Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
Washington Post to be sold to Jeff Bezos  —  The Washington Post Co. has agreed to sell its flagship newspaper to Amazon.com founder and chief executive Jeffrey P. Bezos, ending the Graham family's stewardship of one of America's leading news organizations after four generations.
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Henry Blodget / Business Insider:
Here's Why I Think Jeff Bezos Bought The Washington Post  —  Jeff Bezos is an investor in Business Insider, so in the wake of news that he's buying the Washington Post, folks have been asking me two questions:  — What's it like being owned or invested in by Jeff Bezos?
Jeff Bezos / Washington Post:
Jeff Bezos on Post purchase  —  To the employees of The Washington Post:  —  You'll have heard the news, and many of you will greet it with a degree of apprehension.  When a single family owns a company for many decades, and when that family acts for all those decades in good faith …
Laura Bennett / New Republic:
Author of Bezos Book: 'He's Buying a Lot of Political Influence'  —  Businessweek senior writer Brad Stone has written a book about Amazon—titled The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon—that will be released by Little, Brown in October.  Stone spent several years reporting the book …
David Remnick / News Desk:
Donald Graham's Choice  —  “The pattern of a newspaperman's life is like the plot of ‘Black Beauty,’ ” A.J. Liebling wrote.  “Sometimes he finds a kind master who gives him a dry stall and an occasional bran mash in the form of a Christmas bonus, sometimes he falls into the hands of a mean owner …
Lydia DePillis / Wonkblog:
Why The Washington Post isn't a charity case for Jeff Bezos
Washington Post:
Graham details anatomy of Washington Post deal
Discussion: The Huffington Post
Emily Bell / Business Insider:
Jeff Bezos' Shocking Washington Post Buy Was Not A Business Deal — It Was A Cultural Statement
CNN:
Drone strikes kill militants in Yemen; Americans urged to leave  —  Britain advises against travel to Yemen Analysis: Dangers of al Qaeda in Yemen Sources: Al Qaeda plot in final stages  —  (CNN) — A pair of suspected U.S. drone strikes killed four al Qaeda militants in Yemen …
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Jeremy Herb / The Hill:
Resurgent al Qaeda casts doubt on Obama's national security record
Steve Benen / msnbc.com:
PolitiFact finds its pants on fire  —  House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) appeared on Fox News on Sunday, and when the discussion turned to a possible self-imposed budget crisis, the Virginia Republican said lawmakers should be “focused on trying to deal with the ultimate problem, which is this growing deficit.”
Tara Palmeri / New York Post:
I'm a guy again!  ABC newsman who switched genders wants to switch back  —  ‘Amnesia’ awakening  —  He thought he was a woman trapped in a man's body — but it turns out he's “just another boring straight guy.”  —  ABC News editor Don Ennis strolled into the newsroom in May wearing …
Fox News:
George W. Bush undergoes procedure for stent after blockage discovered  —  Former President George W. Bush underwent a procedure on Tuesday to have a stent inserted after a blockage was discovered in an artery, his spokesman said.  —  The 67-year-old former president is recovering …
Discussion: Weasel Zippers, Mediaite and AL.com
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Daniel Strauss / The Hill:
Bush undergoes heart surgery
Discussion: CNN and Politico
Kyle Roerink / Casper Star-Tribune:
Liz Cheney listed as 10-year Wyomingite, gets resident fishing license early  —  Senate candidate Liz Cheney improperly received a state resident fishing license based on an application with incorrect information, according to Wyoming Game and Fish Department records.
Discussion: The Raw Story
New York Times:
Chicago Sees Pension Crisis Drawing Near  —  CHICAGO — Corporations are moving in, and housing prices are looking better across the region.  There has been a slight uptick in population.  But a crushing problem lurks beneath the signs of economic recovery in Chicago: one of the most poorly …
Nanci G. Hutson / News-Times:
‘Jeopardy!’ ruling under fire  —  NEWTOWN — Newtown eighth-grader Thomas Hurley III was thrilled to be chosen as a contestant on the Kids Week episode of the television game show “Jeopardy!” that was filmed in February and aired this week.  —  He was up against a tough competitor right …
Des Moines Register:
Family Leader says it could fill straw poll's gap  —  Gov. Branstad on competing Straw Polls: Gov. Branstad on competing Straw Polls  —  If state party officials decide to scrap the Iowa straw poll, as Gov. Terry Branstad has suggested, a nonprofit evangelical conservative group is ready to fill in the gap.
Natasha Korecki / Chicago Sun Times:
Bill Daley campaign site features White House photo from day bin Laden killed  —  When gubernatorial hopeful Bill Daley launched his new website on Monday, he included a photo that could trump that of any other candidate in the race.  —  It's a photo taken in the Situation Room the day Osama bin Laden was killed by U.S. forces.
Discussion: Reuters and The Hill
Wall Street Journal:
FBI Finds Holes in System Protecting Economic Data  —  FBI finds ‘operational vulnerabilities’ involving ‘black boxes’ used to control the release of sensitive economic data  —  By - BRODY MULLINS and - DEVLIN BARRETT -  —  The Federal Bureau of Investigation has discovered vulnerabilities …
Discussion: Business Insider and Hot Air
Sarah Mimms / NationalJournal.com:
Republicans Confront Lady Problems in Congress  —  GOP groups are scrambling to expand outreach to women, as party operatives fear gender gap could grow.  —  When the House Judiciary Committee passed a late-term abortion ban in June, Republican leaders scrambled to find a female …
Discussion: Taylor Marsh and Jezebel
Matthew Yglesias / Slate:
Why I Don't Trust Lawrence Summers' Friends  —  Insiders say he'd make a great Fed chair.  Their reassurances are eerily similar to ones that led Harvard astray.  —  The fact that Larry Summers was a bad university administrator doesn't mean that he'd be a bad Federal Reserve chairman.
CNN:
Chelsea Clinton still open to running for office  —  (CNN) - As Chelsea Clinton continues to emerge as a public advocate for children and women, she's still not ruling out a future run for office.  —  The daughter of former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton …
Discussion: Politico
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Lara Seligman / The Hill:
RNC chief: NBC, CNN ‘promoting’ Dems
Discussion: Politico, Shakesville and TIME
 
 
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Paul Steinhauser / CNN:
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Discussion: GigaOM and Business Insider
Ron Nixon / New York Times:
T.S.A. Expands Duties Beyond Airport Security
Bradley A. Smith / Wall Street Journal:
Bradley Smith: The IRS Attack on Political Speech
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George Talbot / AL.com:
9 Republicans, 2 Democrats qualify for AL-01 congressional race
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Alan Cullison / Wall Street Journal:
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Fox News:
Watchdog: US spending $772M on aircraft Afghans ‘cannot operate or maintain’
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Angelo M. Codevilla / Library of Law & Liberty:
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Kevin D. Williamson / National Review:
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