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1:20 AM ET, August 12, 2013

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Nick Allen / Telegraph:
First dog Bo is airlifted to Obama holiday home  —  When President Barack Obama goes on holiday to the seaside things can get complicated.  —  Bo, the US First Family's waterdog, gets off the Marine helicopter at Martha's Vineyard  —  Rooms have to be found for dozens of Secret Service agents …
Jennifer Jacobs / Des Moines Register:
Vice President Joe Biden will be in Iowa for Harkin steak fry  —  Vice President Joe Biden has accepted U.S. Sen. Tom Harkin's invitation to attend his steak fry this year, White House officials told The Des Moines Register this evening.  —  “It has been a long-standing commitment …
Discussion: Politico
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Jonathan Martin / The Caucus:
Biden, Hinting at 2016, to Speak at Iowa Event  —  DES MOINES - Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. will be the keynote speaker at Senator Tom Harkin's annual steak fry fund-raiser next month, a signature event on the Iowa political calendar that often showcases aspiring presidents as featured speakers.
Discussion: Post Politics
Meghashyam Mali / The Hill:
Report: Biden to speak at Iowa Dem fundraiser
Discussion: CNN
New York Post:
Newark Mayor Cory Booker pocketed ‘confidential’ annual payouts from law firm while in office  —  Cory Booker pocketed “confidential” annual payouts from his former law firm while serving as Newark mayor.  —  Booker, the front-runner in New Jersey's Senate race, received five checks …
Tal Kopan / Politico:
Trump spars with ABC reporter over Obama's birth certificate  —  Donald Trump, in the early presidential caucus state of Iowa this weekend for an event featuring many potential 2016 Republican presidential hopefuls, defended his questioning of President Barack Obama's place of birth in an interview aired Sunday on ABC's “This Week.”
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WBIR-TV:
Tennessee Judge orders baby's name be changed from ‘Messiah’  —  Jaleesa Martin and the father of Messiah could not agree on a last name, which is how they ended up at a child support hearing in Cocke County Chancery Court on Thursday.  —  That is when the first name came into question.
Discussion: Scared Monkeys and The Raw Story
KC Downey / WMUR:
Man shoots and kills son, himself at Manchester YWCA  —  Muni Savyon fatally shoots 9-year-old son  —  A man shot and killed his son before taking his own life at the YWCA in Manchester on Sunday morning, police said.  —  According to the attorney general's office, Muni Savyon, 54 …
Zack Beauchamp / ThinkProgress:
GOP Strategist Confronts Congressman For Bigoted Comments On Immigrants: You ‘Should Get Some Therapy’  —  Rep. Steve King (R-IA) recently dove into hot water by saying that undocumented immigrants were “drug mules” with “cantaloupe-sized calves.”  Sunday morning, King doubled down …
Brian Stelter / New York Times:
NBC Buying Web Service to Stream Phone Video  —  When a plane crashes or a protest turns violent, television crews speed to the scene.  But they typically do not arrive for minutes or even hours, so these days photos and videos by amateurs — what the news industry calls “user-generated content” — fill the void.
Nicholas D. Kristof / New York Times:
Help Thy Neighbor and Go Straight to Prison  —  IF you want to understand all that is wrong with America's criminal justice system, take a look at the nightmare experienced by Edward Young.  —  Young, now 43, was convicted of several burglaries as a young man but then resolved that he would turn his life around.
Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
Madam President  —  WASHINGTON — PRESIDENT OBAMA proved himself a great segue artist Friday, as he smoothly glided from his previously unassailable position on the matter of surveillance to his new unassailable position on the matter of surveillance.  —  There is no moral high ground that he does not seek to occupy.
Peter Singer / New York Times:
Good Charity, Bad Charity  —  YOU are thinking of donating to a worthy cause.  Good.  But to which cause should you give?  —  If you seek help from professional philanthropy advisers, the chances are that they won't have much to say about this vital question.
Discussion: National Review
ABC News:
Snowden's Father Gets Visa to Visit Son in Russia  —  National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden's father has secured documents to visit his son in Russia and plans to discuss how he could fight espionage charges, Lon Snowden and his attorney said Sunday.
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Keith Laing / The Hill:
Obama cannot ‘have a blank check’ on NSA surveillance, Clyburn says
Discussion: Politico
myFOXphoenix.com:
Loophole: People are being told to use “key words” to cross border  —  SAN DIEGO -  —  A loophole is allowing hundreds of immigrants across the Mexico border in to the United States.  —  Immigrants are being taught to use “key words and phrases” to be allowed to enter and stay in the country.
Discussion: iOwnTheWorld.com and The PJ Tatler
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Lee Stranahan / BREITBART.COM:   SUDDEN FLOOD OF ASYLUM REQUESTS AT U.S./MEXICO BORDER
 
 
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Justin Wingerter / CBS St. Louis:
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John Hinderaker / Power Line:
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Suzanne Goldenberg / Guardian:
A Texan tragedy: ample oil, no water
Discussion: Daily Kos
Associated Press:
Family leaves US on sailboat over religious concerns to start new life, becomes lost at sea
Discussion: The Raw Story and The Dish
Los Angeles Times:
Kidnapping suspect killed by FBI; Hannah Anderson in ‘good shape’
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Dan Barry / New York Times:
Mystery From the Grave Beside Oswald's, Solved
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Thomas L. Friedman / New York Times:
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How the Post Was Lost  —  MANY American newspapers were doomed …
 

 
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