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8:05 AM ET, September 24, 2012

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CNN:
TRENDING: Obama: I bear ‘full responsibility for everything’  —  (CNN) - President Barack Obama discussed his frustration with gridlock in Washington, saying his “biggest disappointment” in his nearly four years in office has been the failure to oversee change in the nation's political climate.
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Agence France Presse:
Obama brushes off Israeli pressure over Iran  —  WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama likened Israeli pressure on him to draw a line in the sand over Iran's nuclear ambitions as noise he tries to ignore, according to remarks aired Sunday.  —  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu recently urged …
John M. Broder / New York Times:
Obama and Romney Offer a Possible Preview of Their First Debate  —  WASHINGTON — Mitt Romney criticized President Obama in remarks broadcast on Sunday for refusing to meet with Benjamin Netanyahu, the Israeli prime minister, during this week's United Nations General Assembly meeting …
Discussion: Los Angeles Times, Newsy and The Caucus
CNN:
Romney campaign pounces on Obama national security comments  —  (CNN) - The Romney campaign was quick to pounce on comments made by President Barack Obama in an interview that aired Sunday, calling into question the president's commitment to Israel as the United States' closest ally in the Middle East.
Discussion: Politico
Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:
Obama on Recent Middle East Violence: ‘Bumps in the Road’  —  This evening on CBS's 60 Minutes, President Barack Obama called the recent violence in the Middle East “bumps in the road.”  —  CBS's Steve Kroft asked, “Have the events that took place in the Middle East, the recent events …
Dovid Efune / Algemeiner.com:
Both President Obama and Ahmadinejad Liken Israeli Concerns Over Nuclear Iran to “Noise”  —  President Obama on a previous episode of 60 minutes.  —  In an interview airing tonight on CBS's 60 Minutes, President Obama likens Israel's expressions of concern over a nuclear Iran to noise he tries to ignore, according to AFP.
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
David Ignatius / Washington Post:   An interview with Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:
Obama Refers to Israel Concern Over Iran as ‘Noise’
Discussion: The Right Scoop and Power Line
Robert Gibbs / CNN:
Gibbs: Romney has advantage in debates
Discussion: Politico, First Read and Scared Monkeys
Clare Jim / Reuters:
Foxconn closes China plant after 40 injured in brawl  —  (Reuters) - Taiwan's Foxconn Technology Group closed its Taiyuan plant in northern China on Monday after a personal dispute spiraled into a brawl involving 2,000 workers in a dormitory late on Sunday night, injuring 40.
Discussion: New York Times, Mashable! and The Verge
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Richard Lai / Engadget:
Riot breaks out at Foxconn's Taiyuan plant, reportedly over guards beating up a worker  —  News just came in that workers at Foxconn's Taiyuan plant have started a riot in the wee hours in China, and that police forces are on site to control the crowd.  While the motive isn't clear …
New York Times:
Foxconn Factory in China Is Closed After Worker Riot
Discussion: AllThingsD
Joel B. Pollak / BREITBART.COM:
MEDIA PUT 18,000 IN NOT-QUITE-FULL 5,000-SEAT ARENA FOR OBAMA IN WISCONSIN  —  President Barack Obama is having trouble drawing large crowds on the campaign trail.  At the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, his campaign was forced to move his acceptance speech from the 74,000-seat Bank …
Discussion: NewsBusters.org blogs and Politico
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Keithbacker / Battleground Watch:
How Big Was Obama's Crowd in Wisconsin? MSM says 18,000, actual was 5,000 (photos and analysis)
Associated Press:
AMID GOP UNEASE, ROMNEY TURNS EYE TO SWING STATES
Discussion: Riehl World News
John Hinderaker / Power Line:
Obama Campaign Quietly Ditches Faux Flag  —  The Obama campaign produced a poster of an American flag, with Obama's “O” symbol replacing the field of stars, as an item of campaign merchandise, selling for $35.  The image was tasteless at best.  It is hard to imagine any other politician arrogant enough …
Discussion: Betsy's Page and Scared Monkeys
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Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Obama Campaign's Flag Poster No Longer Appears In Store
Discussion: Weasel Zippers and Instapundit
James Hohmann / Politico:
Obama ticks up on Romney in tight race  —  President Barack Obama has opened a national lead in a tight race that's been static for much of the year.  —  A new POLITICO/George Washington University Battleground Poll of likely voters finds little good news for Mitt Romney but a race that remains competitive.
Discussion: Forbes and Da Tech Guy's Blog
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Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Obama leads by 4 in Florida
Discussion: Ballot Box and Tampa Bay Times
Zeke Miller / BuzzFeed:
Report: Rick Perry Aides Battled Gay Rumor With Lawsuit Threat  —  Huffington Post threatened to publish the — unsupported — claims.  Perry aides warned they'd “be owning a big chunk of AOL.”  —  Image by Ronald Martinez / Getty Images  —  Texas Gov. Rick Perry's campaign spent the weeks …
Henry J. Gomez / Plain Dealer:
President Barack Obama leads Mitt Romney by 5 percentage points in Ohio Newspaper Poll  —  President Barack Obama continues to lead Mitt Romney in the race for battleground Ohio, a poll commissioned by The Plain Dealer and the state's other major newspapers shows.
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Paul Ryan / Cincinnati.com:
Divided state still a toss-up
Discussion: GOP 12 and FiveThirtyEight
Kathleen Geier / Washington Monthly:
Suicide is now the leading cause of injury-related death in America, and the economy may be to blame  —  An extremely disturbing new study published in the American Journal of Public Health finds that suicides have replaced car accidents as the leading cause of injury-related death in the U.S …
Discussion: Babalú Blog and Daily Mail
 
 
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NEWS FLASH  —  TOP ROMNEY ADVISER: 'WE ARE A NATION …
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Reuters:
Obama thanks Egypt's president over embassy protection
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Sarah Jones / PoliticusUSA:
Ann Romney Cancels Interviews After Stop It Controversy
Ynetnews:
Silwan woman tries to stab officer ‘over anti-Islam film’
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Jo Becker / New York Times:
Ralph Reed Hopes to Nudge Mitt Romney to a Victory
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Jennifer Epstein / Politico:
Bill Clinton has ‘no earthly idea’ whether Hillary will run in 2016
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From Mediagazer:

Alexandra Bruell / Wall Street Journal:
The NYT sends a cease-and-desist letter to AI startup Perplexity to stop using its content; Perplexity says it is “interested in working with every” publisher

Jessica Testa / New York Times:
Tina Brown, who became synonymous with Manhattan media in the 1980s and 1990s, launches Fresh Hell, a weekly Substack diary newsletter in “notebook form”

Ross A. Lincoln / The Wrap:
WBD plans to launch Max in Taiwan, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand on November 19, with pricing details to be announced

 
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