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News: See-through 1939 Pontiac Ghost Car fetches $308,000 Computer acts as minister at the nerdiest wedding of all time Gabby Giffords returns to Congress and helps House pass debt compromise LAST TICKET: House to vote on debt compromise; Cher is not a fan of Bachmann Poll shows changing teaching force more receptive to education reform ideas Missouri 'Facebook law' bans teachers from friending students online Democratic 'super PACs' raise big cash to aid Obama's re-election effort Apple factory to add 1 million robots to the workforce Joe Biden collecting rent from Secret Service Crop circle creation theory: physics, not aliens It's official: Chris Hayes gets weekend politics show on MSNBC Inside the raid that killed Osama bin Laden: "Crankshaft," DEVGRU and a dog named Cairo Reuters: We never had a take-down procedure because we were always right Obama issues another campaign video filmed at the White House CNN's Don Lemon makes waves, sometimes at his own network's expense Al Jazeera English now available in New York as push for wider U.S. footprint continues Inmate exploits jail phone glitch, makes enough money to post bail Ohio town pockets $21K in loose cash found along highway Higher ed group says professor fired for Hurricane Katrina findings Pro-Romney group raises $12.2 million, mostly in big dollar checks Debt ceiling deal: What's the impact on the economy, ordinary Americans? International outcry grows over Syria violence, but response so far constrained Twitter's Role In the Debt Deal, Miley Cyrus's Revealing Tweet, and a Reporter Shot in the Hand on Live TV Mitt Romney opposes debt ceiling compromise CNN standing firm behind Morgan in phone hacking scandal Apple accidentally charges up to $4,000 for OS X Lion downloads Is Rick Perry a falling tea party star? Inside the debt deal: Who won, who lost Peter Lauria heads to Reuters Reports: Breivik had plastic surgery to look 'Aryan' The man behind the anti-sharia state law push News of the world: U.S., EU condemn Syrian massacre in Hama FIRST CUTS: WSJ gauges U.S. phone-hacking impact; New Yorker's iPad success Obama lauds your Twitter push FIRST LOOK: Obama, Republicans reach deal on debt Congressional leaders reach agreement to raise the debt ceiling No deal yet: Senate votes to continue debate on debt ceiling bill Fire-breathing Lego dragon might not be parent approved, but it sure is cool Turkey's military chiefs resign House passes Boehner's debt ceiling plan–and Senate puts it on ice See-through 1939 Pontiac Ghost Car fetches $308,000 Mon,1 Aug 2011 06:34 PM PDT Technology News Blog - The automotive world is full of wild concepts and off-the-wall designs, but rarely does a car from before World War II grab our attention for reasons that have nothing to do with its antique nature. This 1939 Pontiac is one … Continue reading → Full Story Top Computer acts as minister at the nerdiest wedding of all time Mon,1 Aug 2011 06:17 PM PDT Technology News Blog - While dating sites have allowed computers to bring people together for many years now, Miguel Hanson decided to take the concept of a mechanical matchmaker one step further. When the Houston-based IT consultant and computer guru was notified that a … Continue reading → Full Story Top Gabby Giffords returns to Congress and helps House pass debt compromise Mon,1 Aug 2011 04:18 PM PDT The Ticket - Just a day before the United States faces financial default, House lawmakers approved a compromise bill that will raise the nation's debt ceiling in exchange for trillions of dollars in federal spending cuts. The bill, approved 269 to 161, will increase the debt ceiling by at least $2 trillion as well as cut roughly the [...] Full Story Top LAST TICKET: House to vote on debt compromise; Cher is not a fan of Bachmann Mon,1 Aug 2011 02:23 PM PDT The Ticket - The House is tentatively set to vote at 7 p.m. EST on the debt ceiling compromise. Barring any delay, The Ticket will have an update on the vote later tonight. In the meantime, here are the stories we took note of today but didn't give the full blog treatment: • Joe Biden reportedly told House [...] Full Story Top Poll shows changing teaching force more receptive to education reform ideas Mon,1 Aug 2011 01:36 PM PDT The Lookout - An increased share of the American teaching force supports paying teachers based on their performance, evaluating teachers on how their students score on tests and other tenets of the education reform movement that teachers' unions have historically and often fiercely opposed, according to a new poll by the National Center for Education Information. Fifty-nine percent of [...] Full Story Top Missouri 'Facebook law' bans teachers from friending students online Mon,1 Aug 2011 01:35 PM PDT Technology News Blog - In Missouri, a new bill effective on August 28 will formally ban teachers from befriending students on social networking websites like Facebook. The law is an aggressive step toward dictating the interactions educators are allowed in online social spaces — a … Continue reading → Full Story Top Democratic 'super PACs' raise big cash to aid Obama's re-election effort Mon,1 Aug 2011 01:31 PM PDT The Ticket - A Democratic political committee founded by two former White House aides to boost President Obama's re-election bid raised $3.2 million in May and June from a small group of well-heeled donors. According to a financial report filed with the Federal Election Commission Sunday, Priorities USA Action raised more than half of its cash with a [...] Full Story Top Apple factory to add 1 million robots to the workforce Mon,1 Aug 2011 01:13 PM PDT Technology News Blog - Foxconn, the Chinese Apple manufacturer with internationally notorious working conditions, will be tackling its problem head on — with robots, of course. The manufacturer has plans to add a fleet of 1 million automatons to its workforce of roughly 1 million employees … Continue reading → Full Story Top Joe Biden collecting rent from Secret Service Mon,1 Aug 2011 12:48 PM PDT The Ticket - Joe Biden is a landlord to the Secret Service. That's right. The Washington Times reports that Biden has collected $13,200 from the Secret Service since April to rent a cottage adjacent to his Wilmington, Del., home and continues to charge the agency rent. The Secret Service has agreed to pay $2,200 per month for use [...] Full Story Top Crop circle creation theory: physics, not aliens Mon,1 Aug 2011 12:44 PM PDT The Upshot - Those otherworldly crop circles may not have been caused by aliens after all. Instead, think physics: A study in Physics World points to the possibility that the patterns could be caused by Earth-bound microwaves, lasers, and GPS. Maybe. Formations in fields have been documented more than 10,000 times in the late 20th century. They have been credited [...] Full Story Top It's official: Chris Hayes gets weekend politics show on MSNBC Mon,1 Aug 2011 12:36 PM PDT The Cutline - Washington media insiders take note: As expected, MSNBC has announced that Chris Hayes has joined the fittingly left-leaning network's full-time lineup. He also will remain an editor-at-large at The Nation, where he had been D.C. editor since 2007. Starting Sept. 17, Hayes, who sometimes subs for MSNBC primetime stalwarts Rachel Maddow and Lawrence O'Donnell, will [...] Full Story Top Inside the raid that killed Osama bin Laden: "Crankshaft," DEVGRU and a dog named Cairo Mon,1 Aug 2011 12:31 PM PDT The Envoy - While the whole world knows about the U.S. Navy SEAL raid that killed Osama bin Laden in Pakistan in May, many of the details of the mission have been shrouded in operational secrecy--until now. In an astonishingly detailed reconstruction published Monday by the New Yorker, reporter Nicholas Schmidle goes deep inside the planning and execution [...] Full Story Top Reuters: We never had a take-down procedure because we were always right Mon,1 Aug 2011 11:55 AM PDT The Cutline - "The correction/kill policy that is followed at Reuters is long-established by the wire service. There isn't a procedure for taking down something that is wrong because for the vast majority of Reuters' existence, there was nothing to take down." —Reuters op-ed editor James Ledbetter, explaining a change in the way the news service handles retractions [...] Full Story Top Obama issues another campaign video filmed at the White House Mon,1 Aug 2011 11:50 AM PDT The Ticket - Republican threats haven't deterred the Barack Obama campaign from filming at the White House. The president's 2012 campaign released a video Monday on the debt ceiling that an administration official confirms was filmed on site. You may remember that a recent campaign video made in the residential portion of the White House sparked intense controversy [...] Full Story Top CNN's Don Lemon makes waves, sometimes at his own network's expense Mon,1 Aug 2011 11:49 AM PDT The Cutline - Don Lemon is having a coming out party--and this one has nothing to do with the CNN weekend anchor's recent announcement that he's gay. Lemon--who came out of the closet in a memoir published in May--was the focus of a "Daily Show" segment last week. "Every so often a news anchor ends up becoming a [...] Full Story Top Al Jazeera English now available in New York as push for wider U.S. footprint continues Mon,1 Aug 2011 11:16 AM PDT The Cutline - Thanks to its celebrated coverage of the Arab Spring, Al Jazeera has gone from being a news organization condemned and feared by United States power brokers to one praised by American dignitaries and politicians such as Hillary Clinton, Nancy Pelosi and John McCain. The 24-hour Arabic news channel's sister-network, Al Jazeera English, meanwhile, has been pushing [...] Full Story Top Inmate exploits jail phone glitch, makes enough money to post bail Mon,1 Aug 2011 11:15 AM PDT Technology News Blog - We've seen glitches in prison computer systems let inmates out early, but this might be the first time a loophole has been exploited to raise money to pay bail. The system that controls inmate accounts at Florida's Lake County Jail allowed one … Continue reading → Full Story Top Ohio town pockets $21K in loose cash found along highway Mon,1 Aug 2011 11:12 AM PDT The Lookout - With the economy struggling, many local governments are finding themselves strapped for cash lately. But one Ohio community has received an unexpected windfall. Back in March, police in Delaware, Ohio found loose cash along U.S. Route 23. One officer said at the time it looked like the highway median was growing money. The city held [...] Full Story Top Higher ed group says professor fired for Hurricane Katrina findings Mon,1 Aug 2011 10:47 AM PDT The Lookout - An academic freedom group  has rallied to the defense of a long-time Louisiana State University professor who alleges he was fired for maintaining that the Army Corps of Engineers was at fault for the devastating flooding in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina struck the city in 2005. Ivor von Heerden had worked as an associate [...] Full Story Top Pro-Romney group raises $12.2 million, mostly in big dollar checks Mon,1 Aug 2011 09:45 AM PDT The Ticket - A conservative "super PAC" created to boost Mitt Romney's 2012 presidential bid raised more than $12.2 million in the first six months of the year, mostly though big contributions from wealthy GOP donors. Restore Our Future, a political committee founded by Romney allies earlier this year, reported receiving four contributions of $1 million apiece, according [...] Full Story Top Debt ceiling deal: What's the impact on the economy, ordinary Americans? Mon,1 Aug 2011 09:34 AM PDT The Lookout - In his announcement last night of the deal between Congress and the White House to raise the debt ceiling, President Obama declared that Washington leaders now "should be devoting all of our time" to addressing the country's broader economic woes. But the agreement could itself have a major impact on the struggling economy, if it [...] Full Story Top International outcry grows over Syria violence, but response so far constrained Mon,1 Aug 2011 09:15 AM PDT The Envoy - In one of the bloodiest days in the Arab Spring protests against repressive regimes in the Middle East and North Africa, the Syrian military killed as may as 120 people in Hama Sunday. The brutal crackdown came on the eve of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. But even as the United States and European [...] Full Story Top Twitter's Role In the Debt Deal, Miley Cyrus's Revealing Tweet, and a Reporter Shot in the Hand on Live TV Mon,1 Aug 2011 09:03 AM PDT Trending Now - President Obama went on a Twitter tirade Friday when his social media team tweeted the names of every Republican Congress member with a Twitter account. It all started when the president himself tweeted, "The time for putting party first is over. If you want to see a bipartisan #compromise, let Congress know. Call. Email. Tweet. [...] Full Story Top Mitt Romney opposes debt ceiling compromise Mon,1 Aug 2011 08:45 AM PDT The Ticket - After weeks of refusing to take a stance on the debt talks, Mitt Romney declared Monday that he's opposed to the debt ceiling compromise hammered out by President Obama and congressional leaders over the weekend. In a statement issued just hours before Congress is expected to vote on the plan, Romney slammed Obama's leadership and [...] Full Story Top CNN standing firm behind Morgan in phone hacking scandal Mon,1 Aug 2011 08:25 AM PDT The Cutline - First, Piers Morgan issued an emphatic denial. "For the record," the CNN primetime host and "America's Got Talent" judge told Wolf Blitzer on July 26, "in my time at 'The Mirror' and the 'News of the World,' I never hacked a phone, told anybody to hack a phone or published any story based on the [...] Full Story Top Apple accidentally charges up to $4,000 for OS X Lion downloads Mon,1 Aug 2011 08:14 AM PDT Technology News Blog - Apple's newly-revamped Mac OS X Lion operating system launched just a couple weeks ago, and while most early adopters are either extremely pleased or slightly annoyed with some of its changes, a few are more concerned with their bank accounts. Days after … Continue reading → Full Story Top Is Rick Perry a falling tea party star? Mon,1 Aug 2011 07:51 AM PDT The Ticket - Texas Gov. Rick Perry was considered one of the first major tea party candidates, but that doesn't mean he can count on the movement's support should he run for president in 2012. According to reports from multiple news outlets, including the Houston Chronicle Monday, several of Perry's current positions put him at odds with tea [...] Full Story Top Inside the debt deal: Who won, who lost Mon,1 Aug 2011 07:45 AM PDT Exclusives - By Major Garrett National Journal It started clean and ended messy. When the debt-ceiling crisis began to capture the public's and Wall Street's bemused imagination in June, President Obama's Gallup approval rating was 50 percent, the highest It's now at … Continue reading → Full Story Top Peter Lauria heads to Reuters Mon,1 Aug 2011 07:42 AM PDT The Cutline - Reuters has tapped veteran media reporter Peter Lauria as its new editor-in-charge of technology, media and telecommunications coverage. He replaces Ken Li, who was recently promoted to editor of Reuters.com following the promotions of heavyweights Jim Impoco and Chrystia Freeland to the top of the Reuters Digital masthead. "Peter is one of the best reporters [...] Full Story Top Reports: Breivik had plastic surgery to look 'Aryan' Mon,1 Aug 2011 07:27 AM PDT The Lookout - The head of Norway's intelligence agency Janne Kristianse that she believes accused terrorist Anders Breivik received plastic surgery in order to look more "Aryan." "You do not have that Aryan look naturally in Norway," she said in an interview with the Sunday Times (article behind paywall). "Hitler would have had him on posters. He has the [...] Full Story Top The man behind the anti-sharia state law push Mon,1 Aug 2011 06:08 AM PDT The Lookout - The New York Times' Andrea Elliot tracked down the man behind a spate of state laws banning the use of sharia, or Islamic law, in U.S. courthouses. Fifty-six year-old David Yerushalmi, a Hasidic Jewish lawyer living in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, worked with conservative political activists in drafting the model legislation that Oklahoma, Tennessee and Louisiana [...] Full Story Top News of the world: U.S., EU condemn Syrian massacre in Hama Mon,1 Aug 2011 06:04 AM PDT The Envoy - • The New Yorker reconstructs the Special Forces raid that got Osama bin Laden. (New Yorker/Nicholas Schmidle) • CIA station chief leaves Pakistan. (ABC) • U.S. Ambassador to Pakistan stopped in India en route to Karachi. (Times of India) • EU slaps more sanctions on Syria after Ramadan eve massacre in Hama. (Associated Press) • [...] Full Story Top FIRST CUTS: WSJ gauges U.S. phone-hacking impact; New Yorker's iPad success Mon,1 Aug 2011 06:04 AM PDT The Cutline - Our list of stories that should be on your morning media menu: • The Wall Street Journal is attempting "to gauge whether News Corporation's problems in Britain have become a serious issue in the United States" through a reader survey. (NYT/Media Decoder) • Piers Morgan is on the defensive. (Wall Street Journal) • Where was [...] Full Story Top Obama lauds your Twitter push Mon,1 Aug 2011 05:59 AM PDT The Ticket - According to President Obama, you deserve some credit for the debt ceiling agreement announced last night. The president in his Sunday evening speech announcing the deal reached by Congress lauded those who heeded his call to contact their representatives via Twitter, phone and email to ask for a compromise. "Most of all, I want to [...] Full Story Top FIRST LOOK: Obama, Republicans reach deal on debt Mon,1 Aug 2011 05:31 AM PDT The Lookout - Welcome to First Look, our daily roundup of early-bird news: • Obama and Republicans finally have a debt deal to cut $1 trillion in spending over 10 years. (Washington Post) • Economists argue that cutting federal spending will likely slow economic growth even further in the near term. (New York Times) • The children of terrorist attack victims bond [...] Full Story Top Congressional leaders reach agreement to raise the debt ceiling Sun,31 Jul 2011 06:52 PM PDT The Ticket - Republican and Democratic leaders have agreed on a plan to raise the debt ceiling, President Obama announced Sunday night. The announcement arrives after months of intense closed-door negotiations, and just two days before the deadline set by the Treasury Department. According to the details available, the agreement would slow the growth of government spending over [...] Full Story Top No deal yet: Senate votes to continue debate on debt ceiling bill Sun,31 Jul 2011 10:34 AM PDT The Ticket - It's not over yet. The Senate rejected a motion Sunday to end debate on a bill to raise the nation's debt ceiling, leaving the door open for a final vote on a plan negotiated between the parties. The 50-49 procedural vote--the bill needed 60 votes to pass--effectively shut down Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid's legislative [...] Full Story Top Fire-breathing Lego dragon might not be parent approved, but it sure is cool Fri,29 Jul 2011 06:32 PM PDT Technology News Blog - If there's one skill I've truly never been able to grasp, it's making original art from Legos. For me, setting out to make an awesome Lego creation usually yields some sort of misshapen car or boat... thing. Aaron Amatnieks clearly doesn't have … Continue reading → Full Story Top Turkey's military chiefs resign Fri,29 Jul 2011 03:39 PM PDT The Envoy - Last week, Gen. David Petraeus met with Turkey's top military commander, Gen. Isik Kosaner, on a stop-off in Ankara as he made his way back from commanding international peacekeeping forces in Afghanistan to take up his new post as CIA director in Washington. Today, Gen. Kosaner abruptly resigned--along with three other Turkish military chiefs--in the [...] Full Story Top House passes Boehner's debt ceiling plan–and Senate puts it on ice Fri,29 Jul 2011 03:34 PM PDT The Ticket - After a grinding week of negotiations in the House of Representatives, the chamber's GOP majority finally approved Speaker John Boehner's plan to increase the nation's $14.3 trillion debt ceiling just ahead of the the Aug. 2 deadline for its expiration. And in short order, the Democratic-led Senate voted to table the House-passed measure in favor [...] Full Story Top

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