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NBC fires producer over edited Zimmerman 911 call - Yahoo! News Blogs (blog)
Well maybe not sound bytes, but fabrications citing "unnamed source" or a person close to the investigation who can not speak on the record and blah blah blah...... It does not end JW • 1 hr 6 mins ago I haven't seen this much bad news reporting since ...
Republicans light fire under Obama's gas prices tour - Yahoo! News Blogs (blog)
Senior administration officials said Tuesday that the president would push for doubling down on solar and other alternatives to fossil fuels. The officials spoke at a briefing organized by the White House on condition that they not be be named and not ...
US deports Iranian arms dealer nabbed in sting - Yahoo! News Blogs (blog)
"Two US officials briefed on the matter said that Ardebili's deportation moved with unusual swiftness." There's "nothing unusual" in Ardebili's swift deportation, the Justice Department's Boyd said. But some observers of the case wondered if his swift ...
Romney strategist: Nomination close to 'impossibility' for Santorum and Gingrich - Yahoo! News Blogs (blog)
"Any way you slice it, it was a damn good night for us," a senior Romney strategist, who declined to be named on the record, said. "(There's) a pretty good case that the nomination is an impossibility for Rick Santorum or Newt Gingrich.
Senior Obama campaign officials defend president's embrace of super PAC - Yahoo! News Blogs (blog)
"The president did sign off on this decision," the official, who asked to remain anonymous, said. In a statement sent to supporters Monday night, Obama campaign manager Jim Messina said that while the president continues to oppose the Court's decision ...
Santorum-mania hits New Hampshire: the candidate's fashion shoot/meet-and-greet - Yahoo! News Blogs (blog)
"I haven't seen anything like this since Mitt Romney was here," the hostess, who declined to give her name because she wasn't sure she was supposed to be talking to the news media, told Yahoo News. "This is crazy." In the other room, reporters crouched ...
Ron who? Ignoring fellow Republicans, Romney targets Obama in Iowa - Yahoo! News Blogs (blog)
A senior Romney aide, who declined to be named discussing strategy, suggested in an interview with Yahoo News that Romney will spend much of his time in the next few weeks directly quoting from the campaign speeches that Barack Obama gave four years ...
Democrats surprised by Barney Frank retirement turn to Kennedy family - Yahoo! News Blogs (blog)
But a source close to Kennedy who is not authorized to speak on the record confirmed Kennedy's potential interest to Yahoo News Thursday morning. Kennedy is motivated to pursue a career in public service the source said, but "hasn't set a timeline" for ...
Source: Drew Barrymore In No Rush to Get Married, Have Kids - Yahoo! News Blogs (blog)
A source close to the actress confirms to The Famous that Barrymore and Kopelman are "happily together" but in no rush to walk down the aisle and have kids. Meanwhile, Us Weekly (via Celebitchy) is reporting that Barrymore, 36, is "yearning to get ...
Why did Obama give bunker-buster bombs to Israel? - Yahoo! News Blogs (blog)
The reported transfer may have been a "gesture" by the Obama White House "to assure the Israelis we love them," one Washington Iran expert who insisted on anonymity told The Envoy via email. Still, he confessed that he still found the ultimate ...
Why Rick Perry won't be hurt by the stay of Duane Buck's execution - Yahoo! News Blogs (blog)
... him in the primary—especially as the economy seems to be the biggest issue driving 2012. "This isn't a divisive issue for Republicans," an adviser to one of Perry's Republican rivals, who declined to be named discussing strategy, told The Ticket.
Bad blood between Rick Perry and Kay Bailey Hutchison could shape 2012 race - Yahoo! News Blogs (blog)
Hutchison's office did not return phone calls seeking comment, but Republican sources, who declined to be named discussing private wrangling in the 2012 GOP race, tell The Ticket that the Texas senator's endorsement has become one of the biggest "gets" ...
Iraq shaken by wave of attacks, killing 86 people - Yahoo! News Blogs (blog)
"This is the kind of thing we expected," a US Defense Department official told The Envoy by e-mail Monday, on condition of anonymity. "Extremists probably want to try to claim credit for what was a planned drawdown of American forces in the country. ...
How Republicans will attack Rick Perry's candidacy - Yahoo! News Blogs (blog)
"He's the flavor of the month," an adviser to another 2012 GOP campaign, who declined to be named bashing Perry, told The Ticket. "What do we really know about him? He's been treated with kid gloves so far." Indeed, as Perry nears his official entrance ...
Pawlenty's aides reportedly working for little to no pay - Yahoo! News Blogs (blog)
By Holly Bailey holly Bailey – 14 mins ago A source close to the former Minnesota governor's campaign tells The Washington Post's Amy Gardner that at least five of Pawlenty's top aides have been working for little to no pay since he ...