Clinton’s ’08 slaps still sting Obama

Rhetoric from the her failed campaign has proved hard for the president to shake.

via POLITICO – TOP Stories http://www.politico.com/story/2013/08/barack-obama-hillary-clinton-2008-campaign-95035.html

Italy’s first black minister hit with bananas

Cecile Kyenge, who was born in the Democratic Republic of Congo, was pelted with the fruit as she was making a speech at an assembly in Cervia on Friday.

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Carney Identifies Which Scandals Obama Thinks Are Phony: Benghazi And IRS…

Carney Identifies Which Scandals Obama Thinks Are Phony: Benghazi And IRS…

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Gay Couples Wed At Midnight As Marriage Becomes Legal In Minnesota http://t.co/cwB43GQ9mA via @TPM

Gay Couples Wed At Midnight As Marriage Becomes Legal In Minnesota http://t.co/cwB43GQ9mA via @TPM

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Good @ktumulty piece on libertarians http://t.co/r19y2Wo8G1 for anyone trying to keep track of GOP factional feuding. Many layers to this.

Good @ktumulty piece on libertarians http://t.co/r19y2Wo8G1 for anyone trying to keep track of GOP factional feuding. Many layers to this.

via Gabriel Snyder’s Stellar faves http://twitter.com/DemFromCT/status/362898072491139072

Brazil Currency Swings in Wild Day

Brazil’s currency fell to its weakest level against the dollar in more than four years in intraday trading but clawed back later in the day.

via WSJ.com: What’s News US http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323681904578640371440615156.html?mod=rss_whats_news_us

BREAKING: Pot is about to become uncool http://t.co/qPipyGUbOl

BREAKING: Pot is about to become uncool http://t.co/qPipyGUbOl

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Abedin to take break from Hillaryland

Sources insist it’s not a leave of absence.

via POLITICO – TOP Stories http://www.politico.com/story/2013/07/huma-abedin-hillary-clinton-94957.html

Sharknado’s Ratings Growing with Every Repeat Screening

Sharknado only scored 1.4 million viewers on its July 11 debut, which didn’t seem like too big of a deal since the Syfy original movie won the Internet so hard. Turns out the Internet-winning had its own value, pushing more viewers to watch the repeats than the premiere. Syfy’s second screening scored 1.9 million viewers, and Saturday night’s third showing reeled in 2.1 million. “That’s the most-watched encore for an original movie in Syfy history,” EW reports. Looks like Syfy was right to immediately green light that sequel after all.

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via Vulture http://www.vulture.com/2013/07/sharknados-ratings-growing.html

Penske could be in the race for Newsweek

Jay Penske is kicking the tires and checking under the hood as a potential suitor to buy Newsweek from Barry Diller’s IAC/InterActive Corp., sources said.Penske — of the auto-racing family — already owns HollywoodLife and Deadline Hollywood and last year bought Variety from Reed Elsevier. As the Newsweek sale…

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