With Boos and Solyndra, Romney Plays Offense

The Romney team plans to double down on its strategy of trying to keep President Obama on the defensive by refusing to let the focus stray from the struggles of average Americans.

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Networks Win Ad-Rate Rises

Major TV networks have begun striking ad-sales deals for the fall season, winning higher prices over last year, despite resistance from one big advertiser, General Motors.

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Obama Seeks Way Out of Jobs Gloom

Trying to limit damage from a weak jobs report, the White House is pressing for bigger action from Congress and searching for ways to prod Europe to do more to pump up global economic activity.

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Hollywood Agent’s Estate Sale Displays Star Power

Sue Mengers, who died in October, kept mementos from clients like Barbra Streisand and other celebrities like Jack Nicholson.

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New Yorkers Treated to Double Rainbow Following Storm

Though thunderstorms ruined New Yorkers’ outdoor plans today, some good came out of the nasty weather. The storm was followed by a beautiful double rainbow over Manhattan, which allowed people to spend the afternoon posting terribly clever reenactments of a certain viral video.

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nbj914 June 03, 2012 at 09:49PM

@nbj914: Bill Maher just bought a nice chunk of the New York Mets: http://t.co/vld8LlAk

JamesFallows June 03, 2012 at 09:45PM

@JamesFallows: Anyone else watching H. Weinstein interview Bill Clinton? In. Cred. Ib. Le.

BuzzFeedAndrew June 03, 2012 at 07:48PM

@BuzzFeedAndrew: Only in #Amercia could the Romney campaign also misspell sneak-peek. http://t.co/FGsAVyrH

Long-sealed Watergate documents may be released

FILE - In this Aug. 9, 1974 black-and-white file photo, President Richard M. Nixon and his wife Pat Nixon are shown standing together in the East Room of the White House in Washington. Thirty-six years after Nixon testified secretly to a grand jury investigating Watergate, a federal judge orders the first public release of the transcript. (AP Photo/Charlie Harrity, File)The U.S. Department of Justice says at least some materials sealed as part of the court case against seven men involved in the 1972 Watergate burglary should be released.

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thinkprogress June 01, 2012 at 10:30PM

@thinkprogress: FULL TEXT: Shocking motion from prosecutors describing how Zimmerman misled the court to hide cash and passport http://t.co/H3EmFLPr #icymi