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Movie review: 'True Grit' - LAT
The Coen brothers clearly find a kindred spirit in Charles Portis. His novel is delivered in all of its savage beauty in this thoroughly entertaining movie
Yankees' pitch to Lee: 6 years, up to $150M - NY Post
A six-year pact in the $144 million range would make Lee the highest paid pitcher ever on a multi-year contract
Voters to Lawmakers: Don't touch my junk...or my soda
Soda taxes are bad policy and bad politics.
California set to 'defeat energy rationing' - TheDC
California voters could reverse state level regulations modeled after Kyoto Protocol
Cliff Lee's wife is no fan of Yankee Stadium - USA Today
Kristen Lee sat in the visiting family section at Yankee Stadium during the playoffs. She says there were ugly taunts. Obscenities. Cups of beer thrown. Even fans spitting from the section above
Would-be Republican freshmen talk tough on spending, Obamacare - TheDC
The class of GOP candidates fighting to come to Congress are vowing aggressive measures to cut government excess and to repeal the president’s health care law
Dems release inaccurate attack ads against Fair Tax - The Hill
Various Democratic candidates are releasing ads that FactCheck.org have labeled to be wrong about the tax reform plan many conservatives tout
The future of the South is a liberal paradise? - TheDC
Liberals conceive modern South as defined by major negative traits, including: violence, oppressive social hierarchy, and rejection of outside ideas
Distractions, distractions
A young conservative female defends herself against attacks from Emily’s List and the left.
Republicans stand to make big gains in Arkansas - NYT
The usually solidly blue state could see some red infusion this election
The Senate seats Dems need to hold - WSJ
If Republicans hope to gain control of the Senate, they must breach the four seat Democratic firewall
DREAM act remains up in the air - The Hill
Several key Democratic senators have not made up their mind on the immigration amendment that will be attached to the defense authorization bill
Trade association says tax hike would raise costs, stifle job growth - TheDC
National Association of Manufacturers to run multi-million dollar ad campaign against potential energy tax increase
Tea Party takes aim in Delaware's GOP Senate primary - FOX News
Organization hopes to prop up Christine O’Donnell’s candidacy against moderate GOP congressman Michael Castle ahead of September 14
Democrat Blanche Lincoln being crushed in Arkansas Senate race - Rasmussen Reports
Poll: Republican John Boozman holds an almost 40-point lead over the incumbent senator ahead of November’s election
Let my people vote: Don't let the DOJ make service members wait another 58 years
In the 2008 general election, as in all other recent elections, a substantial minority (in some places a majority) of the military personnel who tried to vote by absentee ballot were disenfranchised through no fault of their own
Obama's lawyers seek electronic card check as alternative to congressional approval
With mid-term elections looming, union bosses who spent millions to elect a Democratic president and congress are going for broke to secure transformative policy changes that could reinvigorate their membership rolls
10 reasons why Republicans could come up short in the mid-term elections
I don’t mean to be a speed bump at the Indy 500, but here are 10 ways the GOP might have less to celebrate on the morning of November 3rd