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LAS VEGAS, Nevada — Press covering the CNN Western Republican presidential debate in Las Vegas were greeted with a treat in the press filing room: a free Anderson Cooper-shaped bookmark. (more)

Today The Daily Caller reveals a well-kept secret: The women of cable news not only light up our screens in HD, but also sport some pretty fine legs. Though they don’t exactly have the opportunity to show them off like Pam Anderson did in Baywatch, these secret weapons literally (and figuratively) support the important news breaks that are the equivalent of coast-to-coast CPR. (more)

On the day of the CNN/Western Republican Leadership Conference debate in Las Vegas, the Heritage Foundation, American Enterprise Institute and CNN jointly announced Tuesday that they will host a Republican presidential debate focused on foreign policy and national security. (more)

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — CNN has acquired Zite, an iPad service that learns about readers’ tastes and customizes a digital magazine with stories from hundreds of different websites. (more)

If Rick Perry enters the presidential race on Saturday as expected, a CNN/Opinion Research Corporation national poll released Thursday shows he will be Mitt Romney’s strongest Republican primary competitor. (more)

The press box at FIU Stadium just got a little louder. (more)

No one is enjoying the British scandal involving Rupert Murdoch’s media empire more than his American competitors. (more)

CNN announced on Wednesday that it would be dropping former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer’s show, “In the Arena,” from its fall lineup.  (more)

Tonight, seven challengers to President Obama’s throne will meet in New Hampshire and engage in a rhetorical battle for the heart of America — or at least for the heart of hardcore Republican political watchers who are tuning into presidential coverage so early. Below are 21 questions — three for each candidate participating — that CNN moderator John King should ask. (Well, maybe he shouldn’t ask all of them, at least if he wants to keep his job.) (more)

It has been five days since CNN announced that presidential candidate Gary Johnson, the former governor of New Mexico, will be excluded from next week’s debate in New Hampshire.  (more)

As potential 2012 presidential candidate and former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin made her way up the U.S. eastern seaboard last week, the so-called mainstream media struggled to keep up since Palin made it known she wouldn’t be playing by their rules — which included giving them an itinerary of her journey. Did this turn the media coverage somewhat hostile against Palin and her bus tour? For Politico, perhaps. (more)

If a conservative politician does something or is alleged to have done something ill-advised of the sexual nature, chances are it will be on the radar of the mainstream media. But what about liberals – like New York Democratic Rep. Anthony Weiner? (more)

You have to give credit where credit is due. And CNN “Reliable Sources” host Howard Kurtz, also a contributor for The Daily Beast, certainly deserves credit for holding his network accountable. (more)

Was Barack Obama really born in America? (more)

With its public support leaking away as gas-prices rise past $4.00 per gallon, the White House is siccing the Justice Department on the energy industry, just like George W. Bush and legislators when they were hit by oil-price shocks. (more)

It’s safe to assume you won’t catch Anderson Cooper fist-pumping anytime soon. The television host was unabashedly blunt regarding his opinion of Jersey Shore, and its pint-sized star, “Snooki.” Cooper added “all the people who are paying Snooki to, well, be Snooki” to his “RidicuList” on last night’s edition of “Anderson Cooper 360.” Cooper refereed to the star as an “impossibly lucky, unusually spunky, freakishly tan, beer guzzling, juicehead hugging, muscle loving, Botero body, pint-sized money-making machine.” Zing! (more)

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty may be running for president, but he’s not ready to be official about it. (more)

Matt Lewis on the averted government shutdown, the continuing budget battle, and Donald Trump.
Part 1: “Media frenzy over budget talks”:

On his Friday night show, HBO host Bill Maher took another shot at Islam – this time for the recent violence in Afghanistan that has led to the deaths of at least 20 people, including two U.S. soldiers. (more)

Anti-Semitism exists throughout the world, but when such blatant examples occur, is that something Jewish people can use as a net-positive? (more)