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• Gun issue represents tough politics for Obama (AP)
• Despite pledge, donations flow from Starbucks (AP)
• NH gay marriage push highlights GOP shifts (AP)
• Gingrich could draw GOP ire on immigration (AP)
• GOP's Romney defends ad's use of Obama 2008 line (AP)
• Fed court proposes Texas congressional districts (AP)
• NBC apologizes to Bachmann for Fallon song choice (AP)
• Obama address: We can overcome (Politico)
• For both parties, reasons for thanks (Politico)
• Rights activist convicted and jailed in Belarus (AP)
• Officials say plan on al Qaeda detainees would harm probes (Reuters)
• Al Sharpton ‘grateful’ for Occupy Wall Street on Thanksgiving (Daily Caller)
• AT&T and T-Mobile announce temporary withdrawl of FCC merger application (Daily Caller)

Gun issue represents tough politics for Obama (AP) Posted: 24 Nov 2011 01:39 PM PST AP - They are fuzzy about some issues but the Republican presidential candidates leave little doubt about where they stand on gun rights.

Despite pledge, donations flow from Starbucks (AP) Posted: 24 Nov 2011 07:09 AM PST AP - If Starbucks chief Howard Schultz wants voters to withhold campaign cash from federal politicians, he may need to start with trying to halt the flow of donations coming from the people who work for him.

NH gay marriage push highlights GOP shifts (AP) Posted: 24 Nov 2011 10:03 AM PST AP - Whether they like it or not, Republican presidential candidates are joining New Hampshire's intensifying gay marriage debate.

Gingrich could draw GOP ire on immigration (AP) Posted: 24 Nov 2011 04:35 AM PST AP - Newt Gingrich has charged into the fray over illegal immigration, risking conservative ire just as his Republican presidential campaign — once declared all but dead — has vaulted into front-runner status.

GOP's Romney defends ad's use of Obama 2008 line (AP) Posted: 23 Nov 2011 09:25 PM PST AP - Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is defending a TV ad that quotes President Barack Obama out of context, signaling he's ready for bare-knuckled campaigning despite sharp complaints from Democrats and some neutral observers.

Fed court proposes Texas congressional districts (AP) Posted: 23 Nov 2011 09:29 PM PST AP - Minorities will make up the majority of voters in three additional Texas congressional districts under a proposed redistricting map released by a federal court Wednesday, but the Republican attorney general immediately said he will ask the U.S. Supreme Court to block the maps.

NBC apologizes to Bachmann for Fallon song choice (AP) Posted: 24 Nov 2011 04:35 AM PST AP - GOP Presidential candidate Michele Bachmann received an apology from an NBC executive after an off-color song was played during her appearance on Jimmy Fallon's "Late Night," her spokeswoman said late Wednesday.

Obama address: We can overcome (Politico) Posted: 24 Nov 2011 03:38 AM PST Politico - Americans can “overcome the challenges of our time” by coming together on Thanksgiving, he says.

For both parties, reasons for thanks (Politico) Posted: 24 Nov 2011 02:29 AM PST Politico - From Solyndra to Elizabeth Warren, here are 10 things the parties should celebrate on Thanksgiving.

Rights activist convicted and jailed in Belarus (AP) Posted: 24 Nov 2011 08:12 AM PST AP - Belarus' leading human rights activist was convicted of tax evasion and sentenced to 4.5 years in prison on Thursday at a trial condemned by U.S. and European Union officials as politically motivated.

Officials say plan on al Qaeda detainees would harm probes (Reuters) Posted: 24 Nov 2011 10:27 AM PST Reuters - A Senate plan requiring that all foreign al Qaeda suspects found in the United States be turned over to the military instead of civilian law enforcement could gravely damage U.S. counter-terrorism investigations, the Obama administration warned.

Al Sharpton ‘grateful’ for Occupy Wall Street on Thanksgiving (Daily Caller) Posted: 24 Nov 2011 12:39 PM PST Daily Caller - Thanksgiving can mean different things to different people depending on their point of view, whether it is William Jennings Bryan suggesting it’s an acknowledgement of dependence, or Rush Limbaugh suggesting it is a lesson of self-reliance and a rejection of collectivism.

AT&T and T-Mobile announce temporary withdrawl of FCC merger application (Daily Caller) Posted: 24 Nov 2011 12:26 PM PST Daily Caller - AT&T and T-Mobile USA's parent company, Deutsche Telekom, withdrew applications for Federal Communications Commission  approval of their controversial and highly contested $39 billion merger Wednesday. The telecommunications giants made the decision to temporarily withdraw from the approval process one day after FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski announced that he would seek an additional hearing that threatened to sink the proposed merger.

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