The Slate dozen morning addition

Pro-Republican Groups Plan Campaign Blitz Anonymously-funded Republican campaign groups have turned from "carpet-bombing" to a "sniper" strategy to take out key Democratic opponents and secure a Republican Congress. Read original story in The New York Times | Monday, Oct. 25, 2010 NPR CEO Issues Mea Culpa for Williams Debacle Vivian Schiller sent an apology to NPR colleagues for her handling of Juan Williams' firing, including dumping him over the phone. Read original story in POLITICO | Monday, Oct. 25, 2010 Bailed Out Companies Back Republicans Firms that received billions of dollars in government assistance are now backing critics of federal bailouts. Read original story in The Washington Post | Monday, Oct. 25, 2010 Deadly Haiti Cholera Outbreak Slows The number of new cases being reported is slowing, even as the disease claims hundreds of lives. Read original story in BBC | Monday, Oct. 25, 2010 Google "Street View" Collected Personal Data Too Google "Street View" cars also viewed complete emails and passwords via unprotected wireless networks as they surveyed the world's streets between 2006 and 2010. Read original story in Reuters | Monday, Oct. 25, 2010 College Kids Meet Midterms with a Yawn No matter how he tries, Barack Obama cannot transfer his charisma to Congressional candidates, who are failing to stir the enthusiasm of young voters. Read original story in POLITICO | Monday, Oct. 25, 2010 Controversial Gitmo Trial Resumes The trial of a Canadian accused of killing a marine in Afghanistan when he was a 15-year-old resumes today. Read original story in AP | Monday, Oct. 25, 2010 Rescued Turtles Return to the Gulf of Mexico Turtles that were plucked from the Gulf for safekeeping during the massive oil spill are now returning to life in the wild. Read original story in The Los Angeles Times | Monday, Oct. 25, 2010 Iraqi Prime Minister Not Happy With Leak Nouri al-Maliki worries opponents will use the documents against him as negotiations continue over the formation of a new government. The country's highest court has ordered lawmakers back to work. Read original story in The Washington Post | Sunday, Oct. 24, 2010 Three Republican Candidates Spend $243 million in Campaigns In a season of freely flowing money, these rich candidates are taking more cash out of their own pockets than even the biggest independent groups. None of them are ahead in the polls. Read original story in Politico | Sunday, Oct. 24, 2010 WikiLeaks Founder Is Paranoid, Increasingly Alone Some of Julian Assange's closest allies have turned their backs on him, saying that fame and notoriety have gotten the best of a man who now suffers from delusions of grandeur. Read original story in The New York Times | Sunday, Oct. 24, 2010 "What the Hell Happened to Randy Quaid?" As the award-winning actor and his wife ask for asylum in Canada for protection from "star whackers," the New York Post takes a look at how the couple has seemingly descended into madness. Read original story in The New York Post | Sunday, Oct. 24, 2010

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