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It’s Friday. You made it through a truncated work week. Enjoy these headlines:

Speaker Boehner raises $29 million (The Hill)
GOP divided over entitlement cuts (The Hill)
Entitlement talks scare Dems (Politico)
Five pieces to the debt ceiling puzzle (Politico)
Obama. GOP move toward debt deal (Washington Examiner)
NAACP complains about diversity in cable news (WSJ)
Wisconsin schools snub unions, save $$$ (Washington Examiner)

And then several links about the new unemployment numbers. Click them all. Including, Obama advisor says unemployment won’t be election issue in 2012.

Local (Nashville/Murfreesboro):

Madden indicted in death of MTSU athlete (Daily News Journal)
TCAP scores show education improvement (TNReport)
Amazon, Tennessee, Bill Haslam, and a national sales tax (Moe Lane | RedState)

Blogs:

Commentary about public education in ATL (Erick Erickson | RedState)
Eric Holder suddenly ignorant about Operation: Fast and Furious (Big Government)
DailyKos even says the job numbers suck (DailyKos)
Sen. Mike Lee says Geithner is wrong (Dave Weigel | Slate)
Verizon’s new data rates are raising eyebrows (George Scoville | The Dangerous Servant)
LA Times doesn’t understand “discredited” (R.S. McCain | The Other McCain)

A little later than usual this morning, but here’s what I’m reading… lots of things:

SC Senator Lindsey Graham, conveniently conservative during an election cycle (Washington Times)
Obama’s Twitter Town Hall (Washington Examiner), proof he’s worried? (The Daily Caller)
Judiciary Committee to probe Kagan’s involvement in crafting ObamaCare (CNS News)
Romney’s fundraising is scary (Politico)
Bachmann launches her first Iowa ad (The Hill)
Fox News takes on Media Matters (Politico)
Will Congress actually cut defense spending? (The Hill)

Local (Nashville/Murfreesboro):

Nashville City Council candidate critical of opponent’s “single-shot” strategy (Nashville City Paper)
TN may ask Obama to waive some No Child Left Behind requirements (Nashville City Paper)
TN Dept of Elections to raise awareness for new photo ID law (TNReport)
MTSU Centennial gala sold out (Daily News Journal)

Blogs:

Republicans must show they will shoot the hostage (Erick Erickson | Red State)
Thursday’s Abbreviated Pundit Roundup (DailyKos)
The Other McCain talks racist Casey Anthony… or something (R.S. McCain | The Other McCain)
Subsidies or Tax Credits? (George Scoville | The Dangerous Servant)
Dave Weigel compiles some snarky #AskObama tweets (Weigel | Slate)

Steven Crowder, a conservative entertainer and Fox News commentator, turns the big 2-4 today. To celebrate, here’s his most recent YouTube video – Keith Olbermann’s Lost Trailer:

You can follow him on Twitter and become his fan on Facebook.

And now, your moment of zen…

Mediaite has some words.