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Reuters - President Barack Obama said his hard-nosed chief of staff Rahm Emanuel would make a terrific mayor of Chicago but expects him to wait until after the November congressional elections to decide whether to run.

Editor's Note: This article was written by Richard Suttmeier chief market strategist at ValuEngine.com which is a fundamentally-based quant research firm in Princeton New Jersey that covers more than 5 000 stocks every day. 10-Year Note -- (2.661) Daily and annual value levels are 2.725 2.813 and 2.999 with monthly weekly quarterly and semiannual risky levels at 2.562 2.507 2.495 and 2.249. (CBOE Interest Rate 10-Year T-Note (^TNX) last traded at 2.68.)Comex Gold -- ($1256.7) Weekly semiannual quarterly and annual value levels are $1223.7 $1218.7 $1140.9 and $1115.2 with a daily pivot at $1260.1 and semiannual and monthly risky levels

AP - A suicide car bomber and gunmen attacked the front gate to Mogadishu's seaside airport on Thursday, triggering an explosion and gunbattle, officials said. At least seven people were killed, including six security forces.

Stocks rose with the S&P 500 Index up for a fifth session in six as successful bond auctions in Portugal and Poland eased investor anxiety over European debt. Volume remained thin however and gains if not exactly gone in 60 minutes did ease in the final hour after a “deceleration” in regional economic activity was revealed by the Fed’s beige book. Black and white and green ink all over was the color at the New York Times (NYT) which scaled heights unseen since multiple spider men climbed its building a couple years back. Takeover talk sent their shares surging 7.99%

Politico - O'Donnell says while she still hopes to earn an endorsement from the former Alaska governor-turned-conservative-superstar, Palin's retweet of support from another backer doesn't meet the threshold.

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AFP - France came under fresh fire for expelling Roma migrants Thursday as the European Parliament demanded it "immediately suspend" removal of the Gypsies.

Reuters - President Barack Obama warned on Thursday that a Florida pastor's plan to burn copies of the Koran is being used as an al Qaeda recruitment tool and he urged the minister to reconsider the decision.

Reuters - President Barack Obama warned on Thursday that a Florida pastor's plan to burn copies of the Koran is being used as an al Qaeda recruitment tool and he urged the minister to reconsider the decision.

Editor's Note: This article was written by Robert Barone head of Ancora West. Mr. Barone currently serves on AAA’s Finance and Investment Committee which oversees $5 billion of investible assets. The financial press has given credence to those who insist that because interest rates have fallen rapidly since April we're in some kind of a bond bubble. Investors they say should shy away from fixed income because surely they'll be hurt when interest rates rise. Technically this statement is correct -- the crucial part of the statement is "when interest rates rise." If they rise in the near term then

The Atlantic Wire - In a testy and, at-times, impassioned speech in Cleveland, President Obama firmly dismissed the "status quo" solutions Republicans have been proposing and took aim at House Minority Leader John Boehner, whose philosophy he distilled down to this: he wants to "cut more taxes for millionaires and cut more rules for corporations." These are the types of policies, Obama contended, that will inevitably lead to "stagnant growth, eroding competitiveness, and a shrinking middle class."

“What’s your name? / Who’s your daddy? / Is he rich like me?” -- The Zombies “Time of the Season”In another 20 years nursing homes and retirement communities across the land will be fielding traveling sing-along teams filled with grandfathers certain their command of classics such as the Zombies’ Time of the Season is an acceptable substitute for well you know. If we blow Social Security to smithereens now we can spare ourselves the horror of watching this later as everyone will have to work their way into the hereafter.Speaking of seasonality we’re heading into that time of the season

Politico - The Pennsylvania governor kicks off his fall campaign by calling Republicans “fruit loops."

AP - President Barack Obama is exhorting a Florida minister to "listen to those better angels" and call off his plan to engage in a Quran-burning protest this weekend.

AP - President Barack Obama is exhorting a Florida minister to "listen to those better angels" and call off his plan to engage in a Quran-burning protest this weekend.

AP - First came the outrage over plans for a mosque near ground zero. Now there's anger over a Florida church's plan to burn copies of the Quran.

Reuters - British Members of Parliament (MPs) will next week grill outgoing BP Plc Chief Executive Tony Hayward, as part of an investigation into risks around deepwater drilling in the North Sea.

AP - President Barack Obama is exhorting a Florida minister to "listen to those better angels" and call off his plan to engage in a Quran-burning protest this weekend.

AP - President Barack Obama is exhorting a Florida minister to "listen to those better angels" and call off his plan to engage in a Quran-burning protest this weekend.

AFP/Graphic - At least 15 people were killed on Thursday and over 70 wounded when suicide bombing rocked a crowded central market in the Russian Caucasus city of Vladikavkaz, officials said.