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The embattled chair of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission resigned this week.

"Mayor Booker's comments weren't anticipated , but they did drive a discussion of Romney's history of profiting off of bankrupting companies onto all 3 network newscasts. With GOP super PACs added in, there's no doubt the GOP could be at parity with us on the air. But the Romney campaign faces a danger in outsourcing their message to super PACs. And while we're building the largest grassroots campaign in history on the ground, they made a huge mistake in not replicating the strong ground organization that was critical to reelecting President Bush. … The President didn't support gay marriage because the politics were clear or easy, he did it because it was the right thing to do. If Mitt Romney wants to engage on this topic, he'll have to explain why he doesn't support civil unions like President Bush did in 2004 which could roll back a whole host of rights and benefits for gay couples, and why he wants to enshrine discrimination into the Constitution by passing a federal marriage amendment."

Moving quickly to stem a controversy, President Barack Obama on Thursday nominated an expert on nuclear waste to lead the federal agency that regulates the nation's nuclear power plants.

In the days leading up to the company's initial public offering last week, the Wall Street Journal has reported , the underwriting banks told major institutional investors that Facebook's share price would be set way too high — the pricing was "ridiculous," according to one phone call on which the Journal reported.

Moving quickly to stem a controversy, President Barack Obama on Thursday nominated an expert on nuclear waste to lead the federal agency that regulates the nation's nuclear power plants.