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"I look forward to your Twitter following giving me a hard time for the next three weeks." -- CNN's Piers Morgan to TWT Senior Opinion Editor Emily Miller, who appeared on CNN's "Piers Morgan Live" last night to discuss her new book, Emily Gets Her Gun. Morgan is a heated anti-gun activist. THE SIX MUSKETEERS? "This was a Wolf Blitzer idea." -- PBS's Gwen Ifill. (From L to R: Scott Pelley, Ifill, Chris Wallace, Diane Sawyer, Wolf Blitzer and Savannah Guthrie.) The Observer "On the way to the airport I saw an AZ Highway Patrolman taking a leak in the steak house parking lot. #human" -- Jimmy Zuma, Washington Correspondent for The John C. Scott Show and a columnist for the Tucson Sentinel. Uh oh. Who screwed up? "So...ABC News says George Zimmerman is in custody and AP says he isn't. Who's right?" -- Eric Deggans, soon-to-be NPR's TV critic. When others suggested the facts may pertain to the words "in custody," he wrote, "I think using the term 'in custody' for anything other than arrest is seriously misleading." And this..."CNN now reporting that NO GUN was involved in Zimmerman incident. Whuh? Could the media have gotten it wrong about Zimmerman again?" -- Breitbart's John Nolte. And this..."So many of y'all clicked the Zimmerman story link it crashed our server!" -- TV One morning host Roland Martin. In conclusion... CNN reporting this morning as of 8:28 a.m. that Zimmerman was detained but not arrested: "After he was initially detained by officers, George Zimmerman was interviewed at the house by detectives, Lake Mary police spokesman Zach Hudson said." Overheard in the scrum "Actual question in press scrum with Rep. Tom Rooney: 'You seem very somber. Is this tough stuff?'" -- Slate's Dave Weigel. On a lighter note... "News you can use: CNN goes live with Secretary of State Dennis Rodman calling North Korea leader Kim Jong Un 'likeable.'" -- NPR's Ken Rudin. Everything sounds more exotic in French "Pour voir @HillaryClinton parler de la #Syrie à la Maison Blanche, c'est ici" -- AFP's Tangi Quéméner. Loosely translated from 6th grade French, former Sec. of State Hillary Clinton's coming to the White House. Important Q to Ponder: "Getting my first professional haircut in 12 years tonight. Do I have to bring a picture of a celebrity or something?" -- Chris Wilson, interactive graphics editor for TIME. White House reporting lingo "Wolf Blitzed just left from his interview with POTUS went well" -- American Urban Radio's April Ryan. 3 Shocking Headlines "Hiding in N. Virginia, a daughter of Auschwitz" -- WaPo Magazine by Thomas Harding. "Iowa is issuing gun permits to the blind" -- HuffPost by Ryan Grenoble. "Thatz Not Okay: Saving Old Titty Pix; My Daughter, Victoria's, Secret" -- Gawker by Caty Weaver. Hmmm...WTF? "With my ankle healing but still quite tender, it’s kinda sick that all I want to do is roll it around in the direction it hurts." -- Alejandra Owens, managing editor of AARP's blog. COMING TO YOU LIVE: FAKE GENE WEINGARTEN "Love reporters who say 'coming to you live' like its a big deal. 100s of reporters in warzones but good on you for being at a Metro station." -- Fake Gene Weingarten, Twitter's alias for WaPo's Gene Weingarten.

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