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Peter Allen / Telegraph:
Marion Cotillard's 9/11 conspiracy theory — Oscar-winning Marion Cotillard was facing embarrasment with her new American public last night after it emerged that she doubted the official account of the September 11 attacks. — The 32-year-old French star has swept this year's best actress awards …
Adam Nagourney / New York Times:
Obama Spends Heavily to Seek Knockout Blow — COLUMBUS, Ohio —Taking advantage of his huge financial edge, Senator Barack Obama is buying large amounts of advertising and building extensive get-out-the-vote operations in Ohio and Texas in an effort to deal Hillary Rodham Clinton twin defeats …
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Mark Naymik / OPENERS:
Clinton leads Obama in Ohio - barely: 47% to 43% — Ohio Democratic voters are nearly split over their choice for president, according to new Plain Dealer poll that shows Hillary Clinton clinging to a 4 percentage point lead over Barack Obama in Ohio, 47 percent to 43 percent.
Mike Tackett / The Swamp:
Clinton belittles Obama as ‘a lot of talk, little action’
Clinton belittles Obama as ‘a lot of talk, little action’
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The Trail:
Clinton Skips Flight; Campaign Won't Say Why — DALLAS — Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton has disappeared from the campaign trail, and her campaign plane, with no explanation. — Clinton did not show up for this afternoon's flight from Dallas to Columbus, Ohio, and campaign spokesman Doug Hattaway …
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Live from New York, it's Hillary Clinton? — (CNN) — Days before a crucial set of primaries, Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Hillary Clinton is expected to make a surprise appearance on this week's “Saturday Night Live,” an entertainment industry source tells CNN.
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Hillary Clinton expected to make surprise SNL appearance — (CNN) - Days before a crucial set of primaries, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton is expected to make a surprise appearance on Saturday Night Live tonight, an entertainment industry source tells CNN.
Beth Fouhy / Associated Press:
Media Expert Decries Campaign Coverage — DALLAS (AP) - The founder of a prestigious institute on media and politics added his voice Saturday to the chorus of complaint over perceived press bias in favor of Democrat Barack Obama. — Walter Shorenstein, a prominent San Francisco-based real …
Jerusalem Post:
Abbas: IDF action worse than Holocaust — Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas labeled Israel's actions to counter the constant firing of rockets into the Gaza Strip “worse than the Holocaust.” — Abbas said that Israel's response to the continuous bombardment of western Negev towns …
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Sarah Baxter / Times of London:
Barnstorming Obama plans to pick Republicans for cabinet — As he jets across two key states whipping up the support that could finish off Hillary Clinton this week, the Democratic frontrunner is already mapping out a government of all the talents. Our writer joins him aboard Obama One
Rebecca Walker / The Huffington Post:
Feminist Infighting — There is a lot of discussion about “feminist in-fighting” of late, spurred by the election. Jessica Valenti of Feministing.com is doing a piece on the subject for The Nation. Here is my response to her query: — 1. The fact is there have always been many …
Greg Miller / Los Angeles Times:
House Democrats may move to split spy bill — Under pressure to end an impasse over espionage legislation, House Democrats are considering a plan to vote on a bill next week that would give the government broad new eavesdropping authorities but strip out a provision that would protect phone companies from lawsuits.
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Jeralyn / TalkLeft:
Obama Adds Nato and Europe to Campaign Speeches — After last week's debate when Barack Obama acknowledged he hadn't held a single hearing on Nato and Afghanistan during his year as chair of the European Affairs subcommittee of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee because he was running for President …
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Hindrocket / Power Line:
DISSECTING THE 60 MINUTES SCANDAL — We've written a couple of times about the 60 Minutes story last Sunday that claimed former Alabama governor Don Siegelman was the victim of a Republican conspiracy that sent him to prison for bribery and mail fraud. The story implicitly accused …
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Andrew C. Revkin / New York Times:
Skeptics on Human Climate Impact Seize on Cold Spell — The world has seen some extraordinary winter conditions in both hemispheres over the past year: snow in Johannesburg last June and in Baghdad in January, Arctic sea ice returning with a vengeance after a record retreat last summer …
Eleanor Clift / Newsweek:
Day of Reckoning — A visitor to Clinton HQ sees signs of serious trouble. — The day of reckoning for Hillary Clinton is almost here. The voters in Ohio will either deal a final blow to her campaign or provide a much needed victory that at best will give her a reprieve in the long march to the nomination.