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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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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 …
CNN:
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.
Frank Rich / New York Times:
McCain Channels His Inner Hillary — BEFORE they were sidetracked into a new war against The New York Times, the Rush Limbaugh posse had it right about John McCain. He is a double agent. Some Democrats do admire and like him. So does Jon Stewart, and so do many liberal editorial boards …
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 …
Charlotte Allen / Washington Post:
We Scream, We Swoon. How Dumb Can We Get? — Here's Agence France-Presse reporting on a rally for Sen. Barack Obama at the University of Maryland on Feb. 11: “He did not flinch when women screamed as he was in mid-sentence, and even broke off once to answer a female's cry of 'I love you …
Mohammed Abbas / Reuters:
Iran leader's Iraq visit eclipses US, Arab ties — Pomp and ceremony greeted Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on his arrival in Iraq on Sunday, the fanfare a stark contrast to the rushed and secretive visits of his bitter rival U.S. President George W. Bush.
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 …
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
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 …
Michael Yon:
Friday with Ambassador — From Dr. Moayad, an Iraqi cardiologist in South Baghdad: — Many people in South Baghdad and other Sunni areas were upset when the Iraqi Prime Minster Nuri al-Maliki returned directly from London to Karbala, Iraq to participate in the Shiite memorial of Arbaeen …
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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 …