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Mike McIntire / New York Times:
Clintons Made $109 Million in Last 8 Years — Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton and former President Bill Clinton released tax data Friday showing they earned $109 million over the last eight years, an ascent into the uppermost tier of American taxpayers that seemed unimaginable in 2001 …
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Mark Steyn / Orange County Register:
Looks like last call for Hillary — And it looks like it's gonna be another sleepless night ... “ — That's Crystal Gayle from the opening of her hit song, “Talking In Your Sleep,” No. 1 on the Billboard Country charts in 1978. No, hang on a minute, it's Hillary Rodham Clinton's new campaign theme.
The Big Trunk / Power Line:
THE CLINTONS' FAVORITE CHARITY — Yesterday the news was full of accounts of the Clintons' 2000-2006 tax returns. At the top of the stories reporting the Clintons' total income of $109 million over the past eight years — as in the “deep background” report by Andrea Mitchell …
Deborah Sontag / New York Times:
Ohio Hospital Contests a Story Clinton Tells — Over the last five weeks, Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York has featured in her campaign stump speeches the story of a health care horror: an uninsured pregnant woman who lost her baby and died herself after being denied care …
Alex Dowdalls / Daily Mail:
Muslim is spared a speeding ban so he can drive between his two wives — When it comes to avoiding a ban for speeding, the courts hear every excuse in the book. — But yesterday one motorist offered what must be a unique reason why he should keep his licence.
Jane Macartney / Times of London:
Exclusive: Chinese police kill eight after opening fire on monks and Tibet protesters — ‘They cried long live the Dalai Lama - then the firing started’ — Chinese paramilitary police killed eight people and wounded dozens more when they fired on a protest by several hundred Tibetan monks and villagers, The Times has been told.
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Gail Collins / New York Times:
White Guys Are Back — It was probably inevitable. The historic contest between a woman and an African-American for the presidential nomination is now all about white men. — Not that the white male voters asked for this. They've been uncommitted, supporting Hillary in one contest and Barack in the next.
Carol Nader / The Age:
Call to switch onus on racist offences — A STUDY of racial discrimination laws in several Western countries has prompted a call for the Government to toughen Australia's 33-year-old laws. — Race Discrimination Commissioner Tom Calma wants the burden of proof in cases of racial discrimination …
ABCNEWS:
Silicon Insider: Should Drudge and Huffington Get Pulitzers? — OPINION By MICHAEL S. MALONE — Flash! Here's a breaking item on Wednesday's PR NewsWire from Germany: “According to InfoCom's latest research, newspapers are realizing that the most important part of the word is ‘news’ and not ‘paper.’”
Suzanne Langlois / The Huffington Post:
The Baghdad Lottery: “He Can't Win, If We Don't Play” — Let me reflect on a few events of the past week. You have expressed concern for my safety. I arrogantly told you to “relax” and to stop watching the news...I'm sorry. — My friend Jack is back in Baghdad.
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Fox News:
McCain Gives Mea Culpa in Memphis Over Vote Against King Holiday — Forty years after Martin Luther King Jr.'s death, John McCain sought to make amends Friday for originally opposing the creation of a national holiday in honor of the civil rights leader. — In a driving rain …
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Rick Perlstein / Today's Ideas & Actions:
...From NIXONLAND — Since Spencer Ackerman and Henry Farrell …
...From NIXONLAND — Since Spencer Ackerman and Henry Farrell …
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Josh Kraushaar / The Crypt's Blogs:
GOP lands top-tier recruit against Lautenberg — Biotech executive John Crowley is expected to enter the New Jersey Senate race against Democratic Sen. Frank Lautenberg, according to a source familiar with his thinking. It would give Republicans a candidate with a compelling personal narrative …
Sarah Wheaton / New York Times:
McCain Ends Resistance to Secret Service Protection — Senator John McCain said Friday that he would meet with officials next week to discuss receiving Secret Service protection, even though he has resisted it in the past. — “I think that it's important as we get more and more visibility …
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Jonah Goldberg / The Corner:
Ukraine and Genocide — I find this controversy absolutely fascinating (which is why I will probably write a column about it). The Ukrainians want to call the organized murder of Ukrainians “genocide.” The Russians don't. One of the things I find particularly interesting …
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Hillary Clinton / Rasmussen Reports:
What If Democrats Used Winner Take All? — A Commentary by Wesley Little — Even as the Obama and Clinton campaigns fight frantically to establish the appropriate yard-stick by which to judge the will of the American people, one fact has been largely ignored: Obama's significant delegate lead …
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Ariel Alexovich / The Caucus:
New Michigan Primary: It's Really Most Sincerely Dead — Updated | 4:25 p.m. There'll be no primary re-vote in Michigan, the state's Democratic party announced today. In a phone meeting, Michigan party executives unanimously decided that such a move “is not practical.”
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