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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 (CORRECTION APPENDED) — 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” …
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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San Francisco Chronicle:
SNOOP DOGG BLASTS OBAMA — Hip-hop star Snoop Dogg has launched a scathing attack on U.S. presidential hopeful Barack Obama, accusing him of gleaning support from the Ku Klux Klan. — The rapper, real name Calvin Broadus Jr., insists the Democratic candidate has received funding from the KKK.
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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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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Jennifer Rubin / Commentary:
Obama's Quandary — Margaret Carlson contends that Barack Obama has made two big errors in his campaign. One was failing to recognize the impact of Rev. Wright's incendiary language The other was his failure at bowling. She makes a good case that, in working-class, primarily white suburbs …
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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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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