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Frank Rich / New York Times:
The Banality of Bush White House Evil — WE don't like our evil to be banal. Ten years after Columbine, it only now may be sinking in that the psychopathic killers were not jock-hating dorks from a “Trench Coat Mafia,” or, as ABC News maintained at the time, “part of a dark …
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Brian Montopoli / CBS News:
McCain: Don't Investigate Torture Memos — Arizona Sen. John McCain suggested today that the push to investigate and possibly prosecute Bush administration officials who crafted the legal basis for the use of “enhanced interrogation techniques,” such as waterboarding, may have grown from a desire to “settle old political scores.”
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David Brown / Washington Post:
U.S. Slow to Learn of Mexico Flu — Canadian Officials Knew of Rare Strain Before Americans Did — U.S. public health officials did not know about a growing outbreak of swine flu in Mexico until nearly a week after that country started invoking protective measures, and didn't learn …
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Keith Bradsher / New York Times:
As Nations Try to Contain Flu, N.Y. Cases Are Confirmed — American health officials announced Sunday they had confirmed 20 cases of swine flu across the United States, and they said the number of infections was likely to grow as investigators fan out to track down the path of the outbreak.
Thomas H. Maugh II / Los Angeles Times:11 more suspected swine flu cases in U.S.
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Donald G. McNeil Jr / New York Times:Students Fall Ill in New York, and Swine Flu Is Likely Cause
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Washington Post:
Obama Off to Solid Start, Poll Finds — But Release of Memos on Detainee Interrogations Reveals Deep Partisan Split — Barack Obama's performance in the first 100 days of his presidency draws strong public approval in a new Washington Post-ABC News poll, but there is decidedly less support …
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Maia Szalavitz / Time:
The Portuguese Experiment: Did Legalizing Drugs Work? — Pop quiz: Which European country has the most liberal drug laws? (Hint: It's not the Netherlands.) — Although its capital is notorious among stoners and college kids for marijuana haze-filled “coffee shops,” …
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Yves Smith / naked capitalism:
On Pelosi's Duplicity and Apparent Sandbagging of Elizabeth Warren — Despite her longevity as a California pol, house speaker Nancy Pelosi is looking like every bit as much of a dyed-in-the-wool financial services industry backer as the Congressmen on the New York-Boston corridor.
Greg Miller / Los Angeles Times:
CIA reportedly declined to closely evaluate harsh interrogations — Current and former U.S. officials say the failure to carefully examine the value of ‘enhanced’ methods such as waterboarding — despite calls to do so as early as 2003 — was part of a broader trend.
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Dschabner / Political Punch:
Napolitano's Right-Wing Mea Culpa — ABC News' Rachel Martin reports — Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano apologized Friday to a prominent veterans' group for a report her office put out earlier this month, warning about the threat of “right wing extremists.”
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Voice of America:
2 Somali Pirates Die in Hijacking of Yemeni Vessel — Yemeni officials say Somali pirates have seized an empty Yemeni oil tanker in a deadly clash with coast guards. — The officials said two pirates were killed in the confrontation in the Gulf of Aden Sunday. Three other pirates and two coast guards also were wounded.
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Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
Slouching Towards Oblivion — Maybe it's because I'm staying at the Sunset Tower on Sunset Boulevard, but I keep thinking of newspapers as Norma Desmond. — Papers are still big. It's the screens that got small. — Now that everybody can check their iPhones and laptops for news …
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Louise Story / New York Times:
After an Off Year, Wall Street Pay Is Bouncing Back — The rest of the nation may be getting back to basics, but on Wall Street, paychecks still come with a golden promise. — Workers at the largest financial institutions are on track to earn as much money this year as they did before the …
Steve Schippert / The Tank:
Obama Administration's Assault on the American Warrior Commences — The assault is relentless. It is enraging. And today, the Obama administration's assault on those who dare to defend America from terrorist thugs who rejoice in publicizing beheadings, mass murder, and pure evil are on notice: “You will be punished.
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