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New York Times:
U.S. Declares Public Health Emergency Over Swine Flu — Tourists on an almost empty tour bus in Mexico City on Sunday. Swine flu has killed more than 80 people in Mexico. More Photos > — American health officials on Sunday declared a public health emergency over increasing cases of swine flu …
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Tom Philpott / Grist:
Swine-flu outbreak linked to Smithfield Foods — TWITTER - NEWSVINE - GOOGLE BOOKMARKS - STUMBLEUPON — The outbreak of a new flu strain—a nasty mash-up of swine, avian, and human viruses—has infected 1000 people in Mexico and the U.S., killing 68.
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The Politico:
Administration declares ‘emergency’ — In an unusual Sunday briefing at the White House, administration officials said a “public health emergency” is being declared in the United States in order to mobilize maximum resources to combat fears of a global swine-flu pandemic.
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 …
Thomas H. Maugh II / Los Angeles Times:11 more suspected swine flu cases in U.S.
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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.”
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
Nadler on torture investigations: 'There can't be a compromise' — One of the leading voices in Congress for investigating former Bush Administration officials said the impeachment of Judge Jay Bybee wouldn't quiet the calls for prosecution. — John Podesta's letter to John Conyers today calling …
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Kevin Duchschere / Minneapolis Star Tribune:
Minnesota Poll: Most want Coleman to call it quits — The Republican should end his recount fight, most say, and fatigue over the six-month ordeal is clear. — Nearly two-thirds of Minnesotans surveyed think Norm Coleman should concede the U.S. Senate race to Al Franken …
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The Politico:
In GOP base, a ‘rebellion brewing’ — A quick tour through the week's headlines suggests the Republican Party is beginning to come to terms with the last election and that consensus is emerging among GOP elites that the party needs to move away from discordant social issues.
Maia Szalavitz / Time:
Drugs in Portugal: Did Decriminalization 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,” Holland has never actually legalized cannabis …
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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John F. Burns / New York Times:
At the Polls, Icelanders Punish Conservatives — REYKJAVIK, Iceland — It is a tale of light and dark — of a small but rugged country far from anywhere that has suffered as severely as any in the developed world at the hands of buccaneering free-marketeers, but which is now slowly digging itself out from the financial wreckage.
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Robin Abcarian / Los Angeles Times:
Antiabortion movement gets a new-media twist — Lila Rose, a UCLA student, goes undercover at Planned Parenthood clinics to pose as an underage girl pregnant by a 31-year-old. Her surreptitious videos go on YouTube, and inspire outrage. — The girl's voice in the videotape is tiny and tentative.
ABCNEWS:
‘This Week’ Transcript: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad — Exclusive Interview Between ABC's George Stephanopoulos and Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad — STEPHANOPOULOS: During the last administration, no other world leader next to you was as critical of the American administration as Mr. Chavez.
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