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North Korean Nuclear Claim Draws Global Criticism — SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea announced on Monday that it had successfully conducted its second nuclear test, in defiance of international warnings. — The dimensions of the test were not immediately verifiable.
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North Korea nuclear test ‘on a par with Hiroshima’ — Country risks further international isolation as underground nuclear explosion triggers earthquake — North Korea today risked further international isolation after it claimed to have successfully tested a nuclear weapon as powerful as the atomic bomb that destroyed Hiroshima.
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Top of the Ticket, New York Times, D-Day, WhirledView, Fox News, Danger Room, Moe Lane, Firedoglake, Associated Press, Newshoggers.com and Wake up America
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North Korea Tests Second Nuclear Device, Fires Short-Range Missiles
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Conservatives4Palin.com, OneFreeKorea, PoliGazette, Taylor Marsh, Macsmind and The Hill's Blog Briefing Room
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Outrage over N Korea nuclear test
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Reuters, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, The Strata-Sphere, Power Line, Pajamas Media, Don Surber, Gothamist, Moe Lane and Founding Bloggers
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State of Paralysis — California, it has long been claimed, is where the future happens first. But is that still true? If it is, God help America. — The recession has hit the Golden State hard. The housing bubble was bigger there than almost anywhere else, and the bust has been bigger too.
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Getting California Wrong — Sometimes you just have to wonder if there is sentient life on the opinion floor of the New York Times Building. — Yesterday, the Times ran an editorial called “The Sorry State of the States” that noted that many states have budget problems, thanks to the recession.
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Dear Donna: A Pinup So Swell She Kept G.I. Mail — “It has been a long time since any of us boys have seen a woman, so we are writing to you in hopes that you'll help us out of our situation,” Cpl. Frank J. Gizych lamented in a letter posted from the fog-shrouded Aleutian Islands.
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Backlash grows against Obama's preventive detention proposal — (updated below - Update II) — The backlash against President Obama's extraordinary proposal for indefinite “preventive detention” — already widespread in the immediate aftermath of his speech — continues to grow.
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New Justice Could Hold the Key to Presidential Power — WASHINGTON — As President Obama prepares to replace Justice David H. Souter on the Supreme Court, conventional wisdom says his nominee will have little chance to change the court because all the contenders appear to share Justice Souter's approach …
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Map the Fallen launched! — For the past two years I've been working on the Google Earth Outreach team, aimed at helping non-profits and public benefit groups use Google Earth and Google Maps to further their cause. In that time I've worked on so many cool projects, from training indigenous communities …
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An Extra Wreath for Obama on Memorial Day — ARLINGTON, Va. — President Obama observed Memorial Day on Monday just as his predecessors have: by placing a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier here. But Mr. Obama added a new twist: he sent a second wreath to a memorial honoring African-Americans who fought in the Civil War.
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Obama's Center-Left Two-Step — How much longer can the president keep sending different messages to different audiences? — WASHINGTON—Bill Clinton tried to create a Third Way. President Obama is doing it. This is exciting, but also disconcerting. — Over the last week …
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Explosion outside UES Starbucks — NEW YORK (WABC) — An explosive device blew out the windows of a Starbucks coffee shop in a blast that rocked an Upper East Side neighborhood. — The loud blast was heard at the intersection of Third Avenue and East 92nd Street just before 4 a.m.
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How Sean Penn won the war — OPINION/ANALYSIS — On this day in which Americans honor their war dead, perhaps a smidgen of our time should be spent reflecting on the unheralded and fearless wartime antics of Sean Penn. — Yes, that Sean Penn: Hollywood actor, director …
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SINKING ANCHORS ANDERSON COOPER AND ROLAND MARTIN HOBBLE CNN — SINCE President Obama took office in January, CNN has seen its ratings drop. And one reason has to do with Campbell Brown. The host of “No Bias, No Bull” has been on maternity leave for the past month, and in her absence …
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Don Surber
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Court Officials Turn to Guards, Identity Shields, Weapons to Handle New Threats — Worried Court Personnel Resort To Guards, Identity Shields, Weapons — Threats against the nation's judges and prosecutors have sharply increased, prompting hundreds to get 24-hour protection from armed U.S. marshals.
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Balloon Juice
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Job Losses Push Safer Mortgages to Foreclosure — As job losses rise, growing numbers of American homeowners with once solid credit are falling behind on their mortgages, amplifying a wave of foreclosures. — In the latest phase of the nation's real estate disaster, the locus of trouble …
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Split threatens to rupture Republican ranks — Conservative vs. moderate divide plays out across the airwaves on Sunday — WASHINGTON - The conservative vs. moderate split threatening to rupture the Republican Party played out across the airwaves Sunday, with Colin Powell …
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At-Largely, The Moderate Voice, PoliGazette, The Mahablog, DownWithTyranny!, The Reaction, CNN and Balloon Juice
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