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Austin American-Statesman:
Plane crashes into Northwest Austin office building  —  A plane crashed into a Northwest Austin building that houses federal offices about 9:30 this morning, sending plumes of smoke into the air that could be seen for miles.  —  Paramedics have set up a triage center at the scene, though it is unclear how many people are injured.
CNN:
Plane crashes into building in Austin, TX  —  (CNN) — The latest news as it comes in to CNN from the scene of the crash of a small plane in Austin, Texas.  (All times are ET, one hour ahead of local Austin time.)  —  12:42 p.m.: The pilot of the plane had set his house on fire beforehand …
Discussion: Mashable! and Gateway Pundit
Howie / The Jawa Report:
Small Plane Crashes into Building
Discussion: KVUE-TV
Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Rubio makes fun of Obama teleprompter  —  President Barack Obama's use of teleprompters again became the butt of a Republican's joke Thursday morning; this time Florida Senate candidate Marco Rubio took the jab.  —  While speaking at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) …
Discussion: The Politico and The Stranger …
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The Huffington Post:
Rubio Slams Obama's Teleprompter While In Front Of Telemprompters At CPAC
Say Anything:
Photo Evidence: Michelle Obama Keeps Socialist Books In The White House Library  —  I arrived in Washington DC today to cover CPAC and since I was in town, and since CPAC doesn't really get rolling until tomorrow, I tagged along with some Scott Hennen Show listeners on an extensive tour …
Discussion: Matthew Yglesias, normblog and TBogg
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Gail Collins / New York Times:
Time to Party Like It's 1854  —  The Conservative Political …
Discussion: NewsBusters.org
George F. Will / Washington Post:
Sarah Palin and the mutual loathing society  —  The Republican presidential nominee, an Arizona senator, was a maverick, which was part of his charm.  He spoke and acted impulsively, which was part of his problem.  Voters thought his entertaining dimensions might be incompatible with presidential responsibilities.
WRAL-TV:
Duke lacrosse accuser charged with attempted murder, arson  —  DURHAM, N.C. — Durham police arrested Duke lacrosse accuser Crystal Gale Mangum, 33, late Wednesday after she allegedly assaulted her boyfriend, set his clothes on fire in a bathtub and threatened to stab him.
Hugh Tomlinson / Times of London:
Assassins had Mahmoud al-Mabhouh in sight as soon as he got to Dubai  —  Mahmoud al-Mabhouh took no notice of the two men who joined him in the lift of his hotel in Dubai during the short ride to the second floor on the afternoon of January 20.  —  One was short and portly with a moustache, the other tall.
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Dexter Filkins / New York Times:
In Blow to Taliban, 2 More Senior Leaders Are Arrested  —  KABUL, Afghanistan — Two senior Taliban leaders have been arrested in recent days inside Pakistan, officials said Thursday, as American and Pakistani intelligence agents continued to press their offensive against the group's leadership …
Andrew Malcolm / Top of the Ticket:
Obama's federal government can weatherize your home for only $57,362 each  —  Who could forget the $5 billion in Obama administration stimulus money that was going to rapidly create nearly 90,000 green jobs across the country in these tough economic times and make so many thousands of homes …
E.J. Dionne Jr / Washington Post:
What's holding the Democratic Party down  —  If you want to be honest, face these facts: At this moment, President Obama is losing, Democrats are losing and liberals are losing.  —  Who's winning?  Republicans, conservatives, the practitioners of obstruction and the Tea Party.
Matt Taibbi / Rolling Stone:
Wall Street's Bailout Hustle  —  Goldman Sachs and other big banks aren't just pocketing the trillions we gave them to rescue the economy - they're re-creating the conditions for another crash  —  On January 21st, Lloyd Blankfein left a peculiar voicemail message on the work phones of his employees at Goldman Sachs.
Greg Sargent / The Plum Line:
Sixteen Senators Now Calling For Vote On Public Option  —  Sixteen and counting.  —  Senators Barbara Boxer, Jack Reed and Tom Udall have all now signed the letter pushing for a reconcilation vote on the public option, the group organizing the push confirms, bringing the total of Senators …
Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Obama leads GOP hopefuls  —  As bad as things are for Democrats right now voters still prefer Barack Obama to any of the leading Republicans in the country.  —  After trailing in one of the hypothetical match ups on our monthly 2012 poll for the first timein January, Obama is back ahead of all the potential 2012 hopefuls.
Discussion: GOP 12
Ross Ramsey / The Texas Tribune:
Meet the Flintstones  —  Nearly a third of Texans believe humans and dinosaurs roamed the earth at the same time, and more than half disagree with the theory that humans developed from earlier species of animals, according to the University of Texas/Texas Tribune Poll.
The Huffington Post:
Tea Party Speaker: Hang Patty Murray  —  WHAT'S YOUR REACTION?  —  A tea party gathering in Asotin County, Washington turned more than a bit ugly on Saturday when a featured speaker actually called for the hanging of Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash), the fourth ranking Democrat in the Senate and a vulnerable re-election candidate.
Argus Leader:
(2 of 2)  —  If Thune would go unopposed, the Republican party would reap a sort of bonus.  He is popular among GOP faithful, to the point that he has been mentioned as a possible presidential candidate in 2012, and without an opponent to hold his attention, he would be free to roam …
Discussion: Ben Smith's Blog
Ezra Klein:
Bad stimulus math  —  Yesterday's posts on the stimulus provoked a lot of reader e-mail.  One point, in particular, kept coming up: If you divide the bill's spending by the bill's job creation, it doesn't look that good.  “What is $800 Billion divided by 2.5 Million jobs?”  Wrote one reader.
Discussion: The Daily Dish
Associated Press:
Kerik Is Sentenced to 4 Years in Prison in Corruption Case  —  WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (AP) — Former New York City police Commissioner Bernard Kerik, who was hailed as a hero alongside former Mayor Rudy Giuliani after the Sept. 11 terror attacks and nearly became chief of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security …
Siobhan Gorman / Wall Street Journal:
Broad New Hacking Attack Detected  —  Global Offensive Snagged Corporate, Personal Data at nearly 2,500 Companies; Operation Is Still Running  —  Hackers in Europe and China successfully broke into computers at nearly 2,500 companies and government agencies over the last 18 months …
Jason Rosenbaum / Firedoglake:
In Memory of Martin Bosworth  —  A friend of mine and a dedicated netroots activist, Martin Bosworth, passed away suddenly.  —  Martin was the Managing Editor and a regular writer over at ConsumerAffairs.com.  He wrote a personal blog over at Boztopia.com.
Wall Street Journal:
The WellPoint Mugging  —  The brawl over rate increases is a preview of ObamaCare.  —  Democrats and their media allies have found a new insurance piñata: WellPoint and its recent health-premium price increases in California.  This spat deserves more attention …
Sebastian Rotella / Los Angeles Times:
Joint effort targets border crime  —  U.S. and Mexican forces, sharing patrols for the first time, take on drugs and migration.  Corruption is feared.  —  Reporting from Nogales, Ariz. - In a politically sensitive operation at the Arizona- Mexico border, U.S. Border Patrol agents …
 
 
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Obama names Simpson and Bowles to lead fiscal commission
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Dorothy Rabinowitz / Wall Street Journal:
What Sarah Palin Doesn't Know  —  Her obsession with the politics …
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