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6:00 PM ET, February 27, 2010

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Quake Jolts Chile; Hawaii Sees Tsunami — RIO DE JANEIRO — A deadly 8.8-magnitude earthquake struck central Chile early Saturday, collapsing buildings, shattering major bridges and highways across a long strip of the country, and sending tsunami warnings along the Pacific basin. — Multimedia

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Washington Post:

Hawaii under tsunami warning, emergency response plans underway — The beginning waves of a tsumani caused by the massive earthquake in Chile arrived in Hawaii shortly before 5 p.m. EST, an official said Saturday. — The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center issued a tsunami warning …

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CNN:

Powerful earthquake rattles Chile; tsunami warning issued — (CNN) — An magnitude 8.8 earthquake struck central Chile early Saturday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. — The quake's epicenter was located near the city of Concepcion, 212 miles (341 kilometers) from the capital of Santiago.

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Robert Mackey / The Lede:

Latest Updates on Earthquake in Chile — A map showing the location of Saturday's 8.8 magnitude earthquake off the coast of Chile from the Web site of the U.S. Geological Survey. — As my colleagues Alexei Barrionuevo and Liz Robbins report, an 8.8 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast …

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BBC:

Massive earthquake strikes Chile — A massive earthquake has hit central Chile and killed at least 214 people, the interior minister says. — The 8.8 quake caused widespread damage, destroying buildings, bridges and roads in many areas, including the capital where a chemical plant caught fire.

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Associated Press:
Huge quake hits Chile; tsunami threatens Pacific

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Wall Street Journal:
Chile Suffers Massive Earthquake

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msnbc.com:
Huge quake hits Chile, sparks tsunami

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Fox News: Massive Magnitude 8.8 Quake Hits Chile, Killing Over 80

Reuters:
Huge earthquake batters Chile, 78 dead

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Elizabeth Landau / CNN:

Liberalism, atheism linked to IQ — (CNN) — Political, religious and sexual behaviors may be reflections of intelligence, a new study finds. — Evolutionary psychologist Satoshi Kanazawa at the the London School of Economics and Political Science correlated data on these behaviors with IQ …

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Andy McCarthy / The Corner on National Review Online:

Transformation — By: Andy McCarthy — On Sean's panel last night, when the conversation turned to how nervous Democrats supposedly are over what for now is teeing up like a very bad November, I felt like I was channeling Mark Steyn, Mark Levin and Rush. That is, I think our side is analyzing …

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Irwin M. Stelzer / Weekly Standard:
Fly Now, Pay Later

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Boston Globe:

A Kennedy considers running for House seat — With speculation mounting that US Representative William D. Delahunt will not seek reelection, Joseph P. Kennedy III, son of the former congressman and great-grandson of the Kennedy family patriarch, is eyeing a run to succeed …

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New York Times:

Pelosi Struggles to Corral Votes for Health Care Bill — WASHINGTON — The future of President Obama's health care overhaul now rests largely with two blocs of swing Democrats in the House of Representatives — abortion opponents and fiscal conservatives — whose indecision signals …

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Michael C. Bender / Post on Politics:

Crist says he would not scrap Dem health care reform, can't identify part worth keeping — Gov. Charlie Crist, a Republican U.S. Senate candidate, told The Palm Beach Post editorial board on Friday that, unlike many Republicans in Washington, he didn't think President Obama should scrap his health care reform proposal:

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Shaila Dewan / New York Times:

To Court Blacks, Foes of Abortion Make Racial Case — ATLANTA — For years the largely white staff of Georgia Right to Life, the state's largest anti-abortion group, tried to tackle the disproportionately high number of black women who undergo abortions. But, staff members said …

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Alex Seitz-Wald / Think Progress:
Rep. Trent Franks: African-Americans were better off under slavery.

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Tom Maguire / JustOneMinute:

President LeBron — Jon Chait was so in awe of Obama's commanding awesomeness that he described the healthcare summit as follows: … Hmm - let's watch that dunk again on videotape! The AP Fact Check ran the transcript and concluded that both Obama and Alexander were correct but misleading.

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Karl West / Daily Mail:

Man who broke the Bank of England, George Soros, ‘at centre of hedge funds plot to cash in on fall of the euro’ — A secretive group of Wall Street hedge fund bosses are said to be behind a plot to cash in on the decline of the euro. — Representatives of George Soros's investment business …

Jordan Fabian / The Hill:

Coburn warns against majority-vote tactic in weekly Republican address — Should Democrats use the budget reconciliation process to pass healthcare reform, it would fly in the face of public opinion, Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) said in the Republicans' weekly address.

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