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Amanda Terkel / Think Progress:
SC senator: We've 'got one raghead in the White House, we don't need a raghead in the governor's mansion.' — Today, the Christian Broadcasting Network published a story about Nikki Haley, the frontrunner to become South Carolina's GOP gubernatorial nominee, saying that she …
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CNN:
TRENDING: Nikki Haley called ‘raghead’ by political opponent — 'We already got one raghead in the White House, we don't need a raghead in the governor's mansion,' a South Carolina Republican said Thursday referring to the president and Nikki Haley, pictured.
The State:
Knotts uses slur to describe Haley, Obama — State Sen. Jake Knotts, R-Lexington, used the word, “raghead” to describe Republican gubernatorial frontrunner Rep. Nikki Haley, also of Lexington County, and President Barack Obama during an online political talk show Thursday evening.
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
S.C. Republicans condemn ‘raghead’ comment — South Carolina Republicans were quick Thursday evening to condemn the remarks of a prominent Republican State Senator, Jake Knotts, who referred to a gubernatorial candidate as a “raghead” on an online political show today.
Yaakov Katz / Jerusalem Post:
We had no choice, commando who killed 6 tells ‘Post’ — “They were coming at us with murder in their eyes,” says S., describing the “battlefield” aboard the ‘Mavi Marmara’; He hit the deck to see three officers lying wounded. — Talkbacks (18) — Make JPOST.COM your Home Page — Iranian Threat
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Amos Harel / Haaretz:
Israel Navy: 3 commandos nearly taken hostage in Gaza flotilla raid — According to preliminary navy investigation, some passengers on the Mavi Marmara boat dragged three unconscious commandos into one of the passenger halls below deck. — During Israel's takeover of a Turkish ship …
Leon Wieseltier / The New Republic:
Operation Make the World Hate Us
Operation Make the World Hate Us
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Michael B. Oren / New York Times:
Op-Ed Contributor: An Assault on Israel, Cloaked in Peace
Op-Ed Contributor: An Assault on Israel, Cloaked in Peace
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Chris Bowers / Open Left:
Amateur blogosphere, RIP … Only five years ago, the progressive political blogosphere was still predominately a gathering place for amateur (that is, unpaid or barely paid) journalists and activists unattached to existing media companies and advocacy organizations. Those days are almost completely over.
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The Hill:
White House, N.Y. Dems: No job offers made in Senate race — The White House and New York Democrats said Wednesday they didn't play let's make a deal to avoid a contentious Senate primary. — New York Reps. Steve Israel, Carolyn Maloney and Carolyn McCarthy along with former Rep. Harold Ford …
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David Catanese / The Politico:
Jobs flap seeps across Senate map — Blowback from White House attempts to dangle administration jobs in front of insurgent Democratic challengers is now threatening to burn candidates in some of the most competitive Senate contests in the nation, expanding the scope of damage well beyond the two states where the furor originated.
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The Huffington Post:
Bobby Jindal Asks Obama To End Moratorium On Deepwater Drilling — The White House has responded to Jindal, see update below. — Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal wrote President Obama a letter on Wednesday criticizing his decision to implement a temporary moratorium of deepwater drilling in the Gulf of Mexico.
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New York Times:
Admiral Says Oil Pipe Is Cut, a Key Step in Halting Leak
Admiral Says Oil Pipe Is Cut, a Key Step in Halting Leak
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Peter Baker / New York Times:
Obama Cancels Asia Trip as Concern on Spill Mounts — WASHINGTON - President Obama canceled his trip to Australia, Indonesia and Guam late Thursday night as oil continued to stream into the Gulf of Mexico in what he has called the worst environmental disaster in American history.
UCAR:
Ocean currents likely to carry oil along Atlantic coast … BOULDER—A detailed computer modeling study released today indicates that oil from the massive spill in the Gulf of Mexico might soon extend along thousands of miles of the Atlantic coast and open ocean as early as this summer.
Boston Globe:
Caught in the oil — A short entry - AP Photographer Charlie Riedel just filed the following images of seabirds caught in the oil slick on a beach on Louisiana's East Grand Terre Island. As BP engineers continue their efforts to cap the underwater flow of oil, landfall is becoming more frequent, and the effects more evident.
Fox News:
Congresswoman: White Supremacist Groups Behind Arizona Immigration Law — Rep. Linda Sanchez, D-Calif. views a older NFL football helmet during a hearing entitled “Legal Issues Relating to Football Head Injuries, Part II” in Detroit, Monday, Jan. 4, 2010. (AP)
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Jan Crawford / CBS News:
EXCLUSIVE: Documents Show Kagan's Liberal Opinion on Social Issues — Elena Kagan has kept her cards so close to the vest that in the days after President Obama nominated her to the Supreme Court, some on the left worried she was too moderate to replace liberal Justice John Paul Stevens.
MiamiHerald.com:
Oil-fearing Florida wants more aid — PENSACOLA — As tar balls and oil sheen appeared just four miles from Pensacola's beaches Thursday, state leaders demanded oil giant BP pay more money and that the Obama administration pay more attention to the Sunshine State and its thousands of miles of threatened coastline.
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Cubachi:
Gov. Christie to NJEA bullies taking money from taxpayers: “You punch them, I punch you.” — Governor Chris Christie gives remarks regarding teachers and the teachers Union, the NJEA during a Town Hall Meeting in Robbinsville, NJ. — Christie explained that his fight is not against teachers.
David Weigel / Right Now:
Interview: Alexander Zaitchik on his new biography of Glenn Beck, ‘Common Nonsense’ — Last summer, when Glenn Beck was rocketing from talk radio stardom to the status of a national icon, he got the full profile treatment from Alexander Zaitchik at Salon. That profile was the first serious …
Thom Shanker / New York Times:
Pentagon Told to Save Billions for Use in War — WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates has ordered the military and the Pentagon's civilian bureaucracy to find tens of billions of dollars in annual savings to pay for war-fighting operations, senior officials said Thursday.
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A. G. Sulzberger / New York Times:
New York City to Pay $9.9 Million in Frame-Up Case — New York City agreed on Thursday to pay $9.9 million, the largest personal settlement in its history, to a man who served almost two decades in prison but was released after evidence surfaced that he had been framed for murder by a corrupt detective.
Abdon M. Pallasch / Chicago Sun Times:
Kirk says he ‘misremembered’ military record — Watch live streaming video from chicagosuntimeslive at livestream.com — Republican Senate candidate Mark Kirk on Thursday struggled to explain how a decorated Naval intelligence officer such as himself felt the need to exaggerate his military record.
New York Times:
Wal-Mart to Offer Its Workers a College Program — FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — Now on sale at Wal-Mart: college degrees for its employees. — The purveyor of inexpensive jeans and lawnmowers is dipping its toe into the online-education waters, working with a Web-based university to offer …