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Adam Clymer / New York Times:
Robert Byrd, Respected Voice of the Senate, Dies at 92 — Robert C. Byrd, who used his record tenure as a United States senator to fight for the primacy of the legislative branch of government and to build a modern West Virginia with vast amounts of federal money, died early on Monday. He was 92.
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Joe Holley / Washington Post:
West Virginia Sen. Robert Byrd dead at 92 — Robert C. Byrd, a conservative West Virginia Democrat who became the longest-serving member of Congress in history and used his masterful knowledge of the institution to shape the federal budget, protect the procedural rules of the Senate and …
Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Senator Byrd is Ill; A Note on West Virginia's Vacancy Laws — The 92-year-old Senator Robert Byrd, the longest-serving senator in United States history, is seriously ill, according to his office. — Byrd has been hospitalized three times since 2009. If he were not to recover this time …
Martin Kady II / The Politico:
Robert Byrd dies at 92 — The West Virginia Democrat was the longest serving U.S. senator and the chamber's ultimate insider.
Fox News:
Robert Byrd, Longest-Serving U.S. Senator, Dies at 92 — Feb. 2009: Sen. Robert Byrd doffs his hat for reporters as he arrives at the Capitol in Washington. — Senator Robert Byrd of West Virginia, the longest-serving senator in American history, died Monday at the age of 92, a spokesman for the family said.
CNN:
Sen. Robert Byrd dies — Washington (CNN) — West Virginia Sen. Robert Byrd, the self-educated son of a coal miner who became the longest-serving member of Congress, died early Monday at age 92, the senator's office said. — Byrd, a nine-term Democrat, was known as a master …
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Bridget Johnson / The Hill:
Byrd, 92, ‘seriously ill’ in Washington hospital
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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
The Third Depression — Recessions are common; depressions are rare. As far as I can tell, there were only two eras in economic history that were widely described as “depressions” at the time: the years of deflation and instability that followed the Panic of 1873 and the years of mass unemployment …
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Washington Post:
As Kagan confirmation hearings begin, Republicans struggle for line of attack — For weeks leading up to the start of Elena Kagan's Senate confirmation hearings Monday, Republicans have struggled to find a compelling line of attack to take against the Supreme Court nominee.
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GOP plans attack on Kagan — Republicans, who decided early on that they stood little chance of defeating Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan, settled instead on making her confirmation process a “teachable moment” to highlight the dangers of liberal judicial activism.
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Boston Globe:
Brown outpolls Kerry, Obama — US Senator Scott Brown, who only months ago was a little-known figure even within the tiny band of Republicans in the state Senate, not only catapulted to national stature with his upset US Senate victory, but is today the most popular officeholder in Massachusetts, according to a Boston Globe poll.
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Washington Post:
U.S. officials say Karzai aides are derailing corruption cases involving elite — Top officials in President Hamid Karzai's government have repeatedly derailed corruption investigations of politically connected Afghans, according to U.S. officials who have provided Afghanistan's authorities …
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Scott Shane / New York Times:
Pakistan's Plan on Afghan Peace Leaves U.S. Wary
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Alexi Giannoulias Subpoenaed For Blago Trial — CHICAGO (CBS) ― First it was President Barack Obama, then White House Chief of Staff, Rahm Emanuel, now U.S. Senate Candidate Alexi Giannoulias is joining the Rod Blagojevich corruption trial subpoena list.
Mark Steyn / The Corner on National Review Online:
Keystone Kanuck Kops — By: Mark Steyn — More fun from the G20 summit: — Having stood by watching as a mob trashed downtown businesses (and their own cruisers), the peculiarly insecure dweebs of the Toronto police are now threatening law-abiding passers-by (that would be Cop#3478) and beating up Guardian reporters:
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Sam Youngman / The Hill:
G-20 nations pledge to cut deficits despite Obama's push for stimulus — President Barack Obama's push for continued global stimulus in light of a tenuous economic recovery was largely pushed back at the G-20 as world leaders agreed to focus on deficit reduction.
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Huma Khan / ABCNEWS:
Can the Obama Administration Meet Health Care Deadlines? — 90 Days After Health Reform, A Look at Where it Stands and a Timeline of Implementation — Three months after the $938 billion health care bill was signed into law, questions abound about whether the Obama administration can meet …
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Associated Press:
Chavez: Israel and US ‘empire’ are enemies — CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez denounced Israel as a “genocidal” government on Sunday as he hosted Syrian President Bashar Assad on his first visit to Latin America. — Chavez has drawn close to Syria and Iran …
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