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Betting on News, AOL Is Buying The Huffington Post — The Huffington Post, which began in 2005 with a meager $1 million investment and has grown into one of the most heavily visited news Web sites in the country, is being acquired by AOL in a deal that creates an unlikely pairing of two online media giants.
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Arianna Huffington / The Huffington Post:
When HuffPost Met AOL: “A Merger of Visions” — I've used this space to make all sorts of important HuffPost announcements: new sections, new additions to the HuffPost team, new HuffPost features and new apps. But none of them can hold a candle to what we are announcing today.
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The Huffington Post:
AOL Agrees To Acquire The Huffington Post — AOL/The Huffington Post … Below, a press release from AOL and The Huffington Post: … AOL Inc. [NYSE:AOL] announced today that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire The Huffington Post, the influential and rapidly growing news …
Kara Swisher / BoomTown:
You've Got Arianna: AOL Buys Huffington Post for $315 Million in Cash and Stock, Appoints Huffington Editor-in-Chief — In a bold and definitive move, AOL is paying $315 million, mostly in cash, to buy the Huffington Post, one of the Web's most prominent news and opinion sites.
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CNN:
AOL agrees to purchase Huffington Post for $315 million
AOL agrees to purchase Huffington Post for $315 million
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Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
Huffington Post agrees to $315 million buyout from AOL
Huffington Post agrees to $315 million buyout from AOL
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Russell Berman / The Hill:
Now comes hard part for Boehner as run of GOP unity nears end — Now comes the hard part for Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio). — In the first month of the 112th Congress, the new House Republican majority voted unanimously to repeal President Obama's healthcare law, cut congressional budgets …
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Erik Wasson / The Hill:
THE HILL POLL: Voters oppose raising the $14.3T debt ceiling — Only 27 percent of likely voters favor raising the nation's $14.3 trillion debt ceiling, while 62 percent oppose it, according to an exclusive poll for The Hill. — The poll found solid opposition from Republicans …
John T. Bennett / The Hill:
Obama: I'm not moving to center — President Obama on Sunday dismissed the notion that his administration in recent weeks has pivoted toward the political center to raise his approval ratings as the 2012 campaign nears. — After ushering through Congress measures to throw a lifeline …
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Mitch Daniels / Wall Street Journal:
An ObamaCare Appeal From the States — Twenty-one governors representing more than 115 million Americans have written to Kathleen Sebelius asking for more flexibility on health-care reform. — Unless you're in favor of a fully nationalized health-care system, the president's health-care reform law is a massive mistake.
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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Droughts, Floods and Food — We're in the midst of a global food crisis — the second in three years. World food prices hit a record in January, driven by huge increases in the prices of wheat, corn, sugar and oils. These soaring prices have had only a modest effect on U.S. inflation …
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Carrie Budoff Brown / The Politico:
Senators look for immigration deal — Sens. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) and Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) have rekindled their alliance on immigration reform, taking some early steps to test the political will for addressing the contentious issue this year. — Their call list hasn't focused …
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Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
Blue Dogs have ‘no communication’ with Pelosi, Dem leadership, says Shuler — There's been “no communication” this Congress between House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and members of the centrist Blue Dog Coalition, one of its top members said Monday.
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Rand Paul / Wall Street Journal:
A Modest $500 Billion Proposal — My spending cuts would keep 85% of government funding and not touch Social Security or Medicare. — After Republicans swept into office in 1994, Bill Clinton famously said in his State of the Union address that the era of big government was over.
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Rick Klein / ABCNEWS:
Donald Rumsfeld to Diane Sawyer: 'It's Possible' Troop Decisions Were a Mistake in Iraq — ‘Not the Case’ That Iraq Is Like Vietnam; Denies Turning Bush's Attention to Iraq Post-9/11 — More than four years after leaving public life, former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld continues …
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Rich Lowry / National Review:
Bush 2012 — John J. Miller has a cover story in the new issue of National Review that's a compelling portrait of the accomplishments of Jeb Bush. Four years after leaving the Florida governor's mansion, he remains one of the most impressive Republican politicians in the country …
Stephanie Simon / Wall Street Journal:
A License to Shampoo: Jobs Needing State Approval Rise — Amid calls for shrinking government, lawmakers across the country are vowing to cut regulations that crimp economic growth. President Barack Obama recently said it's time to root out laws that “are just plain dumb.”
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Fars News Agency:
Official Describes Uprising in Egypt as Result of West's Islamophobia Attempts — TEHRAN (FNA)- A senior Iranian official blasted the western countries for their attempts to propagate Islamophobia in the world, and said that such biased efforts made Egyptians revolt against their leaders.
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