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4:30 PM ET, March 9, 2011

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Mark Memmott / NPR:
NPR CEO Vivian Schiller Resigns  —  This follows yesterday's news that then-NPR fundraiser Ron Schiller (no relation) was videotapped slamming conservatives and questioning whether NPR needs federal funding during a lunch with men posing as members of a Muslim organization …
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Caroline May / The Daily Caller:
ADL calls for an apology from NPR executive  —  Joining the ranks of those disappointed with what they saw of two National Public Radio (NPR) executives caught in an undercover sting disparaging aspects of American culture, the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) Tuesday called on Ron Schiller …
Mark Memmott / NPR Topics:
NPR CEO Vivian Schiller Resigns After Board Decides She Should Go  —  NPR President and CEO Vivian Schiller has resigned after NPR's board of directors decided that she could no longer effectively lead the organization.  —  This follows yesterday's news that then-NPR fundraiser Ron Schiller …
Jack Shafer / Slate:
In Defense of Ron Schiller … Like This Story  —  Follow Slate's Press Box … - Peter King Thinks U.S. Muslims Are Hiding Radical Activity.  Where's His Proof?  - If Only America Could Be More Like Mauritius, the Greatest Country on Earth- Shafer: The Day Rupert Murdoch Met the Devil- NPR's CEO Stepped Down.
Adam Bernstein / Washington Post:
David Broder dies; Pulitzer-winning Washington Post political columnist  —  David S. Broder, 81, a Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist for The Washington Post and one of the most respected writers on national politics for four decades, died Wednesday at Capital Hospice in Arlington of complications from diabetes.
David Brody / The Brody File:
Newt Gingrich Tells Brody File He “felt compelled to seek God's forgiveness”  —  Newt Gingrich, who is expected to run for President tells The Brody File that he “felt compelled to seek God's forgiveness” over his past marital infidelity and now that he's at the grandfather stage he is …
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Eric Kleefeld / TPMDC:
Gingrich: Past Adultery ‘Partially Driven By How Passionately I Felt About This Country’ (VIDEO)  —  Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, who is in the early stages of a presidential campaign, spoke in an interview with David Brody of the Christian Broadcasting Network about his history of adultery and divorces.
Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
GINGRICH'S PATRIOTISM LED HIM TO CHEAT ON HIS WIVES. …
Discussion: Wonk Room
David Frum / FrumForum:
Newt's Family Values Problem
Discussion: The New Republic and The Impolitic
Doug Mataconis / Outside the Beltway:   Newt Gingrich: I Cheated On My Wives Because I Love America Too Much
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Just No Hope  —  I was on Hardball today discussing …
Discussion: Salon
Scott Shane / New York Times:
For Lawmaker Examining Terror, a Pro-I.R.A. Past  —  WASHINGTON — For Representative Peter T. King, as he seizes the national spotlight this week with a hearing on the radicalization of American Muslims, it is the most awkward of résumé entries.
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Mike Carter / Seattle Times:
Stevens County man charged with attempted MLK Day bombing in Spokane  —  A man has been charged with the attempted bombing along the route of the annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day parade in downtown Spokane.  —  A magistrate clerk at the U.S. District Court in Spokane said that Kevin William Harpham …
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David Neiwert / Crooks and Liars:
BREAKING NEWS: Arrest made in Spokane MLK Day backpack-bomb case UPDATED
Discussion: Hatewatch and Spokesman.com
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
Palin would base campaign in Scottsdale  —  The prospect of Sarah Palin running for president is, increasingly, dismissed by a political class that sees her facing weak poll numbers — especially in key early states — and doing nothing to correct them or to buil the infrastructure for a run.
Bloomberg:
Government Shutdown Opposed by Americans in Poll Faulting Republican Cuts  —  Americans are sending a message to congressional Republicans: Don't shut down the federal government or slash spending on popular programs.  —  Almost 8 in 10 people say Republicans and Democrats should reach …
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Brian Beutler / TPMDC:
Schumer Calls GOP Bluff On Spending And Deficits  —  Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) called the Republican Party's bluff on the need for deficit reduction Wednesday, outlining a fiscal framework that involves broader cuts and revenue raisers than the GOP has proposed — and warning …
James C. McKinley Jr / New York Times:
Vicious Assault Shakes Texas Town  —  CLEVELAND, Tex. — The police investigation began shortly after Thanksgiving, when an elementary school student alerted a teacher to a lurid cellphone video that included one of her classmates.  —  The video led the police to an abandoned trailer …
Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
Obama's Weekly Job Approval Retreats to 46%  —  Lowest weekly average since mid-December  —  PRINCETON, NJ — President Barack Obama averaged 46% job approval the week of Feb. 28-March 6, his lowest weekly average since mid-December.  Obama's weekly approval rating had steadily improved …
Discussion: Weasel Zippers and The Fix
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Andrew Malcolm / Top of the Ticket:
Oh, no! Obama job approval starts down again: Gallup
Discussion: Gallup and Hot Air
Anne E. Kornblut / Washington Post:
White House moving to repair troubled relationship with Cabinet  —  News this week of the first departure of a Cabinet secretary from the Obama administration comes amid a wide-ranging effort under the new chief of staff, William M. Daley, to repair badly frayed relations between the White House and the Cabinet.
Jennifer Epstein / The Politico:
Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn signs death penalty repeal  —  Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn signed a death penalty ban into law on Wednesday, making Illinois the 16th state to end capital punishment.  —  Quinn also commuted the sentences of the 15 inmates on death row in the state.
Discussion: ABCNEWS
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Quinn signs death penalty ban, commutes 15 death row sentences to life
Matt Robinson / Reuters:
Targeted civilian killings spiral in Afghan war: U.N.  —  KABUL (Reuters) - Targeted killings of civilians in Afghanistan doubled last year, the United Nations said on Wednesday, as an expanding insurgency strikes at Western efforts to build up the Afghan government and security forces.
Discussion: New York Times
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Josh Boak / Washington Post:
In Afghanistan, U.S. ‘civilian surge’ falls short in building local government
Discussion: The Huffington Post
Tyler Durden / zero hedge:
Exclusive: Bill Gross Dumps All Treasuries, Brings Total “Government Related” Holdings To Zero, Flees To Cash - No QE3?  —  Based on still to be publicly reported data by Pimco's flagship Total Return Fund, the world's largest bond fund, in the month of January, has taken its bond holdings to zero …
Discussion: Money & Company
Tyler Cowen / Marginal Revolution:
Common mistakes of left-wing economists?  —  T., a loyal MR reader, asked for a compendium.  This is my off-the-cuff list, but in the interests of fairness I'm doing one on market-oriented economists as well.  What are some of the common views found on the left which I consider …
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Tyler Cowen / Marginal Revolution:
Common mistakes of right-wing and market-oriented economists?
Discussion: The Daily Dish and Prairie Weather
Dan Joseph / CNSNews:
Cantor: Budget Cannot Be Balanced in Next 10 Years Without ‘Severely Impacting’ Seniors — Which GOP Won't Do  —  (CNSNews.com) — House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R.-Va.) said today that the federal budget cannot be balanced anytime within the next 10 years without “severely impacting the benefits” …
Discussion: The Raw Story and protein wisdom
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Russell Berman / The Hill:
GOP ups pressure on president: 'Let's see some leadership'
Discussion: The Politico and The Hill
John Cassidy / Rational Irrationality:
Battle of the Bike Lanes  —  At the risk of incurring the wrath of the bicycle lobby, a constituency that pursues its agenda with about as much modesty and humor as the Jacobins pursued theirs, and which has found its heroine in transportation commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan …
Vicki Needham / The Hill:
Republicans introduce bill to give workers a choice on joining unions  —  Eight Republican Senators introduced a bill Tuesday giving workers a choice as to whether to join labor unions, which they argue will boost the nation's economy and provide an increase in wages.
Discussion: Hot Air and Pajamas Media
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
Private jets  —  My colleagues report:  —  Sen. Claire McCaskill has been aggressive in promoting oversight and transparency for congressional travel, introducing a reform bill that cracks down on overseas travel for lawmakers.  —  But when it comes to her own domestic flights …
George F. Will / Washington Post:
On Libya, too many questions  —  In September 1941, Japan's leaders had a question for Adm. Isoroku Yamamoto: Could he cripple the U.S. fleet in Hawaii?  Yes, he said.  Then he had a question for the leaders: But then what?  —  Following an attack, he said, “I shall run wild considerably …
 
 
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Neal Ungerleidertue / Fast Company:
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New York Review of Books:
Prison Rape and the Government
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Jennifer Haberkorn / The Politico:
Justice Department: Speed up health care case
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Marshall Allen / Washington Monthly:
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