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Matthew L. Wald / New York Times:
Japan Orders Evacuation Near 2nd Nuclear Plant — Japanese officials on Saturday issued broad evacuation orders for people living in the vicinity of two separate nuclear power plants that had experienced breakdowns in their cooling systems as a result of the earthquake …
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Reuters:
Factbox: What happens when a reactor loses coolant
Factbox: What happens when a reactor loses coolant
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Scientific American and Guardian
CNN:
Japan struggling to ‘cool down’ nuclear plant, minister says
Japan struggling to ‘cool down’ nuclear plant, minister says
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Washington Post, BBC, The Moderate Voice, USA Today, The BRAD BLOG, Obsidian Wings, The Gateway Pundit, BLACKFIVE, The Foundry and In The Agora
Associated Press:
Radiation levels surge near Japanese nuclear power plant
Radiation levels surge near Japanese nuclear power plant
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The Democratic Daily, Examiner and Hullabaloo
Scarecrow / Firedoglake:
Two [Now Five] Japanese Nuclear Units Still at Serious Risk
Two [Now Five] Japanese Nuclear Units Still at Serious Risk
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Guardian and Clean Beta
Christopher Mims / Grist:
Today's tsunami: This is what climate change looks like — Update: The intent of this piece isn't to attribute today's tragedy to climate change. Apologies to those whom I misled with the headline. It was meant literally, as in: Tsunamis are inundations of shorelines and therefore …
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Amanda Carey / The Daily Caller:
Some respond to Japan earthquake by pointing to global warming — Hours after a massive earthquake rattled Japan, environmental advocates connected the natural disaster to global warming. The president of the European Economic and Social Committee, Staffan Nilsson, issued a statement calling …
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The Jawa Report and Pajamas Media
Philippathomas / Philippa Thomas Online:
The State Department spokesman and the Prisoner in the Brig — I just heard an extraordinary remark from State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley. He was speaking to a small audience at MIT on “the benefits of new media as it relates to foreign policy”, an event organised by the Center for Future Civic Media.
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Ed Pilkington / Guardian:
Clinton aide: Manning ‘mistreated’ — PJ Crowley says Pentagon is being ‘ridiculous and stupid’ by subjecting WikiLeaks suspect to punitive conditions in jail — Hillary Clinton's spokesman has launched a public attack on the Pentagon for the way it is treating military prisoner Bradley Manning …
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Firedoglake, Hot Air, NO QUARTER, The Raw Story, BLACKFIVE, Pajamas Media, Gawker, The Daily Caller and Outside the Beltway
Josh Gerstein / The Politico:
Barack Obama: Bradley Manning's well-being a factor in his treatment
Barack Obama: Bradley Manning's well-being a factor in his treatment
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Weasel Zippers, Emptywheel and The Raw Story
Sarah Kliff / The Politico:
Murkowski opposes Planned Parenthood, Title X cuts — Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska has come out in opposition to the House's attempts to defund Planned Parenthood, making her the first Republican senator to specifically support the beleaguered organization.
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Weasel Zippers and RedState
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Erik Wasson / The Hill:
GOP spending plan plays better with Dems than conservatives — House Republicans unveiled a three-week continuing resolution Friday that funds the government through April 8 and cuts $6 billion in spending. — Senate Democrats immediately signaled that they could accept the measure …
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The Politico
Casey Grove / Anchorage Daily News:
Five charged in alleged plot to kidnap or kill troopers, judge — FAIRBANKS: Scheme targeted judge and state troopers, officials say. — Five people in the Fairbanks area were arrested Thursday by state and federal law enforcement on charges connected with an alleged plot to kidnap …
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Hatewatch, Daily Kos and Little Green Footballs
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David Holthouse / Media Matters for America:
BREAKING: Alaska Militia Members Arrested for Plot to Kidnap or Kill Police
BREAKING: Alaska Militia Members Arrested for Plot to Kidnap or Kill Police
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KTUU-TV, The Raw Story and Booman Tribune
JSOnline:
Walker signs budget-repair bill, judge denies TRO request — Gov. Scott Walker signed the bill Friday that repeals most collective bargaining by public employee unions. He will hold a ceremony and news conference later in the day to tout the signing. Meanwhile, a judge decides …
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Cubachi, Firedoglake, The Huffington Post, Politics Daily, Liberty Pundits Blog, NPR Topics, TPMDC and FrumForum
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Greg Sargent / The Plum Line:
Wisconsin 14 planning “homecoming” march on capitol tomorrow
Wisconsin 14 planning “homecoming” march on capitol tomorrow
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Firedoglake
Jeff Barnard / Associated Press:
Calif. man swept out to sea taking tsunami pics — CRESCENT CITY, Calif.—The Coast Guard searched for a man Friday who was swept out to sea by powerful waves generated by the tsunami in Northern California while taking photos near the mouth of the Klamath River in Del Norte County.
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The Moderate Voice, Notes From Underground, AMERICAblog News and Outside the Beltway
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Martha Mendoza / Associated Press:
California surfers waited in water for tsunami
California surfers waited in water for tsunami
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Weasel Zippers
Leon Wieseltier / The New Republic:
Darkness Falls — Barack Obama's policy toward the Libyan struggle for freedom is no longer a muddle. It is now a disgrace. — Here is what his administration and its allies have told the world, and the Libyan dictator, and the Libyan rebels, in recent days.
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War in Context, Ross Douthat, Guardian, The Daily Dish and Eunomia
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Sam Farmer / Los Angeles Times:
NFL players decertify their union — After two weeks of mediation with the league, the players decertify their union and become a trade association, which means the league probably won't be able to stage a lockout. — New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees arrives for negotiations …
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Outside the Beltway and Daily Kos
Arthur S. Brisbane / The Public Editor's Journal:
Gang Rape Story Lacked Balance — The exterior of an abandoned trailer where an 11-year-old girl was assaulted. Numerous readers shared their concerns over how The Times handled the coverage. — The story quickly climbed The Times's “most emailed” list but not just because of the sensational facts of the crime involved.
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Poynter, PostBourgie, ECHIDNE of the snakes and The Awl
Ellen Barry / New York Times:
Suggestion on Visas From Putin Catches Biden by Surprise — MOSCOW — When Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. sat down for his meeting with Vladimir V. Putin this week, the Russian prime minister opened with a curveball. — Rather than reiterating the joint projects on the table …
Sabrina Tavernise / New York Times:
Same-Sex Marriage Bill Falls Short in Maryland — ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Lawmakers in Maryland on Friday failed to gather enough votes to pass a bill that would have allowed same-sex couples to marry, withdrawing it from consideration after hours of emotional debate and effectively killing the bill's chances for passage this year.
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Riehl World View and FrumForum
Norimitsu Onishi / New York Times:
Japan's Strict Building Codes Saved Lives — From seawalls that line stretches of Japan's coastline, to skyscrapers that sway to absorb earthquakes, to building codes that are among the world's most rigorous, no country may be better prepared to withstand earthquakes than Japan.
ABCNEWS:
Rep. Giffords Talking in Full Sentences — Rep. Gabrielle Giffords is talking in full sentences, doctors say, and has been told about the Tucson, Ariz., shooting that killed six people and injured 12 others.
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Jennifer Epstein / The Politico:
Doctors say Gabrielle Giffords told she was shot
Doctors say Gabrielle Giffords told she was shot
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The Hill, Arizona Republic and New York Magazine
Melinda Henneberger / Politics Daily:
My Sign-Off From Politics Daily … True to form, I was too busy to go to the meeting and missed my own firing yesterday; don't you hate it when that happens? (All my life, my mom has been saying I'd be late to my own funeral, so could we please not tell her she was right?)
Charlie Cook / NationalJournal.com:
The Cook Report: Trend or Fluke? — A new poll that shows independents warming to the role of government could signal an important shift. — I only get to celebrate special days like my birthday, wedding anniversary, Thanksgiving, and Christmas once a year, but I can rejoice every month …
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Firedoglake, FiveThirtyEight, The Political Carnival, Taegan Goddard's … and Prairie Weather
Kendra Marr / The Politico:
Rick Santorum: Sharia ‘is evil’ — DURHAM, N.H. — Rick Santorum on Friday asserted that Sharia law has no place in America. — “Jihadism is evil and we need to say what it is,” he said at the Strafford County Lincoln-Reagan dinner, remarks that show how the former Pennsylvania senator continues …
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Weasel Zippers and The Note
Byron Tau / Ben Smith's Blog:
Letter indicates Rep. Richardson ethics probe — A letter of resignation sent by a former staffer to Rep. Laura Richardson (D-Cali.) appears to indicate that ethics investigators are probing the Los Angeles-area Congresswoman — a fact Richardson has denied to local reporters.
Bill Rankin / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Ex-judge Camp sentenced to 30 days in prison — After telling him he has “a scarlet letter chiseled on his forehead the rest of his life,” a federal judge sentenced disgraced ex-jurist Jack Camp to 30 days in prison for committing repeated crimes with a stripper.