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Steven Mufson / Washington Post:
Japanese nuclear plants' operator scrambles to avert meltdowns — Japanese authorities said Sunday that efforts to restart the cooling system at one of the nuclear reactors damaged by Friday's earthquake had failed, even as officials struggled to bring several other damaged reactors under control.
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Guardian:
Japan nuclear fears as systems fail at second reactor — Officials warn of more radiation leaks as residents panic, jamming city's exit roads — Fears of another explosion at a Japanese nuclear plant are growing after officials said the cooling system in a second reactor had failed.
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BBC, NPR Topics, The Other McCain, Pundit & Pundette, Hot Air, protein wisdom and Patterico's Pontifications
World Nuclear News:
Battle to stabilise earthquake reactors
Battle to stabilise earthquake reactors
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Guardian, Boing Boing, Atomic Insights Blog, Taylor Marsh and The Agonist
Wall Street Journal:
Japan Tries Using Seawater to Cool Damaged Reactor
Japan Tries Using Seawater to Cool Damaged Reactor
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Boing Boing and FrumForum
Kyodo News:
Damage from mega quake increasing, death toll feared to top 1,800
Damage from mega quake increasing, death toll feared to top 1,800
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Reuters, newsfeed.time.com and NPR Topics
Guardian:
Fukushima nuclear plant blast puts Japan on high alert
Fukushima nuclear plant blast puts Japan on high alert
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Harry's Place and Scared Monkeys
CNN:
3,000 rescued; many more missing — Shirakawa, Japan (CNN) …
3,000 rescued; many more missing — Shirakawa, Japan (CNN) …
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Los Angeles Times, This Just In, Firedoglake, Kyodo News, Al Jazeera Blogs and AOL News
David Batty / Guardian:
Fresh nuclear fears as cooling system fails
Fresh nuclear fears as cooling system fails
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Fausta's Blog, Associated Press, Truthdig, AMERICAblog News, Stop The ACLU, The Jawa Report, The Lede, Firedoglake, Washington Post, Scared Monkeys and Verum Serum
Scott Conroy / Real Clear Politics:
Bachmann Mangles Revolutionary History In N.H. — MANCHESTER, N.H. — Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann's visit to the first-in-the-nation primary state of New Hampshire got off to a rocky start on Saturday morning when she misstated a key fact about the American Revolution in a speech to a group …
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Derek Wallbank / MinnPost:
Bachmann ‘disappointed’ with House GOP leaders over continuing resolution that doesn't defund ‘Obamacare’
Bachmann ‘disappointed’ with House GOP leaders over continuing resolution that doesn't defund ‘Obamacare’
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Reuters, The Hill and appropriations.house.gov
Alexander Bolton / Ballot Box:
Bachmann makes gaffe in New Hampshire
Bachmann makes gaffe in New Hampshire
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Sky Dancing, Boston Globe, Cubachi, Conservatives4Palin, Weasel Zippers and The Impolitic
Fox News:
American Professor Kidnapped in Mexican Border City — CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — Armed men kidnapped an American university professor while she was visiting her mother in the violent Mexican border city of Ciudad Juarez, the state prosecutor's office said Saturday.
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Scared Monkeys and The Jawa Report
FOX 11 Online:
Lawmakers skipping parade after threat — Hopper, Thiesfeldt, talked to Fond du Lac police — FOND DU LAC - A parade with more than 50 entries will now be down two participants. — Fond du Lac police say the tension in Madison has spawned threats, they and lawmakers are acting on.
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Weasel Zippers and The Gateway Pundit
Kevin Voigt / CNN:
Quake moved Japan coast 8 feet; shifted Earth's axis — (CNN) — The powerful earthquake that unleashed a devastating tsunami Friday appears to have moved the main island of Japan by 8 feet (2.4 meters) and shifted the Earth on its axis. — “At this point, we know that one GPS station moved …
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The Atlantic Online, Don Surber and Guardian
Glenn Davis / Mediaite:
Bill Maher To Muslim Rep. Keith Ellison: The Qur'an Is A ‘Hate Filled Holy Book’ — The emotion shown by Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN) at Rep. Peter King's (R-NY) Muslim radicalization hearings garnered much attention, and we have a feeling Ellison's appearance on Real Time with Bill Maher tonight will get its share of play as well.
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Taylor Marsh and Salon
Jaime Lalinde / Vanity Fair:
Larry Kudlow Devalues Human Life With Japan Earthquake Freudian Slip — In these tough economic times, isn't it nice to know that calamitous natural disasters needn't have an adverse affect on your investment portfolio? After the 8.9-magnitude earthquake in Japan failed to induce a market nosedive …
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The Political Carnival, Booman Tribune and Connecting.the.Dots
Gail Collins / New York Times:
Eye of the Newt — The presidential race is barely under way, but already we have had our first Big Thought. I am speaking, of course, of Newt Gingrich's suggestion that he was driven into serial adultery by hard work and patriotism. — “There's no question that at times in my life …
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The White House:
WEEKLY ADDRESS: Women's History Month Highlights the President's Resolve to Pass the Paycheck Fairness Act — WASHINGTON - In his weekly address, President Obama focused on Women's History Month and paid homage to the accomplishments of former First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt in the effort to increase the role of women in government.
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Eclectablog and Politics Daily
Ynetnews:
Gaza celebrates; Fayyad condemns terror attack — Rafah residents hand out candy following murder of parents, three children in West Bank settlement of Itamar. Palestinian PM denounces act, says “we categorically oppose violence and terror, regardless of victims', perpetrators' identity”
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The Jawa Report, Weasel Zippers, American Power, The Gateway Pundit, Atlas Shrugs and Sister Toldjah