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Gschwarzcnn / CNN:
Crowley resigns as State Department spokesman — WASHINGTON (CNN) - P.J. Crowley abruptly resigned Sunday as State Department spokesman over controversial comments he made about the Bradley Manning case. — Sources close to the matter the resignation, first reported by CNN …
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Mike Allen / The Politico:
P.J. Crowley out at State — P.J. Crowley is out as chief spokesman at the State Department after he publicly criticized the Defense Department's handling of WikiLeaks suspect Bradley Manning, a senior administration official said Sunday. — Crowley, a respected National Security Council …
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Michael D. Shear / The Caucus:
State Department Spokesman Out, After Comments on Prisoner — P.J. Crowley, the state department spokesman, stepped down Sunday after saying publicly that treatment of Wikileaks suspect Pfc. Bradley Manning in military detention has been “ridiculous and counterproductive and stupid.”
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Sapa- / Times LIVE:
Japanese volcano erupts — A volcano in southwestern Japan erupted Sunday after nearly two weeks of relative silence, sending ash and rocks up to four kilometres (two and a half miles) into the air, a local official says. — It was not immediately clear if the eruption was a direct result …
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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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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Sen. Durbin predicts GOP stop-gap to pass, averting shutdown — Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois, the second-ranking Democrat in the Senate, predicted a House GOP proposal to cut spending by $6 billion over three weeks would pass the upper chamber. — “I think it will pass …
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The Politico:
Debate over Obama's budget role — Democrats and Republicans offered divergent opinions Sunday morning about whether President Barack Obama has been avoiding plunging into talks with Congress on the long overdue budget for the current fiscal year. — Even though the subject was largely eclipsed …
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Vicki Needham / The Hill:
GOP freshmen uneasy about latest stopgap bill, lawmaker says
GOP freshmen uneasy about latest stopgap bill, lawmaker says
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Alex Seitz-Wald / ThinkProgress:
Madison Rally Bigger Than Biggest Tea Party Rally — Police estimated up to 100,000 people turned out in Madison, WI yesterday to protest Gov. Scott Walker's (R) assault on unions, making it bigger than any protests the city has witnessed, even those during the Vietnam War.
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James B. Kelleher / Reuters:
Up to 100,000 protest Wisconsin law curbing unions
Up to 100,000 protest Wisconsin law curbing unions
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A. G. Sulzberger / New York Times:
For Wisconsin Lawmakers, a Hero's Homecoming
For Wisconsin Lawmakers, a Hero's Homecoming
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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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New York Times:
Crisis Underscores Fears About Safety of Nuclear Energy
Crisis Underscores Fears About Safety of Nuclear Energy
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Robin McKie / Guardian:
Japan ministers ignored safety warnings over nuclear reactors
Japan ministers ignored safety warnings over nuclear reactors
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Natasha Lennard / The Politico:
OBAMA, DANIELS SCORE LAUGHS AT GRIDIRON DINNER — Obama, seen here in a 2010 photo, delivered remarks at the Gridiron Dinner on Saturday. It was his first time attending the dinner as president. Photo by Reuters — President Obama used his first appearance at the annual Gridiron Club Dinner …
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Ben Armbruster / ThinkProgress:
Kristol Wants ‘More Than A No-Fly Zone’ In Libya, Says U.S. Should Attack Qaddafi's War Ships And Tanks — While the U.S. and NATO allies work with the international community to get consensus on and authorization for a no-fly zone in Libya to prevent Muammar Qaddafi's forces from killing …
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Karim Talbi / Agence France Presse:
Arab League backs Libyan no-fly zone as rebels hit
Arab League backs Libyan no-fly zone as rebels hit
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Zach Howard / Reuters:
Lost city of Atlantis, swamped by tsunami, may be found — (Reuters) - A U.S.-led research team may have finally located the lost city of Atlantis, the legendary metropolis believed swamped by a tsunami thousands of years ago in mud flats in southern Spain.
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Doug Powers / Michelle Malkin:
Call an Ambulance for Political Correctness — “Life imitates art” is the order of the decade, and unfortunately the “art” life is imitating is Idiocracy. — Howie Carr's column in the Boston Herald today sets the stage: … My curiosity piqued, I found the new EMT directive on the Massachusetts state website.
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Anthony Shadid / New York Times:
Veering From Peaceful Models, Libya's Youth Revolt Turns Toward Chaos — RAS LANUF, Libya — It is a bromide of dictators like Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi that they stand as the only bulwark against forces of chaos and religious militancy. The tragedy of Libya's uprising …
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