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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 said the resignation, first reported by CNN …
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Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
WH forces P.J. Crowley to resign for condemning abuse of Manning — On Friday, State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley denounced the conditions of Bradley Manning's detention as “ridiculous, counterproductive and stupid,” forcing President Obama to address those comments in a Press Conference and defend the treatment of Manning.
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The Politico:
P.J. Crowley resigns over Manning remark — State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley has resigned after publicly crossing swords with the Pentagon over the treatment of an Army soldier accused of leaking hundreds of thousands of classified military reports and sensitive diplomatic cables to WikiLeaks.
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Michael D. Shear / The Caucus:
State Department Spokesman Out, After Comments on Prisoner
State Department Spokesman Out, After Comments on Prisoner
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Balloon Juice, Tom Watson, The Impolitic and The Raw Story
Morgsatlarge:
Why I am not worried about Japan's nuclear reactors. — Thanks for your interest. 200 000 hits and counting, number 2 on Twitter as of 8pm EST. — Follow Josef on Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/josefoehmen — Short link to this page: http://bit.ly/joehmen
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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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JSOnline:
Democratic senators return to Madison to tell crowd fight isn't over
Democratic senators return to Madison to tell crowd fight isn't over
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Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Crooked Timber, Guardian, The Nation, Time and Associated Press
A. G. Sulzberger / New York Times:
For Wisconsin Lawmakers, a Hero's Homecoming
For Wisconsin Lawmakers, a Hero's Homecoming
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BBC:
Japan earthquake: Footage of moment tsunami hit — Newly emerged footage shows the force at which the tsunami struck Japan's coast. — In the fishing port of Miyako, in Iwate prefecture, boats were overturned, while video from Kamaishi city shows cars being dragged down city streets by the water.
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The Moderate Voice
Arizona Daily Star:
We must seek agreement on gun reforms — It's been more than two months since the tragedy in Tucson stunned the nation. It was a moment when we came together as one people to mourn and to pray for those we lost. And in the attack's turbulent wake, Americans by and large rightly refrained …
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CNN, No More Mister Nice Blog, Mediaite, The Hill and Fox News
Paul Krugman:
Cockroach Ideas — Way back, when I spent a year in the government, an old hand told me that fighting bad ideas is like flushing cockroaches down the toilet; they just come right back. I'm having that feeling a lot lately, on at least two fronts. — One is the crowding out issue.
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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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Justin McCurry / Guardian:
Japan tsunami survivor Hiromitsu Shinkawa found 10 miles out at sea — Rescuers spot 60-year-old from Fukushima prefecture clinging to the roof of his home two days after the tsunami struck — • Live coverage of Japan earthquake and tsunami — A 60-year-old man has been found …
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Daily Mail:
Glossy ‘Jihad Cosmo’ combines beauty tips with suicide bombing advice — Al-Qaeda has launched a women's magazine that mixes beauty and fashion tips with advice on suicide bombings. — Dubbed ‘Jihad Cosmo’, the glossy magazine's front cover features the barrel of a sub-machine gun next to a picture a woman in a veil.
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Jo Macfarlane / Daily Mail:
Rescue efforts in rubble of devastated Japan hampered by 275 aftershocks as fears grow for 10,000 missing in port city — Official death toll hits 763, but many hundreds believed to be buried under rubble or washed away by waves — Just 48 hours ago, it was a picturesque fishing town …
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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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Left Coast Rebel, Washington Monthly, The Daily Dish, Alan Colmes' Liberaland, The Hill and New York Times
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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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Maggie's Farm, Lawyers, Guns & Money, Informed Comment and The Page
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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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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