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New York Times:
Radioactive Releases in Japan Could Last Months, Experts Say — WASHINGTON — As the scale of Japan's nuclear crisis begins to come to light, experts in Japan and the United States say the country is now facing a cascade of accumulating problems that suggest that radioactive releases of steam …
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BBC:
Explosion at Japan nuclear plant — Residents of the coastal city of Sendai are continuing the search for survivors amid the devastation — A second explosion has hit the nuclear plant in Japan that was damaged in Friday's earthquake, but officials said it had resisted the blast.
William J. Broad / New York Times:
Military Crew Said to Be Exposed to Radiation, but Officials Call Risk in U.S. Slight — The Pentagon was expected to announce that the aircraft carrier Ronald Reagan, which is sailing in the Pacific, passed through a radioactive cloud from stricken nuclear reactors in Japan …
Discussion:
Guardian, ABCNEWS, Runnin' Scared, The BRAD BLOG, Weasel Zippers, Information Dissemination and The Jawa Report
William Tucker / Wall Street Journal:
Japan Does Not Face Another Chernobyl
Japan Does Not Face Another Chernobyl
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BraveNewClimate, The Moderate Voice, The Gateway Pundit and The Volokh Conspiracy
Washington Post:
At two reactors, a race to contain meltdowns
At two reactors, a race to contain meltdowns
Discussion:
Firedoglake and The Moderate Voice
Los Angeles Times:
Japan's nuclear crisis widens
Japan's nuclear crisis widens
Discussion:
Wall Street Journal, Free exchange and New York Times
John M. Broder / New York Times:
U.S. Nuclear Industry Faces New Uncertainty
U.S. Nuclear Industry Faces New Uncertainty
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Fox News, Atomic Insights Blog, ProPublica and FrumForum
Judd Gregg / The Hill:
Sadly, the primary process might help Sarah Palin — It is difficult to believe, but the first election for the next president of the United States is less than a year away. — The New Hampshire primary is alive and well and headed toward a date of Valentine's Day next year …
Discussion:
Booman Tribune, GOP 12 and The Political Carnival
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Gabriel Sherman / New York Magazine:
Going Rogue on Ailes Could Leave Palin on Thin Ice — Before Sarah Palin posted her infamous “Blood Libel” video on Facebook on January 12, she placed a call to Fox News chairman Roger Ailes. In the wake of the Tucson massacre, Palin was fuming that the media was blaming her heated rhetoric …
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Mediaite, Conservatives4Palin, Ben Smith's Blog and Gawker, more at Mediagazer »
Jeff Zeleny / New York Times:
Campaigning as All Things to All Republicans — CONCORD, N.H. — Many aspiring Republican presidential candidates are going to great lengths to avoid the spotlight, but not Tim Pawlenty. He is doing whatever he can to step into it. — Few audiences are too small for Mr. Pawlenty …
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Washington Monthly, The Note, Taegan Goddard's … and The Politico
Myglesias / Yglesias:
The Slippery Slope Of Unilateralism — I had an interesting back and forth several years ago with Anne-Marie Slaughter, then a professor at Princeton, later policy planning director at the State Department, and now back to academia about an old line from something she wrote where she said …
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The Huffington Post
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Ross Douthat / New York Times:
Iraq Then, Libya Now — Five years ago, in the darkest days of insurgent violence and Sunni-Shia strife, it seemed as if the Iraq war would shadow American foreign policy for decades, frightening a generation's worth of statesmen away from using military force.
Discussion:
Balloon Juice and FrumForum
Anne-Marie Slaughter / New York Times:
Fiddling While Libya Burns
Fiddling While Libya Burns
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BBC, Taylor Marsh, The Huffington Post and The Daily Caller
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Another Inside Job — Count me among those who were glad to see the documentary “Inside Job” win an Oscar. The film reminded us that the financial crisis of 2008, whose aftereffects are still blighting the lives of millions of Americans, didn't just happen — it was made possible by bad behavior …
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Prairie Weather, Daily Kos and Mother Jones
Jim Morrill / The Charlotte Observer:
Duke guaranteeing $10 million line of credit for DNC — Duke Energy Corp., whose CEO is leading the fundraising for the Democratic National Convention, is guaranteeing a $10 million line of credit for the event. — The credit line from Fifth Third Bank is apparently the first time such an arrangement …
Discussion:
Ballot Box, The Politico and JammieWearingFool
Fox News:
‘Baby Joseph’ Gets Second Chance at Life in U.S. — EXCLUSIVE: The baby who was hours from being pulled off life support at his Canadian hospital has been rescued by the national director of Priests For Life. — Joseph Maraachli, 13 months old, who is currently kept alive by a respirator …
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Don Surber, iOwnTheWorld.com, Weasel Zippers, The Jawa Report and Pajamas Media
Buffalo News:
Apologetic Lee sends refunds to donors — In e-mail, says funds belong to supporters — WASHINGTON — Former Rep. Chris Lee is refunding all the campaign money he raised in 2010 and 2011 and sending a letter to more than 1,100 donors apologizing for the online flirtation that led to his abrupt resignation.
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The Politico, CNN, USA Today, OpenSecrets.org and Gawker
The Politico:
'She's becoming Al Sharpton, Alaska edition' — Sarah Palin has played the sexism card, accusing critics of chauvinism against a strong woman. — She has played the class card, dismissing the Bush family as “blue bloods,” and complaining that she is the target of snobbery by people …
Discussion:
GOP 12, Conservatives4Palin and Riehl World View
The Politico:
For 2012ers, past is present — The last time Newt Gingrich ran in a competitive election, the Internet was a few years away from going global. The only mobile device anyone chatted on was the car phone. And Matt Drudge was not yet a driving force in political news coverage.
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Obama to outline fix for ‘No Child Left Behind’ that gives states more power — President Obama in a major speech Monday will call for a less Washington-centric approach to education reform which would give more power to state and local governments. — He will outline his vision …
Discussion:
CNN, The Politico and Right Wing News
Jennifer Haberkorn / The Politico:
Can there be life after the mandate? — ‘I am concerned, of course. We have to have the individual mandate,’ said Sen. Tom Harkin. AP Photo — A year after the health care overhaul's historic passage amid a volatile political debate, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act …
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Greg's Opinion
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.
Discussion:
Weasel Zippers, Pajamas Media and National Review