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David D. Kirkpatrick / New York Times:
Libya Says It Will Release Times Journalists — TRIPOLI, Libya — Four New York Times journalists missing in Libya since Tuesday were captured by forces loyal to Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi and will be released Friday, his son, Seif al-Islam el-Qaddafi, told Christiane Amanpour in an ABC News interview.
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USA Today, Associated Press, Guardian, Gothamist, Runnin' Scared, The Awl, Boston Globe, New York Magazine and Mediaite, more at Mediagazer »
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New York Times:
Libya Calls Cease-Fire After Britain and France Vow Action ‘Soon’ — TRIPOLI, Libya — Hours after the United Nations Security Council voted to authorize military action and a no-fly zone, Libya executed a remarkable about-face on Friday, saying it would call an “immediate cease-fire …
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Free exchange, JustOneMinute, The New Republic, Eunomia, Guardian, Outside the Beltway, Wonk Room, Swampland and Global Public Square
Glenn Thrush / The Politico:
‘No-fly’ win for lame-duck Clinton — Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's revelation that she won't be staying on if there is a second Obama term may have been news to those who don't know her, but did not surprise her friends, who say she's spending an increasing amount of time considering …
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BLACKFIVE, Reuters, Liberty Pundits Blog and Blogcritics
New York Times:
U.N. Approves Airstrikes to Halt Attacks by Qaddafi Forces — UNITED NATIONS — The United Nations Security Council approved a measure on Thursday authorizing “all necessary measures” to protect Libyan civilians from harm at the hands of forces loyal to Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi.
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Guardian, Balloon Juice, Questions and Observations, Global Public Square, New Zealand Herald, Associated Press, Swampland, RedState, ABCNEWS, Mother Jones, Scared Monkeys, Crooked Timber, Washington Post, CNN, NO QUARTER, The Daily Dish, ThinkProgress, The Reaction, Taylor Marsh, Foreign Policy, Liberal Values, Outside the Beltway, JustOneMinute, The Politico, White House Dossier, Commentary Magazine, Gawker, Right Wing News and Grim's Hall
Josh Rogin / Foreign Policy:
Inside classified Hill briefing, administration spells out war plan for Libya — Several administration officials held a classified briefing for all senators on Thursday afternoon in the bowels of the Capitol building, leaving lawmakers convinced President Barack Obama is ready to attack Libya …
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Salon, Guardian, Lawfare, Hot Air, The Daily Dish and The Lonely Conservative
Associated Press:
Libya declares cease-fire after UN vote — TRIPOLI, Libya - Libya declared an immediate cease-fire and promised to stop military operations Friday in a bid to fend off international military intervention after the U.N. authorized a no-fly zone and “all necessary measures” to prevent the regime from striking its own people.
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Hot Air and The Foundry
Shadi Hamid / democracyarsenal.org:
Libya, the US, and the Moral Imperative to Intervene
Libya, the US, and the Moral Imperative to Intervene
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Eunomia, Associated Press and New York Times
BBC:
UN backs action against Gaddafi
UN backs action against Gaddafi
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Aljazeera, Voice of America, Unqualified Offerings, Wall Street Journal, Telegraph, Truthdig, normblog, Harry's Place and Guardian
Mimi Hall / USA Today:
Obama's foreign trip to focus on U.S. jobs
Obama's foreign trip to focus on U.S. jobs
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Los Angeles Times, White House Dossier, The Politico, Weasel Zippers and Fox Nation
Gary Langer / ABCNEWS:
Support for Gay Marriage Reaches a Milestone — More Than Half of Americans Say Gay Marriage Should Be Legal — More than half of Americans say it should be legal for gays and lesbians to marry, a first in nearly a decade of polls by ABC News and The Washington Post.
Dan Riehl / Big Government:
Exclusive Interview With Jim Shankman, the Man Behind the Ann Althouse Threat — Jim Shankman, the Madison-based author of a now notorious, vile Internet screed directed at blogger Ann Althouse and her husband, returned my call late last night and we spoke for approximately 30 - 40 minutes.
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Patterico's Pontifications and The Gateway Pundit
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Josiah Ryan / The Hill:
Reid trashes House vote to defund NPR, adjourns Senate — Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) seized an opportunity Thursday night to criticize a House vote earlier in the day to defund National Public Radio. — Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), who had come to the floor …
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Pat Garofalo / Wonk Room:
House Budget Chairman Dismisses Social Security Reality: ‘That Just Boggles My Mind’
House Budget Chairman Dismisses Social Security Reality: ‘That Just Boggles My Mind’
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ourfuture.org/blogs_chrono/*, Hullabaloo and Daily Kos
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Reid: GOP must give in on Planned Parenthood to get spending deal
Reid: GOP must give in on Planned Parenthood to get spending deal
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Feministing, Weasel Zippers and The Political Carnival
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
The Forgotten Millions — More than three years after we entered the worst economic slump since the 1930s, a strange and disturbing thing has happened to our political discourse: Washington has lost interest in the unemployed. — Jobs do get mentioned now and then — and a few political figures …
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Prairie Weather and Balloon Juice
Washington Post:
The NPR video and political dirty tricks — James O'Keefe's guerrilla video attack on NPR has led to the resignation of its chief executive and an ethical debate: When are lies justified in pursuit of a political cause? — It is now clear that O'Keefe's editing of the raw video …
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The Moderate Voice, National Review, NewsBusters.org blogs, Althouse, Daily Kos and Outside the Beltway
Sean Sullivan / Hotline On Call:
Half Would Vote Against Obama — Fully half of registered voters say they would definitely or probably vote for a candidate other than President Obama if the presidential election were held today, according to a new Allstate/National Journal Heartland Monitor poll.
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GOP 12
Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
Journalistic irony — On Wednesday, the Chairman of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Gregory Jaczko, depicted the threat posed by Japanese nuclear reactors as much graver than had been suggested by Japanese officials. Yesterday, this is how The New York Times described the impact …
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Los Angeles Times and New York Times
Nick Baumann / MoJo Articles:
GOP Bill Would Force IRS to Conduct Abortion Audits — Were you raped? Was it incest? And other questions the government's tax cops would have to ask women who've terminated pregnancies. — Post Comment — Under a GOP-backed bill expected to sail through the House of Representatives …
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Shakesville, Balloon Juice and RHRealityCheck.org
Washington Post:
SEC moves to charge Fannie, Freddie execs — The Securities and Exchange Commission is moving toward charging former and current Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac executives with violations related to the financial crisis, setting up a clash with the housing regulator that oversees the companies, according to sources familiar with the matter.
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The Atlantic Online
Associated Press:
Haley Barbour's son says he doesn't want father to make a White House run — WASHINGTON — The son of potential presidential contender Haley Barbour told a conservative columnist on Thursday that he hopes his father doesn't mount a White House bid. — In a personal e-mail to the columnist …
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The Note, Wall Street Journal, USA Today, TPMDC, National Review and Weekly Standard
Lauraklairmont / CNN:
President heading home next month for party event — Washington (CNN) - President Barack Obama will head back to his hometown next month to headline a Democratic party event. — The president will be the main attraction at a Democratic National Committee gathering in Chicago on April 14 …
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Playboy / PR Newswire:
Helen Thomas is Playboy's April Interview — A Candid Conversation with the Disgraced Dean of the White House Press Corps About her Rage against Israel, her Sympathy for Palestinians and Why she was Fired — /PRNewswire/ — “I knew exactly what I was doing - I was going for broke.
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Pajamas Media
Mike Lillis / The Hill:
Democrats argue party failing to humanize cuts, losing message war — A growing chorus of Democratic loyalists argue their party is losing the messaging battle over spending by failing to put a human face on cuts proposed by the GOP. — Instead of shining the spotlight on the programs slashed …
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AMERICAblog News and JammieWearingFool
Shane D'Aprile / Ballot Box:
DCCC outraises NRCC for second straight month — The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee outraised its Republican counterpart in February, hauling in $5.2 million for the month and reporting $5.9 million cash on hand. — The National Republican Congressional Committee raised $4.9 million …
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CNN
Clarion-Ledger:
NAACP files suit over map impasse — Move follows state Senate's rejection of House redistricting — It appears increasingly likely a court will intervene in legislative redistricting - or, as Sen. John Horhn put it, the process of drawing new House and Senate maps is headed for a “train wreck.”
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Ben Smith's Blog and The Maddow Blog
Ali Abdullah Saleh / Aljazeera:
Yemen ‘state of emergency’ declared — President announces state of emergency after dozens are killed in a government crackdown on anti-government protests. — Ali Abdullah Saleh, the Yemeni president, has declared a nationwide state of emergency, after a violent government crackdown …
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The AfPak Channel
New York Times:
Frantic Repairs Go On at Plant as Japan Raises Severity of Crisis — HONG KONG — Japanese engineers battled on Friday to cool spent fuel rods and restore electric power to pumps at the stricken Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station plant as new challenges seemed to accumulate by the hour …
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