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Dane County judge halts collective bargaining law — By Patrick Marley of the Journal Sentinel — Madison — Dane County Circuit Judge Maryann Sumi issued a temporary restraining order Friday, barring the publication of a controversial new law that would sharply curtail collective bargaining for public employees.
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Judge Issues Restraining Order To Block Collective Bargaining Bill — Dane County DA Filed Lawsuit — MADISON, Wis. — A Dane County judge has issued a restraining order on Friday to block publication of the state's collective bargaining law. — Judge Maryann Sumi issued the order …
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Associated Press:
Judge temporarily blocks Wis. union law — Opponents contend the state's open meetings law was violated — Below: — MADISON, Wisconsin — A judge has issued a temporary restraining order blocking Wisconsin's new and contentious collective bargaining law from taking effect.
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protein wisdom, Ben Smith's Blog and CNN
New York Times:
Allies Press Libya, Saying Declaration of Cease-Fire Is Not Enough — WASHINGTON — The United States, Britain and France pushed forward against Libya on Friday as they declared that a cease-fire abruptly announced by Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi's government was not enough, at least for now, to ward off military action against his forces.
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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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New York Times:
U.N. Approves Airstrikes to Halt Attacks by Qaddafi Forces
U.N. Approves Airstrikes to Halt Attacks by Qaddafi Forces
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Josh Rogin / Foreign Policy:
Inside classified Hill briefing, administration spells out war plan for Libya
Inside classified Hill briefing, administration spells out war plan for Libya
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Guardian, Salon, Lawfare, BBC, Armchair Generalist, The Daily Dish, Hot Air and The Lonely Conservative
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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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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Josh Rogin / Foreign Policy:
How Obama turned on a dime toward war
How Obama turned on a dime toward war
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Danger Room, Taylor Marsh and Hot Air
Alexei Barrionuevo / New York Times:
In Obama Visit, Brazil's Leader Aims to Mend Fences
In Obama Visit, Brazil's Leader Aims to Mend Fences
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Pundits Blog, The Nation and TPMDC
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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John Nolte / Big Government:
20 Days of Left-Wing Thuggery in Wisconsin: When Will Obama, Democrats, and MSM Call for Civility?
20 Days of Left-Wing Thuggery in Wisconsin: When Will Obama, Democrats, and MSM Call for Civility?
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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 …
New York Times:
Japan Raises Nuclear Crisis Warning Level Retroactively — TOKYO — Japanese engineers battled on Friday to cool spent fuel rods and restore electric power to pumps at the stricken Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station as new challenges seemed to accumulate by the hour …
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Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
Journalistic irony — On Wednesday, the Chairman of the U.S …
Journalistic irony — On Wednesday, the Chairman of the U.S …
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New York Times and The Moderate Voice
Thomas H. Maugh II / Los Angeles Times:
U.S. officials express strong concerns about Japan nuclear crisis
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.
David Neiwert / Crooks and Liars:
Bachmann accuses Weiner of trading in ‘fiction’ on budget. His retort: 'I don't think you want to go there' — There's something about Anthony Weiner that seems to really get under Sean Hannity's skin. Maybe it's the way he makes both Hannity and his guests look like utter buffoons.
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Erik Wasson / The Hill:
Sixty-four senators call on Obama to take up tax, entitlement reform — President Obama came under new pressure Friday to broaden talks about government spending to include tax and entitlement reform. — Sixty-four senators — 32 Democrats and 32 Republicans — called for the expanded talks in a letter to Obama.
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The Politico and National Review
Sean J. Miller / Ballot Box:
Gingrich: Healthcare reform will be repealed in 2013 — Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich predicted the Democrats' healthcare reform law will be repealed, but not before the 2012 election. — “I think it will be repealed,” said Gingrich, who is exploring a presidential run.
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Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Obama winning in Ohio
Obama winning in Ohio
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alarabiya.net:
Opposition says no compromise possible with Yemen govt — Yemen imposes state of emergency after 42 shot dead — Yemeni protesters carry “down with the regime” banner — Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh announced a state of emergency on Friday after medics said 42 people were killed …
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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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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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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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Weasel Zippers, Hot Air and GOP 12
The Daily Caller:
How to Talk to a First Panicker: 5 Rules — How Not to Calm People Down: Governments at all levels in the U.S. are trying to reassure Americans that they have nothing to fear from the plume of radiation heading east from Japan across the Pacfic. I assume the officials and experts are right about this.
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