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Douglas Martin / New York Times:
Geraldine A. Ferraro, First Woman on Major Party Ticket, Dies at 75 — Geraldine A. Ferraro, the former Queens congresswoman who in 1984 strode onto a podium to accept the Democratic nomination for vice president and to take her place in American history as the first woman nominated …
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Associated Press:
Geraldine Ferraro, first female major party candidate for national office, has died at 75 — BOSTON — Geraldine Ferraro, who in 1984 became the first woman to run for vice president on a major party ticket, only to lose in a landslide, died Saturday. She was 75.
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Geraldine Ferraro / NBC New York:
Geraldine Ferraro Dead at 75 — Geraldine A. Ferraro, who earned a place in history in 1984 as the first woman to run on a major party national ticket for vice president, has died. She was 75-years-old. — Ferraro, who was born in Newburgh, New York, passed away today at Massachusetts General Hospital …
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Jennifer / Cubachi:
Geraldine Ferraro passes away. Palin remembers Ferraro. — Democrat and female pioneer for women in politics, Geraldine Ferraro passed away today in the age of 75 from her battle with blood cancer. She was a classy and smart woman who would discuss politics, and may differ with Republicans, but was always respectful.
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Sarah Palin / Facebook:
On the Passing of Geraldine Ferraro — My family and I would like to express our sincere condolences to the family of Geraldine Ferraro. When I had the honor of working alongside Geraldine on election night last year, we both discussed the role of women in politics and our excited expectation …
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David Jackson / USA Today:
Geraldine Ferraro, first female veep nominee, dies — Geraldine Ferraro, the first woman nominated for U.S. vice president by a major political party, died today at age 75 after a long battle with blood cancer. — Ferraro ran with Democratic nominee Walter Mondale in the 1984 election …
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Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
Ferraro — Geraldine Ferraro, the New York Congresswoman …
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Gautham Nagesh / The Hill:
Geraldine Ferraro, first female vice presidential candidate, dies
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Telegraph:
Libyan rebel commander admits his fighters have al-Qaeda links — Abdel-Hakim al-Hasidi, the Libyan rebel leader, has said jihadists who fought against allied troops in Iraq are on the front lines of the battle against Muammar Gaddafi's regime. — Mr al-Hasidi admitted he had earlier fought …
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New York Times:
Qaddafi Forces Pull Back as Rebels Retake Ajdabiya
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Bob Leavitt / White House.gov Blog:
President Obama's Message to the People of Cote D'Ivoire
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Jordy Yager / The Hill:
Peter King will support more funds for military operations in Libya
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Bruce Ackerman / Foreign Policy:
Obama's Unconstitutional War
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Bob Herbert / New York Times:
Losing Our Way — So here we are pouring shiploads of cash into yet another war, this time in Libya, while simultaneously demolishing school budgets, closing libraries, laying off teachers and police officers, and generally letting the bottom fall out of the quality of life here at home.
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T. A. Frank / Washington Monthly:
Why Is Bob Herbert Boring? — The perils of punditry for the powerless — TThe first thing you need to know about New York Times columnist Bob Herbert is that he's always right. No, not in the way a drunk in a bar is always right—Herbert's genuinely right, or at least close enough that it'd be petty to look for exceptions.
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Ben Smith / The Politico:
Media Matters' war against Fox — David Brock described Media Matters' campaign against Fox as ‘guerrilla warfare and sabotage.’ — The liberal group Media Matters has quietly transformed itself in preparation for what its founder, David Brock, described in an interview as an all-out campaign of …
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David D. Kirkpatrick / New York Times:
Libyan Woman Struggles to Tell Media of Her Rape — TRIPOLI — A Libyan woman burst into the hotel housing the foreign press in Tripoli Saturday morning and fought off security forces as she told journalists that she had been raped and beaten by members of the Qaddafi militia.
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Collective bargaining law published despite restraining order — Fitzgerald, Barca disagree on whether law goes into effect Saturday — By Patrick Marley and Jason Stein of the Journal Sentinel — Madison — In a stunning twist, Gov. Scott Walker's legislation limiting collective bargaining …
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David Dayen / Firedoglake:
Wisconsin: Anti-Union Bill Published Despite Restraining Order
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Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
IS A LOOMING GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN UNAVOIDABLE?.... Last week, facing the latest in a series of deadlines, there was bipartisan support for another budget extension, funding the federal government through April 8. It gave policymakers three weeks to craft a deal that would finance the rest of the fiscal year …
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Carl Hulse / New York Times:
Budget Impasse Increasing Risk of U.S. Shutdown
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Joe Nocera / New York Times:
In Prison for Taking a Liar Loan — A few weeks ago, when the Justice Department decided not to prosecute Angelo Mozilo, the former chief executive of Countrywide, I wrote a column lamenting the fact that none of the big fish were likely to go to prison for their roles in the financial crisis.
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