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4:20 PM ET, March 26, 2011

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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 …

Discussion: Taylor Marsh, Outside the Beltway and Pajamas Media

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 …

Discussion: Fox News, The Other McCain and msnbc.com

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 …

Discussion: The Atlantic Online, AmSpecBlog, Scared Monkeys, Tammy Bruce, Mediaite and Sky Dancing

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.

Discussion: Alan Colmes' Liberaland, Runnin' Scared, Weasel Zippers, The Gateway Pundit, NO QUARTER, Gawker and msnbc.com

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.

Discussion: The Gateway Pundit and Liberty Pundits Blog

Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
Ferraro — Geraldine Ferraro, the New York Congresswoman …

Discussion: Conservatives4Palin

David Jackson / USA Today:
Geraldine Ferraro, first female veep nominee, dies

Discussion: Michelle Malkin, The Lonely Conservative and Joe. My. God.

Gautham Nagesh / The Hill:
Geraldine Ferraro, first female vice presidential candidate, dies

Discussion: The Politico

Fhardingj / CNN: Geraldine Ferraro dies, at age 75

CNN: Geraldine Ferraro dies, at age 75

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.

Discussion: Yglesias, Economist's View, Booman Tribune, Daily Kos, Tennessee Guerilla Women, The Impolitic, Wonkette, Balloon Juice and skippy the bush kangaroo

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.

Discussion: Balloon Juice, Media Decoder and Runnin' Scared

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 …

New York Times:
Qaddafi Forces Pull Back as Rebels Retake Ajdabiya

Discussion: Firedoglake, The Daily Dish, Foreign Policy and The Page

Washington Post:
Libyan intervention making ‘progress,’ Obama says

Discussion: FP Passport, Pundit & Pundette and Unfogged

Jordy Yager / The Hill:
Peter King will support more funds for military operations in Libya

Discussion: CNN

Keith Johnson / Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Considers Arming Libyan Rebels

Discussion: Hullabaloo

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 …

Discussion: Hot Air, The Greenroom, Weasel Zippers, The Right Sphere, JammieWearingFool, Right Wing News, iOwnTheWorld.com and Wake up America

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.

Discussion: The Daily Dish, more at Mediagazer »

Stable Hand / The Jawa Report: Libyan Woman Struggles to Tell media of Her Rape

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 …

Discussion: Washington Post, The Politico, Daily Kos and Eschaton

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.

Discussion: Hullabaloo, Clusterstock, Lawyers, Guns & Money, The Big Picture and Prairie Weather

Iowa Press:

Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich — Decision time. Potential republican presidential candidates pondering possibilities, counting costs. Among them, a former Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives. We're talking with republican Newt Gingrich on this edition of Iowa Press.

Discussion: Hot Air, O.KayHenderson.com, The Politico and Radio Iowa