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Rod Nordland / New York Times:
Afghans Angry Over Florida Koran Burning Kill U.N. Staff — MAZAR-I-SHARIF, Afghanistan — Stirred up by a trio of angry mullahs who urged them to avenge the burning of a Koran at Florida church, thousands of protesters overran the compound of the United Nations in this northern Afghan city …
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Una Moore / UN Dispatch:
This Attack is Different — Mark asked me to respond to today's attack on UN staff in Mazar-i-Sharif. This post is my initial reaction. — Kabul, Afghanistan - Foreigners have been killed in Afghanistan before, and today's attack was not the first fatal attack on UN staff.
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New York Times:
Pastor Who Burned Koran Demands Retribution — GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Before a Koran was burned at his modest church here on March 20, the pastor Terry Jones held a self-styled mock trial of the holy book, in which he presided as the judge from the pulpit. The prosecutor was a Christian who had converted from Islam.
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BBC:
UN staff killed during protest in northern Afghanistan
UN staff killed during protest in northern Afghanistan
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Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Afghan mob kills at least 12 UN workers in protest over Terry Jones's Koran-burning
Afghan mob kills at least 12 UN workers in protest over Terry Jones's Koran-burning
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Tom A. Peter / Christian Science Monitor:
UN staff killed by Afghan mob enraged over Florida Quran burning
UN staff killed by Afghan mob enraged over Florida Quran burning
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Crooks and Liars and Truthdig
Laura King / Los Angeles Times:
Mob kills 8 U.N. workers in Afghanistan
Robert Costa / National Review:
Paul Rankles Reid on Libya — Washington — Sen. Rand Paul (R., Ky.), a Tea Party favorite, has boxed Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D., Nev.) into a corner. After a quiet day of quorum calls and speeches, Reid abruptly adjourned the upper chamber Thursday and postponed votes until Monday.
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Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Reid jabs Tea Party: ‘There were tens of them’ at DC rally
Reid jabs Tea Party: ‘There were tens of them’ at DC rally
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Wall Street Journal:
The Spending Fight — Republicans should realize they are winning the debate.
The Spending Fight — Republicans should realize they are winning the debate.
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Right Pundits and Hot Air
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
GOP senators are itching to move on from spat over 2011 spending cuts
GOP senators are itching to move on from spat over 2011 spending cuts
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Wes Barrett / Fox News:
Bachmann Tops Romney in First Quarter Fundraising — Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., raised a combined total of $2.2 million in the first quarter of 2011, outgaining presumed presidential contender Mitt Romney who raised $1.9 million over the same period. — Bachmann's political action committee …
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Rachel Weiner / Washington Post:
Michele Bachmann collects $2 million in first fundraising quarter
Michele Bachmann collects $2 million in first fundraising quarter
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John / Power Line:
Are We Doomed? — I grew up in a farm state, South Dakota, and still recall a joke that was then popular. It grew out of the fact that the number of farmers in the U.S. was constantly declining, while at the same time the Department of Agriculture was steadily growing.
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Stephen Moore / Wall Street Journal:
We've Become a Nation of Takers, Not Makers — More Americans work for the government than in manufacturing, farming, fishing, forestry, mining and utilities combined. — If you want to understand better why so many states—from New York to Wisconsin to California—are teetering on the brink …
Arianna Huffington / The Huffington Post:
A Word About Digital Subscriptions to The Huffington Post — Today marks a significant transition for The Huffington Post Media Group, as we introduce digital subscriptions for employees of The New York Times. It's an important step that we hope you will see as an investment in The Huffington Post …
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New York Times:
Arianna Huffington's Next Move
Arianna Huffington's Next Move
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David Weigel / Weigel:
Wisconsin Unions Attack Prosser for Calling a Judge a “Total Bitch” — This is one of the closing arguments against David Prosser in Wisconsin, from the Greater Wisconsin Committee. — The backstory: … So the video in the ad of Prosser looking like Al Pacino in Dog Day Afternoon is not from the incident.
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John Nolte / Big Government:
Devastating New Ad Might Be Game Changer in Wisconsin's Crucial April 5th Election
Devastating New Ad Might Be Game Changer in Wisconsin's Crucial April 5th Election
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Nice Deb, Hot Air, The Underground Conservative, We Party Patriots and JSOnline
David Dayen / Firedoglake:
Dem Party of Wisconsin: Expect at Least Six Recall Elections
Dem Party of Wisconsin: Expect at Least Six Recall Elections
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Rasmussen Reports:
57% Okay With Government Shutdown If It Leads to Deeper Budget Cuts — A majority of voters are fine with a partial shutdown of the federal government if that's what it takes to get deeper cuts in federal government spending. — A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds …
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Molly K. Hooper / The Hill:
Boehner: Government shutdown would cost more money than it would save
Boehner: Government shutdown would cost more money than it would save
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Frances Martel / Mediaite:
You Saw This Coming: Fox News Announces ‘Mondays With Trump’ On Fox & Friends — Need to add some spice to your Monday morning? Fox & Friends has announced just the thing for the media nerd that simply can't get enough of the most attention-grabbing potential 2012 Republican presidential candidates yet …
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Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Intel analyst to CNN host: “You're just carrying water for Mr. Obama” — No, this isn't an April Fool's Day joke, although one could be forgiven for thinking that they've landed in Bizarro World in watching this interview of Michael Scheuer on CNN yesterday.
Ben Forer / ABCNEWS:
Ariz. Gov's Plan: Fine Obese Adults, Smokers — Arizonans Could Be Charged $50 Annually — As part of a plan to revamp the state's Medicaid program, Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer announced on Thursday that she is proposing fees for adults who lead unhealthy lives.
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News from the University of Wisconsin-Madison:
Chancellor's message on academic freedom and open records — Note: To view a letter from UW-Madison legal counsel regarding the records request for Professor Cronon's emails, click here. — Members of the campus community, — Two weeks ago UW-Madison received an open records request …
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Joseph E. Stiglitz / Vanity Fair:
Of the 1%, by the 1%, for the 1% — Americans have been watching protests against oppressive regimes that concentrate massive wealth in the hands of an elite few. Yet in our own democracy, 1 percent of the people take nearly a quarter of the nation's income—an inequality even the wealthy will come to regret.
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Kevin Drum / Mother Jones:
Obama, Libya, and Me — One of the reasons to vote for someone for president — perhaps the key reason, in fact — is good judgment. Hillary Clinton may have taken a lot of flack for her “3 am phone call” ad during the Democratic primaries in 2008, but she was basically right: ideologically …
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Gschwarzcnn / CNN:
CNN Poll: Americans flunk budget IQ test — Washington (CNN) - If you think cutting the government's budget is as easy as taking the ax to some unpopular federal programs, a new national poll suggests that you should think again. — According to a CNN/Opinion Research Corporation survey released Friday …
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Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
The Left Finds a Way to Display Their Hate For Palin & Jesus in One Exhibit — Killing two birds with one stone. — The left found a way to display their hate for Jesus and Sarah Palin in one art exhibit. — Here's one of the paintings from the Jesus Is Coming show at the R & R Gallery in LA:
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Bloomberg:
Foreign Banks Tapped Fed's Lifeline Most as Bernanke Kept Borrowers Secret — U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke's two-year fight to shield crisis-squeezed banks from the stigma of revealing their public loans protected a lender to local governments in Belgium …
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Bloomberg:
Libyan Rebels Seek Cease-Fire as U.S. Vows to Withdraw Jets — (Updates with fighting in fourth paragraph, oil accord with Qatar in seventh, and Misrata hospital crisis in 14th. See EXTRA and MET for more on Middle East unrest.) — Libyan rebels called for a cease- fire as forces loyal …
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Chris Hubbuch / La Crosse Tribune:
Democrats: We have the signatures in Kapanke recall effort — La Crosse area Democrats say they will file petitions today with enough signatures to trigger a recall election of Sen. Dan Kapanke, one of eight Senate Republicans targeted over votes to curtail collective bargaining rights for public workers.
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Uncovered: New $2 billion bailout in Obamacare — Uncovered: New $2 billion bailout in Obamacare — TAGS: - center for consumer information and insurance oversight - early retiree reinsurance program - obamacare — Chief Political Correspondent Follow Him @ByronYork
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