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New York Times:
Deadly Protests for Koran Burning Reach Kandahar — KANDAHAR, Afghanistan — Violent protests over the burning of a Koran in Florida flared for a second straight day, with young men rampaging through the streets of this southern capital, flying Taliban flags and wielding sticks.
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Guardian:
Is the Florida pastor who burnt the Qur'an morally responsible for the deaths of UN staff in protests in Afghanistan? | Poll — Ten UN staff have been killed in a violent protest in Afghanistan against the burning of a copy of the Qur'an by a Christian fundamentalist pastor in Florida last week.
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Harry's Place, Pajamas Media and Jihad Watch
New York Times:
Pastor Who Burned Koran Demands Retribution
Pastor Who Burned Koran Demands Retribution
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Maggie's Notebook, Alan Colmes' Liberaland and New York Times
ABCNEWS:
Terry Jones Says Afghan U.N. Violence ‘Proves My Point’
Terry Jones Says Afghan U.N. Violence ‘Proves My Point’
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Outside the Beltway, Hot Air and Mediaite
Una Moore / UN Dispatch:
This Attack is Different — Mark asked me to respond …
This Attack is Different — Mark asked me to respond …
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Ismail Sameem / Reuters:
Nine dead in Afghan Koran burning protests
Nine dead in Afghan Koran burning protests
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The Jawa Report and Informed Comment
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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The Jawa Report, CBS News, The Daily Caller, Pajamas Media and Flopping Aces
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
John Nolte / Big Government:
Devastating New Ad Might Be Game Changer in Wisconsin's Crucial April 5th Election — As is the case with any important election, events are happening fast as we approach the final weekend prior to the crucial Tuesday April 5 vote that will ultimately decide the future of Wisconsin for a generation to come.
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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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Althouse, The Raw Story, JSOnline and Ben Smith's Blog
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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Daily Kos
Washington Post:
Reconsidering the Goldstone Report on Israel and war crimes — We know a lot more today about what happened in the Gaza war of 2008-09 than we did when I chaired the fact-finding mission appointed by the U.N. Human Rights Council that produced what has come to be known as the Goldstone Report.
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Daily Mail:
Obama: All federal vehicles MUST be environmentally friendly by 2015 - except my limo — Barack Obama's presidential limousine will be exempt from his drive to make all government vehicles environmentally friendly, the Secret Service has revealed. — The president last week insisted …
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Michelle Malkin, Weasel Zippers and Scared Monkeys
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David Shepardson / Detroit News:
Presidential limousine, security vehicles exempt from fed ‘green’ vehicle policy
Presidential limousine, security vehicles exempt from fed ‘green’ vehicle policy
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Don Surber
Shane D'Aprile / Ballot Box:
Bachmann hauls in more than $2 million — Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) raised more than $2 million during the first quarter of the year as she weighs a 2012 run for president. — Bachmann hauled in $1.7 million for her congressional campaign account and another $500,000 for her federal political action committee, MichelePAC.
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Wes Barrett / Fox News:
Bachmann Tops Romney in First Quarter Fundraising
Bachmann Tops Romney in First Quarter Fundraising
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Another Black Conservative, Washington Post and Don Surber
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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Weekly Standard, Hot Air, American Power, Weigel, The Politico, Cubachi and Taylor Marsh
Jon Terbush / TPMDC:
Poll: Americans Wrongly Estimate $178 Billion In Fed. Budget Goes To Public Broadcasting — In a CNN poll of American adults released Friday, the median guess on what percentage of the federal budget goes to public broadcasting was 5%. With a $3.55 trillion budget last year …
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Gschwarzcnn / CNN:
CNN Poll: Americans flunk budget IQ test
CNN Poll: Americans flunk budget IQ test
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Don Surber, Hot Air, Washington Monthly and Outside the Beltway
Charles Levinson / Wall Street Journal:
Ex-Mujahedeen Help Lead Libyan Rebels — DARNA, Libya—Two former Afghan Mujahedeen and a six-year detainee at Guantanamo Bay have stepped to the fore of this city's military campaign, training new recruits for the front and to protect the city from infiltrators loyal to Col. Moammar Gadhafi.
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Weasel Zippers, 1 The Long War Journal and FrumForum
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
King Barack I — Many of us supported this president because he promised to bring back the constitutional balance after the theories of Yoo, Delahunty, et al put the president on a par with emperors and kings in wartime. And yet in this Libya move, what difference is there between Bush and Obama?
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The Other McCain and Instapundit
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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Louise Gray / Telegraph:
Cows fed linseed to stop them belching — Dairy farmers in Britain are doing their bit for the environment by feeding cows a special “health food” diet to make them burp and break wind less. — Feeding cattle linseed can reduce the amount of methane by up to 40 per cent …
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Pirate's Cove
CNN:
Barbour's wife ‘horrified’ at presidential prospects — (CNN)- The wife of Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour says she is “horrified” that her husband is seriously considering a bid for the presidency. — In an interview with CNN affiliate WLOX in Biloxi, Marsha Barbour admitted the …
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The Politico, Outside the Beltway and Washington Wire
Wall Street Journal:
Wisconsin Unions Get Ugly — Now they're threatening businesses that stay neutral in the state's budget battle. — Having lost their fight in the legislature, Wisconsin unions are now getting out the steel pipes for those who don't step lively to their cause.
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Radio Vice Online and Washington Examiner
Jake Sherman / The Politico:
Republicans: No deal on budget cuts — Congress lurched into another weekend with no plan to fund the federal government, as House Republicans stood firm against talk that they had struck a deal with Senate Democrats to cut roughly $30 billion from federal accounts.
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Weekly Standard, Daily Kos, The Hill and The Hill
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Brian Montopoli / CBS News:
Donald Trump gets regular Fox News spot — Donald Trump, who says he is seriously considering a presidential run, will now appear on Fox News every Monday morning. — A Fox News representative, Dana Klinghoffer, said that Trump will be a regular guest, not a contributor, and thus will not be paid.
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