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10:20 PM ET, April 24, 2011

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Binyamin Appelbaum / New York Times:
Stimulus by Fed Is Disappointing, Economists Say  —  WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve's experimental effort to spur a recovery by purchasing vast quantities of federal debt has pumped up the stock market, reduced the cost of American exports and allowed companies to borrow money at lower interest rates.
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New York Sun:
Sarah Palin for the Fed?  —  The big question as Chairman Bernanke gets set for his first quarterly press conference is how Sarah Palin was able to figure out sooner than everyone else that the Federal Reserve's campaign of quantitative easing wouldn't work.
Carolyn Thompson / Associated Press:
NY case underscores Wi-Fi privacy dangers  —  BUFFALO, N.Y. - Lying on his family room floor with assault weapons trained on him, shouts of “pedophile!” and “pornographer!” stinging like his fresh cuts and bruises, the Buffalo homeowner didn't need long to figure out the reason …
Discussion: Outside the Beltway and Hit & Run
The Huffington Post:
Robert De Niro To GOP, Donald Trump: ‘How Dare You!’ … Donald Trump , Robert De Niro , Robert De Niro GOP , Robert De Niro Obama , Robert De Niro Politics , Robert De Niro Tribeca Film Festival , Tribeca Film Festival , Robert De Niro Brian Williams , Entertainment News
Discussion: Mediaite and The Other McCain
Peter Finn / Washington Post:
WikiLeaks discloses new details on whereabouts of al-Qaeda leaders on 9/11  —  On Sept. 11, 2001, the core of al-Qaeda was concentrated in a single city: Karachi, Pakistan.  —  At a hospital, the accused mastermind of the bombing of the USS Cole was recovering from a tonsillectomy.
Discussion: New York Times and Boing Boing
Washington Post:
Guantanamo Bay: Why Obama hasn't fulfilled his promise to close the facility  —  John Moore/ GETTY IMAGES - Only a small fraction of detainees can be prosecuted, President Obama has been told.  In many cases, court-worthy evidence is lacking.  —  The sputtering end of the Obama administration's plans …
msnbc.com:
Transcripts on  —  Below:  —  MR. DAVID GREGORY: On this Easter Sunday there is a dark mood in the country about high unemployment, soaring gas prices, and Washington's constant bickering over how to solve pressing problems.  In this climate, our politics is taking unexpected turns as well …
Discussion: Crooks and Liars and Althouse
Mark Steyn / National Review:
Choc and Awe  —  I am looking this bright Easter morn at a Department of Homeland Security “Custody Receipt for Seized Property and Evidence”.  Late last night, crossing the Quebec/Vermont border, my children had two boxes of “Kinder Eggs” ("Est. Dom.  Value $7.50″) confiscated by Customs & Border Protection.
Jaimee Rose / Arizona Republic:
Gabrielle Giffords' doctors, husband share details on her progress  —  HOUSTON - Rep. Gabrielle Giffords is left-handed now.  —  Her handwriting looks different in the letter she recently wrote to her husband, astronaut Mark Kelly, than it did the last time he went into space.
Myglesias / Yglesias:
Multi-Party Systems And Attack Ads  —  This Conservative Party hit on Liberal Party leader Michael Ignatieff is just unbelievably devastating.  To a small extent they seem to me to have buried the lead and it's the final seconds where they really nail him:  —  The interesting thing …
Jason Lewis / Telegraph:
Lobbyists who cleared ‘Climategate’ academics funded by taxpayers and the BBC  —  A shadowy lobby group which pushes the case that global warming is a real threat is being funded by the taxpayer and assisted by the BBC.  —  The little-known not-for-profit company works behind the scenes …
Discussion: Biased BBC and Watts Up With That?
Elise Foley / The Huffington Post:
Lindsey Graham: U.S. Should Ignore U.N. Mandate In Libya … WASHINGTON — Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said the United States should take a more aggressive approach in Libya to oust dictator Muammar Gaddafi, bombing the capital city so members of Gaddafi's inner circle “wake up every day wondering, ‘will this be my last?’”
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Jamie Klatell / The Hill:
McCain: The US is NATO, should retake control of Libyan operation
Janet Daley / Telegraph:
Welfare handouts aren't fair - and the public knows it  —  A new survey shows that despite years of propaganda from the Left, Britons retain a deep-seated sense of fairness and individual responsibility, says Janet Daley.  —  Like a mythical traveller seeking truth, a think tank has asked a profound question: what is fairness?
 
 
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Peter Foster / Telegraph:
China seizes Christians in Easter raid
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Tanya Somanader / ThinkProgress:
Rick Santorum: I Would ‘Absolutely’ Let The Country Default Over Defunding The Health Care Law
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