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6:30 PM ET, May 8, 2011

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CNN:
Egyptian Copts, reeling from violence, want protection  —  From Mohamed Fadel Fahmy and Ian Lee, For CNN  —  Cairo (CNN) — Muslim-Christian sectarian violence intensified in Egypt this weekend, spurring an emergency meeting of the Cabinet and public exhortations from Coptic Christians for international protection.
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Associated Press:
Sectarian Clashes Kill 12 in Cairo
Discussion: Yglesias and New York Magazine
Associated Press:
Muslim-Christian Clashes Kill 5 in Cairo
Discussion: Israel Matzav and FrumForum
Morning Gloria / Jezebel:
Hillary Clinton Photoshopped Out of Situation Room Photo [Wtf]  —  Ultra Orthodox Hasidic newspaper Der Tzitung is telling its readers like it isn't- by editing Secretary of State Hillary Clinton from the now-iconic Bin Laden raid Situation Room photo.  Oy vey.
Felix Salmon:
The hermetic and arrogant New York Times  —  The NYT employs some of the smartest and ablest users and analysts of social media: it's probably the most sophisticated newspaper in America on that front.  And then it has dinosaurs like Bill Keller and Arthur Brisbane, whose respective columns …
Fox News:
Cheney: Justice Probe of CIA Interrogators an ‘Outrage’  —  Former Vice President Dick Cheney said Sunday it's an “outrage” the Obama administration continues to investigate CIA agents who interrogated terror suspects, claiming they did nothing wrong and expressing concern about the precedent it sets.
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Carrie Budoff Brown / The Politico:
Cheney praises, criticizes Obama
Discussion: National Review
Christiane Amanpour / ABCNEWS:
Donilon: Osama Bin Laden Did Not Surrender  —  White House National Security Adviser Tom Donilon appears on ‘This Week with Christiane Amanpour.’ Fred Watkins/ABC News  —  Osama bin Laden did not surrender, said White House national security advisor Tom Donilon.
Discussion: CNN, Scared Monkeys and FrumForum
Russell Berman / The Hill:
Tea Party favorite breaks with GOP on healthcare repeal votes  —  A Tea Party favorite in the House is turning against the Republican leadership's strategy on healthcare.  —  Rep. Allen West (R-Fla.), who has emerged as an outspoken conservative voice among GOP freshmen …
Discussion: Outside the Beltway
Stephanie Coontz / New York Times:
When We Hated Mom  —  ONE of the most enduring myths about feminism is that 50 years ago women who stayed home full time with their children enjoyed higher social status and more satisfying lives than they do today.  All this changed, the story goes, when Betty Friedan published her 1963 best seller …
Discussion: Connecting.the.Dots
Matt Richtel / New York Times:
Now, to Find a Parking Spot, Drivers Look on Their Phones  —  SAN FRANCISCO — It is the urban driver's most agonizing everyday experience: the search for an empty parking place.  —  It is part sleuthing and part blood sport.  Circling, narrowly missing a spot, outmaneuvering other motorists …
Victor Davis Hanson / Pajamas Media:
Thoughts on a Surreal Depression  —  Here in Fresno County, in the heart of California's San Joaquin Valley, the official unemployment rate in February to March ranged between 18.1 and 18.8 percent.  I suspect it is higher in the poorer southwestern portions, especially near my hometown of Selma, about two miles from my farm.
Discussion: Left Coast Rebel and EconLog
CNN:
Alleged rape victim flees Libya  —  (CNN) — Eman al-Obeidy, who garnered worldwide attention for her vocal rape allegations against the regime of Moammar Gadhafi, says she has fled Libya, fearing for her safety.  —  Al-Obeidy told CNN that she crossed into Tunisia on Thursday with the help …
Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
Killing Evil Doesn't Make Us Evil  —  I don't want closure.  There is no closure after tragedy.  —  I want memory, and justice, and revenge.  —  When you're dealing with a mass murderer who bragged about incinerating thousands of Americans and planned to kill countless more …
Daily Mail:
Robed Muslim clerics kicked off U.S. flight after pilot refuses to take off with them (and they were en route to conference on Islamophobia)  —  Two Muslim religious leaders were asked to leave a commercial airliner in Memphis - and were told it was because the pilot refused to fly with them aboard.
Discussion: The Talking Dog and Weasel Zippers
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Greg Allen / NPR:
Florida Bill Could Muzzle Doctors On Gun Safety … Florida Gov. Rick Scott is expected to sign a bill that will make the state the first in the nation to prohibit doctors from asking patients if they own guns.  The bill is aimed particularly at pediatricians, who routinely ask new parents …
 
 
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Tom Zeller Jr / New York Times:
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John / Power Line:
Time to Celebrate?  —  No doubt, very few of those who voted …
Discussion: Bookworm Room
N. Gregory Mankiw / New York Times:
If You Have the Answers, Tell Me
Ryan Creed / ABCNEWS:
Michelle Obama Praises SEALs in Commencement Speech
Mark Steyn / Orange County Register:
Why Pakistan knew it could hide Osama
Discussion: Hot Air
Eric Greitens / Wall Street Journal:
The SEAL Sensibility  —  From a member of the elite force …
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“We Dare Not Let This Happen” (But Don't Support Doing Anything About It)
 

 
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Dominic Ponsford / Press Gazette:
Jason Cowley, the editor-in-chief of UK magazine the New Statesman, is stepping down from the position at the end of December after 16 years

The New York Times Company:
The New York Times names Dick Stevenson as Washington bureau chief; Stevenson has been at the paper for nearly 40 years and Washington editor since 2021

Ayodeji Rotinwa / Columbia Journalism Review:
A look at the Agora Center for Research, a Ugandan newsroom sitting between activism and investigative reporting, posting its work on various social media sites

 
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