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12:35 PM ET, March 1, 2012

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Larry Solov / Big Journalism:
In Memoriam: Andrew Breitbart (1969-2012)  —  With a terrible feeling of pain and loss we announce the passing of Andrew Breitbart.  —  Andrew passed away unexpectedly from natural causes shortly after midnight this morning in Los Angeles.  —  We have lost a husband, a father, a son …
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Brendan Smialowski / ABCNEWS:
Andrew Breitbart: Rick Santorum Mourns Conservative Firebrand  —  Dalton, GA-After a speech where he focused on mostly social issues and urged Georgians to make this a “two man race” by voting for him on Super Tuesday, the press asked Rick Santorum about the death of Andrew Breitbart.
Discussion: USA Today
Fox News:
Andrew Breitbart dies of ‘natural causes’  —  DEVELOPING ...  Widely read conservative Internet publisher Andrew Breitbart has died, his attorney confirms.  —  The websites he founded ran a statement Thursday morning announcing that Breitbart, 43, died “unexpectedly from natural causes” in Los Angeles shortly after midnight.
Tim Mak / Reuters:
Andrew Breitbart dead at 43  —  Crusading conservative journalist and activist Andrew Breitbart died suddenly early Thursday morning in Los Angeles at the age of 43.  —  “Andrew passed away unexpectedly from natural causes shortly after midnight this morning,” Big Journalism author Larry Solov wrote …
CNN:
Conservative blogger Andrew Breitbart dead at 43
Discussion: L.A. NOW, Wonkette and Library Grape
Christina Ng / ABCNEWS:   Publisher and Author Andrew Breitbart Dead
John S. Adams / Great Falls Tribune:
Chief U.S. District Judge sends racially charged email about president  —  HELENA — Chief U.S. District Judge Richard Cebull on Wednesday admitted to sending a racially charged email about President Barack Obama from his courthouse chambers.  —  Cebull, of Billings, was nominated …
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Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
Bush-Appointed Federal Judge Sends Racist, Anti-Obama Email Comparing Interracial Sex To Bestiality  —  Chief Judge Richard Cebull, a George W. Bush appointee to the federal district court in Montana, admitted yesterday to sending a racist email forward comparing President Obama's conception to sex with a dog:
Steven Ertelt / LifeNews.com:
Senate Defeats Blunt Amendment to Stop Obama HHS Mandate  —  The Senate voted today against an amendment to restore the religious liberty protections for employers who don't want to be forced to pay for birth control or drugs that may cause abortions in their employee health plans.
Discussion: protein wisdom and Hot Air
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Igor Volsky / ThinkProgress:
Senate Kills Blunt's Anti-Contraception Amendment  —  By a vote of 51-48, the Senate agreed to table a Republican amendment offered by Sen. Roy Blunt (R-MO) that would have empowered employers to deny coverage of health services to their employees on the basis of personal moral objections.
msnbc.com:
First Thoughts: Both parties licking their chops over Blunt amendment
Matt Negrin / ABCNEWS:
Contraception Mandate Goes Up for Vote
Discussion: Indecision Forever
Igor Volsky / ThinkProgress:
Romney Says He Would Oppose Blunt Bill If It ‘Prevented People From Getting Contraception’
Discussion: The New Republic and Hullabaloo
Bill Allison / Sunlight Foundation Reporting Group:
Did lawsuit factor in Olympia Snowe's departure?  —  Last August, while Sen. Olympia Snowe, R-Maine, was in the midst of an intensive round of fundraising for her 2012 reelection bid, a four-year-old civil lawsuit alleging fraud by an education company in which she and her husband are heavily invested became public.
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
McConnell to skip healthcare reform repeal votes until after election
Discussion: ThinkProgress and RedState
Rasmussen Reports:
National GOP: Romney 40%, Santorum 24%, Gingrich 16%, Paul 12%  —  Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney, coming off his primary wins in Arizona and Michigan, has jumped to a 16-point lead over Rick Santorum in the battle for the Republican presidential nomination.
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Peter Fenn / Pundits Blog:
The Republicans' panic attack: Is it over or just beginning?
Discussion: CNN
Allen McDuffee / Washington Post:
Koch Brothers sue Cato Institute, president  —  Billionaires Charles and David Koch have filed a lawsuit against the libertarian Cato Institute, its president Edward Crane and a board member, according to court documents obtained by The Washington Post.  —  The complaint centers on the the handling …
Bill Simmons / ESPN.com - null:
B.S. Report Transcript: Barack Obama  —  Bill Simmons: Welcome to the White House.  Very proud to have the President of the United States of America, Barack Obama, on the B.S. Report.  This is your first podcast?  —  President Barack Obama: This is — well, I used to have my own podcast.
David A. Graham / The Atlantic Online:
Reports of the Republican Nominee's Doom Are Greatly Exaggerated  —  In the last few weeks, the GOP has succumbed to despair about beating Obama.  Here are seven reasons he's still vulnerable.  —  Political journalists like to imagine ourselves as wise, discerning observers of the landscape.
Discussion: Hot Air
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Lydia Saad / Gallup:
GOP Slightly Ahead in Voting Enthusiasm
Alex Seitz-Wald / ThinkProgress:
Limbaugh Calls Student Denied Spot At Contraception Hearing A ‘Slut’  —  Conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh called Sandra Fluke, the Georgetown student whom House Republicans wouldn't let testify at a contraception hearing last week, a “slut” and a “prostitute” today, because …
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Mike Lillis / The Hill:
Pelosi: Limbaugh's ‘vicious attacks’ on student uncivilized
Discussion: Weasel Zippers and The Daily Dish
John Celock / The Huffington Post:
Kansas Abortion Bill: Governor Sam Brownback Likely To Sign Sweeping Legislation … Abortion , Abortion Rights , Anti-Abortion , Video , National Governors Association , National Governors Association Meeting , Sam Brownback , Women's Health , Kansas Abortion , Kansas Abortion Bill …
Discussion: Mock, Paper, Scissors
 
 
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Associated Press:
First vote looms on Obama birth control policy
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Steve Lohr / New York Times:
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Fox News:
Obama says his apology over Koran burnings calmed anti-US violence in Afghanistan
Fernanda Santos / New York Times:
More Blacks and Latinos Admitted to Elite New York High Schools
Discussion: Gothamist, City Room and Runnin' Scared
O. Kay Henderson / Radio Iowa:
Biden, headed to ISU, touts college & blasts Santorum's “snob” comment (audio)
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Kathy Kristof / CBS News:
Inflation: Not as low as you think  —  Forget the modest 3.1 …
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New Ohio vote on same-sex marriage?
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