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10:00 AM 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 …
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 …
Bradley Olson / Bloomberg:
Keystone Oil Pipeline May Raise U.S. Gas Prices  —  TransCanada Corp. (TRP)'s Keystone XL oil pipeline, a project backers including Republican Presidential candidate Rick Santorum say will create cheaper U.S. gasoline, instead risks raising prices as much as 20 cents a gallon in the Midwest, Great Plains and Rocky Mountains.
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Ben Geman / The Hill:
Obama to demand Capitol Hill vote on killing oil tax breaks
Discussion: Detroit Free Press
Nicholas Ballasy / The Daily Caller:
Bill Clinton: ‘We should embrace’ Keystone pipeline [VIDEO]
Discussion: Breitbart.tv
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  —  House Democrats went after Rush Limbaugh Wednesday for his attacks on a university student who recently testified before Congress on women's reproductive health.  —  Limbaugh on Wednesday called Georgetown Law Center student Sandra Fluke a …
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
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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Jonathan Weisman / New York Times:
Senator Olympia Snowe's Latest Hard Choice: To Quit  —  WASHINGTON — The looming Senate vote on a Republican plan to give employers the right to withdraw health care coverage based on religious and moral convictions put Senator Olympia J. Snowe in a tough but familiar position …
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
McConnell to skip healthcare reform repeal votes until after election
Discussion: ThinkProgress and RedState
New York Times:
Romney Wins, the Middle Class Loses  —  Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum fought each other to nearly a draw in the Michigan primary and may actually have to split its delegates, but together they may have lost Michigan for their party by running campaigns that were completely disconnected …
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Amie Parnes / Ballot Box:   With Romney on the horizon, Obama turns up his blue collar
Ashley Perks / Ballot Box:
Ohio is next battlefield for the GOP
Discussion: CNN, Guardian and Prairie Weather
Rick Santorum / CNN:
Santorum camp: Michigan's a tie
Sahil Kapur / 2012.talkingpointsmemo.com:
TPM2012  —  Romney Comes Out In Support Of Controversial Birth Control Bill  —  One day before a critical Senate vote that could loom large as a 2012 election issue, Mitt Romney came out for a congressional Republican measure designed to roll back the Obama administration's requirement that employer health plans cover birth control.
Discussion: Washington Post
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Lydia Saad / Gallup:
GOP Slightly Ahead in Voting Enthusiasm  —  Both parties far less enthusiastic today than Democrats were in 2008  —  PRINCETON, NJ — By 53% to 45%, Republicans, including independents who lean Republican, are slightly more likely than Democrats and Democratic leaners to say they are …
Discussion: Politico, CNN and Ballot Box
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.
John Campbell / 3 News:
Kim Dotcom's first TV interview: 'I'm no piracy king' … Campbell Live has spoken exclusively with Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom in his first TV interview since being arrested.  —  Dotcom faces a barrage of FBI charges relating to the operation of his file sharing company Megaupload.
Discussion: Guardian, TalkLeft and Stuff.co.nz
Alan Johnson / The Columbus Dispatch:
New Ohio vote on same-sex marriage?  —  A proposed constitutional amendment to undo Ohio's 2004 same-sex marriage ban will be submitted today to Attorney General Mike DeWine.  —  The Freedom to Marry Coalition expects to file more than 1,700 signatures of registered Ohio voters …
Discussion: ThinkProgress
Jim O'Sullivan / Hotline On Call:
Poll Shows Brown Leading Warren by 10  —  Sen. Scott Brown, R-Mass., leads Democratic challenger Elizabeth Warren by 10 points in a private Massachusetts Senate race poll.  —  The poll, conducted by Opinion Dynamics for Boston-based consulting firm Mass Insight Global Partnerships …
Discussion: Library Grape
CBS News:
Afghan gunmen kill 2 U.S. troops  —  PLAY CBS NEWS VIDEO  —  (CBS/AP) KABUL, Afghanistan - Two U.S. troops were shot dead in southern Afghanistan when three assailants, two of whom were believed to be Afghan soldiers, turned their weapons against American troops on Thursday.
Discussion: Freedom's Lighthouse and Hot Air
Bleeding Cool Comic Book, Movies and TV:
One Million Homophobic Moms Target Archie Comics And Toys R Us (UPDATED)  —  UPDATE: John Goldwater, c0-CEO of Archie Comics has responded to the story below.  He writes; … Despite a few Fox News commentators, the introduction of gay characters and gay marriage into Archie Comics had gone down rather smoothly.
 
 
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Eric Lichtblau / New York Times:
Ex-Senators Graham and Kerrey See Possible Saudi 9/11 Link
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
Brandon Voss / Advocate:
By George, Clooney's Got Us
William D. Nordhaus / New York Review of Books:
Why the Global Warming Skeptics Are Wrong
Discussion: ThinkProgress and Mr. Worthing
David Frum / david-frum:
Is This What an Arranged Marriage Feels Like?
John Hinderaker / Power Line:
Chu Lets the Cat Out of the Bag
Pamela Geller / Atlas Shrugs:
Muslim Fascists' Virulent Jew-Hatred At The University of California-Davis Last Night
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit and Jihad Watch
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Adam Mann / Wired:
1 in 8 Chance of Catastrophic Solar Megastorm by 2020
Discussion: Gawker
Michael Levenson / The Boston Globe:
Mormons baptized slain reporter Daniel Pearl
Stephen Adams / Telegraph:
Killing babies no different from abortion, experts say
ABCNEWS:
Romney Says He Owns Guns - But Does He?
Discussion: The Hill
Erick Erickson / RedState:
Three Percent  —  When you have a candidate few people really like …
Christian Hartsock / Big Journalism:
EXCLUSIVE: O'Keefe Files Suit Against Al Gore's Current TV, Keith Olbermann, David Shuster