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10:15 AM ET, March 14, 2012

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Jeff Zeleny / New York Times:
Santorum Wins Alabama and Mississippi Primaries  —  BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Rick Santorum captured twin victories in the Alabama and Mississippi primaries on Tuesday, overcoming the financial advantages of Mitt Romney and the regional allegiances of Newt Gingrich to amplify his argument …
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Jon Ward / The Huffington Post:
Santorum-Gingrich Ticket Floated By Gingrich Adviser
Discussion: ABCNEWS, Power Line and GOP 12
Ron Paul / Associated Press:
Born-again Christians dominate GOP vote in AL, MS
Reid J. Epstein / Politico:
Romney fails to score Southern wins
Discussion: The Moderate Voice, The Hill and CNN
Wall Street Journal:   Gingrich Is in No Hurry to Bow Out
David Espo / Associated Press:
Santorum wins Ala., Miss.; Romney takes Hawaii
David A. Fahrenthold / Washington Post:
Santorum leads Alabama; Romney ahead in Mississippi
Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Mitt Romney Said He Was Going to Win Alabama
Honolulu Star-Advertiser:
Romney wins Hawaii's first GOP presidential caucus
Discussion: Outside the Beltway and CNN
Fox News:
Santorum wins Mississippi, Alabama Republican primaries, Fox News projects
Discussion: Campaign 2012
CNN:
Romney says Santorum at ‘desperate end’ of campaign
Glenn Beck:
Santorum: Gingrich needs to get out of the race
Discussion: Politico, ABCNEWS and Guardian
Maggie Haberman / Politico:
Santorum says it ‘would be great’ if Newt bowed out
Greg Smith / New York Times:
Why I Am Leaving Goldman Sachs  —  TODAY is my last day at Goldman Sachs.  After almost 12 years at the firm — first as a summer intern while at Stanford, then in New York for 10 years, and now in London — I believe I have worked here long enough to understand the trajectory of its culture, its people and its identity.
Julie Hirschfeld Davis / Bloomberg:
Republicans Losing on Birth Control as 77% in Poll Spurn Debate  —  Americans overwhelmingly regard the debate over President Barack Obama's policy on employer-provided contraceptive coverage as a matter of women's health, not religious freedom, rejecting Republicans' rationale for opposing the rule.
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Samuel P. Jacobs / Reuters:
Obama's approval rating up to 50 percent: Reuters/Ipsos poll  —  (Reuters) - For the first time since early July, more Americans approve of the job President Barack Obama is doing than disapprove, according to a new Reuters/Ipsos poll that shows his approval rating now at 50 percent.
Julianna Goldman / Bloomberg:
Obama-Romney Race Toss-Up in Poll Showing Independents Critical
Discussion: Business Insider, The Page and Hot Air
Julie Bosman / Media Decoder:
After 244 Years, Encyclopaedia Britannica Stops the Presses  —  A set of the Encyclopaedia Britannica on the shelves of the New York Public Library.  —  After 244 years, the Encyclopaedia Britannica is going out of print.  —  Those coolly authoritative, gold-lettered reference books …
Keach Hagey / Politico:
David Axelrod bails on Bill Maher  —  David Axelrod will not be appearing as a guest on “Real Time with Bill Maher,” despite reports last week that he was scheduled to do the show in the next few weeks.  —  “He's not scheduled to go on at this time,” said Ben LaBolt, the press secretary for President Obama's reelection campaign.
Pamela Geller / Atlas Shrugs:
REJECTED!  What the NY Times WON'T Run: Counter-Jihad Facts What the NY Times Will Run: Anti-Catholic Smear Ads  —  Did you see the virulently anti-Catholic ad that ran in the New York Times last week?  That ad inspired AFDI/SIOA, in cooperation with SION (Stop Islamization of Nations) …
James Taranto / Wall Street Journal:
Where's the Afterglow?  —  Sex doesn't sell Barack Obama.  —  (Best of the tube tonight: We'll appear on Fox Business's “Lou Dobbs Tonight.”  The program starts at 7 p.m. ET, with our panel around 7:40.)  —  It's the volatility, stupid.  That's how the New York Times spins the results …
Nick Squires / Telegraph:
Dante's Divine Comedy ‘offensive and should be banned’  —  It is a world-renowned work of literature and one of the foundation stones of the Italian language, but Dante's Divine Comedy has been condemned as racist, homophobic, anti-Islamist and anti-Semitic.
Philip Klein / Campaign 2012:
CBO: Obamacare to cost $1.76 trillion over 10 yrs  —  President Obama's national health care law will cost $1.76 trillion over a decade, according to a new projection released today by the Congressional Budget Office, rather than the $940 billion forecast when it was signed into law.
Washington Examiner:
Pundits gasp as economy dents Obama's poll numbers  —  You can almost hear the note of surprise in their voices when you read the Washington Post and New York Times reporters' stories on their papers' latest political polls.  —  Surprise!  Just when they thought that Barack Obama was pulling ahead …
Justin Gillis / New York Times:
Rising Sea Levels Seen as Threat to Coastal U.S.  —  About 3.7 million Americans live within a few feet of high tide and risk being hit by more frequent coastal flooding in coming decades because of the sea level rise caused by global warming, according to new research.
Discussion: Jammie Wearing Fools and msnbc.com
Washington Monthly:
Terminal Sickness  —  How a thirty-year-old policy of deregulation is slowly killing America's airline system—and taking down Cincinnati, Memphis, and St. Louis with it.  —  Facebook Twitter Digg Reddit StumbleUpon Delicious  —  “It was certainly one of the hardest choices that I've ever made,” explained Fernando Aguirre.
James Pethokoukis / The Enterprise Blog:
The entire Obama presidency, in one anecdote  —  One of my favorite moments from the new book The Escape Artists: How Obama's Team Fumbled the Recovery: … Now let's fast forward to this past September: … So where are the new jobs coming from, at least the good-paying ones?
Steven Ertelt / LifeNews.com:
CEO of Texas Planned Parenthood Arrested for Indecent Exposure  —  The president and CEO of the Planned Parenthood abortion business in Lubbock, Texas was arrested yesterday for indecent exposure at a local baseball field where children play.  —  As KCBD reports, “According to Lubbock Police …
Discussion: UrbanGrounds and The Jawa Report
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System:
For immediate release  —  Information received since the Federal Open Market Committee met in January suggests that the economy has been expanding moderately.  Labor market conditions have improved further; the unemployment rate has declined notably in recent months but remains elevated.
Thania A. Betancourt / ASU News:
Senate judiciary committee endorses controversial contraceptive bill  —  The Senate Judiciary Committee voted 6-2 Monday to endorse a controversial bill that would allow Arizona employers the right to deny health insurance coverage for contraceptives based on religious objections.
 
 
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Elisabeth Bumiller / New York Times:
Panetta Visits Afghanistan in Aftermath of Massacre
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Zack Ford / ThinkProgress:
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Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Bachus survives primary challenge
Discussion: Ballot Box and Business Insider
Peter Orszag / Bloomberg:
To Boost U.S. Productivity, Elect a New Congress: Peter Orszag
Discussion: Brad DeLong
Benjamin Weinthal / Jerusalem Post:
UN: Iran executes anti-Islam citizens
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Bloomberg:
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Cristina Corbin / Fox News:
Police say reports of nationwide spike in Tide thefts doesn't wash
Discussion: The PJ Tatler
Stuart Rothenberg / Roll Call:
Democrats Face Ideological House Primaries
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Obama may have a turnout problem, too
Discussion: Politico and American Prospect
Celeste Katz / NY Daily News:
Breaking: Rep. Bob Turner To Challenge Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand - Source
Discussion: RedState and New York Magazine
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Even with Obama's blessing, top Dem super PAC finds tough sledding
 

 
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Caitlin Huston / The Hollywood Reporter:
Internal memo: Hearst Magazines president announces layoffs as part of a decision to “reallocate resources” to “continue our focus on digital innovation”

Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:
FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel announced she will leave the agency on January 20; she was the first woman to be confirmed to lead the agency

Lachlan Cartwright / The Ankler:
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