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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.
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Neil Rafferty / The Daily Mash:
Why I am leaving the Empire, by Darth Vader — TODAY is my last day at the Empire. — After almost 12 years, first as a summer intern, then in the Death Star and now in London, I believe I have worked here long enough to understand the trajectory of its culture, its people and its massive, genocidal space machines.
Nelson D. Schwartz / New York Times:
A Public Exit From Goldman Sachs Hits at a Wounded Wall Street — Wall Street traders come and go all the time, but few have quit with the flair of Greg Smith. The way he resigned from Goldman Sachs, and what he had to say, could reignite a debate over how much Wall Street has changed in the wake of the financial crisis.
Jon Ward / The Huffington Post:
Santorum-Gingrich Ticket Floated By Gingrich Adviser … 2012 Election , Mitt Romney , Newt Gingrich 2012 , Rick Santorum , Elections 2012 , Newt Gingrich , Ron Paul , Video , Election 2012 Blog , Ron Paul 2012 , Mitt Romney 2012 , Rick Santorum 2012 , Santorum , Politics News
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Erick Erickson / Erick's blog:
Not Closing the Deal — “In five years of campaigning …
Not Closing the Deal — “In five years of campaigning …
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Mj Lee / Politico:
Mitt's team: Count the delegates
Mitt's team: Count the delegates
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Will Newt Gingrich drop out?
Will Newt Gingrich drop out?
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Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Obama up in NC, primary hinges on Newt
Obama up in NC, primary hinges on Newt
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Jeff Zeleny / New York Times:
Santorum Wins Alabama and Mississippi Primaries
Santorum Wins Alabama and Mississippi Primaries
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Zeke Miller / BuzzFeed:
How Romney Gave Rick Santorum An Opening In Illinois
How Romney Gave Rick Santorum An Opening In Illinois
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Pat Garofalo / ThinkProgress:
House Republican Leaders Plan To Renege On Debt Ceiling Deal — Last week, Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-OH) signaled during an interview with Fox Business that he was open to reneging on the budget deal the GOP crafted with Democrats last year during the debacle over raising the nation's debt ceiling.
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Here we go again — Via Pat Garofalo, Reuters reports: … The original August 2011 deal that resolved the debt ceiling impasse called for a $1 trillion limit on discretionary spending for fiscal 2013. House conservatives want much deeper cuts. House GOP leaders are offering a compromise …
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David Lawder / Reuters:
House Republican leaders set to break US budget deal
House Republican leaders set to break US budget deal
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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.
Frances Martel / Mediaite:
Jon Stewart Tells Fox News To ‘Shut The F*ck Up’ About Bill Maher's Offensive Rants — Jon Stewart began his show continuing the news narrative before it was rudely interrupted by another election night: “radio shock-blob Rush Limbaugh” saying something offensive on his radio show.
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Caitlin McDevitt / Politico:
George Clooney to visit the White House — Actor George Clooney, who was on the Hill today, will be at the White House tomorrow. — Before Clooney's congressional testimony about violence in Sudan and South Sudan on Wednesday, Sen. John Kerry mentioned the actor's plan to meet with the president.
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Amie Parnes / The Hill:
Obama gives Cameron a Braten 1000 Series grill to celebrate visit
Obama gives Cameron a Braten 1000 Series grill to celebrate visit
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Jake Tapper / ABCNEWS:
President Obama Gives UK Prime Minister Cameron a Custom-Made 100% Made in America Grill
President Obama Gives UK Prime Minister Cameron a Custom-Made 100% Made in America Grill
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Neil Munro / The Daily Caller:
Times nixes anti-Islam ad, runs anti-Catholic ad — Executives at The New York Times have rejected a full-page anti-Islam advertisement that mimicked a controversial anti-Catholic advertisement they published on March 9. — According to a Mar. 13 letter sent by the Times to the ad's sponsor …
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Pew Research Center:
Romney Leads GOP Contest, Trails in Matchup with Obama — Gas Prices Offset Good News about Jobs — OVERVIEW — Mitt Romney has retaken a significant lead nationally in the race for the Republican presidential nomination, even as he has fallen further behind Barack Obama in a general election matchup.
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Jeff Poor / The Daily Caller:
Coulter on Palin, brokered convention: GOP has ‘a problem with con men and charlatans’
Coulter on Palin, brokered convention: GOP has ‘a problem with con men and charlatans’
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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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Erin Gloria Ryan / Jezebel:
Law Will Allow Employers to Fire Women for Using Whore Pills [Pill Baby Pill]
Law Will Allow Employers to Fire Women for Using Whore Pills [Pill Baby Pill]
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Wynton Hall / BREITBART.COM:
EXCLUSIVE: CHRIS ROCK ATTACKS CONSERVATIVE AUTHOR OVER TEA PARTY QUESTION — The New York Times bestselling author of the explosive new book, Hollywood Hypocrites: The Devastating Truth About Obama's Biggest Backers, Jason Mattera, had his crew's camera snatched and hurled by comedian Chris Rock …
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Tim Mak / Politico:
‘Game Change’ authors: Hillary Clinton in '16 — “Game Change” co-authors Mark Halperin and John Heilemann both predicted Wednesday that there was a high probability that Hillary Clinton would run for president in 2016. — “What are the odds this morning that Hillary Clinton runs for president in 2016? …
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Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
Don't Tread on Us — Hillary Clinton has fought for women's rights around the world.
Don't Tread on Us — Hillary Clinton has fought for women's rights around the world.
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Joshua Rhett Miller / Fox News:
American flag with President Obama's image sparks outrage at Florida Democrats — Lake County Democratic Party officials removed the flag on Tuesday following complaints by local veterans in Florida. — An American flag with President Obama's image in place of the stars flew …
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Washington Examiner:
Thursday is ‘Poolmageddon’ for trial lawyers — President Obama's Department of Justice — led by Attorney General Eric Holder — has found a new way to make the Americans with Disabilities Act pay off for Democratic trial lawyer campaign donors. — Since the ADA first became law in 1990 …
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Robert Reich:
The Difference Between Private and Public Morality — Republicans have morality upside down. Santorum, Gingrich, and even Romney are barnstorming across the land condemning gay marriage, abortion, out-of-wedlock births, access to contraception, and the wall separating church and state.
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nbcconnecticut.com:
Woman Raped at Occupy New Haven: Cops — Police charged England Gamble, 53, of New Haven, with sexual assault. — A member of the Occupy New Haven movement was raped in a tent at the Occupy camp late on Monday night or early Tuesday morning, police said.
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Steven Ertelt / LifeNews.com:
CEO of Texas Planned Parenthood Arrested for Indecent Exposure — Thank Papers for Not Running the Pro-Abortion Doonesbury Comic — The following newspapers have chosen not to publish a week-long comic strip from Doonesbury that promotes abortion, compares ultrasounds to rapes …
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Abby Reed / WAVE-TV:
Lubbock Planned Parenthood CEO arrested for indecent exposure
Lubbock Planned Parenthood CEO arrested for indecent exposure
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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.
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Montgomery Advertiser:
Roy Moore: ‘The people have spoken’ — Roy Moore said about 2 a.m. Wednesday that even though he had not been declared the winner of the Republican primary for chief justice of the Alabama Supreme Court that he expected to win without a runoff. — “Statistically, there is just no way we're …
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Ann Rubin / KSDK-TV:
Mitt Romney: Planned Parenthood, we're going to get rid of that — Kirkwood, MO (KSDK) - The Republican race for the White House is moving to Missouri and Mitt Romney detailed cuts to reduce the debt, including Planned Parenthood. — Mitt Romney stopped in Kirkwood, hoping to drum up support ahead of the state's caucuses this week.
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Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Mitt Romney Said He Was Going to Win Alabama
Mitt Romney Said He Was Going to Win Alabama
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