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Seth / This American Life Updates:
Retracting “Mr. Daisey and the Apple Factory” — Ira writes: — I have difficult news. We've learned that Mike Daisey's story about Apple in China - which we broadcast in January - contained significant fabrications. We're retracting the story because we can't vouch for its truth.
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Mike Daisey:
Statement on TAL — “This American Life” has raised questions about the adaptation of AGONY/ECSTASY we created for their program. Here is my response: — I stand by my work. My show is a theatrical piece whose goal is to create a human connection between our gorgeous devices and the brutal circumstances from which they emerge.
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Rob Schmitz / Marketplace from American Public Media:
Marketplace from American Public Media — An acclaimed Apple critic made up the details — Cathy Lee (Chinese name: Li Guifen) was Mike Daisey's translator during his trip to China to investigate factory conditions for his monolog “The Agony and Ecstasy of Steve Jobs.”
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Sarah Grieco / KNSD-TV:
Invisible Children Co-Founder Detained: SDPD — SDPD said he was found masturbating in public, vandalizing cars and possibly under the influence of something — A co-founder for Invisible Children was detained in Pacific Beach Thursday for being drunk in public and masturbating, according to San Diego Police Department.
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Chicago Tribune:
For the Republicans, Romney — This year, as rarely before, the presidential primary campaign lands in Illinois as a work very much in progress. The Democrats? They've settled on a candidate. But Republicans in the Land of, yes, Lincoln have urgent work to do — for their debt-besotted nation …
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Mj Lee / Politico:
Puerto Rico gov: Santorum fumbled
Puerto Rico gov: Santorum fumbled
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Fox News, Hot Air, Los Angeles Times, Taylor Marsh and Gallup
Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
Romney, Santorum Tie as Gingrich Voters' Second Choice
Romney, Santorum Tie as Gingrich Voters' Second Choice
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David Ignatius / Washington Post:
The bin Laden plot to kill President Obama — Before his death, Osama bin Laden boldly commanded his network to organize special cells in Afghanistan and Pakistan to attack the aircraft of President Barack Obama and Gen. David Petraeus. — “The reason for concentrating on them,” …
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David Ignatius / Washington Post:
The bin Laden plot to kill President Obama
The bin Laden plot to kill President Obama
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Mediaite and The Maddow Blog
John Avlon / The Daily Beast:
The Case for Crazy: What the GOP Would Learn by Picking Rick Santorum — The party faithful will get to experience the adrenaline rush of going off a cliff together, like Thelma and Louise—elation followed by an electoral thud. — A cleansing bout of craziness in 2012 could be just what the GOP needs.
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The Moderate Voice
Tom Maguire / JustOneMinute:
What If They Gave A Scandal And Nobody Came? — NY Times reporters Andrew Jacobs and Penn Bullock wrote it onto the front page but their latest Romney ‘scandal’ has not found a following at Memeorandum The gist: — Firm Romney Founded Is Tied to Chinese Surveillance
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Carolyn Jones / The Texas Observer:
‘We Have No Choice’: One Woman's Ordeal with Texas' New Sonogram Law — The painful decision to terminate a pregnancy is now—thanks to Texas' harsh new law—just the beginning of the torment. — Halfway through my pregnancy, I learned that my baby was ill. Profoundly so.
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Geoffrey Dunn / The Huffington Post:
“God's Will”?: Sarah Palin's Secret Plot to Capture the White House in 2012 — Mitt Romney , Republican Party , Rick Santorum , Sarah Palin 2012 , Gop , Newt Gingrich , Sarah Palin , Ann Coulter , Geoffrey Dunn , Lies Of Sarah Palin , Rebecca Mansour , Steve Schmidt , Brokered Convention , Sarah Palin Tea Party , Politics News
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Ed Kilgore / Washington Monthly:
Their Own Alinsky — When at the top of an aggregation site …
Their Own Alinsky — When at the top of an aggregation site …
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Patriot Act docs may not be top secret — Two still-secret Justice Department documents about legal interpretations of a controversial provision of the Patriot Act may not actually be classified on national security grounds, according to a letter released Friday.
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Charlie Savage / New York Times:
Democratic Senators Issue Strong Warning About Use of the Patriot Act
Democratic Senators Issue Strong Warning About Use of the Patriot Act
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ACLU, Daily Kos, Firedoglake, Hit & Run, Alan Colmes' Liberaland and ThinkProgress
Free exchange:
The worst of all worlds — America's economy is a mosaic of puzzles and contradictions that has economists and bloggers scrambling for explanations and scrutinizing the data for quirks and flaws. Lately, I've been thinking dark thoughts: what if all it takes is a single explanation that assumes all the data are correct?
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Felix Salmon and Mother Jones
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Floyd Norris / New York Times:
Off the Charts: Sales at Sit-Down Restaurants Suggest a Rising Economy
Off the Charts: Sales at Sit-Down Restaurants Suggest a Rising Economy
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Hullabaloo
Anna Almendrala / The Huffington Post:
Kyle Hunter Lawsuit: Meteorologist Sues CBS For Hiring Young, Good-Looking Women Over Him, CBS Responds (UPDATE) … REACT: — FOLLOW: — Kyle Hunter Cbs Kcal, Kyle Hunter Cbs Lawsuit, Kyle Hunter Lawsuit, Kyle Hunter Sexual Discrimination Lawsuit, Slidewide, Weatherman Lawsuit, Los Angeles News
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Alan Colmes' Liberaland
Patrick Gavin / Politico:
Richard Branson: I asked for weed at White House — When you go to a White House state dinner and you're lucky enough to get some face time with the president, what do you ask the president? — “I asked him if I could have a spliff,” businessman and Virgin Group honcho Richard Branson told …
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Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
Obama's whopper about Rutherford B. Hayes and the telephone — “Of course, we've heard this kind of thinking before. If some of these folks were around when Columbus set sail, they must have been founding members of the Flat Earth Society. ... There always have been folks who are the naysayers …
Megan DeMarco / New Jersey Online:
Dharun Ravi found guilty in Rutgers webcam spying trial — NEW BRUNSWICK — Former Rutgers University student Dharun Ravi was found guilty today of a hate crime, evidence tampering and invasion of privacy, for secretly using a webcam to spy on his roommate's liaison with another man in their dorm room.
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Kate Zernike / New York Times:
Dharun Ravi Guilty of Hate Crimes in Rutgers Case
Dharun Ravi Guilty of Hate Crimes in Rutgers Case
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Julian Pecquet / The Hill:
Republican bill would enroll seniors in same health plans as lawmakers — A group of Senate Republicans has introduced legislation that would end traditional Medicare and sign seniors up for the same private healthcare plans received by members of Congress.
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Crooks and Liars
Kathleen Arberg / Supreme Court of the United States:
For Immediate Release — The Court will hear argument in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act cases on March 26, 27, and 28. Because of the extraordinary public interest in those cases, the Court will provide the audio recordings and transcripts of the oral arguments on an expedited basis through the Court's Website.
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Seth McLaughlin / Washington Times:
Cuccinelli fears Romney nomination would neutralize health law as issue
Cuccinelli fears Romney nomination would neutralize health law as issue
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Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion and The PJ Tatler
Pam Spaulding / Firedoglake:
Obama Campaign Releases Statement Opposing NC Amendment One (plus a back story) — Well, naysayers out there who said that the President would not say a peep about the discriminatory Amendment One in NC because it's an election year (even though he did so in 2008 for Prop 8), you'll have to eat crow.
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Robchristensen / Raleigh News & Observer:
Obama opposes Amendment One