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New York Times:
Kiev Protesters Set Square Ablaze to Thwart Police — KIEV, Ukraine — With hundreds of riot police officers advancing from all sides after a day of deadly mayhem here in the Ukrainian capital, antigovernment protesters mounted a final desperate and seemingly doomed act of defiance late on Tuesday evening …
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Victoria Butenko / CNN:
After 25 die, Ukrainian protesters dig in — Are you in Ukraine? Send us your photos and experiences but please stay safe. — Kiev, Ukraine (CNN) — They've given up their ground before — voluntarily, as a political concession. But that seems to be over.
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CBO's Publications:
The Effects of a Minimum-Wage Increase on Employment and Family Income — Increasing the minimum wage would have two principal effects on low-wage workers. Most of them would receive higher pay that would increase their family's income, and some of those families would see their income rise above the federal poverty threshold.
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Susan Davis / USA Today:
CBO report: Minimum wage hike could cost 500,000 jobs
CBO report: Minimum wage hike could cost 500,000 jobs
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Erik Wasson / The Hill:
CBO report: Minimum wage hike to cost 500K jobs, boost income
CBO report: Minimum wage hike to cost 500K jobs, boost income
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Joshua Miller / The Boston Globe:
Scott Brown no longer under contract with Fox News — Ex-senator mum on whether he will run in N.H. — Former US senator Scott Brown, a frequent presence on Fox News, is no longer under contract with the widely watched cable station, a development sure to fan flames of speculation about his potential US Senate bid in New Hampshire.
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Natalie Villacorta / Politico:
Scott Brown, Fox News split up
Rosalind S. Helderman / Washington Post:
Scott Walker, eyeing 2016, faces fallout from probes as ex-aide's e-mails are released — MILWAUKEE — Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, who has been eyeing a 2016 presidential run since his battles with labor unions made him a Republican star, is in the midst of dealing with the fallout …
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Cameron Joseph / The Hill:
Baca apologizes for calling Negrete McLeod a ‘bimbo’ — Former Rep. Joe Baca (D-Calif.) is apologizing for calling Rep. Gloria Negrete McLeod (D-Calif.) “some bimbo” after the woman who defeated him last year announced her retirement. — In an interview earlier Tuesday with The Hill …
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Cameron Joseph / The Hill:
Ex-Rep. Baca bashes ‘bimbo’ Negrete McLeod, won't run for seat
Ex-Rep. Baca bashes ‘bimbo’ Negrete McLeod, won't run for seat
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Washington Post:
Homeland Security is seeking a national license plate tracking system — The Department of Homeland Security wants a private company to provide a national license-plate tracking system that would give the agency access to vast amounts of information from commercial and law enforcement tag readers …
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Lisa O'Carroll / Guardian:
Blair advised Brooks on phone-hacking scandal, court hears — Former prime minister suggested setting up ‘Hutton style’ inquiry, according to email from former News International chief — Read Rebekah Brooks's email to James Murdoch in full (PDF) — Tony Blair advised Rebekah Brooks to launch a …
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Margaret Talbot / New Yorker:
READING THE NUMBERS — Last week's report about the declining abortion rate in the United States was potentially good news for everyone, especially, one would think, for right-to-life groups. Most of them, though, weren't cheering. A statement from Americans United for Life called the report …
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Chicago Tribune:
The IRS targets political speech again — Discouraging debate and curbing information … The Internal Revenue Service is used to being universally disliked every April 15. But this year, the widespread denunciations have started early, and for good reason.
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Roger Simon / Politico:
Who are the real thugs? — Let's play a game. It's called: “Who's the Thug?” — It's the day after Thanksgiving 2012, and four teenagers are sitting in a Dodge Durango outside a convenience store in Jacksonville, Fla. — The Durango is red, which is unimportant. The teenagers are black, which is important.
CNN:
Ted Nugent hits campaign trail after calling Obama ‘subhuman mongrel’ — (CNN) - Controversial 65-year-old rock star Ted Nugent is campaigning Tuesday with likely Texas GOP gubernatorial nominee Greg Abbott, the state's current attorney general who makes no apologies for inviting Nugent on the trail with him.
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Alicia Eler / Hyperallergic:
President Obama Pens Personal Apology to an Art Historian — Art historian Ann Collins Johns of the University of Texas at Austin (image used with permission) — Professor Ann Collins Johns at the University of Texas at Austin was just as peeved as many people were about President Barack Obama's knock on art history majors.
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Tal Kopan / Politico:
Ted Cruz: White House ‘hostile’ to marriage
Ted Cruz: White House ‘hostile’ to marriage
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Kirsten Powers / USA Today:
Jim Crow laws for gays and lesbians? Column — Kansas legislation could make discrimination easy. — What's the matter with Kansas? A bill protecting the religious freedom of businesses and individuals to refuse services to same-sex couples passed the state House of Representatives last week.
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David Zucchino / Los Angeles Times:
Soldier convicted in rape, murder of Iraqi girl is found hanged — Steven Dale Green in a booking mug shot taken at the Mecklenburg County Jail in Charlotte, N.C., in July 2006. (Mecklenburg County Sheriff's Office / July 3, 2006) — This post has been updated. See below for details.
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Quinnipiac News + Events:
Release Detail — February 19, 2014 - Ohio Gov Can't Break Free Of Unknown Challenger, Quinnipiac University Poll Finds; Voters Divided On Death Penalty — Watch Video: Assistant Director Tim Malloy discusses poll results — Ohio Gov. John Kasich has a 51 - 36 percent job approval rating …
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The Hill:
Green groups tell Obama Keystone won't be forgiven — If a flurry of climate change initiatives is an attempt by the administration to soften up environmental supporters ahead of an approval of the Keystone XL pipeline, green groups say President Obama better think twice.
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Alexander Burns / Politico:
Mississippi 2014 Senate election: Anatomy of a takedown — Part of an occasional series on the hottest races of the 2014 midterm election. — OXFORD, Miss. — As Sen. Thad Cochran faces a potentially career-ending primary challenge, his strategy for victory is straightforward …
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Washington Monthly
Bloomberg:
Obamacare's Latest Surprise for Taxpayers? — Industry sources tell the Washington Examiner's Susan Ferrechio that the Barack Obama administration is thinking of extending the Affordable Care Act's “risk corridors,” the federal reimbursement program for health-insurance companies that lose money …
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Susan Ferrechio / Washington Examiner:
Obamacare changes may include extension of risk corridors
Obamacare changes may include extension of risk corridors
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