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Reuters:
Exclusive: Radar data suggests missing Malaysia plane deliberately flown way off course - sources — (Reuters) - Military radar data suggests a Malaysia Airlines jetliner missing for nearly a week was deliberately flown hundreds of miles off course, heightening suspicions of foul play among investigators …
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Daily Mail:
Officials ‘convinced’ two communications systems on missing jet were deliberately shut off 14-minutes apart as it emerges aircraft DID keep ‘pinging’ for hours after vanishing at 35,000 ft — U.S. official said two separate communication systems were shut down ‘deliberately’ shortly after take-off
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The Jawa Report, Mediaite, The PJ Tatler, Rush Limbaugh, Scared Monkeys, Reuters and The Gateway Pundit
Wall Street Journal:
Jetliner ‘Pinged’ Satellites With Location, Altitude for Hours After Disappearance — WSJ has confirmed that the pilot had the ability to manually turn off the transponder on Flight MH370. Why is the transponder so significant? WSJ's Jason Bellini has #TheShortAnswer.
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neo-neocon, Guardian, The Gateway Pundit and Daily Kos
Mike Lillis / The Hill:
Pelosi: O-Care won't hurt Dems — Republicans are “wasting their time” using ObamaCare as an electoral issue, House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi (Calif.) said Thursday. — Days after the healthcare law was seen as a decisive issue in her party's special election loss in Florida …
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Sierra Marquina / Ryan Seacrest:
President Barack Obama Talks Affordable Care Act, Zach Galifianakis, and Shopping at Gap
President Barack Obama Talks Affordable Care Act, Zach Galifianakis, and Shopping at Gap
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Talking Points Memo and Post Politics
Bloomberg:
Obamacare Foes Run Nearly Half of Early Ads for Congress
Obamacare Foes Run Nearly Half of Early Ads for Congress
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ThinkProgress, Daily Kos and The Huffington Post
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
In jam over Obamacare, Dems don't know which way to turn
In jam over Obamacare, Dems don't know which way to turn
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The Daily Beast, Betsy's Page and Bloomberg View
CNN:
CNN Poll: Most see Russia as a threat to U.S. — Washington (CNN) - As the crisis in the Ukraine continues, a new national poll indicates that for the first time in more than a decade, more than half of Americans see Russia as a serious threat to the U.S. — A CNN/ORC International survey …
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Post Politics and Politico
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Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
In U.S., Most Do Not See Global Warming as Serious Threat
In U.S., Most Do Not See Global Warming as Serious Threat
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Firedoglake, Public Religion Research … and Taegan Goddard's Wonk Wire
MassEquality:
Boston Beer Company, Sam Adams Cancel Participation in the St. Patrick's Day Parade — For questions regarding this statement, please contact: — Boston Beer Company — Statement from the Boston Beer Company: — “We have been participating in the South Boston St. Patrick's Day Parade …
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Talking Points Memo, ThinkProgress, The Boston Globe, Towleroad News #gay and Joe. My. God.
Jamie Self / The State:
ELECTION 2014: Lindsey Graham challenger calls SC senator “ambiguously gay” — COLUMBIA, SC — Four of U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham's announced challengers in June's Republican primary pledged support for each other Thursday if any of them end up in a runoff with the Seneca incumbent.
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TruthRevolt.org, Bloomberg View, Booman Tribune, Towleroad News #gay, The Raw Story and Talking Points Memo
John Solomon / Washington Times:
EXCLUSIVE: FBI blocked in corruption probe involving Sens. Reid, Lee — Agents quietly working with Utah prosecutors to make case in DOJ absence — Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev., Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) — FBI agents working alongside Utah state prosecutors …
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Fox News, The World's Greatest … and The Agonist
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news.sciencemag.org:
Top U.S. Scientific Misconduct Official Quits in Frustration With Bureaucracy — The director of the U.S. government office that monitors scientific misconduct in biomedical research has resigned after 2 years out of frustration with the “remarkably dysfunctional” federal bureaucracy.
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Firedoglake, Fox News, The PJ Tatler, Hit & Run, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Fox News Insider and The Daily Caller
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Fear of Wages — Four years ago, some of us watched with a mixture of incredulity and horror as elite discussion of economic policy went completely off the rails. Over the course of just a few months, influential people all over the Western world convinced themselves and each …
Julie Bort / Business Insider:
Bill Gates: People Don't Realize How Many Jobs Will Soon Be Replaced By Software Bots — See Also — Salesforce Just Disclosed A Really Odd Thing: It Doesn't Really Know Where Its Revenue Comes From — Big changes are coming to the labor market that people and governments aren't prepared for, Bill Gates believes.
Alex Weprin / Capital New York:
Sarah Palin plans ‘Rogue TV’ — Fox News contributor and former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin will be launching her own digital video channel, tentatively called “Rogue TV,” a source familiar with the project told Capital. — The channel will be available through Tapp …
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Talking Points Memo, Erik Wemple, Mediaite and The Huffington Post
Josh Barro / New York Times:
People Think We're in a Recession. Don't Blame Them. — The United States economy emerged from recession in June 2009 and has been growing for nearly five years. Yet this week, an NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll of American adults found that 57 percent still think the economy is in recession.
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Washington Monthly and Washington Post
Politico:
Obama calls for review of deportations — The Hispanic Caucus has yet to formalize the resolution, but an earlier draft obtained by POLITICO calls on Obama to use “all legal means” to suspend, delay or stop deportations of immigrants if the removal would “have an adverse impact on the United States.”
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Associated Press and ThinkProgress
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Michael D. Shear / New York Times:
Obama, Citing a Concern for Families, Orders a Review of Deportations
Obama, Citing a Concern for Families, Orders a Review of Deportations
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BuzzFeed, The Plum Line, Washington Monthly and Post Politics
Bloomberg:
Putin Deports Executives for Speeding as Sanctions Loom — Even before the Ukraine standoff, foreign companies in Russia say they were alarmed by the number of executives being deported for minor infractions. Now with the West preparing sanctions, they're bracing for more.
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Seung Min Kim / Politico:
John McCain cites Ronald Reagan, slams GOP on Ukraine aid — Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) ripped fellow Republicans on Thursday for objecting to a package of aid and sanctions to respond to the Ukrainian crisis, calling himself “embarrassed” and telling his GOP colleagues: “Don't call yourself Reagan Republicans.”
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ThinkProgress, Bloomberg, Power Line, The PJ Tatler and Washington Post
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Reid blames Ukraine standoff on Kochs
Reid blames Ukraine standoff on Kochs
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New York Times, Foreign Policy and The PJ Tatler
Peggy Noonan / Wall Street Journal:
Warnings From the Ukraine Crisis — A new century's dangers begin to come into focus. — What has been happening in Ukraine is not a wake-up call precisely but a tugging at the attention, a demand to focus. — There's a sense that in some new way we are watching the 21st century take its shape and express its central realities.
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No More Mister Nice Blog
Ross Douthat / New York Times:
Resurrecting Republican Populism — If you want to cut to the heart of what's gone wrong in the Republican Party over the last two presidential cycles, you could do worse than start with this post from the liberal blogger Kevin Drum, lamenting the weakness of his own party's pitch to working and middle class voters:
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Washington Monthly and Instapundit