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Fox Warned Palin Against "Blood Libel" Video

Fox Warned Palin Against "Blood Libel" Video Gabriel Sherman reports : Before Sarah Palin posted her infamous “Blood Libel” video on Facebook on January 12, she placed a call to Fox News chairman Roger Ailes. In the wake of the Tucson massacre, Palin was fuming that the media …

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Written by FrumForum News on Monday March 14, 2011

Cable News Ratings Keep Dropping

Cable News Ratings Keep Dropping From Hollywood Reporter : After years of audience growth, cable news may have hit a wall. According to the Project for Excellence in Journalism's annual State of the News Media report, cable news viewership for CNN, MSNBC and Fox News fell …

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Written by FrumForum News on Monday March 14, 2011

Hackers Release Bank of America Emails

Hackers Post Bank of America Emails The Daily Telegraph reports: The leak was apparently made by a former employee of Balboa Insurance, a subsidiary of Bank of America which provides mortgage and car insurance for banks and home insurance for consumers. The leaks were …

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Written by FrumForum News on Monday March 14, 2011

Israel Backs Plan for New West Bank Homes

Israel Backs Plan for New West Bank Homes The Washington Post reports: The Israeli government said Sunday that it had approved the construction of hundreds of new homes in West Bank settlements after a couple and three of their children were stabbed to death in their home in a …

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Written by FrumForum News on Monday March 14, 2011

Libyan Rebels Plan Last Stand Near Benghazi

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Written by FrumForum News on Monday March 14, 2011

Japan Relief Efforts Mobilize, Estimated Death Toll Tops 10,000

Japan Mobilizes Relief Efforts The New York Times reports: SENDAI, Japan —  Japan reeled from a rapidly unfolding disaster of epic scale on Sunday, pummeled by the death toll, destruction and homelessness caused by the earthquake and tsunami and new hazards from damaged nuclear …

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Written by FrumForum News on Monday March 14, 2011

Obama: We Still Need Better Gun Laws

Obama: We Need Better Gun Laws President Barack Obama writes in the Arizona Daily Star : It's been more than two months since the tragedy in Tucson stunned the nation. It was a moment when we came together as one people to mourn and to pray for those we lost. And in the attack's …

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Written by FrumForum News on Monday March 14, 2011

York: Trouble Ahead For GOP's "All-Of-The-Above" Energy Policy

York: Trouble Ahead For GOP Energy Policy Byron York writes in the Washington Examiner : Since the 2008 campaign, Republicans have been promoting an "all of the above" energy policy under which the country would rely on a mix of oil, gas, coal, nuclear, solar, wind, and other sources …

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Written by FrumForum News on Monday March 14, 2011

Tsunami Survivor Rescued From Roof At Sea

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Written by FrumForum News on Monday March 14, 2011

Future Of US Nuclear Power Uncertain In Light Of Accidents

What's the Future of US Nuke Power? The New York Times reports: WASHINGTON — The fragile bipartisan consensus that nuclear power offers a big piece of the answer to America’s energy and  global warming challenges may have evaporated as quickly as confidence in  Japan ’s crippled …

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Written by FrumForum News on Sunday March 13, 2011

State Legislatures Introduce More Creationist Bills

State Legislatures Introduce More Creationist Bills Religion Dispatches reports : The National Center for Science Education has tracked a record-setting number of nine anti-evolution bills introduced in state legislatures since Jan. 1. The latest is Texas’ HB 2454 , which …

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Written by FrumForum News on Sunday March 13, 2011

State Department Spokesman Resigns Over Manning Comments

P.J. Crowley Resigns Over Manning Comments The Huffington Post reports : P.J. Crowley resigned as spokesman for the State Department Sunday. According to CNN, Crowley  came under pressure from the Obama administration to step down in the wake of making controversial comments …

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Written by FrumForum News on Sunday March 13, 2011

Second Explosion At Japanese Nuclear Plant

Second Explosion At Nuke Plant BBC News reports: A second explosion has hit the nuclear plant in Japan that was damaged in Friday's earthquake, but officials said it had resisted the blast. TV footage showed smoke rising from Fukushima plant's reactor 3, a day after an explosion …

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Written by FrumForum News on Sunday March 13, 2011

AZ Dems to Palin: Don't Move Here

AZ Dems to Palin: Don't Move Here CNN reports: Arizona Democrats don't want Sarah Palin moving to their state anytime soon. In a fundraising letter to supporters, the Arizona Democratic Party slammed the former Republican Alaska governor citing a report that her team is …

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Written by FrumForum News on Sunday March 13, 2011

WH to Name Envoy to Libyan Opposition

WH to Name Envoy to Libya Opposition ABC News reports: President Obama announced Friday that he has “determined that it's appropriate for us to assign a representative whose specific job is to interact with the opposition” in Libya to “determine ways that we can further help …

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Written by FrumForum News on Sunday March 13, 2011

GOP Frosh Not Sold on Spending Bill

GOP Frosh Not Sold on Spending Bill The Hill reports: Freshmen Republicans in the House are increasingly worried that party leaders will back down on spending cuts and might oppose the latest bill to avoid a government shutdown, one lawmaker says. Rep. Tim Huelskamp …

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Written by FrumForum News on Sunday March 13, 2011

Nearly Ten Thousand Missing From Japanese Coastal Town

10,000 Missing From Japanese Town Time reports: More than half of the population of Minamisanriku was unaccounted for on Saturday, adding to concerns that the death toll in Japan will rise to exorbitant heights over the next few days. The small port town of Minamisanriku, which is …

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Written by FrumForum News on Sunday March 13, 2011

Qadaffi Forces Continue To Make Gains

Qaddafi Forces Continue Advance The Washington Post reports: RAS LANUF, LIBYA - Moammar Gaddafi's forces pushed farther eastward Saturday toward a strategic port city, pounding terrain with airstrikes and rockets and delivering a setback for Libya's rebels. By Saturday night, the …

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Written by FrumForum News on Sunday March 13, 2011

Fourteen Dead In Bronx Bus Crash

Fourteen Dead In Bronx Bus Crash The New York Times reports: A tour bus barreling south for Manhattan overturned at high speed on a highway in the Bronx early Saturday and was sliced open by a sign stanchion in a shriek of rending metal that hurled riders about like rag dolls. …

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Written by FrumForum News on Saturday March 12, 2011