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Glenn Beck Website Exposes "Questionable" NPR Video Editing
Beck Website Rips O'Keefe Over NPR Video Edits img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-26422" title="O'keefe" src="/files/wxrimport/2011-03/okeefe.jpg" alt="" width="205" height="105" />Libyan Rebels Plan Last Stand Near Benghazi
Libyan Rebels Plan Last Stand Near Benghazi img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-71513" title="libya-rebels" src="/files/wxrimport/2011-03/libya-rebels.jpg" alt="" width="205" height="105" />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 …
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 …
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 …
Tsunami Survivor Rescued From Roof At Sea
Tsunami Survivor Rescued At Sea img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-74809" title="tsunami survivor at sea" src="/files/wxrimport/2011-03/tsunami-survivor-at-sea.jpg" alt="" width="205" height="105" />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 …
Why NPR's Better Off Without Federal Funds
NPR gets 2% of their direct funding from the federal government. Is that worth the media headlines and political battles? I think it's safe to say that National Public Radio has had a rough week recently. Support for NPR funding during the current budget cycle has become a proxy for other …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 …
Counting Japan's Quake Dead
A huge tragedy has struck Japan. Yet, there are still reasons to be optimistic that the final death toll will not hit the projected 10,000 count. A huge tragedy has happened in Japan; the economic and cultural damages to the nation are immense. All that said, there’s a very good reason to be …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 …
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 …
The New Tyranny: Carbon Monoxide Detectors?
A report about repealing a carbon monoxide detector mandate set off a twitter debate and revealed how today's conservatives weigh libertarian ideas. It started as a funny short item about right-wing excess. A Montana representative introduced a bill to repeal a local law requiring landlords …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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Gates: Bahrain Needs Thorough Reforms
Gates: Bahrain Needs Reform The New York Times reports: MANAMA, Bahrain — In the wake of a violent clash between protesters and Bahrain ’s security forces and pro-government vigilantes, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates warned this tiny kingdom’s ruling family on Saturday that …