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8:05 AM ET, April 4, 2008

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The Huffington Post:
Air America Host Randi Rhodes Suspended For Calling Hillary A “Big F*cking Whore”  —  Air America host Randi Rhodes called both Geraldine Ferraro and Hillary Clinton “whores” in a recent appearance, seen below.  Rhodes, who hosts a weekday radio show on Air America, said to the cheering crowd, “What a whore Geraldine Ferraro is!
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Brian Maloney / The Radio Equalizer:
Randi Rhodes Suspended After Calling Hillary ‘Big F***ing Whore’  —  WHORE-IBLE INSULTS  —  Unhinged Rhodes Stand-Up Routine Results In Suspension  —  *** RHODES CLAIMS CONTRACT BREACH ***  —  An unhinged tirade by Air America Radio host Randi Rhodes has led to an unprecedented suspension …
Air America / Air America Radio blogs:
STATEMENT OF AIR AMERICA RADIO, FROM CHAIR CHARLIE KIREKER
Ed Ronco / South Bend Tribune:
Poll: Clinton, Obama neck and neck in Hoosier state  —  Obama is choice for 81 percent of black Democratic primary voters.  —  Sen. Barack Obama has a huge lead among younger voters in Indiana, Sen. Hillary Clinton holds the same lead with voters older than 60, and both candidates …
Discussion: MyDD
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Associated Press:
Poll shows tight state primary race between Clinton, Obama  —  SOUTH BEND, Ind. — Sens. Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama are running about even in their race to win Indiana's May 6 primary, according to a new statewide poll released Thursday.  —  The poll commissioned by WSBT-TV in South Bend …
Discussion: TalkLeft
Matthew Mosk / Washington Post:   Clinton Camp Feels Spent, and Outspent
Gallup:
Gallup Daily: Race Steady at Obama 49%, Clinton 46%
New York Times:
More Than 1,000 in Iraq's Forces Quit Basra Fight  —  BAGHDAD — More than 1,000 Iraqi soldiers and policemen either refused to fight or simply abandoned their posts during the inconclusive assault against Shiite militias in Basra last week, a senior Iraqi government official said Thursday.
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Pamela Hess / Associated Press:
Report: Security in Iraq is improving  —  WASHINGTON - A new classified intelligence assessment on Iraq says there has been significant progress in security since the last assessment was delivered in August, a senior military official said.  —  In most ways the new National Intelligence Estimate hews closely …
Discussion: Buck Naked Politics
New York Times:
U.S. Study Finds Progress in Iraq, but Fragile Security and Potential …
Discussion: Washington Post and SWJ Blog
New York Times:
81% in Poll Say Nation Is Headed on the Wrong Track  —  Americans are more dissatisfied with the country's direction than at any time since the New York Times/CBS News poll began asking about the subject in the early 1990s, according to the latest poll.  —  In the poll, 81 percent of respondents …
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New York Times:
Obama's Support Softens, Poll Shows  —  Senator Barack Obama's support among Democrats nationally has softened over the last month — particularly among men and upper-income voters — as voters have taken a slightly less positive view of him than they did after his burst of victories in February …
Michael Wines / New York Times:
New Signs of Mugabe Crackdown in Zimbabwe  —  Zimbabwe's government staged separate police raids on Thursday against the main opposition party, foreign journalists and at least one democracy advocate, raising the specter of a broad crackdown aimed at keeping the country's imperiled leaders in power.
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Times of London:
Zimbabwe: the backlash begins as paramilitaries launch raids  —  Catherine Philp and Jan Raath in Harare  —  The ebbing regime of Robert Mugabe began its fightback in earnest last night, launching raids against opposition offices and foreign journalists in what many feared was the start of a campaign of intimidation.
Discussion: normblog and Harry's Place
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Nature:
Dangerous assumptions  —  Roger Pielke, Jr1, Tom Wigley2 & Christopher Green3  — Roger Pielke Jr is in the Center for Science and Technology Policy Research, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado 80309-0488, USA.  — Christopher Green is in the Department of Economics, McGill University, Montreal H3A 2T7, Canada.
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John Tierney / TierneyLab:
Are Carbon Cuts Just a Fantasy?
Discussion: Nature, Climate Progress and Gristmill
Susan Davis / Wall Street Journal:
Clinton Adviser's Colombia Talks  —  Penn Met to Discuss Free-Trade Pact  —  Fought by Senator  —  Hillary Clinton's chief campaign strategist met with Colombia's ambassador to the U.S. on Monday to discuss a bilateral free-trade agreement, a pact the presidential candidate opposes.
Washington Post:
Battle for Basra  —  The Iraqi government uses its own army to fight Shiite militias.  Is that bad news?  —  ALL SIDES in the American debate over Iraq agree that the Iraqi government ought to take responsibility for security in the country as soon as possible and fight its own battles with its own army.
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Karen Houppert / The Nation:
Another KBR Rape Case  —  Editor's Note: Lisa Smith is a pseudonym used on request.  Additional reporting by Te-Ping Chen.  Research support provided by the Investigative Fund of The Nation Institute.  —  Houston  —  It was an early January morning in 2008 when 42-year-old Lisa Smith* …
Esquire:
EXCLUSIVE: “Torture Memo” Author John Yoo Responds to This Week's Revelations  —  John Yoo, former Justice Department official and author of the “torture memos” used to provide the legal justification for how the U.S. interrogated captured terrorist suspects, defends his actions.
Ed OKeefe / Political Punch:
Gov. Rendell: There's 50% About Barack Obama We Don't Know Yet  —  As governor of Pennsylvania, Ed Rendell is getting a lot of attention these days as the chief surrogate for Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., as she and Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., square off in preparation for the Keystone state's April 22 primary.
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GOP CHIEF LIKES CLINTON-OBAMA SPAT
Discussion: The Crypt's Blogs
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