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8:40 PM ET, April 5, 2009

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Rasmussen Reports:
57% Want Military Response to North Korea Missile Launch  —  Fifty-seven percent (57%) of U.S. voters nationwide favor a military response to eliminate North Korea's missile launching capability.  The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey shows that just 15% of voters oppose a military response while 28% are not sure.
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The Politico:
N. Korea launch reignites debate
Discussion: Oliver Willis
Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Kos: Conservatives like to shoot cops  —  The boss has noted the tragedy in Pittsburgh, where a lone gunman killed three police officers trying their best to defend their community: … Today is Palm Sunday, and I'd ask Hot Air readers to keep these men and their families in your prayers.
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Tommy Christopher / Daily Dose:
Twitter Badness: DailyKos Frontpager, Kos Joke About Pittsburgh Cop Shooting  —  Before I start, let me say that I'm pretty sensitive to this kind of thing.  I always hate the way the media covers these tragedies.  It's always all about the scumbag who killed people, and the dead are just “the victims.”
Discussion: Donklephant and Daily Kos
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The Atlantic Online:
How the Crash Will Reshape America  —  The Next Economic Landscape  —  The housing bubble was the ultimate expression, and perhaps the last gasp, of an economic system some 80 years in the making, and now well past its “sell-by” date.  The bubble encouraged massive, unsustainable growth …
Discussion: The Huffington Post
Alexander Mooney / CNN:
Axelrod hits back at Cheney: Not behaving like a ‘statesman’  —  (CNN) — Top Obama adviser David Axelrod sharply criticized Dick Cheney's recent contention that the president's national security policies have made the country less safe, suggesting the former vice president is not behaving like a “statesman.”
Discussion: Macsmind
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James Doran / Guardian:
US watchdog calls for bank executives to be sacked  —  Elizabeth Warren, chief watchdog of America's $700bn (£472bn) bank bailout plan, will this week call for the removal of top executives from Citigroup, AIG and other institutions that have received government funds in a damning report …
Elle Halliwell / NEWS.com.au:
40 per cent of Australian women wear a bra with a cup size DD or bigger  —  Cup runneth over ... Hannah Milward and Sarah Todd get a helping hand from Myer's Victoria Jubb / Sam Ruttyn  —  THE bra market is expanding, literally.  Up to 40 per cent of Australian women now buy bras with a cup size …
Discussion: The Moderate Voice and PoliGazette
BBC:
Ice bridge ruptures in Antarctic  —  An ice bridge linking a shelf of ice the size of Jamaica to an island in Antarctica has snapped.  —  Scientists suggest the collapse could mean that the Wilkins Ice Shelf is on the brink of breaking away, and that it provides evidence of global warming.
Scott Glover / Los Angeles Times:
FBI database links long-haul truckers, serial killings  —  The growing database includes more than 500 female victims, most of whom were killed and their bodies dumped at truck stops, motels and other spots along popular trucking routes crisscrossing the U.S.
Discussion: Daily Pundit
Michael van der Galien / PoliGazette:
Rasmussen to apologize to ‘Islamic World’  —  To become NATO secretary general, Anders Fogh Rasmussen will apologize for the Mohammed cartoons.  —  Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Denmark's leader, was one of the few European politicians who refused to give in to pressure from fundamentalists …
Mohammed Tawfeeq CNN / CNN:
Six gay men shot to death in Iraq by tribe members  —  BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) — Six gay men were shot dead by members of their tribe in two separate incidents in the past 10 days, an official with Iraq's Interior ministry said.  —  In the most recent attack, two men were killed Thursday …
 
 
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Nicole Belle / Crooks and Liars:
David Gregory Tries To Union Bust Auto Companies; GM CEO Refuses To Play Along
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Marsha Shuler / WBRZ-TV:
It's Claitor; PSC in runoff
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Yves Smith / naked capitalism:
Mortgage Mod Failure Rates Rising
Discussion: D-Day
Little Green Footballs:
Le Pen Calls Nazi Gas Chambers ‘A Detail’ of WWII
Discussion: Political Byline and PoliGazette
Thomas Beaumont / Des Moines Register:
Approval ratings decline for key elected officials
Discussion: Taegan Goddard's …
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Mike Allen / The Politico:
GM planning for bankruptcy
Discussion: The Note and PoliGazette
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NATO Backs Obama's Afghan Plan but Pledges Few New Troops
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