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12:05 PM ET, April 8, 2009

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Sharon Otterman / New York Times:
Pirates Seize Ship With U.S. Crew Off Coast of Somalia  —  Pirates commandeered a United States-flagged container ship with 20 American crew members off the coast of Somalia on Wednesday, the first time an American-crewed ship was seized by pirates in the area.
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TigerHawk:
Testing time: How will President Obama respond to piracy?  —  Somali pirates have decided that it is great time to capture an American flagged ship crewed by our citizens.  —  Naturally, I have a few questions.  —  Why has this not happened before?  Why were these pirates not deterred …
Discussion: The Corner
Siobhan Gorman / Associated Press:
Electricity Grid in U.S. Penetrated By Spies  —  Robert Moran monitors an electric grid in Dallas.  Such infrastructure grids across the country are vulnerable to cyberattacks.  —  WASHINGTON — Cyberspies have penetrated the U.S. electrical grid and left behind software programs …
Scott / Power Line:
What happened in Minnesota  —  Minnesota's excruciatingly close Senate election between incumbent Republican Norm Coleman and former unfunny humorist Al Franken is in the final innings of the post-election proceedings.  Franken is of course a left-liberal Democrat about whom I have nothing good to say.
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Greg Stohr / Bloomberg:
Coleman-Franken Senate Race May Hinge on Bush v. Gore Decision  —  Republican Norm Coleman's dwindling chances of reclaiming his U.S. Senate seat largely depend on a broad reading of the Supreme Court's Bush v. Gore decision, a ruling the court itself said should be applied sparingly.
Mark Murray / MSNBC:
FIRST THOUGHTS: STEPPING ON ITS MESSAGE?  —  From Chuck Todd, Mark Murray, and Domenico Montanaro  —  *** Stepping on its message?  Very late last night, President Obama finally returned home after his surprise visit to Iraq, where U.S. soldiers there greeted him enthusiastically.
Discussion: CBS News and Alex Conant
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Robert Schmidt / Bloomberg:
Congressional Panel Suggests Firing Managers, Liquidating Banks
Discussion: Corrente
Camille Paglia / Salon:
Bow-ow-ow: Obama's painful missteps  —  Let the new president grow into the job — but he'd better do it fast!  Plus: Readers ask about everything from talk radio, morality and Mary McCarthy, to that big movie about a sinking ship.  —  Dear Camille,  —  In your column, you say …
Aluf Benn / Haaretz:
Obama team readying for confrontation with Netanyahu  —  In an unprecedented move, the Obama administration is readying for a possible confrontation with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu by briefing Democratic congressmen on the peace process and the positions of the new government in Israel regarding a two-state solution.
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Paul Richter / Los Angeles Times:
Biden warns Israel off any attack on Iran
Discussion: Think Progress and Gateway Pundit
Elliott Abrams / Washington Post:
The Settlement Freeze Fallacy
Discussion: The Opinionator
Sean Cockerham / Anchorage Daily News:
Palin plans to assist Murkowski campaign in 2010  —  FUNDRAISING: Governor tries to end speculation that she aspires to senator's seat.  —  scockerham@adn.com  —  JUNEAU — Gov. Sarah Palin plans to raise money for the re-election campaign of Alaska Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski …
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Adam Serwer / American Prospect:
ACORN DIRECTOR: WHAT ARE TEA PARTIES?  —  I'm sort of fascinated by the latest ACORN conspiracy theory, that ACORN activists are crashing right wing “tea parties” in order to sabotage them.  I'm fascinated, because like Steve Benen, I don't know anyone who actually cares about these things.
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Fox News:
Fidel Castro praises congressional delegation to Cuba  —  A seven-member Congressional Delegation returned to the U.S. Tuesday from a five-day trip to Cuba, which included a meeting with current dictator Raul Castro.  —  The delegation, led by California Democrat Rep. Barbara Lee …
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LATimes / Top of the Ticket:
Fidel Castro to Congressional Black Caucus members: 'How can we …
Discussion: Jules Crittenden and ScoopThis.Org
Myglesias / Matthew Yglesias:
Feminism as Natalism  —  Michelle Goldberg wades into the debate I've been having with various people about the macroeconomic implications of population decline with an observation I definitely agree with: … I actually agree with both of the points here.
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Michelle Goldberg / American Prospect:
EUROPE'S BIRTH STRIKE.
Discussion: Ross Douthat and Donkeylicious
Nassim Nicholas Taleb / Financial Times:
Ten principles for a Black Swan-proof world  —  1. What is fragile should break early while it is still small.  Nothing should ever become too big to fail.  Evolution in economic life helps those with the maximum amount of hidden risks - and hence the most fragile - become the biggest.
Hilary Leila Krieger / Jerusalem Post:
Obama to host Seder Thursday night  —  Article's topics: Barack Obama, Pessah, Seder,  —  US President Barack Obama will celebrate Passover Thursday night with staff and friends in what is believed to be the first White House Seder attended by an American president.
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Amie Parnes / The Politico:   Obama's TV: sports and a few surprises
Lydia Saad / Gallup:
Support for Gun-Control Laws at All-Time Lows  —  Americans evenly divided at 49% on need for stricter gun laws  — USA - Crime - Government and Politics - Guns - Personal Safety - Violence - Americas - Northern America  —  PRINCETON, NJ — In Gallup polling conducted prior …
Jennifer Jacobs / Des Moines Register:
Gay marriage: Iowans weigh pros and cons of altering Iowa Constitution  —  If Iowans choose to open the hood on the Iowa Constitution, it could invite all sorts of tinkering, law professors and state lawmakers said today.  —  Voters soon have a once-a-decade chance to step around lawmakers and update the Constitution on their own.
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Lynda Waddington / Iowa Independent:
King: 'If we don't save marriage, we can't remain pro-life'
Discussion: Washington Monthly and Salon
Noah Shachtman / Danger Room:
Gates: Why I Kept Troubled Ship, Swimming Vehicle  —  Defense Secretary Robert Gates says he only killed weapons programs in his reboot of the Pentagon's arsenal if the project's “budget was out of control, or they were overdue, or the technology was too great a risk.”
Salon:
“I am under a lot of pressure to not diagnose PTSD”  —  A secret recording reveals the Army may be pushing its medical staff not to diagnose post-traumatic stress disorder.  The Army and Senate have ignored the implications. … Listen to a segment of the recording of an Army psychologist at Fort Carson …
Discussion: Big Brass Blog and The Raw Story
 
 
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Peter Hamby / CNN:
Bob Corker to headline South Carolina GOP dinner
Sinan Salaheddin / Associated Press:
Police: Bomb near Baghdad shrine kills 7
Ben Smith / The Politico:
New effort fights same-sex marriage
Discussion: CBS News, Washington Times and The Note
Don Van Natta Jr / New York Times:
Firm Acted as Tutor in Selling Towns Risky Deals
New York Times:
Iraq's Newly Open Gays Face Scorn and Murder
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Kim Zetter / Threat Level:
FBI Defends Disruptive Raids on Texas Data Centers
Attaturk / Firedoglake:
Not even trying anymore  —  Little Lord Fop-leroy …
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Quigley claims victory in race to replace Rahm Emanuel
 

 
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