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10:05 PM ET, April 26, 2009

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New York Times:
U.S. Declares Public Health Emergency Over Swine Flu  —  Tourists on an almost empty tour bus in Mexico City on Sunday.  Swine flu has killed more than 80 people in Mexico.  More Photos >  —  American health officials on Sunday declared a public health emergency over increasing cases of swine flu …
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The Politico:
Administration declares ‘emergency’  —  In an unusual Sunday briefing at the White House, administration officials said a “public health emergency” is being declared in the United States in order to mobilize maximum resources to combat fears of a global swine-flu pandemic.
Discussion: The Swamp and PoliGazette
Andrew C. Revkin / Dot Earth:
Contagion on a Small Planet
Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estés / The Moderate Voice:
Swine Flu: U.S. Declares Public Health Emergency
Jim Tankersley / The Swamp:
WH: Don't panic on swine flu
Discussion: The Politico
Thomas H. Maugh II / Los Angeles Times:
11 more suspected swine flu cases in U.S.
Discussion: Townhall.com
Associated Press:   US declares public health emergency for swine flu
David Brown / Washington Post:
U.S. Slow to Learn of Mexico Flu
Satyam Khanna / Think Progress:
Gingrich On Whether Waterboarding Is Torture: 'I Can't Tell You'  —  On Friday, Fox News's Greta Van Susteren interviewed former House speaker Newt Gingrich regarding President Obama's recent release of Bush-era OLC torture memos.  Throughout the interview, Gingrich tried to sit on the fence …
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Brian Montopoli / CBS News:
McCain: Don't Investigate Torture Memos  —  Arizona Sen. John McCain suggested today that the push to investigate and possibly prosecute Bush administration officials who crafted the legal basis for the use of “enhanced interrogation techniques,” such as waterboarding, may have grown from a desire to “settle old political scores.”
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
Nadler on torture investigations: 'There can't be a compromise'  —  One of the leading voices in Congress for investigating former Bush Administration officials said the impeachment of Judge Jay Bybee wouldn't quiet the calls for prosecution.  —  John Podesta's letter to John Conyers today calling …
The Politico:
In GOP base, a ‘rebellion brewing’  —  A quick tour through the week's headlines suggests the Republican Party is beginning to come to terms with the last election and that consensus is emerging among GOP elites that the party needs to move away from discordant social issues.
Kevin Duchschere / Minneapolis Star Tribune:
Minnesota Poll: Most want Coleman to call it quits  —  The Republican should end his recount fight, most say, and fatigue over the six-month ordeal is clear.  —  Nearly two-thirds of Minnesotans surveyed think Norm Coleman should concede the U.S. Senate race to Al Franken …
Discussion: Scorecard's Blog and MyDD
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Joe Bodell / MN Progressive Project:   ABM Poll: Voters want Coleman to concede, Pawlenty to sign certificate
Robin Abcarian / Los Angeles Times:
Antiabortion movement gets a new-media twist  —  Lila Rose, a UCLA student, goes undercover at Planned Parenthood clinics to pose as an underage girl pregnant by a 31-year-old.  Her surreptitious videos go on YouTube, and inspire outrage.  —  The girl's voice in the videotape is tiny and tentative.
Eli Saslow / Washington Post:
In South Carolina Town, Economic Calamity Since Obama's Inauguration  —  In a South Carolina Town Where the Downturn Has Deepened Since the Inauguration, Two Obama Supporters Have Struggled, Going From ‘Fired Up’ to Tired Out  —  GREENWOOD, S.C. Her cordless phone stores 17 voice messages, and tonight the inbox is full.
John F. Burns / New York Times:
At the Polls, Icelanders Punish Conservatives  —  REYKJAVIK, Iceland — It is a tale of light and dark — of a small but rugged country far from anywhere that has suffered as severely as any in the developed world at the hands of buccaneering free-marketeers, but which is now slowly digging itself out from the financial wreckage.
Discussion: MyDD
ABCNEWS:
‘This Week’ Transcript: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad  —  Exclusive Interview Between ABC's George Stephanopoulos and Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad  —  STEPHANOPOULOS: During the last administration, no other world leader next to you was as critical of the American administration as Mr. Chavez.
 
 
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Michael Scheuer / Washington Post:
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Thomas L. Friedman / New York Times:
Moore's Law and the Law of More
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Little Green Footballs:
Spencer Changes Story, But Still Defends Pro Koln …
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Dick Cheney: The Visible Man
Voice of America:
2 Somali Pirates Die in Hijacking of Yemeni Vessel
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Dschabner / Political Punch:
Napolitano's Right-Wing Mea Culpa
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