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12:10 PM ET, March 4, 2011

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Catherine Rampell / New York Times:
U.S. Added 192,000 Jobs in February; Rate at 8.9%  —  America's job engine picked up some steam last month.  —  The nation's employers added 192,000 jobs in February, after having added just 63,000 the previous month, the Labor Department reported on Friday.  —  The February number was about what economists had been forecasting.
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Chris Isidore / CNNMoney.com:
February jobs report: Unemployment falls again  —  NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — The jobs outlook brightened in February, as strong business hiring helped trim unemployment to its lowest level in nearly two years.  —  The unemployment rate fell to 8.9% last month, from 9.0% in January, the best reading since April of 2009.
Ian Swanson / The Hill:
Economy adds jobs as unemployment falls below 9 percent
Discussion: Washington Monthly
Jim Puzzanghera / Money & Company:
Unemployment rate drops to 8.9% in February on sharp increase in new jobs
Timothy R. Homan / Bloomberg:
U.S. Payrolls Rose 192,000; Jobless Rate at 8.9% in February
msnbc.com:
U.S. employers added 192,000 jobs in February
Sam Arora, Maryland Delegate:
Statement on SB 116 (Same-Sex Marriage Bill)  —  I have heard from constituents, friends, and advocates from across the spectrum of views and have thought about the issue of same-sex marriage extensively.  I understand their concern—this is a very serious issue, and one that many people feel passionately about.
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John Aravosis / AMERICAblog Gay:
Sam Arora speaks: I'm now against same-sex marriage but I'll vote for the bill anyway  —  A bizarre statement just released by Maryland Delegate Sam Arora, who, up until a few weeks ago, was an ardent supporter of marriage equality and regularly bragged to constituents about his support.
Discussion: Balloon Juice
New York Times:
Democrats Open Talks by Offering $6.5 Billion More in Cuts  —  WASHINGTON — As they opened negotiations with Republicans over budget cuts, the White House and Congressional Democrats on Thursday offered to trim an additional $6.5 billion from current spending, a figure far short …
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Indianapolis Star:
House Republicans to fine Democrats $250 a day for avoiding votes
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and TPMDC
Jason Horowitz / Washington Post:
Presidential hopefuls Huntsman, Romney share Mormonism and belief in themselves  —  IN SALT LAKE CITY — Jon Huntsman Jr. and Mitt Romney go way back.  —  In the Huntsman Corp. headquarters below Red Butte Canyon, Peter Huntsman, the younger brother of Jon Huntsman Jr. …
Discussion: Ben Smith's Blog and msnbc.com
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Erin McPike / Real Clear Politics:
Sununu: I'll Work Against Huntsman
Discussion: The Fix, TPMDC, The Hill and GOP 12
Alexander Burns / Reuters:
Newt Gingrich's rough week  —  And so it didn't begin.  —  Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich was supposed to make big news in Atlanta Thursday, announcing a major step toward running for president in 2012.  —  What he announced instead was a website, the oddly named NewtExplore2012.com.
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Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Few Winning Scenarios for Gingrich
Gallup:
Gingrich Support for 2012 Greater Among Fox News Viewers
Discussion: The Political Carnival and GOP 12
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
How to Kill a Recovery  —  The economic news has been better lately.  New claims for unemployment insurance are down; business and consumer surveys suggest solid growth.  We're still near the bottom of a very deep hole, but at least we're climbing.  —  It's too bad that so many people …
Charlie Savage / New York Times:
Soldier in Leaks Case Was Jailed Naked, Lawyer Says  —  WASHINGTON — A lawyer for Pfc. Bradley Manning, the Army intelligence analyst accused of leaking secret government files to WikiLeaks, has complained that his client was stripped and left naked in his cell for seven hours on Wednesday.
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Army Court-Martial Defense Specialist / The Law Office …:
PFC Manning Forced to Strip Naked
James Wolcott / Vanity Fair:
It's Morgan In America  —  Where did Piers Morgan come from?  And is there any way to send him back?  Reviewing the debut “gets”—Oprah!  Rudy!  Condoleezza!—of Larry King's blustery British heir, the author examines the failures behind Morgan's success.  —  If you're going to go in, go in big.
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Anna Holmes / New York Times:
The Disposable Woman
Discussion: The Awl and Runnin' Scared
Kevinliptak / CNN:
TRENDING: Huckabee's problem with Natalie Portman  —  (CNN) - Mike Huckabee is highlighting what he considers a symbol of degraded American values: Oscar winner Natalie Portman.  —  The former Arkansas governor and possible Republican presidential candidate criticized the actress this week …
Discussion: Indecision Forever
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Jim Demint / Wall Street Journal:
Public Broadcasting Should Go Private  —  If these outfits can afford to pay lavish salaries to their heads, they don't need taxpayer help.  —  When presidents of government-funded broadcasting are making more than the president of the United States, it's time to get the government out of public broadcasting.
JSOnline:
State says damage to marble at Capitol could hit $7.5 million  —  Madison - State officials said Thursday that damage to the marble inside and out the State Capitol would cost an estimated $7.5 million.  —  Cari Anne Renlund, chief legal counsel for the state Department of Administration …
Sharyl Attkisson / CBS News:
Agent: I was ordered to let U.S. guns into Mexico  —  ATF agent says “Fast and Furious” program let guns “walk” into hands of Mexican drug cartels with aim of tracking and breaking a big case  —  WASHINGTON - Federal agent John Dodson says what he was asked to do was beyond belief.
Wall Street Journal:
GOP Aims to Tame Benefits Programs  —  Boehner Promises Entitlement Review  —  WASHINGTON—House Speaker John Boehner said Thursday that he's determined to offer a budget this spring that curbs Social Security and Medicare, despite the political risks, and that Republicans will try to persuade voters that sacrifices are needed.
Lisa W. Foderaro / New York Times:
James Franco Straddles Two Roles at Yale  —  On Sunday night he was in Hollywood, as co-host of the Oscar telecast in black tie.  At 9 the next morning, he was in a Starbucks in New Haven, hunched over a book and barely recognizable in a gray sweatshirt, but still wearing his tuxedo pants.
Sean J. Miller / Ballot Box:
Dems tried to recruit ‘Jeopardy!’ champ to challenge Sen. Orrin Hatch  —  Top Senate Democrats sought to recruit Ken Jennings to challenge Utah Sen. Orrin Hatch (R) back in 2004, the “Jeopardy!” contestant revealed Thursday.  —  Jennings is famous for holding the record for consecutive wins on the quiz show.
CNN:
Sen. Brown: 'Hitler didn't want unions'  —  Washington (CNN)-Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown of Ohio invoked Adolf Hitler and Joseph Stalin while sounding off on union battles with state lawmakers in his state and in Wisconsin.  —  “I look back in history, in some of the worst governments that we had …
Discussion: Big Government
Associated Press:
NASA satellite rocket launch fails, lands in ocean  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — A rocket carrying an Earth-observation satellite plummeted into the Pacific Ocean after a failed launch attempt Friday, the second-straight blow to NASA's weakened environmental monitoring program.
Scott Wilson / Washington Post:
Obama administration prepares for possibility of new post-revolt Islamist regimes  —  The Obama administration is preparing for the prospect that Islamist governments will take hold in North Africa and the Middle East, acknowledging that the popular revolutions there will bring a more religious cast to the region's politics.
 
 
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