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1:45 PM ET, March 5, 2011

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Michael Cooper / New York Times:
Cancer Research Before Activism, Billionaire Conservative Donor Says  —  CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — More than a thousand miles from the labor tumult in Wisconsin — where his name shows up on the signs of protesters and a liberal blogger impersonating him got through to the governor on the phone and said “gotta crush that union!”
Zaid Jilani / ThinkProgress:
REPORT: Five Things Unions Have Done For All Americans  —  Main Street Movement consisting of ordinary Americans fed up with living in such an unequal country has fought back.  —  Conservatives have sought to malign this movement by claiming that it is simply defending the parochial interests …
Brian M. Carney / Wall Street Journal:
Why America Will Stay on Top  —  Eminent historian Paul Johnson on Sarah Palin, the tea party, and ‘baddies’ from Napoleon to Gadhafi.  —  London  —  In his best-selling history of the 20th century, “Modern Times,” British historian Paul Johnson describes “a significant turning-point in American history …
Isthmus|The Daily Page:
Isthmus, Wisconsin Associated Press sue Gov. Scott Walker over access to emails  —  Isthmus newspaper and the Wisconsin Associated Press today filed a lawsuit against Gov. Scott Walker over his office's failure to respond to open records requests regarding emails received by his office.
Discussion: Althouse and The Raw Story
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host.madison.com:
Media sue Walker for release of e-mails
Discussion: First Draft
Shira Toeplitz / The Politico:
Sherrod Brown apologizes for Hitler comment  —  Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), under heat for invoking Adolf Hitler in talking about anti-union movements in his home state and Wisconsin, has apologized for making the comparison on the Senate floor.  —  “I am passionate about fighting for the middle class.
Discussion: Scared Monkeys
Rick Santelli / CNBC:
‘Good’ Jobs Report Has Dark Side  —  We created 192,000 headline jobs in the February employment report.  It's not enough, but it certainly is welcome news and it is heading in the right direction — although too slowly.  —  We also learned from the February report that the unemployment …
Garrett Tenney / Fox News:
Exclusive: NASA Scientist Claims Evidence of Alien Life on Meteorite  —  A photograph taken through a scanning electron microscope of a CI1 meteorite is similar in size and overall structure to the giant bacterium Titanospirillum velox, an organism found here on planet Earth, a NASA scientist said.
Discussion: Pajamas Media and Daily Kos
Associated Press:
Judge orders protesters out of Wisconsin Capitol  —  MADISON, Wis. — Capping two weeks of sit-ins, pro-union protesters cleared out of the Wisconsin Capitol on Thursday night after a judge ordered their removal.  The judge also ruled the state had violated the public's free speech …
Discussion: Crooks and Liars and The Raw Story
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David Ariosto / CNN:
Walker tells absent Dems: Return or 1,500 get laid off
Discussion: Hot Air and This Just In
John Blake / CNN:
Are whites racially oppressed?  —  White marchers gather at Glenn Beck rally this summer.  Were they driven by racial fears or patriotic sentiment?  —  (CNN) — They marched on Washington to reclaim civil rights.  —  They complained of voter intimidation at the polls.
James Rosen / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
DeMint throws new wrench into legislative process  —  WASHINGTON — A bloc of Senate conservatives, led by South Carolina's Jim DeMint, flexed their muscles Thursday, pledging to block any bill they alone deem wasteful or unconstitutional.  —  Seven other GOP senators joined DeMint's effort …
Jesse Emspak / International Business Times:
Libya Blocks Internet Traffic  —  After slowly returning to the Internet, Libya has gone again.  —  At about 7 a.m. Eastern Time on Thursday Internet traffic coming in and out of Libya dropped to nearly zero, where it remains, according to Google's Transparency Report.
Chippewa Falls Herald:
Man arrested in bomb scare at Heartland Aviation released on bond  —  The man who was arrested for a bomb scare Wednesday at Heartland Aviation has been released on a $3,000 signature bond.  —  Patrick J. Knauf, 43, of Eau Claire was arrested for the violation of making a bomb scare under state statute 947.015.
Stephen Moore / Wall Street Journal:
The Wisconsin Wobblies  —  Conservatives in Wisconsin are getting nervous that three Republican state senators may defect on the collective-bargaining reform vote.  —  Conservatives in Wisconsin are getting nervous that three Republican state senators may defect on the collective-bargaining reform vote.
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Greg Sargent / The Plum Line:
Are Wisconsin Republicans preparing to break with Walker?
 
 
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Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
For City's Transportation Chief, Kudos and Criticism
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Bloomberg:
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Tim Lockette / Anniston Star:
Legislation would ban Islamic law in Alabama courts
David D. Kirkpatrick / New York Times:
Qaddafi Brutalizes Foes, Armed or Defenseless
Discussion: Guardian, Daily Kos and AOL News
John Rosenthal / Pajamas Media:
Frankfurt Shooter Admits To Shouting ‘Allah Akbar’
Boston Review:
BR — Stephen Ansolabehere and James M. Snyder, Jr.: “Weak Tea”
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Alan Farnham / ABCNEWS:
Jobless Picture Improves, but Not for Everyone
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Ryan J. Reilly / TPMMuckraker:
Gaffney, Jones Fight For Soul Of Anti-Sharia Movement At Rally By White House (VIDEO)
Michelle Malkin:
Hey, Eric Holder: Meet My People
Discussion: Crooks and Liars and Nice Deb
Tanya Somanader / ThinkProgress:
Arizona GOP Bill Would Let Gov. Brewer Create An Armed Militia For Whatever She ‘Considers Necessary’
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
That Time Has Arrived  —  In our main editorial chat here at TPM …