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4:26 AM ET, March 13, 2011

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Steven Mufson / Washington Post:
Japanese nuclear plants' operator scrambles to avert meltdowns  —  Japanese authorities said Sunday that efforts to restart the cooling system at one of the nuclear reactors damaged by Friday's earthquake had failed, even as officials struggled to bring several other damaged reactors under control.
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Guardian:
Japan nuclear fears as systems fail at second reactor  —  Officials warn of more radiation leaks as residents panic, jamming city's exit roads  —  Fears of another explosion at a Japanese nuclear plant are growing after officials said the cooling system in a second reactor had failed.
World Nuclear News:
Battle to stabilise earthquake reactors  —  Attention is focused on the Fukushima Daiichi and Daini nuclear power plants as Japan struggles to cope in the aftermath of its worst earthquake in recorded history.  An explosion on site did not damage containment.  Sea water injection continues after a tsunami warning.
Wall Street Journal:
Japan Tries Using Seawater to Cool Damaged Reactor
Discussion: Boing Boing and FrumForum
Guardian:
Fukushima nuclear plant blast puts Japan on high alert
Discussion: Harry's Place and Scared Monkeys
Scott Conroy / Real Clear Politics:
Bachmann Mangles Revolutionary History In N.H.  —  MANCHESTER, N.H. — Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann's visit to the first-in-the-nation primary state of New Hampshire got off to a rocky start on Saturday morning when she misstated a key fact about the American Revolution in a speech to a group …
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Derek Wallbank / MinnPost:
Bachmann ‘disappointed’ with House GOP leaders over continuing resolution that doesn't defund ‘Obamacare’
Alexander Bolton / Ballot Box:
Bachmann makes gaffe in New Hampshire
Fox News:
American Professor Kidnapped in Mexican Border City  —  CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — Armed men kidnapped an American university professor while she was visiting her mother in the violent Mexican border city of Ciudad Juarez, the state prosecutor's office said Saturday.
Discussion: Scared Monkeys and The Jawa Report
FOX 11 Online:
Lawmakers skipping parade after threat  —  Hopper, Thiesfeldt, talked to Fond du Lac police  —  FOND DU LAC - A parade with more than 50 entries will now be down two participants.  —  Fond du Lac police say the tension in Madison has spawned threats, they and lawmakers are acting on.
Kevin Voigt / CNN:
Quake moved Japan coast 8 feet; shifted Earth's axis  —  (CNN) — The powerful earthquake that unleashed a devastating tsunami Friday appears to have moved the main island of Japan by 8 feet (2.4 meters) and shifted the Earth on its axis.  —  “At this point, we know that one GPS station moved …
Glenn Davis / Mediaite:
Bill Maher To Muslim Rep. Keith Ellison: The Qur'an Is A ‘Hate Filled Holy Book’  —  The emotion shown by Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN) at Rep. Peter King's (R-NY) Muslim radicalization hearings garnered much attention, and we have a feeling Ellison's appearance on Real Time with Bill Maher tonight will get its share of play as well.
Discussion: Taylor Marsh and Salon
Jaime Lalinde / Vanity Fair:
Larry Kudlow Devalues Human Life With Japan Earthquake Freudian Slip  —  In these tough economic times, isn't it nice to know that calamitous natural disasters needn't have an adverse affect on your investment portfolio?  After the 8.9-magnitude earthquake in Japan failed to induce a market nosedive …
Gail Collins / New York Times:
Eye of the Newt  —  The presidential race is barely under way, but already we have had our first Big Thought.  I am speaking, of course, of Newt Gingrich's suggestion that he was driven into serial adultery by hard work and patriotism.  —  “There's no question that at times in my life …
Discussion: Prairie Weather
Ynetnews:
Gaza celebrates; Fayyad condemns terror attack  —  Rafah residents hand out candy following murder of parents, three children in West Bank settlement of Itamar.  Palestinian PM denounces act, says “we categorically oppose violence and terror, regardless of victims', perpetrators' identity”
 
 
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Chris Christoff / Detroit Free Press:
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