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11:10 AM ET, March 14, 2011

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New York Times:
Radioactive Releases in Japan Could Last Months, Experts Say  —  WASHINGTON — As the scale of Japan's nuclear crisis begins to come to light, experts in Japan and the United States say the country is now facing a cascade of accumulating problems that suggest that radioactive releases of steam …
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BBC:
Explosion at Japan nuclear plant  —  Residents of the coastal city of Sendai are continuing the search for survivors amid the devastation  —  A second explosion has hit the nuclear plant in Japan that was damaged in Friday's earthquake, but officials said it had resisted the blast.
Washington Post:
At two reactors, a race to contain meltdowns
Discussion: Firedoglake and The Moderate Voice
Bloomberg:   Tokyo Electric Battles Cooling System Failures at 3 Reactors Hit by Quake
Gabriel Sherman / New York Magazine:
Going Rogue on Ailes Could Leave Palin on Thin Ice  —  Before Sarah Palin posted her infamous “Blood Libel” video on Facebook on January 12, she placed a call to Fox News chairman Roger Ailes.  In the wake of the Tucson massacre, Palin was fuming that the media was blaming her heated rhetoric …
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Judd Gregg / The Hill:
Sadly, the primary process might help Sarah Palin  —  It is difficult to believe, but the first election for the next president of the United States is less than a year away.  —  The New Hampshire primary is alive and well and headed toward a date of Valentine's Day next year …
Jeff Zeleny / New York Times:
Campaigning as All Things to All Republicans  —  CONCORD, N.H. — Many aspiring Republican presidential candidates are going to great lengths to avoid the spotlight, but not Tim Pawlenty.  He is doing whatever he can to step into it.  —  Few audiences are too small for Mr. Pawlenty …
Myglesias / Yglesias:
The Slippery Slope Of Unilateralism  —  I had an interesting back and forth several years ago with Anne-Marie Slaughter, then a professor at Princeton, later policy planning director at the State Department, and now back to academia about an old line from something she wrote where she said …
Discussion: The Huffington Post
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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Another Inside Job  —  Count me among those who were glad to see the documentary “Inside Job” win an Oscar.  The film reminded us that the financial crisis of 2008, whose aftereffects are still blighting the lives of millions of Americans, didn't just happen — it was made possible by bad behavior …
Marisa Guthrie / Hollywood Reporter:
Cable News Viewership Declines Double Digits in 2010 … After years of audience growth, cable news may have hit a wall.  —  According to the Project for Excellence in Journalism's annual State of the News Media report, cable news viewership for CNN, MSNBC and Fox News fell substantially in 2010 …
Jim Morrill / The Charlotte Observer:
Duke guaranteeing $10 million line of credit for DNC  —  Duke Energy Corp., whose CEO is leading the fundraising for the Democratic National Convention, is guaranteeing a $10 million line of credit for the event.  —  The credit line from Fifth Third Bank is apparently the first time such an arrangement …
The Politico:
'She's becoming Al Sharpton, Alaska edition'  —  Sarah Palin has played the sexism card, accusing critics of chauvinism against a strong woman.  —  She has played the class card, dismissing the Bush family as “blue bloods,” and complaining that she is the target of snobbery by people …
Fox News:
‘Baby Joseph’ Gets Second Chance at Life in U.S.  —  EXCLUSIVE: The baby who was hours from being pulled off life support at his Canadian hospital has been rescued by the national director of Priests For Life.  —  Joseph Maraachli, 13 months old, who is currently kept alive by a respirator …
Olympia Meola / www2.timesdispatch.com:
Va. tea-party activists frustrated with Cantor  —  Area tea-partiers' patience is thinning over the pace of change in Washington.  —  Virginia tea-party activists say they sent leaders to Washington with a clear message to right the nation's fiscal ship and want to see bolder action, faster.
Discussion: The Hill and ThinkProgress
Ross Douthat / New York Times:
Iraq Then, Libya Now  —  Five years ago, in the darkest days of insurgent violence and Sunni-Shia strife, it seemed as if the Iraq war would shadow American foreign policy for decades, frightening a generation's worth of statesmen away from using military force.
Discussion: Balloon Juice and FrumForum
The Politico:
For 2012ers, past is present  —  The last time Newt Gingrich ran in a competitive election, the Internet was a few years away from going global.  The only mobile device anyone chatted on was the car phone.  And Matt Drudge was not yet a driving force in political news coverage.
James Verini / Washington Monthly:
Show Him the Money  —  Tom Donohue scares millions of dollars out of corporations and Republicans.  But is his U.S. Chamber of Commerce good for business?  —  homas J. Donohue, president and CEO of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, has a well-developed talent for self-promotion.
Discussion: ThinkProgress
 
 
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Los Angeles Times:
Libyan rebels flee Port Brega as Kadafi's forces advance
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Paul Glastris / Washington Monthly:
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Michael O'Brien / The Hill:
Sen. Rubio to oppose new spending bill
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Dave Gibson / Examiner:
Obama sending more unarmed agents into Mexico
Jennifer Haberkorn / The Politico:
Can there be life after the mandate?  —  'I am concerned, of course.
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Obama to outline fix for ‘No Child Left Behind’ that gives states more power
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BBC:
Japan earthquake: Footage of moment tsunami hit
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Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
WH forces P.J. Crowley to resign for condemning abuse of Manning
 

 
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