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7:00 PM ET, March 16, 2011

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New York Times:
U.S. Calls Radiation ‘Extremely High’ and Urges Deeper Caution in Japan  —  WASHINGTON — The chairman of the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission gave a significantly bleaker appraisal of the threat posed by Japan's nuclear crisis than the Japanese government, saying on Wednesday …
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Martha Raddatz / ABCNEWS:
U.S. Officials Alarmed By Japanese Handling of Nuclear Crisis  —  U.S. Officials Fear Fukushima Could Become ‘Deadly For Decades’  —  U.S. officials are alarmed at how the Japanese are handling the escalating nuclear reactor crisis and fear that if they do not get control of the plants within …
Discussion: Salon, Wall Street Journal and Mediaite
Associated Press:
NRC: No Water In Spent Fuel Pool Of Japan Plant  —  The chief of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission said Wednesday that all the water is gone from one of the spent fuel pools at Japan's most troubled nuclear plant, but Japanese officials denied it.  —  If NRC Chairman Gregory Jaczko is correct …
Telegraph:
Japan earthquake: Japan warned over nuclear plants, WikiLeaks cables show  —  Japan was warned more than two years ago by the international nuclear watchdog that its nuclear power plants were not capable of withstanding powerful earthquakes, leaked diplomatic cables reveal.
ABCNEWS:
Nuclear Crisis: Rising Radiation Halts Work
Wall Street Journal:
China to Suspend Approval of New Nuclear Projects
Discussion: Kyodo News and Guardian
Matthew L. Wald / Green:
House Panel Questions Nuclear Regulatory and Energy Chiefs
Gschwarzcnn / CNN:
Clinton says no to second term  —  (CNN) - Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told CNN's Wolf Blitzer she does not want to serve a second term as secretary of state or run for president of the United States.  —  Blitzer sat down with the former 2008 presidential candidate in Cairo.  —  Full transcript:
The Politico:
Some in GOP grow tired of right wing  —  Some veteran Republican House members are pushing back against conservative deficit hawks who are pushing for endlessly deep spending cuts, saying the right wing of the party is creating unnecessary divisions for the GOP majority.
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Washington Examiner:
Democrats rope-a-doping Republicans on spending
Discussion: The Other McCain
Russell Berman / The Hill:
Boehner: Budget deal won't be ‘easy’
Discussion: FrumForum
Washington Post:
Sarah Palin losing more ground among Republicans, Post-ABC poll finds  —  Virginia Postic/ AP - According to a new poll, fewer than six in 10 Republicans and GOP-leaning independents see former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, shown here in December, in a favorable light.
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Jamison Foser / Media Matters for America:
The Washington Post 's Liberal-Bashing, Pro-Torture “Left-Leaning” Columnist  —  As I've frequently pointed out, the fact that columnist Richard Cohen is what passes for a “liberal” at the Washington Post pretty thoroughly undermines the idea that the paper's opinion pages lean to the left.
Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Voters tepid toward Obama, but favor him over GOP
Discussion: GOP 12 and Derek Wallbank
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
Palin's Base Shrinks But Intensifies
Jeremy W. Peters / Media Decoder:
Four New York Times Journalists Are Missing in Libya  —  The New York Times said Wednesday that four of its journalists reporting on the conflict in Libya were missing.  —  Editors at the paper said they were last in contact with the journalists on Tuesday morning New York time.
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Fhardingj / CNN:
President main attraction at fourth party event this month
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
MiamiHerald.com:
Miami-Dade voters fire Mayor Carlos Alvarez over pay hikes, tax increase  —  Miami-Dade recall election draws strong voter turnout  —  Related Content  —  If voters recall Mayor Carlos Alvarez, would you vote to re-elect him?  —  WHAT'S NEXT?  —  • The Miami-Dade County Canvassing …
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Kevin Gray / Reuters:
Angry voters oust Miami-Dade mayor in special vote
Discussion: Right Wing News and Denver Post
Myglesias / Yglesias:
Stuff White People Like: Republicans  —  A good series of charts by Lee Drutman shows that one of the best predictors of declining Democratic partisan ID between 2008 and 2010 is the number of white people:  —  I used to hold to the view that the growing non-white share of the electorate would, over time, tip elections to Democrats.
Jodie Tillman / St. Petersburg Times:
‘Sagging pants’ bill passes House committee  —  Seems the best way to sell legislation these days is that it'll be good for the economy.  That's how Rep. Hazelle Rogers (D-Lauderhill) pitched her so-called “sagging pants” bill to members of the House's K-20 education innovation subcommittee today.
Pete Kasperowicz / The Hill:
Petraeus accused of ‘Charlie Sheen strategy’ on Afghanistan war  —  Rep. Lynn Woolsey (D-Calif.) on Wednesday sharply criticized David Petraeus, the commander of U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan, and signaled agreement with an assessment from a Rolling Stone editor who likened the commander's performance to that of Charlie Sheen.
Discussion: FishbowlDC, Hot Air, RedState and BLACKFIVE
Richard Rubin / Bloomberg:
Abortion Foes in Congress Run Into Tax Obstacle in Attempt to Curb Funding  —  House Republicans' efforts to limit government funding for abortion are colliding with their emphasis on tax cuts, underscoring potential conflicts between the party's social and fiscal agendas.
Los Angeles Times:
Reel China: Hollywood tries to stay on China's good side  —  Without Beijing even uttering a critical word, MGM is changing the villains in its ‘Red Dawn’ remake from Chinese to North Korean.  It's all about maintaining access to the Asian superpower's lucrative box office.
Andrew Blankstein / L.A. NOW:
National Lampoon chief arrested in alleged $200-million Ponzi scheme  —  The chief executive officer of National Lampoon Inc., the comedy brand behind “Animal House” and the “Vacation” movie franchise, was arrested early Wednesday in West Hollywood in connection with an alleged $200-million Ponzi scheme, federal authorities said.
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Myglesias / Yglesias:
Motivating Density  —  Phoenix is largely a stereotypical sunbelt “no there there” sprawling auto-oriented city.  But it does feature a smallish, but very nice, walkable urban downtown core.  And it also has a new light rail line, with more lines to come.  These developments are …
Discussion: Eschaton
WTVF-TV:
7 Arrested After Disrupting Senate Committee Hearing  —  NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Seven union supporters were arrested and charged following an outburst inside a Senate Committee Hearing.  —  Troopers at the Tennessee Capitol had to forcibly carry out the protestors who were among a group who stood …
The Politico:
GOP 2012: Return of the neo-cons  —  When George W. Bush left office in 2009, liberal Democrats and a fair number of moderate, traditional Republicans proclaimed the good news: the GOP neo-cons were dead, chased from Washington in disgrace.  —  But as Republican presidential hopefuls begin …
Discussion: FrumForum
ThinkProgress:
What The Frack: Ohio Gov. John Kasich Wants To Open Up State Parks For Oil And Gas Exploration  —  At the behest of then-Vice President Dick Cheney, an exemption was inserted into a 2005 energy bill — dubbed the “Haliburton loophole” — which stripped the EPA of its power to regulate …
Ryan / The Bellows:
More New York  —  Kevin Drum has an email conversation with someone who thinks I've got this all wrong.  I think he or she has mostly missed my point.  Let's take this a bit at a time. … The first point to make is that New York isn't just attractive because of the way it was built.
Lela Gilbert / National Review:
Christian Convicted of Blasphemy Found Dead in Karachi Jail  —  Qamar David, a Pakistani Christian serving a life sentence for blasphemy against Islam, was found dead in his Karachi jail cell yesterday.  David, in prison since 2002, was sentenced for allegedly sending derogatory text messages …
Quinnipiac University:
Mayor's Approval Rating At Lowest Point In 8 Years, Quinnipiac University Poll Finds; Bloomberg's Time Off Is Nobody's Business, Voters Say  —  New York City voters disapprove 51 - 39 percent of the job Mayor Michael Bloomberg is doing, his lowest score since a 51 - 37 percent disapproval November 23 …
Michael Crowley / Swampland:
House Ag Committee: Cut Food Stamps, not Farm Aid  —  There has long been rare left-right agreement in Washington that multi-billion dollar federal farm subsidies are generally wasteful, mostly benefit agribusinesses, and should be slashed or eliminated.  You'd think this would represent low-hanging fruit …
W.D. Reasoner / Publications:
Birthright Citizenship for the Children of Visitors: A National Security Problem in the Making?  —  W.D. Reasoner (a pseudonym) is a retired government employee with many years of experience in immigration administration, law enforcement, and national security matters.
Discussion: National Review, Salon and Mother Jones
Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
DEA seizes Georgia's supply of lethal injection drug  —  The Drug Enforcement Administration has seized Georgia's supply of a key execution drug over questions about how it was imported to the United States.  —  “Drugs were seized today by the DEA from our facility in Jackson,” …
Discussion: TalkLeft and This Just In
msnbc.com:
Massive online pedophile ring busted by cops  —  Five Americans among 184 people arrested; 230 abused children taken to safety  —  Below:  —  msnbc.com staff and news service reports  —  An Internet pedophile ring with up to 70,000 members — thought to be the world's largest …
 
 
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The Note:
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Max Boot / Wall Street Journal:
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Bill Roggio / 1 The Long War Journal:
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Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Brown looking better for reelection