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10:45 AM ET, April 2, 2011

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New York Times:
Deadly Protests for Koran Burning Reach Kandahar  —  KANDAHAR, Afghanistan — Violent protests over the burning of a Koran in Florida flared for a second straight day, with young men rampaging through the streets of this southern capital, flying Taliban flags and wielding sticks.
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Guardian:
Is the Florida pastor who burnt the Qur'an morally responsible for the deaths of UN staff in protests in Afghanistan?  |  Poll  —  Ten UN staff have been killed in a violent protest in Afghanistan against the burning of a copy of the Qur'an by a Christian fundamentalist pastor in Florida last week.
New York Times:
Afghans Avenge Florida Koran Burning, Killing 12  —  MAZAR-I-SHARIF, Afghanistan — Stirred up by three angry mullahs who urged them to avenge the burning of a Koran at a Florida church, thousands of protesters on Friday overran the compound of the United Nations in this northern Afghan city …
Ismail Sameem / Reuters:
Nine dead in Afghan Koran burning protests
Tom A. Peter / Christian Science Monitor:
UN staff killed by Afghan mob enraged over Florida Quran burning
Discussion: Crooks and Liars and Truthdig
Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Afghan mob kills at least 12 UN workers in protest over Terry Jones's Koran-burning
Discussion: CBS News and Pajamas Media
John Nolte / Big Government:
Devastating New Ad Might Be Game Changer in Wisconsin's Crucial April 5th Election  —  As is the case with any important election, events are happening fast as we approach the final weekend prior to the crucial Tuesday April 5 vote that will ultimately decide the future of Wisconsin for a generation to come.
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David Weigel / Weigel:
Wisconsin Unions Attack Prosser for Calling a Judge a “Total Bitch”  —  This is one of the closing arguments against David Prosser in Wisconsin, from the Greater Wisconsin Committee.  —  The backstory: … So the video in the ad of Prosser looking like Al Pacino in Dog Day Afternoon is not from the incident.
David Dayen / Firedoglake:
Dem Party of Wisconsin: Expect at Least Six Recall Elections
Discussion: Daily Kos
Daily Mail:
Obama: All federal vehicles MUST be environmentally friendly by 2015 - except my limo  —  Barack Obama's presidential limousine will be exempt from his drive to make all government vehicles environmentally friendly, the Secret Service has revealed.  —  The president last week insisted …
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David Shepardson / Detroit News:
Presidential limousine, security vehicles exempt from fed ‘green’ vehicle policy
Discussion: Don Surber
Jon Terbush / TPMDC:
Poll: Americans Wrongly Estimate $178 Billion In Fed.  Budget Goes To Public Broadcasting  —  In a CNN poll of American adults released Friday, the median guess on what percentage of the federal budget goes to public broadcasting was 5%.  With a $3.55 trillion budget last year …
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Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
King Barack I  —  Many of us supported this president because he promised to bring back the constitutional balance after the theories of Yoo, Delahunty, et al put the president on a par with emperors and kings in wartime.  And yet in this Libya move, what difference is there between Bush and Obama?
Discussion: The Other McCain and Instapundit
Louise Gray / Telegraph:
Cows fed linseed to stop them belching  —  Dairy farmers in Britain are doing their bit for the environment by feeding cows a special “health food” diet to make them burp and break wind less.  —  Feeding cattle linseed can reduce the amount of methane by up to 40 per cent …
Discussion: Pirate's Cove
Washington Post:
Reconsidering the Goldstone Report on Israel and war crimes  —  We know a lot more today about what happened in the Gaza war of 2008-09 than we did when I chaired the fact-finding mission appointed by the U.N. Human Rights Council that produced what has come to be known as the Goldstone Report.
Kevin Drum / Mother Jones:
Obama, Libya, and Me  —  One of the reasons to vote for someone for president — perhaps the key reason, in fact — is good judgment.  Hillary Clinton may have taken a lot of flack for her “3 am phone call” ad during the Democratic primaries in 2008, but she was basically right: ideologically …
CNN:
Barbour's wife ‘horrified’ at presidential prospects  —  (CNN)- The wife of Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour says she is “horrified” that her husband is seriously considering a bid for the presidency.  —  In an interview with CNN affiliate WLOX in Biloxi, Marsha Barbour admitted the …
Robert Costa / National Review:
Paul Rankles Reid on Libya  —  Washington — Sen. Rand Paul (R., Ky.), a Tea Party favorite, has boxed Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D., Nev.) into a corner.  After a quiet day of quorum calls and speeches, Reid abruptly adjourned the upper chamber Thursday and postponed votes until Monday.
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Jake Sherman / The Politico:
Republicans: No deal on budget cuts
Jonathan Martin / The Politico:
RNC proposes its own debates — to raise money  —  The Republican National Committee is proposing to sponsor a series of monthly presidential primary debates beginning in August and running through February in which the RNC would determine the format and require each participating candidate …
News from the University of Wisconsin-Madison:
Chancellor's message on academic freedom and open records  —  Note: To view a letter from UW-Madison legal counsel regarding the records request for Professor Cronon's emails, click here.  —  Members of the campus community,  —  Two weeks ago UW-Madison received an open records request …
Discussion: TPMDC, Emptywheel, Shakesville and JSOnline
Brian Montopoli / CBS News:
Donald Trump gets regular Fox News spot  —  Donald Trump, who says he is seriously considering a presidential run, will now appear on Fox News every Monday morning.  —  A Fox News representative, Dana Klinghoffer, said that Trump will be a regular guest, not a contributor, and thus will not be paid.
Discussion: Mediaite, Salon and News Hounds
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Wes Barrett / Fox News:
Bachmann Tops Romney in First Quarter Fundraising  —  Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., raised a combined total of $2.2 million in the first quarter of 2011, outgaining presumed presidential contender Mitt Romney who raised $1.9 million over the same period.  —  Bachmann's political action committee …
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Rachel Weiner / Washington Post:
Michele Bachmann collects $2 million in first fundraising quarter
 
 
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Wall Street Journal:
Wisconsin Unions Get Ugly
J. Bradford DeLong / Project Syndicate:
The Anatomy of Slow Recovery
Discussion: Yglesias and Paul Krugman
David Leonhardt / Economix:
Inflation? Not in Wages
Hillary Chabot / Boston Herald:
Scott Brown blasts Dems' checkup
Ben Forer / ABCNEWS:
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Jake Sherman / Reuters:
Darrell Issa, Department of Justice clash on gun probe
Eric Boehlert / Media Matters for America:
Does A Tea Party Rally Attracting “Dozens” Qualify As News?
Discussion: Bloomberg
Julie Creswell / New York Times:
Even Funds That Lagged Paid Richly
Discussion: Wonk Room and Gawker
Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Intel analyst to CNN host: “You're just carrying water for Mr. Obama”
Discussion: The Last Tradition