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9:55 AM ET, March 1, 2012

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Larry Solov / Big Journalism:
In Memoriam: Andrew Breitbart (1969-2012)  —  With a terrible feeling of pain and loss we announce the passing of Andrew Breitbart.  —  Andrew passed away unexpectedly from natural causes shortly after midnight this morning in Los Angeles.  —  We have lost a husband, a father, a son …
John S. Adams / Great Falls Tribune:
Chief U.S. District Judge sends racially charged email about president  —  HELENA — Chief U.S. District Judge Richard Cebull on Wednesday admitted to sending a racially charged email about President Barack Obama from his courthouse chambers.  —  Cebull, of Billings, was nominated …
Alex Seitz-Wald / ThinkProgress:
Limbaugh Calls Student Denied Spot At Contraception Hearing A ‘Slut’  —  Conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh called Sandra Fluke, the Georgetown student whom House Republicans wouldn't let testify at a contraception hearing last week, a “slut” and a “prostitute” today, because …
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Mike Lillis / The Hill:
Pelosi: Limbaugh's ‘vicious attacks’ on student uncivilized  —  House Democrats went after Rush Limbaugh Wednesday for his attacks on a university student who recently testified before Congress on women's reproductive health.  —  Limbaugh on Wednesday called Georgetown Law Center student Sandra Fluke a …
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
New York Times:
Romney Wins, the Middle Class Loses  —  Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum fought each other to nearly a draw in the Michigan primary and may actually have to split its delegates, but together they may have lost Michigan for their party by running campaigns that were completely disconnected …
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Amie Parnes / Ballot Box:   With Romney on the horizon, Obama turns up his blue collar
Ashley Perks / Ballot Box:
Ohio is next battlefield for the GOP
Discussion: CNN, Guardian and Prairie Weather
Rick Santorum / CNN:
Santorum camp: Michigan's a tie
Michael Barone / Campaign 2012:
Romney appeal in affluent suburbs could change map
Bill Allison / Sunlight Foundation Reporting Group:
Did lawsuit factor in Olympia Snowe's departure?  —  Last August, while Sen. Olympia Snowe, R-Maine, was in the midst of an intensive round of fundraising for her 2012 reelection bid, a four-year-old civil lawsuit alleging fraud by an education company in which she and her husband are heavily invested became public.
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Jonathan Weisman / New York Times:
Senator Olympia Snowe's Latest Hard Choice: To Quit  —  WASHINGTON — The looming Senate vote on a Republican plan to give employers the right to withdraw health care coverage based on religious and moral convictions put Senator Olympia J. Snowe in a tough but familiar position …
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
McConnell to skip healthcare reform repeal votes until after election
Discussion: ThinkProgress and RedState
Sahil Kapur / 2012.talkingpointsmemo.com:
TPM2012  —  Romney Comes Out In Support Of Controversial Birth Control Bill  —  One day before a critical Senate vote that could loom large as a 2012 election issue, Mitt Romney came out for a congressional Republican measure designed to roll back the Obama administration's requirement that employer health plans cover birth control.
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Daniel Strauss / The Hill:
Sen. Manchin will vote for Blunt amendment on contraceptive care
Discussion: CNN, Power Line, The Hill and Sky Dancing
Bradley Olson / Bloomberg:
Keystone Oil Pipeline May Raise U.S. Gas Prices  —  TransCanada Corp. (TRP)'s Keystone XL oil pipeline, a project backers including Republican Presidential candidate Rick Santorum say will create cheaper U.S. gasoline, instead risks raising prices as much as 20 cents a gallon in the Midwest, Great Plains and Rocky Mountains.
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Ben Geman / The Hill:
Obama to demand Capitol Hill vote on killing oil tax breaks
Discussion: Detroit Free Press
John Campbell / 3 News:
Kim Dotcom's first TV interview: 'I'm no piracy king' … Campbell Live has spoken exclusively with Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom in his first TV interview since being arrested.  —  Dotcom faces a barrage of FBI charges relating to the operation of his file sharing company Megaupload.
Discussion: Guardian, TalkLeft and Stuff.co.nz
Lydia Saad / Gallup:
GOP Slightly Ahead in Voting Enthusiasm  —  Both parties far less enthusiastic today than Democrats were in 2008  —  PRINCETON, NJ — By 53% to 45%, Republicans, including independents who lean Republican, are slightly more likely than Democrats and Democratic leaners to say they are …
Discussion: Politico, CNN and Ballot Box
Bill Simmons / ESPN.com - null:
B.S. Report Transcript: Barack Obama  —  Bill Simmons: Welcome to the White House.  Very proud to have the President of the United States of America, Barack Obama, on the B.S. Report.  This is your first podcast?  —  President Barack Obama: This is — well, I used to have my own podcast.
Alan Johnson / The Columbus Dispatch:
New Ohio vote on same-sex marriage?  —  A proposed constitutional amendment to undo Ohio's 2004 same-sex marriage ban will be submitted today to Attorney General Mike DeWine.  —  The Freedom to Marry Coalition expects to file more than 1,700 signatures of registered Ohio voters …
Discussion: ThinkProgress
Jim O'Sullivan / Hotline On Call:
Poll Shows Brown Leading Warren by 10  —  Sen. Scott Brown, R-Mass., leads Democratic challenger Elizabeth Warren by 10 points in a private Massachusetts Senate race poll.  —  The poll, conducted by Opinion Dynamics for Boston-based consulting firm Mass Insight Global Partnerships …
Discussion: Library Grape
Brandon Voss / Advocate:
By George, Clooney's Got Us  —  Gearing up for the one-night-only L.A. reading of 8, Dustin Lance Black's Prop. 8 play, George Clooney reaffirms his commitment to marriage equality and opens up about persistent gay rumors, his bromance with Brad Pitt, and the prospect of playing Paul Lynde.
Bleeding Cool Comic Book, Movies and TV:
One Million Homophobic Moms Target Archie Comics And Toys R Us (UPDATED)  —  UPDATE: John Goldwater, c0-CEO of Archie Comics has responded to the story below.  He writes; … Despite a few Fox News commentators, the introduction of gay characters and gay marriage into Archie Comics had gone down rather smoothly.
 
 
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Eric Lichtblau / New York Times:
Ex-Senators Graham and Kerrey See Possible Saudi 9/11 Link
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
William D. Nordhaus / New York Review of Books:
Why the Global Warming Skeptics Are Wrong
Discussion: ThinkProgress and Mr. Worthing
David Frum / david-frum:
Is This What an Arranged Marriage Feels Like?
John Hinderaker / Power Line:
Chu Lets the Cat Out of the Bag
Pamela Geller / Atlas Shrugs:
Muslim Fascists' Virulent Jew-Hatred At The University of California-Davis Last Night
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit and Jihad Watch
Jerusalem Post:
‘19% of Israelis support non-US-backed Iran strike’
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Adam Mann / Wired:
1 in 8 Chance of Catastrophic Solar Megastorm by 2020
Discussion: Gawker
Michael Levenson / The Boston Globe:
Mormons baptized slain reporter Daniel Pearl
Stephen Adams / Telegraph:
Killing babies no different from abortion, experts say
ABCNEWS:
Romney Says He Owns Guns - But Does He?
Discussion: The Hill
Erick Erickson / RedState:
Three Percent  —  When you have a candidate few people really like …
Christian Hartsock / Big Journalism:
EXCLUSIVE: O'Keefe Files Suit Against Al Gore's Current TV, Keith Olbermann, David Shuster
 

 
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