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8:55 AM ET, March 11, 2013

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Richard Pérez-Peña / New York Times:
Harvard Search of E-Mail Stuns Its Faculty Members  —  Bewildered, and at times angry, faculty members at Harvard criticized the university on Sunday after revelations that administrators secretly searched the e-mail accounts of 16 resident deans in an effort to learn who leaked information …
Discussion: Dartblog
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Mary Carmichael / Boston Globe:
Harvard University administrators secretly searched deans' email accounts, hunting for media leak  —  Harvard University central administrators secretly searched the email accounts of 16 resident deans last fall, looking for a leak to the media about the school's sprawling cheating case …
New York Times:
Karzai Criticisms Lead to Tensions With Hagel  —  KABUL, Afghanistan — President Hamid Karzai leveled particularly harsh accusations against the United States on Sunday, suggesting that Americans were destabilizing his country and casting a shadow over a visit by Chuck Hagel, the new American defense secretary.
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Wall Street Journal:
Karzai Inflames U.S. Tensions
New York Times:
U.S. Again Delays Transfer of Bagram Prison to Afghan Forces
Discussion: NBCNews.com, msnbc.com, Politico and Lawfare
Mark Tapscott / Washington Examiner:
Why do the Koch Brothers get all the sunshine? … Here's a couple of data points that bear serious thought this week by transparency advocates celebrating Sunshine Week and by everybody else who cares about protecting and preserving a free and independent press:
Chana Ya'ar / Arutz Sheva:
UN Reports the Truth: Hamas Killed BBC Reporter's Baby in Gaza  —  The UN has issued a report that plainly explains Israel's Pillar of Defense operation and exposes Hamas lies to the BBC.  —  The United Nations has issued a report with unusual courage and accuracy that plainly tells the tale …
Kevin Robillard / Politico:
President Obama's numbers plummet in New York  —  President Barack Obama's approval rating in New York fell precipitously in the last month, according to a poll released Monday, and three-fifths of the state's registered voters now believe the country is heading in the wrong direction.
Discussion: Jammie Wearing Fools
Mark Thoma / Economist's View:
Crude Sachsism  —  Jeff Sachs: … Let's stop there.  As many people have pointed out, the basic premise that Krugman thinks deficits don't matter is just wrong (see some of his earlier writing when we weren't in a liquidity trap as well, he is very clear on this point).  Here's Krugman:
Fernanda Santos / New York Times:
Mandatory Cuts Could Open Path to Deeper Defense Trims  —  WASHINGTON — At a time when $46 billion in mandatory budget cuts are causing anxiety at the Pentagon, administration officials see one potential benefit: there may be an opening to argue for deep reductions in programs long …
Discussion: csis.org and The Reaction
Ambrose Evans-Pritchard / Telegraph:
Germany's anti-euro party is a nasty shock for Angela Merkel  —  Political revolt against the euro construct has spread to Germany.  —  Alternative for Germany has greater potential to unsettle Mrs Merkel than previous Eurosceptic groups  —  A new party led by economists, jurists …
Ruby Cramer / BuzzFeed:
How Ashley Judd Can Win  —  The staffers who ran campaigns for Eastwood and Bono, Schwarzenegger and Franken, say the actress can win if she gets in early, stays local, and works like hell.  Celebrity status can be like “a huge tire around the neck,” says Padberg.  —  Image by AP
Discussion: Taegan Goddard's …
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Roll Call:
First Budget in Four Years for Senate Democrats  —  Debate will be chamber's first marathon markup in 4 years  —  Democrats and Republicans on the Senate Budget Committee say they hope to keep the focus during this week's expected marathon markup on setting a sound course for the country's fiscal future.
Sy Mukherjee / ThinkProgress:
Top Republican Strategist: GOP 'Doesn't Give Equal Opportunity To Women'  —  During a segment on women's evolving roles in the workplace on Meet the Press Sunday morning, GOP political operative and former McCain campaign adviser Steve Schmidt made a compelling case for equal opportunity …
Fox News:
Ryan: New House Republican budget includes ObamaCare repeal  —  Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan, chairman of the House Budget Committee, said Sunday that his new budget includes the repeal of President Obama's health-care reform law known as ObamaCare.  —  Ryan told “Fox News Sunday” …
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Reuters:
In China, public anger over secrecy on environment
Discussion: Guardian and Doug Ross
Nasir Habib / CNN:
Christian protesters decry Muslim mob's arson spree following blasphemy charge
Discussion: Jihad Watch
New York Times:
Rate of Gun Ownership Is Down, Survey Shows
Xinhua News Agency:
China unveils plan to streamline gov't
Discussion: New York Times
Nick Bilton / NYT Bits:
Disruptions: Digital Era Redefining Etiquette
Discussion: Mother Jones and Marbury
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