Tuesday, March 1, 2011

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Reuters

Dior fires Galliano as he denies anti-Semitic remarks
USA Today
Christian Dior has fired designer John Galliano, after video surfaced showing him making anti-Semitic comments in a Paris restaurant last year. "I love Hitler," an apparently drunken Galliano says in a video obtained by ...
Natalie Portman DISGUSTED At Designer's Hitler RantTMZ.com
Natalie Portman reveals 'disgust' at British designerDaily Mail
Galliano and the taste for transgressionThe Guardian
Us Magazine -The Press Association -Wall Street Journal
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Globe and Mail

Clinton: Libya may face civil war
BBC News
Libya could become a peaceful democracy or face years of civil war, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has told Congressional lawmakers. Mrs Clinton appeared on Capitol Hill to urge Congress not to cut funds needed to deal with crises abroad. ...
International Pressure Increases on Libya's GadhafiVoice of America
Clinton says Libya risks 'protracted civil war'Washington Post
Qaddafi's forces repelled in bid to retake western Libya cityChristian Science Monitor
Inquirer.net -Fox News -CNN
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msnbc.com

Newt Gingrich for President in 2012? Ex-Speaker to form presidential ...
New York Daily News
Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich will form a presidential exploratory committee this week, according to reports. Do you think Newt Gingrich would be a good President? No. This would be horrible for the country. ...
Reports: Gingrich to test presidential bidUPI.com
On the Stump, Gingrich Puts Focus on FaithNew York Times
Gingrich Could Face Tough QuestionsMyFox Atlanta
Talk Radio News Service -The Associated Press -Washington Post
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Reuters

Health Overhaul May Raise States' Costs by $118 Billion, Republicans Say
Bloomberg
The US health-care law will cost states almost double the amount that congressional auditors estimate, Republican lawmakers said today. Representative Fred Upton, a Michigan Republican who is chairman of the ...
Obama Jumps Back in Wisconsin FightFox News
Obama Rejects Governors' Plan to Overhaul MedicaidKaiser Health News
Obama has hardly been silent about Wisconsin protestsMilwaukee Labor Press
Congress.org -USA Today -Atlanta Journal Constitution
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Ha'aretz

Huge crowds in Yemen as Saleh blames West for unrest
Washington Post
Motivated by recent shows of political strength by neighbors in Egypt, demonstrators in the Middle East and North Africa are taking to the streets of many cities to rally for change. By Portia Walker SANAA, Yemen - Massive crowds rallied in cities ...
South Yemen politician wants referendum on secessionReuters
Yemen's president: Israel planned, funded Arab uprisingsJewish Telegraphic Agency
Protesters in Yemen Return to StreetsNew York Times
Financial Times -Aljazeera.net -The Associated Press
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Boston Globe

Rev. Peter J. Gomes, Harvard minister, voice of tolerance, dies
Boston Herald
By AP CAMBRIDGE - The Rev. Peter J. Gomes, a Baptist minister and national voice for tolerance who oversaw Harvard University's Memorial Church for more than three decades, has died. The university said that Gomes died Monday of complications from a ...
Rev. Peter Gomes: 1942-2011, 'Work Until Your Life Is Over'WBUR
Rev. Gomes, Harvard minister and author, dies at 68Boston Globe
Influential Harvard minister Gomes dies at 68SunHerald.com
Harvard Crimson -New York Times -NPR (blog)
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Reuters

Wisconsin governor set to deliver steep budget cuts
Reuters
A man marches with a ''don't tread on me'' flag outside the State Capitol building as they wait to occupy it during day fourteen of their protest against the proposed budget cuts by Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker in Madison, Wisconsin February 28, ...
Did Wisconsin governor overreach in union battle?CNN International
Wisconsin's Walker Issues Ultimatum To Missing DemocratsMyStateline.com
Teachers, administrators prepare for budget cutsMilwaukee Journal Sentinel
Superior Telegram -The Guardian -Richmond Register
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CTV.ca

Pirate: Captive Danes will die if rescue attempted
Houston Chronicle
© 2011 AP F. Duckett AP COPENHAGEN, Denmark — A Danish family captured by pirates in the Indian Ocean will suffer the same fate as four American sailors slain last week, if any rescue is attempt is made, a Somali pirate said Tuesday. ...
Denmark issues warning after pirates seize yacht off SomaliaMonsters and Critics.com
Pirate kidnapping did not occur within Maldivian waters, confirms MNDFMinivan News
Pirate: Captive Danes will die if rescue attemptedKSBY San Luis Obispo News
Wall Street Pit -Sydney Morning Herald -New York Times
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The Guardian

Bernanke: Inflation risk 'modest'
CNNMoney
NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- In his twice yearly testimony to Congress Tuesday, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke acknowledged surging oil and food prices, but downplayed them as a significant ...
Bernanke Says Economy Still Gaining MomentumNew York Times
US Fed Reiterates Policy, Economic Forecasts In Report To CongressWall Street Journal
Dollar Declines as Bernanke Cites Temporary Inflation IncreaseBusinessWeek
MarketWatch -The Associated Press -Financial Times
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Fox News

Government Waste By the Numbers: Report Identifies Dozens of Duplicative Programs
Fox News
The federal government hosts 47 job-training programs, 44 of which overlap. It runs 80 programs for the "transportation disadvantaged." Another 82 programs spread across 10 separate agencies endeavor to improve teacher quality -- something hundreds of ...
GAO report: Eliminating program duplication could save 'billions'GovExec.com
GAO: Taxpayers pay for truckingWashington Post (blog)
Sen. Shaheen: GAO Report Should Be Guide for Budget CutsWall Street Journal (blog)
The Hill (blog) -Reuters -msnbc.com
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The Hindu

The politics of blame, shutdown edition
Washington Post
People say they would apportion blame about evenly between the Obama administration and the Republicans in the event of a government shutdown. Some 36 percent in a new Washington Post poll conducted with the Pew Research Center ...
House To Vote On Stopgap Budget MeasureMyStateline.com
House to vote on stopgap spending billMarketWatch
House GOP content to keep punting on spendingGovExec.com
OzarksFirst.com -Congress.org -Politico
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USA Today

Charlie Sheen: My Live-In 'Goddesses' Don't Judge Me
People Magazine
Logging in more time on the talk-show circuit than he is on his own show Two and a Half Men, Charlie Sheen offered a peek inside what he calls "Sober Valley Lodge" – the LA mansion he shares with two women he calls "the ...
Charlie Sheen's Goddesses Speak Out: This System Works For UsEntertainment Tonight News
Sheen on live-in 'goddesses': 'They don't judge me'msnbc.com
Sheen to sue CBS, Warner Bros. for 'mental anguish': reportsToronto Star
New York Daily News -USA Today -Just Jared
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