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BBC News | News Front Page | World Edition:  Maliki takes early Iraq poll lead

Posted 19 minutes ago

First results from Iraq's election show PM Nouri Maliki's grouping leading in two southern provinces, the electoral body says. [Link]

Under the Dome blog:  Fewer ABC boards proposed

Posted 26 minutes ago

LIQUOR CHANGES PROMOTED : The state's top liquor regulator on Wednesday proposed shrinking the number of local ABC boards in the state through mergers and putting them under the thumb of county governments. Jon Williams, chairman of the state ABC Commission, also recommended allowing private … [Link]

BBC News | News Front Page | World Edition:  Tories pledge 'fastest broadband'

Posted 29 minutes ago

The Conservatives say they will make Britain the first country in Europe to have widespread super-fast broadband. [Link]

BBC News | News Front Page | World Edition:  UK giving US control of Musa Qala

Posted 34 minutes ago

UK forces are to hand security powers in the Afghan district of Musa Qala to US troops, the defence secretary says. [Link]

Politics on HuffingtonPost.com:  Jamie Court: Jerry Brown's Role As Truthsayer Could Give Him The Advantage Over Megabucks Whitman

Posted 50 minutes ago

A lot of progressives in California are worried of late that California's Attorney General Jerry Brown might talk a little too much truth, and that will hurt his gubernatorial run against Megabucks Meg Whitman, e-bay pioneer who has already spent around 40 mill selling California on some very … [Link]

Think Progress:  ThinkFast: March 11, 2010

Posted 63 minutes ago

Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell (R) issued a new directive yesterday distancing himself from Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli’s effort to strip protections for LGBT students from all state colleges and university non-discrimination policies. McDonnell initially supported Cuccinelli’s legal … [Link]

AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed:  Congress Holds Historic Debate On Afghan War, But Media is MIA

Posted 63 minutes ago

Wednesday marked the first major congressional debate about U.S. military operations in Afghanistan since the 2001 invasion. Where was the press? [Link]

AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed:  How Some Leading Environmental Groups Are Putting Profit Before Planet

Posted 63 minutes ago

They are supporting a system they know will lead to ecocide, because more revenue will run through their accounts, for a while, as the collapse occurs. [Link]

Politics on HuffingtonPost.com:  Mike Papantonio: GOP Mocks Own Donors in Document

Posted 64 minutes ago

Two weeks ago the folks who run Republican fundraising made a sloppy mistake. They left the blueprint for their party fundraising plans at a posh resort where they had hosted a GOP retreat. That document is now in the hands of the media. RNC Chairman Michael Steele is having to put a good light on … [Link]

Commondreams.org Views:  Breaking the Silence on War in Our Schools

Posted 66 minutes ago

by Rethinking Schools When the World Trade Center was attacked, the international crisis reverberated in schools all over the United States. In kindergarten through high school classrooms, teachers struggled to figure out age-appropriate ways to talk about the violence. read more [Link]

Paul Krugman:  Fifty-One Herbert Hoovers

Posted 70 minutes ago

Everything bad is good again. [Link]

Politics on HuffingtonPost.com:  Bart Stupak: Abortion Foe Calls Health Care Resistance A Sign Of 'Courage'

Posted 74 minutes ago

WEST BRANCH, Mich. — Shortly after entering Congress in 1993, Rep. Bart Stupak withstood President Bill Clinton's charm offensive and voted against free-trade legislation – an early display of the independent streak that has put him at odds with fellow Democrats many times since. … [Link]

BBC News | News Front Page | World Edition:  Extradition over Auschwitz theft

Posted 78 minutes ago

A Stockholm court rules a Swedish man can be extradited to Poland for trial over the theft of a sign from Auschwitz. [Link]

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