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• Mar 4, 2015 Open thread for night owls. Wheeler: Petraeus gets hand-slap for leaking and obstruction of justice A State Department official's complaints about email stalking launched the months-long criminal inquiry that led to Paula Broadwell, a woman romantically linked to former Gen. David Petraeus. He is now getting off with a tsk-tsk and a fine for leaking secret information. Marcy Wheeler at...     5 DailyKos Headlines        more   
• Feb 28, 2015 Fox News using anti-Obamacare tactics on open internet via net neutrality The FCC approved net neutrality this week. In effect it ensures the internet will remain open. It will be regulated just like any other utility ensuring that corporations cannot gouge customers or create unfair advantages. Fox News is at it again. It is attempting to frame the new FCC...     5 DailyKos Headlines        more   
• Feb 28, 2015 Phil Robertson, STDs and the revenge of the hippies CPAC is no stranger to inviting raving lunatics to speak at their events. They certainly outdid themselves this year by not only inviting Duck Dynasty's Phil Robertson to speak, but by honoring him with the Andrew Breitbart Defender of the First Amendment Award. The people in the conference room...     5 DailyKos Headlines        more   
• Mar 2, 2015 Florida officials seem willing to hedge their bets on losing Obamacare He's not worried. There is no sense of urgency in Florida, the state with the most to lose if the Supreme Court decides to strip health insurance subsidies away from Obamacare customers who purchase on the federal exchange. Whether they think the court won't take such drastic action, they think...     5 DailyKos Headlines        more   
• Mar 3, 2015 Cleveland mayor offers backhanded apology to family of Tamir Rice, doubles down on defense After being widely criticized for blaming Tamir Rice for his own death, Mayor Frank Jackson offered a public apology on Monday for language the city used in its legal defense: "Whether or not we can explain it away is irrelevant," Jackson said at a press conference late Monday afternoon. "I'm...     5 DailyKos Headlines        more   
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• Mar 4, 2015 Alabama Supreme Court halts gay-marriage licenses The court orders the state's judges to stop issuing marriage licenses to gay couples.     Yahoo News Democratic Party        more   
• Mar 4, 2015 Man killed by LAPD was wanted by U.S. marshals A homeless man shot dead on Skid Row was living under an assumed name and was wanted for violating probation terms for a bank robbery conviction.     Yahoo News Democratic Party        more   
• Mar 4, 2015 Justice Department finds racial bias in Ferguson police practices By Julia Edwards WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department has concluded that the Ferguson, Missouri, police department routinely engages in racially biased practices, a law enforcement official familiar with the department's findings said on Tuesday. The investigation into the...     Yahoo News Democratic Party        more   
• Mar 3, 2015 Netanyahu speech exposes bitter divisions Tthe optics of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech on Tuesday were just as important as the speech itself.     Yahoo News Democratic Party        more   
• Mar 4, 2015 72 passengers reach settlements in Asiana crash SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — More than 70 passengers aboard an Asiana Airlines flight that crashed in San Francisco two years ago have reached a settlement in their lawsuits against the airline, attorneys for the passengers and airline said in a court filing Tuesday.     Yahoo News Democratic Party        more   
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• Mar 4, 2015 Our Hosts Flock to “Alpine Shepherd Boy,” Episode 5 of Better Call Saul Listen to Episode 5 of Slate TV Club’s Better Call Saul podcast:     Slate        more   
• Mar 4, 2015 One Condiment to Rule Them All Listen to Episode 206 of Slate’s The Gist:     Slate        more   
• Mar 3, 2015 You’re Paying Too Much for Wireless The average American mobile phone bill amounts to well over $1,000 a year. That’s more than home Internet and basic cable combined.     Slate        more   
• New York Times Op-Ed
• Mar 4, 2015 Op-Ed Contributor: The Education of ‘Jihadi John’ New York Times Op-Ed        more   
• Mar 4, 2015 Op-Ed Columnist: What Bibi Didn’t Say Now that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel has had his say, it’s time to ask: What is in America’s best interest?     New York Times Op-Ed        more   
• Mar 4, 2015 Op-Ed Contributor: Netanyahu’s Nuclear Deceptions The world should see through the Israeli prime minister’s alarmist rhetoric about Iran.     New York Times Op-Ed        more   
• Mar 3, 2015 Taking Note: What Do Unions Know About Running Schools? A union-run charter school in New York struggled from the start.     New York Times Op-Ed        more   
• Mar 3, 2015 Room for Debate: What Makes a Good Teacher New York Times Op-Ed        more   
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• Mar 4, 2015 Countries Questioning Indonesia’s Push to Execute Drug Offenders Andrew Chan and, behind, Myuran Sukumaran, in 2006, were said to have been flown to an island where people are executed.     New York Times        more   
• Mar 4, 2015 China’s Military Budget Increasing 10% for 2015, Official Says A legislative spokeswoman has estimated that military spending will expand at a rate faster than the overall Chinese economy.     New York Times        more   
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