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Listen Up! Bail Burdens Keep Jails Packed
An interesting bit o’ listenin’ from NPR.
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Quick Hits: Worst Segue of the Day
Saw this effery over on Jezebel. This is just…precious. Pun intended. #MSNBCAnchorFAIL
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Situation Critical: US Curbs AIDS Funding to Africa as Patient Numbers Rise
It’s situation critical in many parts of Africa as US funding is curbed in the fight against AIDS while the number of those infected mount. From The Wall Street Journal: Seven years after the U.S. launched its widely hailed program to fight AIDS in the developing world, the battle is reaching a critical turning point.…
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Read/React: "DADT: A Fight the Right Would Rather Not Have"
Adam Serwer has a few thoughts on why the Right doesn’t want to mix it up over DADT: The answer is that most of the country supports repealing DADT, and Republicans aren’t eager to get into a fight that public opinion doesn’t support them on and that will redefine the GOP as the party of…
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White House: 9/11 Mastermind Is Probably Catching a Dirt Nap
Robert Gibbs said in a CNN interview that he expects Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the reputed mastermind of the 9/11 attacks, will be convicted and executed. Some are now wondering if Gibbs’ comments have compromised Mohammed’s right to a fair trial “Khalid Sheikh Mohammed is going to meet justice and he’s going to meet his maker,”…
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Americans Caught Trying to Take Children from Haiti
In “good grief” news, ten Americans have been arrested by Haitian authorities for trying to traffic thirty-three children out of Haiti. Authorities fear traffickers could try to exploit the chaos and turmoil following Haiti’s January 12 earthquake quake to engage in illegal adoptions. But one of the suspects, who says she is leader of an…
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Quick Hits: Beyonce Hauls in Record Six Grammys
Beyonce owned the Grammys last night. The R&B superstar led the nominations with 10, and quickly took home the first award of the telecast. It was her fifth award of the night, but when her mega-hit “Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)” was declared song of the year, she was busy backstage preparing for…
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Meet the 'Faces of America'
The Root’s editor-in-chief, Professor Henry Louis Gates Jr., is launching a new PBS show that builds on the success of his African-American Lives, a series that traced the ancestry of famous black Americans. His new series, Faces of America, uses the same potent combination of traditional genealogical research and advanced DNA techniques to explore the…
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Check It Out: Pres. Obama Speaks at GOP Retreat
President Obama was at the GOP retreat today in Baltimore and, echoing his State of the Union address, urged bipartisanship and a bit more all around teamwork. After the speech, some wondered if it was a good idea to allow cameras to tape what was essentially a 90-minute GOP pwning.
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