Headlines: The Week in Review

The New York Times: AIG Set to Get Another $30B, Failing Up Is "The New Black"The Washington Post: Judge Rules In Favor of Campaign Benefactor, Question Raised As To Whether He Ruled Impartially Suggested Reading What’s 2025’s Black Song of The Summer? The Answer Will Surprise You Details Surrounding the Death of Michael Jackson, Explained…

The New York Times: AIG Set to Get Another $30B, Failing Up Is "The New Black"

The Washington Post: Judge Rules In Favor of Campaign Benefactor, Question Raised As To Whether He Ruled Impartially

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The Los Angeles Times: Granddaughter of Slave Becomes Chief Judge of U.S. District Court in LA

BBC: Guinea-Bissau President Shot Dead

Politico: Obama Must Soon Confront Gays in Military Quagmire

Forbes: Obama Administration Does Not Back Israel's Play 1000 Percent, Clearly Anti-Semites

Jack and Jill Politics: Another AIG Bailout?!

Booker Rising: GOP Hopes To Turn Conservative Dems on Obama Budget

The New York Times: Obama Sends Secret Letter to Russia, Possibly Accompanied By Decoder Ring

The Washington Post: Gunmen Attack Sri Lankan Cricket Team in Pakistan

The Daily Telegraph: Obama Cancels on PM Brown Because of Weather, England Confused

CNN: Jindal Admits Obama Is Better Speaker, Grass Is Still Green

Al Jazeera: 'Chemical Ali' Sentenced To Death. Again.

ESPN: Search Continues for Missing Boaters

Politico: Steele More Like Foil, Apologizes To Limbaugh

Michelle Malkin: A Scolding for Michael Steele

The Daily Beast: Does Chris Brown Deserve a Break?

The Hollywood Reporter: Angela Bassett to Make Directorial Debut

U.S. News & World Reports: GOP to Steele: Shut Your Pie Hole

MSNBC: President's Approval Rating at All-Time High, "All-Time" Not Long Time

ESPN: NLF Players Missing at Sea, Bonded for Eternity

BBC: Warrant Issued for Sudan's President Bashir

Al Jazeera: Clinton Meets With Palestinian Officials, Does Not Body Slam on Behalf of Israel

E!: Usher Blasts Jet-Skiing Brown, Holed Up in Studio Working on New Album (Hint Hint)

TVnewser: Jim Cramer Dares Disagrees With The Obama's Budget, White House Ethers Him

Politico: Moderate Dems Not That Into Budget, Consult Their Life Insurance Policies

Subrealism: Fertilizer Thefts Being Reported, Buzz a Bit Alarmed

Oliver Willis: Investigation Underway in Michael Steele's 2006 Campaign Expenditures. Ouch.

The Los Angeles Times: Proposition 8 Court Challenges Set Begin Today

The New York Times: Obama's Hair Showing Shades of Gray, Occupation Apparently Stressful 

The Washington Post: Democrats Using 'Diversionary Tactics,' Karl Rove Secretly Proud

BBC: Bashir Plans To Defy Charges, Bought Himself a Few Days

ABC News: Ex-First Lady Bush Has Heart Surgery

ESPN: Cowboys Cut Terrell Owens

Holy Bullies and Headless Monsters: Be Cool Calm and Collected About Proposition 8 Challenge Today

The Huffington Post: Andrew Cuomo To Have Battle Royale With Bank of America, Merrill

The Daily Beast: A History of Michelle Obama's Arms, Saartjie Baartman Somewhere Shaking Head

The Daily Beast: Stanley Crouch Ethers Michael Steele, Et al; Steele Apology Probably Forthcoming

The Daily Telegraph: Obama Gives British PM Brown DVDs, England Salty

LandlineTV: Michael Steele: Hip-Hop Rethuglican

LandlineTV: Don't Understand Obama's Budget? Get Stimulated

Forexhound: Black Unemployment Rose in February, No Longer Considered Month All God's Children Work

USA Today: Black Leaders Set Records in State Legislatures, Roland Burris Given Asterisk

The Daily Telegraph: First Lady Serves Meals to Homeless, Whether Foot Was Put in it Unknown

Black America Web: Activists Seek Probe of 1959 Fire That Killed 21 Boys

BET: Shirley Chisolm Honored

MSNBC: Ads Depict Post-Racial Society; Reality? Not So Much

ABC: Unemployment: Highest Since 1983; Jheri Curl Threatens Comeback

The Washington Post: No Surgeon Generalship for Sanjay Gupta; Prefers TV, Less Work

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Rev. Wright Says Obama 'Ain't Jesus', Some Faint

Al Jazeera: African States Face Warrant Dilemma with Bashir

E!: Chris Brown Arraignment Postponed; Not Allowed to "Annoy, Harass, Threaten or Molest" Anyone

Cityfile: CNN Cancels Hughley Show, Many Wonder 'What Show?'

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