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Daniel Elizondo arrested for 49 deaths in Mexico
Daniel Elizondo, a leader of the Zetas drug cartel, was arrested in connection with 49 decapitated and dismembered bodies.
Victims’ families: Relief, fury
Relief expressed Sunday at the death of Pan Am 103 bomber Abdelbeset Ali Mohmed al Megrahi by relatives of some of his 270 victims was tempered by still-smoldering anger at his release from prison more than two years ago.
Solar eclipse sweeps across globe
The shadow of the moon began to sweep across the globe from Hong Kong to the Texas Panhandle as a rare annular solar eclipse began Monday morning in Asia.
Lebanese military shoots dead anti-Assad cleric and companion, sparking protests
Lebanese soldiers shot dead two members of a group opposing the Syrian regime of Bashar al-Assad in Lebanon on Sunday, raising fears turmoil is spilling over the border.
Obama to NATO: ‘Hard days’ ahead
More work must be done before NATO troops pull out of Afghanistan, U.S. President Barack Obama said as he met with Afghan President Hamid Karzai Sunday. .
Ex-Yemeni President Saleh hospitalized
Former Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh was admitted Sunday to a military hospital in Sanaa, the second time that he's been to a hospital this month, a government official said.
Italy quake kills at least seven
Seven people are dead, 50 injured and possibly thousands displaced after a strong earthquake that struck early Sunday in northern Italy, authorities said.
Lockerbie bomber dies in Libya
Abdelbeset Ali Mohmed al Megrahi, the Libyan intelligence officer convicted in the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Scotland in 1988, has died in Libya. He was 60. .
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Daniel Elizondo arrested for 49 deaths in Mexico
Daniel Elizondo, a leader of the Zetas drug cartel, was arrested in connection with 49 decapitated and dismembered bodies.
Priyanka Boghani
Lebanese military shoots dead anti-Assad cleric and companion, sparking protests
Lebanese soldiers shot dead two members of a group opposing the Syrian regime of Bashar al-Assad in Lebanon on Sunday, raising fears turmoil is spilling over the border.
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Zimbabwe: Mugabe says he is tired
But 88-year-old dictator says he must stay in power to prevent his Zanu-PF party from falling apart. Andrew Meldrum
Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe reportedly said that he "is tired and wants to retire" but he is staying in power to prevent his ruling party, Zanu-PF, from falling apart.
That's according to former Finance Minister Enos Nkala who spoke to The Standard after meeting with the 88-year-old Mugabe in Bulawayo for an hour-long talk on Friday.
.Andrew Meldrum
NATO summit opens
The road map out of the war in Afghanistan is expected to be drawn up by U.S. President Barack Obama and other world leaders gathering Sunday at the NATO summit in Chicago. .
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Alberto forecast to stay offshore; tropical storm watch remains
A large swath of coastal South Carolina is under a tropical storm watch due to Alberto, the first named tropical storm of the 2012 Atlantic hurricane season.
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Serbia: Nationalist Tomislav Nikolic wins presidential elections
A row erupted after the first round of voting on May 6, when pro-Tomislav Nikolic nationalists accused Boris Tadic’s supporters of falsifying 500,000 votes, although electoral officials and foreign monitors declared the vote to have been fair.
Luke Browne
Fourth army officer held in Mexico drug cartel probe
Four high-ranking Mexican officers – including a former deputy defence minister – have been arrested this week and are accused of involvement with the Beltran Leyva cartel which has smuggled narcotics into the US.
Luke Browne
Dominican Republic goes to polls to elect new president
Opinion polls put the candidate from the governing Dominican Liberation Party (PLD), Danilo Medina, just ahead of the challenger, 71-year-old opposition Dominican Revolutionary Party (PRD) candidate Hipolito Mejia, who was the country’s president from 2000-2004.
Luke Browne
NATO soldiers and children among dead in southern Afghanistan violence
Taliban spokesman Qari Youssef Ahmadi said the Taliban were behind the attack, which comes as NATO leaders gather in Chicago for a two-day summit on Afghanistan’s future.
Luke Browne
Pakistan blocks Twitter over blasphemous content
Pakistan blocked Twitter on Sunday because the social media site refused to remove posts promoting a Facebook competition involving caricatures of the Prophet Mohammed. .
Stacey Leasca
Sudan releases four foreigners arrested in contested area
The four men were detained on April 28 on suspicion of aiding the South and held in the disputed border area, where clashes between Sudan and South Sudan have broken out in recent months
Luke Browne
At least 17 killed as army and militants clash in southern Yemen
Fighting broke out early Sunday as the army and aligned tribal fighters launched a two-pronged attack on the Islamist stronghold of Jaar in Abyan province, which has been under the control of the militants since last year.
Luke Browne
Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi is dead
A Libyan intelligence officer, Megrahi always denied any responsibility for the attack, and in 2009 was released from a Scottish jail on compassionate grounds after doctors told him he had only months to live.
Luke Browne
Fixing the international adoption mess
Commentary: Bureaucracy keeps kids and parents separated for years. An adoption attorney explains what needs to be done. Kelly Ensslin
RALEIGH, North Carolina — Nate is now four years old.
Kelly Ensslin
Was Columbus Jewish?
Charles Garcia says scholarly research suggest that the explorer was seeking to find a safe haven for Jews who were persecuted in Spain
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Jenna Talackova, transgender Miss Universe Canada contestant, misses out
Jenna Talackova, the first-ever transgender contestant to compete in the Miss Universe Canada pageant, has lost her bid to win the title despite making the finals.
News Desk
U.S. could lose aging eyes in the sky
About every two weeks, Rick Allen gets a series of thermal snapshots from high above Earth that show how water gets used across the western United States, a perennial source of friction in the largely arid region.
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Climber dies falling 1,100 feet on Alaska’s Mount McKinley
A climber has fallen 1,100 feet to their death while attempting to ascend Alaska's Mount McKinley, the National Park Service (NPS) announced.
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In Afghanistan, fears that a NATO withdrawal will lead to another civil war
MEHTAR LAM, Afghanistan — NATO states meeting in Chicago today are expected to reaffirm the departure of foreign combat troops from Afghanistan by the end of 2014, while simultaneously pledging their commitment to the country's stability.
Chris Sands
Technically legal, Brazil’s sex workers left out of unionization push
RIO DE JANEIRO — While other industries have unionized and steadily built up worker protections, Brazil’s sex workers have been unable to follow suit as they have in other countries where the sex trade has been legalized, plagued by social stigma and strict laws around prostitution.
Elizabeth Tuttle
UK acts on kids addicted to online porn
LONDON – The British government is considering imposing anti-porn filters on home broadband customers, and mandating a “snoopers’ charter” of online record keeping. Anyone wanting to view adult content would have to contact ISPs to “opt in.” Moms, among others, are displeased.
.Barry Neild
Who will be South Korea’s new leader?
SEOUL — Seven months before South Koreans elect their next president, only one thing is clear: the winner will not be the incumbent, Lee Myung Bak. Lee is constitutionally banned from seeking a second term, but the legacy of his eventful five years in office is proving critical in the fortunes of the men, and one woman, in the frame to replace him in the Blue House.
Justin McCurry
Facebook’s Zuckerberg gets married
Facebook co-founder and chief executive Mark Zuckerberg married his longtime girlfriend Priscilla Chan on Saturday.
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6 Georgia school buses in chain-reaction crash
Six school buses bound for a metro Atlanta amusement park were involved in a multi-vehicle crash Saturday, sending 65 people to the hospital, including a seriously injured driver, Georgia authorities said.
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Twin bombings in Mogadishu kill Somali soldiers
No group has claimed responsibility for the attacks, but the radical Islamist militia Al Shabaab has launched similar acts of violence in Mogadishu since pulling out of the capital last year in a bid to consolidate its control over other parts of Somalia.
Luke Browne
World
Robin Gibb of the Bee Gees dead at 62
Robin Gibb, one of three brothers who made up the disco group the Bee Gees behind "Saturday Night Fever" and other hits from the 1970s, died after a battle with cancer, according to a statement on his website.
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Victims’ families: Relief, fury
Relief expressed Sunday at the death of Pan Am 103 bomber Abdelbeset Ali Mohmed al Megrahi by relatives of some of his 270 victims was tempered by still-smoldering anger at his release from prison more than two years ago.
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Solar eclipse sweeps across globe
The shadow of the moon began to sweep across the globe from Hong Kong to the Texas Panhandle as a rare annular solar eclipse began Monday morning in Asia.
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Obama to NATO: ‘Hard days’ ahead
More work must be done before NATO troops pull out of Afghanistan, U.S. President Barack Obama said as he met with Afghan President Hamid Karzai Sunday. .
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NATO terror plot details emerge
Two suspects who appeared in court in Cook County, Illinois, on Sunday are not believed to be part of an alleged terror plot in Chicago during the NATO summit, prosecutors said Sunday.
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Ex-Yemeni President Saleh hospitalized
Former Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh was admitted Sunday to a military hospital in Sanaa, the second time that he's been to a hospital this month, a government official said.
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Tropical storm weakens off Ga., S.C.
A large swath of coastal South Carolina is under a tropical storm watch due to Alberto, the first named tropical storm of the 2012 Atlantic hurricane season.
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Italy quake kills at least seven
Seven people are dead, 50 injured and possibly thousands displaced after a strong earthquake that struck early Sunday in northern Italy, authorities said.
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Lockerbie bomber dies in Libya
Abdelbeset Ali Mohmed al Megrahi, the Libyan intelligence officer convicted in the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Scotland in 1988, has died in Libya. He was 60. .
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New doctor turned Mrs. Zuckerberg
She likes Target, the Food Network and sun-dried tomatoes. She loves taking pictures of her dog Beast, and admits to checking her phone "every five seconds." .
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New charges in foiled plot as NATO meets
Two additional suspects face charges in connection with an alleged terror plot in Chicago as world leaders meet at a NATO summit there today.
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Mary Kennedy called brilliant, caring
Mary Richardson Kennedy was remembered Saturday as a best friend who lived life to the fullest while battling depression.
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Pakistan blocks Twitter over material deemed blasphemous
The Pakistani government has blocked the social networking site Twitter because of material it deemed an affront to Islam, a government official told CNN on Sunday.
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Pakistan blocks Twitter over blasphemy
The Pakistani government has blocked the social networking site Twitter because of material it deemed an affront to Islam, a government official told CNN on Sunday.
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G-8 leaders take up eurozone crisis, possible Greek exit
Concerns about whether debt-laden Greece will be forced to pull out of the eurozone, and what that would mean for a weakened European economy is the first topic on Saturday's agenda at the Group of Eight summit hosted by U.S.
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21 dead in Yemen al Qaeda clashes
Fierce clashes between government troops and al Qaeda fighters Sunday morning in Yemen left 21 people dead, two local security officials told CNN.
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Italy school attack not tied to mafia, prosecutor says
Two suspects in a fatal bombing outside a school in Italy have been identified, a prosecutor said.
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Lockerbie bomber dies more than two years after release
Abdelbeset Ali Mohmed al Megrahi, the only person convicted in connection with the Lockerbie bombing that killed 270 people, died Sunday, the Libyan government and a family member said. He was 60. .
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21 dead in Yemen al-Qaeda clashes
Fierce clashes between government troops and al-Qaeda fighters Sunday morning in Yemen left 21 people dead, two local security officials told CNN.
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Iranian official: Expect record oil prices over nuclear sanctions
Iran's finance minister believes oil prices could rise as high as $160 a barrel thanks to sanctions over its nuclear program, a prediction that comes just as the chief of the United Nations nuclear watchdog agency headed to Tehran on Sunday for high-level talks.
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Acid poured on woman for ‘no’
When 18-year-old Mumtaz walks into a room the first thing you notice about her is the patchwork of painful puffy red scars that stretch across her face.
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Chinese human rights activist Chen arrives in U.S.
Chinese human rights activist Chen Guangcheng arrived Saturday evening in the United States, bringing an end to a diplomatic firestorm that erupted after he escaped from house arrest and took to YouTube to complain about abuse he said his family suffered at the hands of authorities.
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Transgender Miss Universe Canada contestant falls short of title
Jenna Talackova, the 23-year-old woman who forced Donald Trump and his Miss Universe Canada pageant to end its ban on transgender contestants, fell short of the national title Saturday night at the pageant in Toronto.
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At least 7 dead after quake rocks northern Italy
A strong earthquake struck northern Italy early Sunday, leaving at least seven people dead, authorities said.
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Prosecutor: Suspects ID’d in Italy blast
Two suspects in a fatal bombing outside a school in Italy have been identified, a prosecutor said.
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Business & Economics
The end of fish, in one chart
Want to see how severely we humans are scouring the oceans for fish? Check out this striking map from the World Wildlife Fund’s 2012 “Living Planet Report.” The red areas are the most intensively fished (and, in many cases, overfished) parts of the ocean — and they’ve expanded dramatically since 1950:
Between 1950 and 2006, the WWF report notes, the world’s annual fishing haul more than quadrupled, from 19 million tons to 87 million tons.
Washington Post
Sen. Tom Coburn, part one: Defusing the debt bomb
Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) served on the Simpson-Bowles commission, is a member of the Gang of Six, and just published “The Debt Bomb: A Bold Plan to Stop Washington from Bankrupting America.” We spoke last week in his office.
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How the Facebook IPO and U2’s Bono explain income inequality
Last night, I hosted “The Rachel Maddow Show.” The full show is here. But I’m particularly proud of this segment looking at how Facebook’s IPO and U2’s Bono explain the shocking rise in income inequality:
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I’ll be writing more on that subject soon.
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An interview with a late term abortion provider
Congress is currently weighing a law that would ban all abortions after 20 weeks in the District of Columbia. Willie Parker, a Washington-based obstetrician, is one doctor who has performed late-term abortions here and stands to be directly affected, should that law pass.
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Should we raise taxes on Wall Street?
The idea, admits tax lawyer Lee Sheppard, would prompt bankers to “look at you balefully, like you just ran over their dog.”
But advocates for higher taxes on Wall Street trading hope the proposal gets a second hearing--particularly since JPMorgan’s messy loss has raised new questions about the risks that big banks are still taking.
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Should we raise taxes on Wall Street?
The idea, admits tax lawyer Lee Sheppard, would prompt bankers to “look at you balefully, like you just ran over their dog.”
But advocates for higher taxes on Wall Street trading hope the proposal gets a second hearing--particularly since JPMorgan’s messy loss has raised new questions about the risks that big banks are still taking.
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Reconciliation
— Ezra is guest-hosting for Rachel Maddow again Friday night. Tune in!
—By 2025, one-third of U.S. cities will have more seniors than children.
—Tokyo’s private rail lines turn a profit largely by owning a lot of real estate and stores.
—Italy has decided that it’s a perfectly fine idea to drill deep into the heart of a supervolcano.
—Turns out France has a “Minister of Industrial Renewal,” and he wants a carbon tariff.
—“If I have a choice of investing in a blockbuster cancer drug that will pay me nothing for ten years, at best, whereas social media will go big in two years, what do you think I’m going to pick?”
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Kathleen Sebelius’s speech: contraceptives controversy still swirls around it
Kathleen Sebelius, the secretary of Health and Human Services, delivered the commencement address at Georgetown University’s Public Policy Institute on Friday. Leaders in the Catholic Church had pressured Georgetown to rescind her invitation, given her key role in implementing the health reform law, which requires employers to cover contraceptives.
Sebelius’s speech, which you can read here, contained more commencement platitudes than political statements; she didn’t once mention birth control.
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Why are Americans moving less? Perhaps they don’t need to.
Thinking of packing up and moving to another state this year? If so, you’re an outlier. Americans on the whole are becoming increasingly less mobile. In the early 1990s, 3 percent of Americans moved across state lines each year.
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Lunch break: The hoverboards that never were
Back in 1955, the U.S. military tested out flying platforms — hoverboards, basically. But the designs were considered impractical and the project was abandoned.
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Via Laughing Squid.
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Hey girl, we’re in a Ryan Gosling bubble
As “Feminist Ryan Gosling” nabs a book deal, Tumblr user Radio_On charts the very rapid rise of the now ubiquitously-meme-fied actor:
“At this rate, theoretically, by 2094 every single Tumblr will be Ryan Gosling-based,” tumblr user TopherChris adds.
The soft-hearted feminist’s Tumblr domination, is, however, far from secured.
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What do Jeremy Stein<br>and Jerome Powell want?
Matthew Yglesias sums up what we know about the monetary policy leaning’s of the Federal Reserve’s newest governors. The answer, basically, is not much.
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What a late-term abortion ban would mean for D.C.
When Rep. Trent Franks (R-Ariz.) introduced a bill to ban late-term abortions in the nation’s capitol, it didn’t get much attention. It was last January, and reproductive health advocates were heading into all-consuming national battles over Komen and contraceptives.
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Study: Higher divorce rates make American women work harder
It’s a long-established fact that Americans work longer hours than their European counterparts—30 percent more, according to recent studies.
You’ll typically hear it’s because of our work ethic and smaller welfare state: We continue to be the country of Thoreau, Jefferson, and the Puritans, while Europeans prefer their mandatory six weeks of vacation.
But it turns out that’s only part of the explanation, according to a new VoxEU paper by three European economists.
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Public transportation is habit-forming — and that’s a problem!
When gas prices rise, more people start taking the bus, train, or subway. Not everyone can do this — only about 54 percent of U.S. households have access to public transit, after all — but economists have found that the relationship is quite robust.
But what happens when gas prices start sinking back down — something that’s happening right now? Evidence suggests that many of those riders will keep taking transit anyway.
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Don’t worry about ‘American decline’
“Anyone who tells you that America is in decline or that our influence has waned,” said President Obama in his 2012 State of the Union address, “doesn’t know what they’re talking about.”
It was a “rah-rah America!” applause line for a president who needed to get the assembled Republicans out of their seats a few times over the course of the evening.
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Highlights from Thursday night’s ‘The Rachel Maddow Show’
I hosted “The Rachel Maddow Show” Thursday night. The first segment was on the GOP’s burgeoning affection for Bill Clinton, and on what Clinton’s policies should actually have taught them:
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Next up, the case against the filibuster:
The irony of GOP governors who, in refusing to implement Obamacare, might turn their state’s health care system over to the Obama administration:
This last one is more geeky than wonky, but it’s amazing.
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The government spends billions on research. Should we have to pay $20,000 more to see the results?
Taxpayers fund a ton of government research — and the results can get stuck behind a paywall that tops $20,000. Should they be able to see them without paying a second time around?
That’s a question Congress could take up, thanks to Rep.
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Wonkbook: The Fed’s long national nightmare is finally over
Are you sitting down? Because you're not going to believe this. The Senate actually got something done yesterday. Something big! They confirmed both Jeremy Stein and Jerome Powell to the Federal Reserve's Board of Governors.
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Reconciliation
— Ezra is hosting the Rachel Maddow show tonight. Tune in!
— John Metcalfe asks: Why aren’t city streets littered with dead pigeons?
— Three steps for great storytelling, per McSweeney’s.
— Ten TED talks Joshua Keating thinks should have been censored.
— “Teenage girls are cruel super-humans from a distant galaxy sent here to destroy us all.”
— Portraits of people being blown by extreme wind.
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U.S. slaps tariffs on Chinese panels. Is this the end of cheap solar?
Over the past few years, the price of solar power in the United States has been dropping at a shocking rate. One reason for the drop: China has been flooding the U.S.
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Nick Hanauer’s TED talk on taxes
Chris Anderson, head honcho at TED, has responded to Nick Hanauer’s claims that his TED talk was censored. TED, Anderson says, tries “to steer clear of talks that are bound to descend into the same dismal partisan head-butting people” and that Hanauer “framed the issue in a way that was explicitly partisan.” The upshot, though, is that he’s letting viewers decide for themselves.
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Republicans’ repeal riddle
Should the Supreme Court strike down Obamacare, Republicans may celebrate — but they may not throw the entire law out.
As, Politico’s Jake Sherman and Jennifer Haberkorn report, “If the law is partially or fully overturned they’ll draw up bills to keep the popular, consumer-friendly portions in place — like allowing adult children to remain on parents’ health care plans until age 26, and forcing insurance companies to provide coverage for people with pre-existing conditions.” This follows on similar reporting from The New York Times last month.
The provisions that Republicans would keep are, Politico notes, the most popular parts of the health reform law.
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Articles & Opinion
Editorial Board: The refuseniks of Cuba
NO ONE IS MUCH surprised when the Cuban government, which lives in mortal fear of the free flow of ideas, denies travel visas to homegrown dissidents. But when the United States bars Cuban scholars from attending a four-day academic conference in California, it lowers itself to the level of the regime in Havana and demeans American values.
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Editorial Board: Gender politics in Congress
REAUTHORIZING THE Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) is a critical task that merits thoughtful attention. It’s distressing — even sickening — that debate about this landmark law has devolved into one more election-year grudge match between Democrats and Republicans shamelessly using gender to try to score political points.
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Editorial Board: Ending prison rape
ON THURSDAY, the Justice Department released the results of a 2008 survey of former state inmates. One in 10 reported being sexually abused while incarcerated. Prison rape at any frequency is a national disgrace; at that rate, it’s also an epidemic.
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Jennifer Rubin: The Mormon obsession
Jennifer Rubin
Sunday’s outtake
Tom Toles
Jennifer Rubin: From their own mouths
The liberal media go bonkers whenever Matt Romney says something that reflects his wealth (e.g., two Cadillacs; his friends include NASCAR owners). The premise is that Romney’s wealth is a “problem,” so these are gaffes.
Jennifer Rubin
Jennifer Rubin: Chen tells us much about Sino-U.S. relations
The Post reports: “Blind legal activist Chen Guangcheng, who emerged at the center of a diplomatic row between the U.S. and China, left Beijing on a United Airlines flight bound for Newark, N.J., Saturday afternoon after Chinese officials and American diplomats swiftly arranged his travel out of the country for an uncertain new life in the United States.”
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Jennifer Rubin
Greg Sargent: Sunday Open Thread
Enjoy.
Greg Sargent
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Jennifer Rubin: Obama’s offering bombed
The Wall Street Journal reported: “Facebook took eight years to stage one of the most anticipated initial public offerings ever. The anticlimax came Friday, as Wall Street bankers struggled to prevent the newly minted stock from ending its first day with a loss.
Jennifer Rubin
Jennifer Rubin: Morning Bits
Charlotte was a mistake. Jay Cost writes that putting the Democrats’ national political convention in Charlotte “frustrates multiple clients of the Democratic party. The gay marriage ballot initiative in North Carolina is only one such example, which obviously aggravates high-profile gay donors to Obama-Biden.
Jennifer Rubin
Editorial Board: A viable clean-energy bill at last?
WILL AMERICA do anything significant to slow climate change? Cap-and-trade died in 2010. Clean-energy subsidies are expensive and inadequate to address the sprawling issue of global warming. The Environmental Protection Agency’s new carbon regulations have the same drawbacks.
Editorial Board
Editorial Board: Jim Graham and Banneker
THE BOARD of directors of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority has retained a prominent law firm to conduct an independent investigation into a development proposal involving Ward 1 D.C.
Editorial Board
Sending arms to South Sudan would escalate conflict
Regarding Andrew Natsios’s May 13 Outlook commentary, “To give South Sudan a chance at peace, supply it with weapons”:
Mr. Natsios’s suggestion that U.S. military support to South Sudan is “the only way to foster peace talks” is mistaken and dangerous.
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Stealing home is the best revenge
Suing over getting hit by a pitch? Why stop there? Former Detroit Tigers pitcher Armando Galarraga should sue umpire Jim Joyce for blowing the call that robbed Mr. Galarraga of a perfect game in 2010.
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The Palestinians question Israel’s commitment
The May 13 editorial “Unity in Israel” mistakenly argued that progress on Palestinian statehood under the new Israeli coalition government will mainly depend on Palestinian decisions and that Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas has so far shunned Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
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When a kind man recovered my wallet
Theaters and restaurants and furniture stores are not all that have bloomed on T Street NW, a part of the District that some of us remember for fire and devastation.
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The oil executive I knew
Regarding Moises Naim’s review of Steve Coll’s book “Private Empire” [“How ExxonMobil bends Washington — and everyone else — to its will,” Outlook, May 13]:
I served as an ExxonMobil executive for a number of years. Though I was not in the highest-level executive positions, I met then-chief executive Lee Raymond several times and worked with those who knew him, and I never once heard him referred to as “Iron Ass Raymond.” He was smart and did not suffer fools, and his detractors often fell into the latter category.
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Editorial Board: Patience in Afghanistan
NATO LEADERS gathering in Chicago on Sunday are all, in their own way, looking for the exit from Afghanistan. It’s understandable, after a decade of war. But it is safe to bet that the faster they rush out, the more they — or their successors — will regret.
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Greg Sargent: Open Thread
All yours.
Greg Sargent
Mitt Romney fails to see America
After a third reading of Mitt Romney’s Liberty University commencement speech, I still fail to see how my Post colleague Michael Gerson could have described it as “more than good.”
Colbert I. King
U.S. manufacturing makes a comeback
Amid continuing mixed signals about the economy, one notable bright spot is the revival of U.S. manufacturing. The surprising strength of this once-battered sector holds promise for reenergizing the U.S.
Martin Neil Baily, Bruce Katz
Is The Post anti-Catholic?
In the past six months, many readers have written to me to say The Post is anti-Catholic. What led them to that conclusion?
It started with the annual March for Life anti-abortion rally in January, which readers said was inadequately covered.
Patrick B. Pexton
When the looter is the government
TEWKSBURY, Mass.
Russ Caswell, 68, is bewildered: “What country are we in?” He and his wife, Pat, are ensnared in a Kafkaesque nightmare unfolding in Orwellian language.
This town’s police department is conniving with the federal government to circumvent Massachusetts law — which is less permissive than federal law — to seize his livelihood and retirement asset.
George F. Will
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