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Andy Borowitz
| Sight of Rick Perry at Border Convinces Immigrants That Anyone Can Succeed in
America
Andy Borowitz, The New Yorker
Borowitz writes: "A recent tour of the United States-Mexico border by Texas Governor Rick Perry has had the unintended consequence of convincing thousands of immigrants that anyone can succeed in America."
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Andy Borowitz, The New Yorker
Borowitz writes: "A recent tour of the United States-Mexico border by Texas Governor Rick Perry has had the unintended consequence of convincing thousands of immigrants that anyone can succeed in America."
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Palestinians
Flee Northern Gaza as a Cease-Fire Appears Elusive
Steven Erlanger and Isabel Kershner, The New York Times
Excerpt: "Several thousand Palestinians, defying the urging of Hamas to remain in their homes, fled areas in northern Gaza early Sunday after Israel warned them through fliers and phone calls of major attacks to come."
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Steven Erlanger and Isabel Kershner, The New York Times
Excerpt: "Several thousand Palestinians, defying the urging of Hamas to remain in their homes, fled areas in northern Gaza early Sunday after Israel warned them through fliers and phone calls of major attacks to come."
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The Most
Partisan Supreme Court Justice of All
Ian Millhiser, ThinkProgress
Millhiser writes: "Their last chance to knock a hated president out of office — and their last real chance to halt that’s president’s even more hated health reforms — ended in failure. They and their allies had made their best case that liberalism was a path to economic ruin, and the American people had lined up at their polling places to pull the lever for liberalism."
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Ian Millhiser, ThinkProgress
Millhiser writes: "Their last chance to knock a hated president out of office — and their last real chance to halt that’s president’s even more hated health reforms — ended in failure. They and their allies had made their best case that liberalism was a path to economic ruin, and the American people had lined up at their polling places to pull the lever for liberalism."
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US Spying on
Germany: Making Enemies out of Allies, and for What? David
Wise, Reuters Wise writes: "In the wake
of last fall’s revelation that the National Security Agency had wiretapped
German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s cell phone, the report of U.S. intelligence’s
involvement in two other likely cases of spying on Germany is mind-boggling. Now
the story has taken a dramatic new turn." READ
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Pope: One in
50 Priests Is a Paedophile
Al Jazeera America
Excerpt: "One in 50 clerics are pedophiles, Pope Francis said in an interview published Sunday, in which he also hinted that the mandate of priestly celibacy may one day be lifted." READ MORE
Al Jazeera America
Excerpt: "One in 50 clerics are pedophiles, Pope Francis said in an interview published Sunday, in which he also hinted that the mandate of priestly celibacy may one day be lifted." READ MORE
Abortion
Clinics Scarce in Deep South
Ashley Cleek, Al Jazeera America
Cleek writes: "With more than a million residents, Birmingham is Alabama's largest metro area. Now it’s also one of the largest cities in America with no abortion clinic — Birmingham's only clinic quietly closed in January." READ MORE
Ashley Cleek, Al Jazeera America
Cleek writes: "With more than a million residents, Birmingham is Alabama's largest metro area. Now it’s also one of the largest cities in America with no abortion clinic — Birmingham's only clinic quietly closed in January." READ MORE
Envisioning
Profit in Environmental Good Works
John Schwartz, The New York Times
Schwartz writes: "What is most interesting about this project, however, is who is paying the bills. While the state government has developed a detailed master plan for wetlands restoration in the region, and money has been promised from the federal government and the BP settlement of the 2010 oil spill, this project is getting its funding from a private equity firm." READ MORE
John Schwartz, The New York Times
Schwartz writes: "What is most interesting about this project, however, is who is paying the bills. While the state government has developed a detailed master plan for wetlands restoration in the region, and money has been promised from the federal government and the BP settlement of the 2010 oil spill, this project is getting its funding from a private equity firm." READ MORE
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