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China Reports Another School Attack – WSJ.com http://ping.fm/EdBnp

Obama takes immigration reform off agenda – He is afraid someone would ask him for I.D. http://ping.fm/6dlN2

Belgium is first Western European nation to ban full-face veils in public http://ping.fm/Vv0Mf

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D) says women will decide this year’s election. Pelosi went on to say Republicans are protecting Wall Street, big oil. She said “Democrats are taking our country in a new direction.” “Republicans want to take us back to the failed policies of President George W. Bush. We can not go back to the Bush policies,” Pelosi declared. Watch the video here.

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AP – Florida Gov. Charlie Crist says he is abandoning the Republican Senate primary to run as an independent.

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Rep. Connie Mack (R-Fla.) ripped into the new Arizona immigration law today, comparing it to Nazi Germany.
 
“This law of ‘frontier justice’ – where law enforcement officials are required to stop anyone based on ‘reasonable suspicion’ that they may be in the country illegally – is reminiscent of a time during World War II when the Gestapo in Germany stopped people on the street and asked for their papers without probable cause,” Mack said in a statement.
 
“This is not the America I grew up in and believe in, and it’s not the America I want my children to grow up in,” he added.
 
The Arizona law would allow law enforcement officers who come into legal contact with individuals to demand proof of citizenship if there is a “reasonable suspicion” that person may be undocumented.

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Recognizing his debt to her quiet perseverance, an emotional President Barack Obama eulogized Dorothy Height as a humble champion of civil rights who deserved a seat of honor in American… http://bit.ly/bdm3bG

Who’s the best debater: Brown, Cameron or Clegg? British voters get to see candidates debate for the first time on television. TIME asks experts for a critique http://bit.ly/dyC8Za

AFP – US Senate Democrats were set Thursday to unveil their blueprint for overhauling US immigration policy, piling pressure on Republicans on a volatile issue set to shape November mid-term elections.

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AP – An Arizona police officer and a Latino group filed the first legal challenges of Arizona’s sweeping new law cracking down on illegal immigration Thursday.

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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger pledged California’s full support Thursday for national health care reform, throwing the weight of one of the nation’s most prominent Republicans behind the overhaul. Mr. Schwarzenegger said he long has supported the concept of universal health coverage, and in 2007 he proposed a $14.7 billion overhaul of the health care market in California. That effort failed in part because of concerns about cost, but the governor credits the effort with helping lay the groundwork for the federal bill signed this year. Mr. Schwarzenegger said it’s time to set politics aside and start implementing …

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CDC: Florida second-last in nation in getting flu shots

Swine flu has claimed a 14th life in Palm Beach County and the 67th in South Florida, health officials said Thursday.

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Gov. Charlie Crist’s signature is all that’s needed to make a new law requiring children’s services councils across Florida to seek direct voter approval for their continuing existence. http://bit.ly/d0Vqu8

Clearly Gore’s humble Nashville abode was way too confining, so Al has purchased a new gigantic pulpit from which to preach to the rest of us about how our gas-powered leaf blowers and electric can openers are killing the planet:
Former Vice President Al Gore and his wife, Tipper, have added a Montecito-area property to their [...] http://bit.ly/biO8L8

President Barack Obama says his administration will use “every single available resource at our disposal” to respond to the massive oil spill expected to reach the Gulf coastline within a… http://bit.ly/dp2pNj

TIME Managing Editor Richard Stengel and TIME 100 issue editor Radhika Jones explain how the magazine chose this year’s 100 most influential people http://bit.ly/aGMw5a

ATHENS (Reuters) – Greece readied severe austerity measures Thursday to secure a multi-billion euro aid package needed to avoid default, providing relief to financial markets but drawing threats of a mighty battle from Greek unions.

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AFP – Moderates Thursday appeared condemned to defeat in another battle with conservatives for the soul of the Republican Party, as Florida Governor Charlie Crist agonized over a lone wolf Senate run.

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Sen. John Cornyn, the Senate Republicans’ campaign chairman who recruited Florida Gov. Charlie Crist into that state’s Senate race, said Thursday Mr. Crist’s fall shows the danger of Washington politicians trying to pick winners and losers in the midst of anti-Washington sentiment. “In this political environment, it’s not necessarily helpful for candidates running in states to have the national party chairmen endorse them,” Mr. Cornyn, Texas Republican, told reporters at a breakfast sponsored by the Christian Science Monitor. Mr. Cornyn, chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, said he had first tried to recruit former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush into …

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AP – Tiger Woods will need to keep his shots out of the water if he hopes to contend at the Quail Hollow Championship.

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CQPolitics.com – On the day that Florida Gov. Charlie Cristexpected to part ways with the Republican Party, National Republican Senatorial Committee Chairman John Cornyn (Texas) was peppered with questions by reporters Thursday morning about the man he warmly endorsed a year ago. http://bit.ly/bTrFBf

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The sinking of a South Korean warship has complicated an already strained relationship with North Korea, according to the U.S. envoy for North Korean human rights issues. Robert King told an audience at a Washington think tank on Wednesday that existing issues with the North have been made “much more complicated in the last month by the sinking of the Cheonan.” “That is going to create difficulties and questions in terms of how we proceed from this point forward,” Mr. King said. RELATED STORY: S. Korea vows retaliation for ship sinking His comments came as State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley …

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