The Politics (Blogs) of a Potential Pandemic: From Sebelius to Smithfield – Huffington Post

April 29, 2009 · Filed Under Uncategorized · Comments Off 

The Politics of a Potential Pandemic: From Sebelius to Smithfield – Huffington Post


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The Politics of a Potential Pandemic: From Sebelius to Smithfield
Huffington Post, NY
A timeline (originally published April 6th) on the disease-tracking blog Biosurveillance indicates that residents in heavily affected areas suspect a farm operated by Granjas Carroll (50% owned by American company Smithfield) is the source.
Video: Swine flu death KXAN.com
Criticism mounting over Mexico's response to flu outbreak Houston Chronicle
Surfing a Swine Flu News Tsunami TheTyee.ca
Education Week News (subscription)
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Daily Wildcat to Blog Live from Concert (Arizona Daily Wildcat)
Daily Wildcat reporter Shain Bergan will be blogging live on DailyWildcat.com from the Last Smash Platinum Bash. The live blog will start at 6 p.m. Policy on posting: The Arizona Daily Wildcat would like to offer readers an opportunity to voice their opinions and engage in community conversation.
Source: wildcat.arizona.edu

paidContent.org – AOL Gets Political?And More Professional?As … – Washington Post


TechCrunch
paidContent.org – AOL Gets Political?And More Professional?As
Washington Post, United States
BusinessWeek's Jon Fine half-jokingly estimates the Time Warner unit is on its 72nd revamp since 2001?this time with an eye towards politics. PoliticsDaily.com is the latest blog being rolled out by the portal's programming unit, MediaGlow.
AOL Launches Old-School Political Site WebProNews
AOL's MediaGlow Launches PoliticsDaily.com Business Wire (press release)
AOL Launches Online "News Magazine" PoliticsDaily Washington Post
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Full steam ahead for Scotsman.com's political blog – The Steamie – Live-PR.com (Pressemitteilung)

Full steam ahead for Scotsman.com's political blog – The Steamie
Live-PR.com (Pressemitteilung), Austria
28.04.2009 18:54:17 In just three months since its launch, Scotsman.com's political blog The Steamie has established itself as one of Scotland's top political blogs. (live-PR.com) – In just three months since its launch, Scotsman.com's political blog

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Ethical challenges in digital-media age is topic of UW forum – Seattle Times

Ethical challenges in digital-media age is topic of UW forum
Seattle Times, United States
The panel discussion, moderated by Seattle Times Executive Editor David Boardman, will include KING-5's Dale Steinke, Publicola political blog co-founder Sandeep Kaushik, West Seattle Blog editor Tracy Record; UW director of digital media Hanson Hosein
A public forum on media and ethics at the UW Seattle Times
all 2 news articles

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NCIS, “Legend, Pt. 1″: Chris O’Donnell? Really? Really? (The Star-Ledger)
Chris O’Donnell, seen here with “NCIS” star Mark Harmon, seems a dubious choice to head a spin-off.”NCIS” is, as I’ve said before, the show I watch the most while blogging about it the least. (In fact, going through the archives,…
Source: www.nj.com

(Expanded from a comment on a previous blog by Mr. Rosenberg) – TPMCafé

(Expanded from a comment on a previous blog by Mr. Rosenberg)
TPMCafé, NY
It is because the system of proportional representation could not produce a political majority that Netanyahu was recalled and asked to form a "new government." Are Israelis "morally bankrupt?" No. But I sense that the majority of Israelis know this

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Blogs – Murder He Wrote: Why Aren't Bush, Cheney and Rumsfeld Being … – BuzzFlash

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Murder He Wrote: Why Aren't Bush, Cheney and Rumsfeld Being … – BuzzFlash


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Murder He Wrote: Why Aren't Bush, Cheney and Rumsfeld Being
BuzzFlash, IL
It's not considered politically correct — even among the high-profile progressive political blogs that are now quoted by the DC Beltway corporate media — to accuse the Bush Administration of murder and sadism. It's "the wave" now to urge an
Video: Torture memos RT
Torture, Cheney, and Revenge Washington Post
Bush torture advisor may face impeachment Examiner.com
U.S. News & World Report - msnbc.com
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Is this Blog Too Political? – Beliefnet.com

Is this Blog Too Political?
Beliefnet.com, NY
And it is hardly the only blog on this site that deals with politics to a significant degree. That is a bit of context. Now to the issue at hand. Is this blog too political? Pagans as I use the term focus on the Sacred as it manifests in the world.

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Check out our NFL draft live blog from today’s action (Detroit Free Press)
Free Press staff writer Nick Meyer is live-blogging the early portion of the second day of the NFL draft today from the best seat in the house: his couch. Feel free to discuss the happenings here.
Source: www.freep.com

Political Blogs' Double Whammy: Post-Election, Deep Recession – MediaShift


MediaShift
Political Blogs' Double Whammy: Post-Election, Deep Recession
MediaShift, CA
Gawker Media founder Nick Denton predicted late last year that online display ads would fall by as much as 40 percent, and a quick survey of most major political blogs shows that ads are few and far between on sites such as Crooks and Liars and

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Obama's first 100 days — in poems – VillageSoup Belfast (Blogs)

April 22, 2009 · Filed Under Uncategorized · Comments Off 

Obama's first 100 days — in poems – VillageSoup Belfast


VillageSoup Belfast
Obama's first 100 days — in poems
VillageSoup Belfast,  USA
Poet and recent Belfast transplant Arielle Greenberg enlisted 100 of her colleagues to record their observations in the aptly-titled blog “Starting Today: Poems for the First 100 Days.” Poet Arielle Greenberg's blog "Starting Today: Poems for the First

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Home Blog Zone Political Fix Political Fix Convicted ex-St. Peters … – St. Louis Post-Dispatch


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Home Blog Zone Political Fix Political Fix Convicted ex-St. Peters
St. Louis Post-Dispatch, MO
By Mark Schlinkmann No, he isn't talking about the chores he did while an inmate at the federal prison camp in Duluth, Minn. Brown said today he plans to run again for St. Peters mayor – in 2012. Five years ago he upset the longtime incumbent,

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BC-Election.com new blog post: Carole James job hunting after BC … – Emailwire

BC-Election.com new blog post: Carole James job hunting after BC
Emailwire
COM, April 21, 2009 ) Vancouver, British Columbia – Political action blog BC-Election.com, is pleased to announce new postings and commentary regarding the upcoming BC Provincial election on May 12, 2009. Carole James job hunting after BC Provincial

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Obama and the Pundits – Reason Online


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Obama and the Pundits
Reason Online, CA
"We have long argued on this blog that isolating Chavez is impossible and that fueling his anti-US rhetoric only helps Chavez and actually hurts the opposition, including our political prisoners." The handshake represents no change in US-Venezuela
Video: Rep. Steven King on Obama-Chavez Meeting C-SPAN
Tea Leaves and Smiling Handshakes: How Newt Gingrich Missed the OnMilwaukee.com
Chavez at it again? The Daily Star
Venezuelanalysis.com - Global Voices Online
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The Wall Street Journal embarrasses itself with blogging article (e-Consultancy)
If you’re using the ongoing global recession to explore a new career path, blogging probably isn’t at the top of your list. After all, how many bloggers are earning real money?
Source: econsultancy.com

Blogs – Don Henley battles Republicans over YouTube video – CNET News

April 18, 2009 · Filed Under Uncategorized · Comments Off 

Don Henley battles Republicans over YouTube video – CNET News

Don Henley battles Republicans over YouTube video
CNET News, CA
I better leave it at that because this is not intended to be a political blog. by typeA911 April 18, 2009 4:05 PM PDT Don Henley can chew on the pony baloney the friggin snob. by savvydude April 18, 2009 4:13 PM PDT IT WAS A PARODY.

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Start blogging without software (The Desert Sun)
Question: I’d like to start blogging. I understand that I can sell advertising and perhaps support myself. Can you recommend some software? It needs to handle mass e-mail.
Source: www.mydesert.com

Oprah makes Twitter debut with SHOUT out to fans (AFP via Yahoo! News)
US talk show megastar Oprah Winfrey made her debut on micro-blogging service Twitter on Friday with a shout out to her fans.
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Oprah makes Twitter debut with SHOUT out to fans (Indiana’s NewsCenter)
US talk show megastar Oprah Winfrey made her debut on micro-blogging service Twitter on Friday with a shout out to her fans. A literal shout.
Source: www.indianasnewscenter.com

Internet took center stage in 2008 campaign – San Jose Mercury News


Canada.com
Internet took center stage in 2008 campaign
San Jose Mercury News,  USA
political information and involvement, compared with 37 percent in the 2004 election, according to the Pew Internet and American Life Project, a leading source of data about online trends. thoughts or questions on a social-networking site or blog.
Internet became dominant force in 2008 election Christian Science Monitor
More Than Half of Adults Used Internet to Follow 2008 Campaign CQPolitics.com
The Internet's Role in Campaign 2008 The Pew Internet and American Life Project
BizReport - Washington Post
all 210 news articles

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Let's Talk Health-Care Reform – Washington Post

Let's Talk Health-Care Reform
Washington Post, United States
For a health blog, we haven't talked much here about health-care reform. It's a huge, divisive and emotional issue — in other words, perfect blog fodder. It's clear that health-care costs are out of control and threatening to undermine the entire

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Live Baseball Tournament Blogging Today (The Shelby Star)
Sports editor Alan Ford will be blogging at all three games from the third day of the 2009 Ultra Easter Baseball Tournament. Click here to continue to Alan Ford’s blog
Source: www.shelbystar.com

'State of Play' impresses with political intrigue, journalism – USA Today


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'State of Play' impresses with political intrigue, journalism
USA Today
These two sometimes-clashing forces are represented by Cal McCaffrey (Russell Crowe), an old-school investigative reporter at a high-profile newspaper in Washington, DC, and Della Frye (Rachel McAdams), who writes a blog for the newspaper.
'State of Play' stars Ben Affleck, Rachel mcadams talk politics Los Angeles Times
Political thriller loses punch in abbreviated form phillyBurbs.com
Crowe maneuvers thriller's twists Atlanta Journal Constitution
St. Thomas Source - The Independent Weekly
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Crowd Forms Against an Algorithm – New York Times

Crowd Forms Against an Algorithm
New York Times, United States
“The ethical issue with algorithms and information systems generally is that they make choices about what information to use, or display or hide, and this makes them very powerful,” Mary Hodder, a Silicon Valley entrepreneur, wrote in a blog post on

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Blogs – Trends & Innovations – Tuesday (Investor’s Business Daily via Yahoo! News)

April 15, 2009 · Filed Under Uncategorized · Comments Off 

Trends & Innovations – Tuesday (Investor’s Business Daily via Yahoo! News)
Machines may start using the popular micro-blogging service as much as people, says a New York Times report. A gadget that posts tweets called the Kickbee has been developed by a New York Univ. graduate student. The Kickbee is an elastic band with vibration sensors that the student’s pregnant wife has worn to alert Twitter each time her baby kicks, resulting in tweets such as: “I kicked Mommy at …
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Brooklyn Blogging to Eat Itself (NBC New York)
Brooklyn is the bloggiest place in the world. Whatever that means, the folks behind Brooklyn Blogfest seem to be fond of saying it.
Source: www.nbcnewyork.com

Under-fire Watson hits back – expressandstar.com


Telegraph.co.uk
Under-fire Watson hits back
expressandstar.com, UK
In a speech last year Mr Watson reflected on his decision to set up his political blog: “At the time it was seen as a radical act. People could not believe that I had opened myself up to such scrutiny and occasional daily abuse.
Smear e-mails: Tories target minister Tom Watson Times Online
all 10 news articles

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A roundup of news, schedules, and key stories from CBS News … – CBS News


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A roundup of news, schedules, and key stories from CBS News
CBS News, NY
In attendance: Georgetown University students and faculty, as well as local and national labor, grassroots and political leaders. ?Aides billed the address as major but acknowledged that it was expected to contain no significant policy announcements,?
Video: Cuban to visit his home after lifetime in US – 14 Apr 09 Al Jazeera
Can Obama force change in Cuba? Times Online
Obama's Timid Cuban Move Washington Post Blogs
Sun-Sentinel.com - Radio France Internationale
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NSTLive: Live blogging & chat with Human Resources Minister (The New Straits Times)
THE JOB CRUNCH More Malaysians are likely to lose their jobs this year. The government has a slew of programmes to help the unemployed. Find out more from Human Resources Minister Datuk Dr S. Subramaniam on NSTLive at http://www.nst.com.my at 4pm tomorrow (Thursday). You will also have the opportunity to engage with him live.
Source: www.nst.com.my

Rivals Unite to Challenge Mubarak – New York Times

Rivals Unite to Challenge Mubarak
New York Times, United States
Promoting their message through blogs — like hundreds, if not thousands, of other young political activists — they agree that Mr. Mubarak, 80, must go and that Egyptians need to end the historic animosity between Islamists and secular democrats that

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Twitter Spreads Scoops — and Falsehoods (New York Times)
The Twitterati have long marveled at how effective the micro-blogging service is at spreading the news, 140 characters at a time. The crash of a US Airways Airbus in the Hudson in January is Exhibit 1, but there are many other examples.
Source: bits.blogs.nytimes.com

How the blogs have transformed the political landscape – Telegraph.co.uk


Telegraph.co.uk
How the blogs have transformed the political landscape
Telegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom
Until the downfall of Damian McBride, it was still, just about, possible to argue that political blogging was an essentially marginal activity suited to obsessives and insomniacs. By Iain Martin But when a political blog can bring down one of the Prime

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Aide to UK Premier Quits Over Email Flap – Wall Street Journal

Aide to UK Premier Quits Over Email Flap
Wall Street Journal
By ALISTAIR MACDONALD An aide to British Prime Minister Gordon Brown resigned over the weekend after an email surfaced on a political blog that suggested he was preparing a smear campaign against several members of the opposition Conservative Party.
Worth a look: six politics articles we like guardian.co.uk
Brown to blame over emails says Cameron Independent
PM must apologise for Labour Smeargate East Anglian Daily Times
guardian.co.uk - guardian.co.uk
all 1,720 news articles

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Blogs – Bid City Blog: Chicago Olympic Bid Notes – Around the Rings (subscription)

April 12, 2009 · Filed Under Uncategorized · Comments Off 

Bid City Blog: Chicago Olympic Bid Notes – Around the Rings (subscription)

Bid City Blog: Chicago Olympic Bid Notes
Around the Rings (subscription), GA
ATR Editor Ed Hula speaks with Daley, the political leader of the Chicago bid for the 2016 Olympics… …more Bidding for the Games — Chicago – 04/08/2009 (ATR) The head of the Chicago bid for the 2016 Olympics says his team won’t be deluded by the

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NEWS: Rapid Blogging Comes to Wii with Twiiter (Nintendo World Report)
WiiOperaSDK brings Twiiter, a Twitter-like program, to Wii.
Source: www.nintendoworldreport.com

New political blog online this week – Yakima Herald-Republic

New political blog online this week
Yakima Herald-Republic, WA
A new political blog that has lots of material to work with has been launched by the Yakima Herald-Republic. Balances" is to report tidbits, gossip and actual political news. The blog will be written primarily by Chris Bristol, who covers Yakima City

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Welcome to our new political blog – Troy Record

Welcome to our new political blog
Troy Record, NY
A staple for years in The Record’s print edition, Campaign Notebook is going digital, and it will have a touch of another long-time print staple, Talespin. – County Executive Kathy Jimino is up for re-election as is County Clerk Frank Merola,

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How Common Sense Can Rescue American Foreign Policy – New York Times

How Common Sense Can Rescue American Foreign Policy
New York Times, United States
Gelb’s chapter about domestic political influences on top foreign-policy makers is excellent on think tanks, cable TV and lobbies but does not discuss the mass influence of the Internet. (The chapter takes no serious note of blogs, except to mention

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Political blogs thrown centre stage by email ’smear’ row (Daily Telegraph)
Political blogging has been thrown into the spotlight by the row surrounding emails sent by Gordon Brown’s advisor Damian McBride. Here is our guide to this online maze of words.
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Patrick's top adviser takes heat (Blogs) for job flap – Boston Globe

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Patrick's top adviser takes heat for job flap – Boston Globe


Boston Globe
Patrick's top adviser takes heat for job flap
Boston Globe, United States
he ended up having a surprisingly tinny ear for the way certain things are going to play," said David Kravitz, a founder of the liberal blog Blue Mass Group. "I would have never expected that, given the perfect political campaign that he ran.

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Political Blogs' Double Whammy: Post-Election, Deep Recession – MediaShift


MediaShift
Political Blogs' Double Whammy: Post-Election, Deep Recession
MediaShift, CA
Gawker Media founder Nick Denton predicted late last year that online display ads would fall by as much as 40 percent, and a quick survey of most major political blogs shows that ads are few and far between on sites such as Crooks and Liars and

Source: news.google.com

Jerry Roberts and Phil Trounstine Launch California Politics Blog – Editor & Publisher


Examiner.com
Jerry Roberts and Phil Trounstine Launch California Politics Blog
Editor & Publisher
By Joe Strupp NEW YORK Two of California's most seasoned political editors have launched a new politics blog, according to a joint announcement sent Monday. Jerry Roberts, former editor of the San Francisco Chronicle, and Phil Trounstine,
Will Feinstein run for CA governor? MSNBC
all 6 news articles

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Blogging the CWA (Colorado Daily)
Camera reporter Ryan Morgan will be blogging from the Conference on World Affairs on the University of Colorado’s campus today. Here are highlights from a few of the dozen panels being hosted today.
Source: www.coloradodaily.com

Farewell Michael Barone, US News Wishes You the Best at the … – U.S. News & World Report

Farewell Michael Barone, US News Wishes You the Best at the
U.S. News & World Report, DC
By Robert Schlesinger, Thomas Jefferson Street blog Michael Barone can justifiably be called a fixture of political journalism, and it has been both a privilege and a personal pleasure working in the office next to his for the last year.
Barone to Wash Examiner as Senior Political Analyst mediabistro.com
Barone to The Washington Examiner The Washington Independent
all 3 news articles

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India's Youth Vote Rises From Ashes Of Mumbai Attacks – Washington Post

India's Youth Vote Rises From Ashes Of Mumbai Attacks
Washington Post, United States
It soon expanded into a Web site, a YouTube channel and a blog, all devoted to encouraging his peers to vote in India's national elections, which will be held in five phases from April 16 to May 13. "For young India, there was an explosion of anger

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Post Politics Hour: Obama's Popularity, Speaking 'Austrian' and More – Washington Post

Post Politics Hour: Obama's Popularity, Speaking 'Austrian' and More
Washington Post, United States
Discuss the latest news out of Washington with Ben Pershing of The Post's Political Browser blog. Pershing takes your questions to President Obama's speech in Turkey, the president's poll numbers, if there's such a language as Austrian, and more.

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Best State Political Blog? – (Blogs) The Phoenix

April 4, 2009 · Filed Under Uncategorized · Comments Off 

Best State Political Blog? – The Phoenix

Best State Political Blog?
The Phoenix, MA
I'm not necessarily saying that you should go stampeding to nominate my very own Boston Phoenix Talking Politics blog. (Although I'm not discouraging you from doing so!) It's just that last year, Cillizza's list included exactly zero from Massachusetts

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Will Google buy Twitter? Blog world buzzes over possibility of acquisition (New York Daily News)
Though Google chief Eric Schmidt has tried to derail any talk that the Web search giant would be interested in buying micro-blogging sensation Twitter, the rumors are getting more persistent.
Source: www.nydailynews.com

Jerry Roberts and Phil Trounstine Launch California Politics Blog – Editor & Publisher


Examiner.com
Jerry Roberts and Phil Trounstine Launch California Politics Blog
Editor & Publisher
By Joe Strupp NEW YORK Two of California's most seasoned political editors have launched a new politics blog, according to a joint announcement sent Monday. Jerry Roberts, former editor of the San Francisco Chronicle, and Phil Trounstine,
Will Feinstein run for CA governor? MSNBC
all 6 news articles

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FOXBusiness: Google in Talks to Acquire Twitter (Fox News)
Twitter, the micro-blogging service that has taken the social networking scene by storm in recent months, could be on the verge of receiving some huge tech street credit.
Source: www.foxbusiness.com

Political Blogs' Double Whammy: Post-Election, Deep Recession – MediaShift


MediaShift
Political Blogs' Double Whammy: Post-Election, Deep Recession
MediaShift, CA
Gawker Media founder Nick Denton predicted late last year that online display ads would fall by as much as 40 percent, and a quick survey of most major political blogs shows that ads are few and far between on sites such as Crooks and Liars and

Source: news.google.com

Blog focus can blur the facts – Glendale News Press

Blog focus can blur the facts
Glendale News Press, CA
Glendale is notorious for its election-year rumor mills, disingenuous campaign claims and over-the-top political antics, but many of those involved across the political spectrum this year have decried a new low brought on mostly by an increased

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Republicans in Virginia Split Sharply Over Leader – New York Times


New York Times
Republicans in Virginia Split Sharply Over Leader
New York Times, United States
But supporters of Mr. Frederick, like Willie Deutsch, a sophomore at Patrick Henry College who writes a political blog, are equally passionate. Mr. Deutsch, 19, who began a Facebook page and an online petition supporting Mr. Frederick, said the fight

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Blogs – Best State Political Blog? – The Phoenix

April 1, 2009 · Filed Under Uncategorized · Comments Off 

Best State Political Blog? – The Phoenix

Best State Political Blog?
The Phoenix, MA
I'm not necessarily saying that you should go stampeding to nominate my very own Boston Phoenix Talking Politics blog. (Although I'm not discouraging you from doing so!) It's just that last year, Cillizza's list included exactly zero from Massachusetts

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Palin's Political Problems Persist – Washington Post

Palin's Political Problems Persist
Washington Post, United States
a leadership PAC to manage her political future.) Van Susteren herself has weighed in several times on her husband's role — writing initially on her "Gretawire" blog that her husband had given Palin advice but was not a paid (or formal) adviser.
Sarah Palin Maintains High Profile Despite Remote Location AOL News Newsbloggers
Sarah, Greta & Scientology–Part II: Van Susteren Doth Protest Too Huffington Post
One Way or Another, Fox News's 10 pm Slot Will Feature a Sarah National Review Online Blogs
Beliefnet.com - Politico
all 12 news articles

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LIVE BLOG: The second Ward 1 debate – Yale Daily News

LIVE BLOG: The second Ward 1 debate
Yale Daily News, CT
7:10 pm | Members of the Yale Political Union are passing out note cards on which audience members can write questions. Other questions have been prepared in advance. 7:15 pm | We are just getting started. David Manners-Weber '10, the president of the

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Get Your Degree in Twitter (PC World)
University offers a course in blogging and social networking.
Source: www.pcworld.com