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Julianne Moore to Play Sarah Palin
(Newser) - Maybe Tina Fey was busy. HBO has announced that it has signed Julianne Moore to play Sarah Palin in its upcoming film Game Change, based on the best-selling book that dished behind-the-scenes dirt on the 2008 presidential campaign. No word yet on who'll be playing John McCain, Barack Obama, Hillary... More » Newser located this story for you on Thursday, March 10, 2011 7:02 AM. The story matched your section(s) Politics.
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Wisconsin Senate Passes Anti-Union Measure
(AP) - Republicans in the Wisconsin Senate voted today to strip nearly all collective bargaining rights from public workers after discovering a way to bypass the chamber's missing Democrats. The measure now goes to the Assembly, which is expected to approve it tomorrow. The Senate requires a quorum to take up any... More » Newser located this story for you on Thursday, March 10, 2011 7:02 AM. The story matched your section(s) Politics.
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3 GOP State Senators in Wisconsin Get Farm Subsidies
(Newser) - Three GOP state senators in Wisconsin fighting to cut wages and collective bargaining rights of public workers in the name of the budget have accepted a total of about $300,000 in federal farm subsidies, reports Sam Stein at the Huffington Post . There's no direct link between the subsidies and... More » Newser located this story for you on Thursday, March 10, 2011 7:02 AM. The story matched your section(s) Politics.
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David Broder Dead at 81
(Newser) - Longtime Washington Post political columnist David Broder is dead at age 81 from complications of diabetes. The Post offers a lengthy obit for him here and his final column here . Broder covered every presidential election since 1956 and won a Pulitzer in 1973 for his Watergate coverage. The newspaper's Ben... More » Newser located this story for you on Thursday, March 10, 2011 7:02 AM. The story matched your section(s) Politics.
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Peter King's Critics Are Too PC
(Newser) - OK, Peter King isn't exactly a master of tact, but his upcoming congressional hearing on the radicalization of Muslims in America is both "appropriate" and "important," writes Ruth Marcus. "To ignore the religious nature of the terrorist threat is to succumb to politically correct delusion,"... More » Newser located this story for you on Thursday, March 10, 2011 7:02 AM. The story matched your section(s) Politics.
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Massachusetts' New Political Party: Pirates
(Newser) - Avast there, Massachusetts voters! A’fore ye register f’r some lilly-livered party like the “Democrats” or “Republicans,” ye might want to consider signin’ on with the state’s newest crew: the Massachusetts Pirate Party. That’s right, the Massachusetts Election Division has officially approved the swashbuckling... More » Newser located this story for you on Thursday, March 10, 2011 7:02 AM. The story matched your section(s) Politics.
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Blagojevich: Kill Retrial, Sentence Me
(Newser) - Rod Blagojevich has asked a judge to cancel his retrial and instead sentence him immediately on the lone count he was convicted of (lying to a federal agent), arguing that he doesn't have the money to mount another defense. The government is supposed to pick up the tab for Blagojevich's... More » Newser located this story for you on Thursday, March 10, 2011 7:02 AM. The story matched your section(s) Politics.
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Newt: Passions Led to Mistakes
(Newser) - Newt Gingrich cheated on his first two wives , maybe because he loves America so much. That’s what the ex-speaker told the Christian Broadcast Network last night, in a repentant interview seemingly designed to address one of the bigger blotches on his presidential resume, Politico reports. “There’s no... More » Newser located this story for you on Thursday, March 10, 2011 7:02 AM. The story matched your section(s) Politics.
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Peter King Is Hunting Radicals, but Loves the IRA
(Newser) - Peter King has become the center of a major controversy thanks to the hearing he’s holding tomorrow on “ Radicalization in the American Muslim Community .” So it’s sort of awkward that King himself was an outspoken IRA supporter, who once said things like, “If civilians are... More » Newser located this story for you on Thursday, March 10, 2011 7:02 AM. The story matched your section(s) Politics.
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