Huffington Post: Read the Latest News from the U.S. [March ‘11 Diet]

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There's nothing as American as apple pie.  And nothing so French as apple tart.  And that's what food is about: finding the common ground, and bringing people together.  Because we all have to eat.  And it's so much more fun when there's someone besides the television sitting across the table.More...

Source: Franglais: Whole-Apple Pies

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In the March 10 episode of "The Daily Show," Jon Stewart took a look at the passage of the anti-union bill in Wisconsin and the criticisms being leveled at teachers and their unions nationwide.Stewart played clips of pundits and politicians knocking teachers for being over-compensated with high salaries and short workdays, which they attribute to unions pressing for luxurious working conditions under collective bargaining rights.More...

Source: 'The Daily Show' Takes On Wisconsin Anti-Union Bill, Teacher Criticism With 'Cribs' Spoof

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Hannah has a quiet strength that is conveyed in her love of all black ("black demands respect") and the powerful shapes that define her as a forceful visionary. The blazers, often with herculean shoulders, the ring (a collaboration with Hannah Martin), that could pass as a weapon, the bionic Raphael Young boots, with mirrored heels and wings, and most potent, her architecturally shaped eyebrows and blunt cut hair, says super woman 2010.More...

Source: Hannah Marshall, A London Designer, Brings Back Power Dressing (PHOTOS, VIDEO)

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LOS ANGELES -- With the game tied and 19 seconds left, Washington coach Lorenzo Romar was thinking timeout. Isaiah Thomas was thinking: score a basket.Thomas' instinct won out. The speedy guard tore up the court and hit a fadeaway jumper at the buzzer, lifting Washington past No. 16 Arizona 77-75 Saturday for the Pac-10 tournament championship in the first overtime title game in league history.More...

Source: Isaiah Thomas Buzzer Beater: Washington Beats Arizona For Pac-10 Championship (VIDEO)

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CNBC anchor Larry Kudlow made a startling statement about the earthquake in Japan on Friday. (h/t Vanity Fair.)Kudlow was listening to a report about the global stock markets doing well in the wake of the quake. "All in all, the market taking this in stride," his co-host said to him.More...

Source: Larry Kudlow: We Should Be 'Grateful' That Human Toll From Japan Quake Is 'Worse' Than Economic Toll (VIDEO)

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Conservative columnist George Will weighed in on the possibility Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) could mount a presidential campaign in 2012 during an appearance on ABC's "This Week" on Sunday morning."She's not among the serious contenders," explained Will at the culmination of a roundtable discussion focused on Bachmann's political ambitions. "We know who settles presidential elections, they're independent voters. Independent voters are not inflamed, and not inflamed in the way that some of the marginal Republican candidates are."More...

Source: George Will: Michele Bachmann 'Not Among Serious' 2012 Contenders (VIDEO)

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WASHINGTON -- Two months after the shooting of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.) and 19 others in Tucson, Arizona, President Barack Obama finally waded substantively into the debate over gun-control policy.In an op-ed so under-the-radar that several gun-control activists said they hadn't been aware of its publication, the president penned a thousand-word piece for the Arizona Daily Star on the need for sensible reforms in second-amendment law.More...

Source: Obama Wades Into Gun Control Debate, Two Months After Tucson, Arizona Shooting

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Ann Curry played the role of hero in Japan when she located a woman whose family in America had lost touch with her in the wake of the massive earthquake that struck the country on Friday.Megan Walsh sent Curry a tweet on Sunday, asking her to help find her sister, an English teacher who had gone missing in the Japanese town of Minamisanriku, which was heavily damaged by a tsunami.More...

Source: Ann Curry Reunites Lost American With Her Family In Japan (VIDEO)

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As news from Japan grows more dire, Americans are longing for a happier, bygone era when Charlie Sheen -- and not catastrophic earthquakes -- distracted us from the inexorable crushing of the Libyan uprising. Evan Bayh inked a contributor deal with Fox News, continuing the network's tradition of hiring Republicans with ambitions for public office. And our proposal that this week's budget CR honor Pi Day by lasting for 3.1415926535897932384626433832 weeks doesn't seem to be catching on. This is HUFFPOST HILL for Monday, March 14th, 2011, complete with a flimsy metaphor linking the Freedom of Information Act to bingo cards:WISCONSIN RECALL EFFORT ALREADY HALFWAY THERE -  Greg Sargent: "Dems have now collected over 56,000 signatures supporting the recall drives, according to party spokesman Graeme Zielinski, after another surge in organizing activity over the weekend. That's up from rougly 14,000 after last weekend. This means Dems are well ahead of schedule: In each targeted district, Dems need to amass the required signatures -- 25 percent of the number who voted in the last gubernatorial election -- by a deadline of 60 days after first filing for recalls, which happened nearly two weeks ago. In other words, Dems are reporting they are nearly halfway to the finish line, with roughly three-fourths of the alloted time remaining. [WaPo]More...

Source: HUFFPOST HILL - Politico: Civil Rights Don't Win Mornings

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