Tuesday, April 27, 2010

STORIES OF THE DAY (4-27-2010)

AM STORY LINKS

Arizona's draconian new immigration law is an abomination -- racist, arbitrary, oppressive, mean-spirited, unjust. (Real Clear Politics)
President Obama's strategy gets personal, singling out adversaries for scorn in speeches, interviews, asides, etc. (Politico)
Industry & government scramble to contain the expanding slick from oil rig explosion in Gulf of Mexico. (Times-Picayune)


NOON STORY LINKS

Islamist Death Threats Aren’t a Cartoon Joke; people may well wonder why there have been no arrests. (New York Times)
The only man to admit shooting Malcolm X has been freed on parole, 45 years after he helped assassinate the civil rights leader. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Facebook is winning the race to create the broadest sharing platform and unlock the social web's holy grail. (Forbes)


EVENING STORY LINKS

The National Institutes of Health will announce Tuesday that four additional lines of human embryonic stem cells are now eligible for federal funding. (Washington Post)
Sarah Palin is already president of right-wing America—and it’s a position with a very big salary. (New York Magazine)
Federal officials have evacuated portions of three Massey Energy coal mines in West Virginia in the past month after surprise inspection. (Charleston Daily Mail)


LATE NIGHT STORY LINKS

The Coast Guard is considering burning off some of the oil spewed from the Gulf oil rig. (Tallahassee Democrat)
Conan O'Brien will be on "60 Minutes" this weekend with his first post-"Tonight Show" interview. (Chicago Tribune)
Goldman Sachs Hearing: How Many Times Did Michigan Senator Carl Levin Say 'Sh**ty Deal'? (CNBC)

Bonus: Goldman Sach's Shi**y Day

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