“No president since the modern state of Israel [was formed] has failed to stand by our ally Israel — only President Obama. …The president spurned the president of Egypt when he took his first foreign trip to Cairo… In May he even said that Israel should retreat to its indefensible 1967 borders… Obama’s State Department now designates Jerusalem as an international city and in a bizarre move our State Department will not even acknowledge that Jerusalem belongs to Israel.” Read full article > >

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Michele Bachmann at CPAC: History through a partisan lens

The House of Delegates voted 59 to 39 Wednesday in favor of a bill that would allow Virginia’s tens of thousands of home-schooled students to play sports at their local high schools. The “Tebow bill” — named for Tim Tebow, the starting Denver Broncos quarterback who was home-schooled in Florida but was allowed to play football at his local high school — will now be sent to the Senate . Read full article > >

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The Department for Work and Pensions admits to a large backlog of new sickness benefit claims, as tens of thousands await a decision beyond the 13-week assessment period.

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“Smash,” which NBC hyped as heavily as the Super Bowl, premiered Monday night. The show is many things: a musical within a show, a heavy-on-the-glitter-but-light-on-the-grit look behind the scenes of Broadway and an ode to every musical theater trope you know and possibly love, from the wide-eyed Iowa girl aching for her big break to the slimy director who wouldn’t mind breaking her in. Perhaps you expected this. Read full article > >

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Playwright Grote takes a turn at writing for ‘Smash’

Thousands of Trendnet security camera webfeeds have been breached and shared on the internet, including video from children’s rooms.

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Trendnet flaw hits home net cams

Somalia starts a major operation to remove tens of thousands of people who have been squatting in government buildings in the capital.

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Somalia moves to evict squatters

Somalia starts a major operation to remove tens of thousands of people who have been squatting in government buildings in the capital.

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The president of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center is in a billion-dollar dispute with his former workplace over accusations that he walked away with research.

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Cancer Center, in Lawsuit, Says a Doctor Appropriated a Discovery

Tens of thousands of people march in Moscow in protest at Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, while his supporters hold a rally elsewhere in Russia’s capital.

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Thousands in rival Moscow marches

In a somewhat confusing news release responding to the firestorm concerning the decision to cut off grants to Planned Parenthood, the Susan G. Komen Foundation announced that it is backing off its decision not to defund groups under investigation, as is Planned Parenthood for allegations of illegally using federal money to pay for abortions. (“We will amend the criteria to make clear that disqualifying investigations must be criminal and conclusive in nature and not political. That is what is right and fair.”) But what is not clear is whether an alternative justification for the cut-off, namely that Planned Parenthood doesn’t actually provide breast cancer services, only referrals, will result in a cut-off of future funds. Read full article > >

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Jennifer Rubin: Susan G. Komen Foundation vs. Planned Parenthood bullies

Police in several Egyptian cities battled Thursday night and Friday with thousands of protesters angry at the government’s failure to prevent deaths at a soccer riot.

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A sweeping new ethics bill would also require disclosures by thousands of employees in the executive branch.

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Senate Approves Ban on Insider Trading by Congress

JERUSALEM — Israeli leaders on Thursday delivered one of the bluntest warnings to date of possible airstrikes against Iranian nuclear sites, adding to the anxiety in Western capitals that a surprise attack by Israel could spark a broader military conflict in the Middle East. Read full article > >

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DALLAS – “Not about politics” is the part that even some of Susan G. Komen for the Cure’s most loyal supporters might question. The Dallas-based organization, which is the country’s biggest breast cancer charity, insisted its controversial decision to defund Planned Parenthood affiliates was made only in light of Komen’s new policy against supporting agencies that are under investigation. (The congressional investigation itself was launched by a conservative Republican and spurred by antiabortion groups.) Read full article > >

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With a buoyant air and a bouquet of ripe performances, Folger Theatre further expands Washington’s classical borders with “The Gaming Table,” a sendup of 18th-century social probity by the Restoration-comedy playwright Susanna Centlivre. Read full article > >

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