NATIONAL & WORLD DIGEST February 25, 2008

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New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/
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It's All About Him
Can our broken souls be fixed by voting for Barack Obama?
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/25/opinion/25kristol.html?ref=opinion
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Sex in the Cities
The French now seem obsessed by their leaders' love lives, the Americans notat all.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/25/opinion/25cohen.html?ref=opinion
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Constraining the Medicare Debate
The Bush administration has made no effort to reduce the unjustifiedsubsidies granted to the private health plans that participate in Medicare.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/25/opinion/25mon2.html?ref=opinion
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Got a Problem? Ask the Super By GERALDINE A. FERRARO
AS the race for the Democratic presidential nomination nears its end andattention turns to the role of so-called superdelegates in choosing thenominee, it is instructive to look at why my party created this class ofdelegates. .... Superdelegates were created to lead, not to follow. Theywere, and are, expected to determine what is best for the Democratic Partyand best for the country.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/25/opinion/25ferraro.html?ref=opinion
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In Memories of a Painful Past, Hushed Worry About Obama
Some voters are invoking the memories of the killings of the Rev. Dr. MartinLuther King Jr. and Senator Robert F. Kennedy in 1968.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/25/us/politics/25memo.html?hp=&adxnnl=1&adxnnlx=1203941201-Yfwyu+nwyHgEf+XzpFgdHw
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At Cuba Helm, Castro Brother Stays the Course
In his first words as president, Raúl Castro made it clear that any changeswould be limited and he promised to continue to consult his brother, Fidel.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/25/world/americas/25cuba.html?hp
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An Article Brings Sharp Responses From Russians
MOSCOW - Some readers called it blatant propaganda from the West. Othersviewed it as a depressing exposé that rang true. A third group said thefacts did not matter, outsiders simply had no right to train a critical eyeon their country.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/25/world/europe/25russia.html?hp
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Brown Ends Tuition for Lower-Income Students
Brown University is eliminating tuition for students whose parents earn lessthan $60,000, after decisions by fellow Ivy League universities to bolsterfinancial aid as their endowments grow.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/25/education/25brown.html
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Nader to Run, Citing Events of 2004 Race
When Ralph Nader ran as a third-party candidate in 2000 and drew 96,837votes in Florida, he was widely derided by Democrats, who saw him as aspoiler who siphoned crucial votes from Al Gore and tipped the election toGeorge W. Bush. When he ran again in 2004, Democrats in many states tried tokeep him off their ballots.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/25/us/politics/25nader.html
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Washington Post
http://www.wasingtonpost.com/
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With Allegations of Impropriety, the Charges Can Bounce Both Ways
When Gennifer Flowers held a news conference in 1992 to announce that shehad carried on an affair with Bill Clinton, the New York Times devoted oneparagraph of a news story to her charges.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/24/AR2008022402080.html
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Who Will Tell Hillary? By Robert D. Novak
Even before Sen. Barack Obama won his ninth straight contest against Sen.
Hillary Clinton, in Wisconsin last Tuesday, wise old heads in the DemocraticParty were asking this question: Who will tell her that it's over, that shecannot win the presidential nomination and that the sooner she leaves therace, the more it will improve the party's chances of defeating Sen. JohnMcCain in November?
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/24/AR2008022401666.html
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Scare Tactics on a Surveillance Bill
by Jay Rockefeller, Patrick Leahy, Silvestre Reyes and John Conyers
President Bush is using FISA as a wedge issue, not as a way to protectAmerica or the Constitution.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/24/AR2008022401668.html
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It's Not Your Father's Religious Right By David Kuo
Who will govern the new religious right?
History may look back at this Republican primary season and judge thatanswering that question -- not determining the nominee -- could be itsgreatest significance. Even if Sen. John McCain wins the race for the WhiteHouse, he's likely, at his age, to be a one-term, caretaker president. But anewly reconstituted religious right will be helping determine who wins thepresidency for decades. So whoever ends up heading it will potentially enjoya much more powerful position. That there's now a pitched battle for thesoul of the religious right is a horrifying thought to Republican leaderslong familiar with the old religious right, a hierarchical group dominatedby larger-than-life figures who'd anointed themselves Jesus's politicalrepresentatives.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/22/AR2008022202383_pf.html
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Sun-Sentinel
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/
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They're Republican red, and true blue to Obama
GOP renegades seeking a candidate capable of ending the Washingtonpartisanship are surfacing in the senator's campaign in surprising numbers.
'Obamacans,' he calls them.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/politics/elections/la-na-gopobama25feb25,0,4073913.story
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Miami Herald
http://www.miamiherald.com/
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NAFTA good for countries involved
''NAFTA bad'' has become Democratic shorthand to explain the miseryspreading through America's industrial heartland. Barack Obama threw thispunch at Hillary Clinton: ''She says, well, speeches don't put food on thetable. Well, you know what? NAFTA didn't put food on the table inYoungstown, either.'' He was trying to tie her to Bill Clinton's role inpushing the North American Free Trade Agreement
http://www.miamiherald.com/851/story/431948.html
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Obama's success tied to his eloquence By LEONARD PITTS JR.
A few words in defense of words. This, in light of the latest knock on Sen.Barack Obama, which is that, while he's good with words, words are all he'sgot. He is eloquent and inspiring, this analysis goes, but eloquence andinspiration do not a president make.
http://www.miamiherald.com/851/story/429279.html
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Bleaker picture of betting revenue painted
State economists said revenue from gambling for schools will be lower thanpredicted by gaming companies.
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/florida/story/429798.html
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Inside Higher Education
http://www.insidehighered.com/
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SMU's Deal With Bush
University will be site not only of library, but of institute that will notbe governed by standard academic rules and that many fear will put apartisan taint on scholarship. ... Despite the concerns of many of itsfaculty members and historians nationwide, Southern Methodist Universityagreed to terms Friday for becoming the home of President Bush's library andof an institute that will promote the president's views and that will not becontrolled by the university.
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2008/02/25/smu
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Antioch College to Suspend Operations (Probably)
Once again, it looks like Antioch College won't be operating in the fall.
Antioch University's Board of Trustees announced Friday that it had"reconfirmed" plans to shutter the undergraduate institution in YellowSprings, Ohio, for several years of planning on how to revive theinstitution academically and financially. That's what the board firstannounced in June - igniting fury from students, alumni and professors - andleading to several proposals to keep the college operating.
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2008/02/25/antioch
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