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 - Kagan confirmation hearing: Why bother covering tired theater?
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 - The administration defends its assassination program
 - 10 years later, Elian Gonzalez speaks
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 - A portrait of Kagan emerges ahead of her likely confirmation
 - Rand Paul raises over $1 million in 3 months
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 - Hometown papers’ editorials unpredictable, for once
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 - China stutters on purpose, world freaks out
 - Equality: The global gap between belief, reality
 - Robert Byrd makes final trip from Senate
 - NRA to endorse Harry Reid?
 - Google ups benefits for gays
 - Thursday link dump: Twilight three-way
 - Four day weekend
 - The fall of abstinence-only
 - Police explain reasons for reopening Al Gore case
 - Men eat meat, women eat chocolate: How food gets gendered
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