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APNewsBreak: Powell had 'incestuous' images

Before Josh Powell was going to try to win back custody of his children last week, Washington state authorities received materials from Utah police that had been discovered on a computer in Powell's home two years ago. Authorities say the images depicted "incestuous" sex and were disconcerting enough that they prompted a psychologist to recommend that Powell undergo an intensive psychosexual evaluation. Complete Story...

Gasol: 25 pts, 14 reb, key block in 88-87 win

Pau Gasol blocked Ray Allen's putback attempt at the buzzer in overtime and the Los Angeles Lakers held on to beat the Boston Celtics 88-87 on Thursday night.

Women at war: Pentagon is easing its job limits

New orders from the Pentagon: The military on Thursday formally opened thousands of jobs to women in units that are closer to the front lines than ever before, reflecting what's already been going on as female American soldiers fight and die next to their male comrades.

Doan's PP goal lifts Coyotes over Flames 2-1 in OT

Shane Doan scored a power-play goal at 3:05 of overtime and the Phoenix Coyotes beat the Calgary Flames 2-1 on Thursday night to extend their winning streak to a season-high four games.

Burke lifts Illinois women over No. 10 Ohio State

Leading Illinois by one with less 16 seconds left in the game, Ohio State head coach Jim Foster stressed one simple message to his players: don't get beaten off the dribble.

Warriors hand Nuggets 5th straight loss, 109-101

Stephen Curry scored a season-best 36 points and the Golden State Warriors handed the fading Denver Nuggets their fifth straight loss, 109-101 on Thursday night.

BYU women use huge second half run to rout Gonzaga

Kim Parker had 16 points and BYU scored 20 straight in the second half to rout No. 19 Gonzaga 70-40 on Thursday night, handing the Bulldogs their worst conference loss in a decade.

Scola helps Rockets top Suns 96-89

Luis Scola scored 16 points, Patrick Patterson added 14 and the Houston Rockets outlasted the Phoenix Suns 96-89 on Thursday night.

Vanderbilt upsets No. 11 Tennessee 93-79

Tiffany Clarke scored 23 points, and the Vanderbilt Commodores upset No. 11 Tennessee 93-79 on Thursday night for their fifth straight win overall and a very rare victory over their in-state rival.

Curtain nearly crashes during Christie speech

While speaking in Westfield, New Jersey on Wednesday, Gov. Chris Christie, R-N.J., took in stride a curtain almost falling on part of the crowd.

GOP rhetoric heats up on Obama and religion

Tony Perkins and Joan Walsh explain why Republicans are so heated about Obama’s faith.

How will CPAC crowd respond to Gingrich?

The American Conservative Union’s Al Cardenas joins Morning Joe to preview this week's Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), his thoughts on Mitt Romney's campaign and how Newt Gingrich will be received at the conference.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar chats in the Morning Joe green room

NBA Hall of Famer, author, cultural ambassador, and all-around nice guy, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar talks with Morning Joe's Louis Burgdorf about his latest book, his exercise routine and being a cultural ambassador.

Perkins: Mass. health care reform a 'liability' for Romney

As rank and file Republicans gather for the Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington, Tony Perkins, president of the Family Research Council, joins NOW to discuss the "liabilities" facing former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney's presidential campaign and the issues most salient for conservative voters.

How will Catholic voters react to contraception debate?

Lawrence O’Donnell, MSNBC host of "The Last Word," joins the NOW discussion on how the Obama Administration's contraception mandate will sit with Catholic voters and the controversy on Capitol Hill that has some Democrats breaking ranks.

Scarborough: Romney needs to reveal more about himself on trail

Top Talkers: Members of an evangelical church "laid hands" on GOP candidate Rick Santorum during a campaign stop Wednesday in McKinley, Texas. The Morning Joe panel – including the Huffington Post's Sam Stein, MSNBC's Michael Steele, and Time's Mark Halperin – uses this as a springboard to discuss Mitt Romney's seeming reticence over discussing his own faith publicly.

Very Last Word: Professor O’Donnell

MSNBC Hosts Alex Wagner and Chris Hayes discuss the lesson they learned today from Professor O’Donnell in our educational opening segment.

Beau Biden: Mortgage settlement deal a "good first step"

Delaware Attorney General Beau Biden joins NOW outlining the states involved in brokering a mortgage settlement deal and the attorneys general across the country who are taking on criminal investigations pursing those individuals responsible for the housing crisis.

Hannity's disinformation campaign

Sean Hannity says it was Bush-era enhanced interrogation techniques that got Osama Bin Laden. He's wrong. Again. Ed has more tape to prove it.

Very Last Word: The importance of Komen

Eve Ellis, a former Susan G. Komen Board Member who left last week over the Planned Parenthood controversy, explains the importance of Komen and why she wants it to be strong again.

Very Last Word: Contraception fight continues

Lawrence explains why the response to the Obama administration/Catholic church controversy over contraception coverage has been blown way out of proportion.

Obama touts big bank settlement

After months of negotiation, state attorneys general finally reached a deal with the five largest mortgage-lending banks to help homeowners refinance their loans. NOW’s panel of MSNBC contributors Richard Wolffe, Mike Barnicle and Robert Traynham, and the Huffington Post’s Janell Ross, are joined by White House Correspondent Kristen Welker to discuss the deal.

Matthews: Politics in America is ‘tricky’

The Hardball host explains why “the nanosecond you think things are under control … everything goes wild!”

HHS contraception ruling: Will Obama administration revise it?

Top Talkers: The controversial HHS ruling on contraception and Catholic hospitals and universities is proving to be a thorn in the side of the Obama administration. Former DNC chair Time Kaine is now publicly opposing the measure as is House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio and Mitt Romney. Will the administration revise the ruling? The panel debates.

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Rossen Reports: Anyone can buy guns, no questions asked
Source: msnbc.com

Legal loophole permits weapons powerful enough to down aircraft to be sold without checks

Mitch McConnell: Obama is Unleashing "Liberal Thugs" on Fox News
Source: Raw Story

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) on Thursday painted conservatives as victims of President Barack Obama and other “liberal thugs.” Speaking at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), McConnell said he always loved the event “because …

Catholic church admits complaint about hospitals was smokescreen. Real goal is to kill all contraceptives in all insurance plans.
Source: AMERICAblog

They really are evil, our friends over there running the Catholic church.  Then again, we are talking about people who coddle pedophiles and actually enabled the serial rape of young children.

Rubio Bill Lets ANY Employer Deny Birth Control Coverage
Source: Talking Points Memo

Legislation introduced by Sen.

After Triple Primary Loss, Romney Picks Up Santorum's False Claim About Government Picking Church Ministers | ThinkProgress
Source: Think Progress

Yesterday morning, presidential candidate Rick Santorum made the unambiguously false claim that the Obama Administration wants the government to force Catholics to ordain female priests — a brief the administration filed in the Supreme Court actually says exactly the oppo …

The Right Freaks Out As GOP Poll Finds 20% Of Republicans May Vote For Obama
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A major freak out is occurring on the right as a new poll released by a Republican polling company has found that 20% of Republicans are more likely to vote for Obama. The poll done by Republican polling firm Wenzel Strategies for World Net Daily found something similar to  …

Time to "Get my SSI" --> TOP 10 LIST

In the 80's it was Dire Straits and "I want my MTV."  Now is it "Get my SSI?"  I was driving down the interstate the other day and saw the billboard with the law firm advertising and promising SSI disabilty benifits to those who had been denied.  Their motto or sl …

Church and State - Not Church is the State

This is being complicated way more than needed.

Why Aren't Republicans Listening To Catholic Bishops on Unemployment Benefits?
Source: Crooks and Liars

Isn't it interesting, how Republicans pick and choose which moral positions they decide they want to support? Too bad they don't knuckle under to pressure from the Catholic church on policies like this - and that the church doesn't work quite as strenuously to push social justi …

Driver charged with assault for tossing pennies
Source: The Arizona Republic

An Ashland motorist who gave a few pennies for his thoughts after getting honked at by another vehicle is in trouble with the law. Police say 42-year-old Paul Castelli is facing charges including assault and battery with a dangerous weapon for allegedly lobbing a handful of p …

'Sh*t Mitt Says': Democratic Super PAC Highlights Romney Gaffes & Awkward Comments (VIDEO)
Source: The Huffington Post

It was only a matter of time. The "Sh*t so-and-so says" meme has officially been brought into the fold of campaign politics, with Democratic super PAC American Bridge 21st Century creating a 2012 presidential campaign-themed "Sh*t Mitt Says" web video. Mitt Romney has been bl …

House GOP Memo Claims Abortion Is Leading Killer In Black Community | Addicting Info
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Ever since the inmates took over the asylum in 2010 amid an highly volatile sea of fat, white and dumb, they have prided themselves on making the lives of women akin to a Friday evening in Riyadh, the capitol of Suadia Arabia.

Video of Chinese toddler sobbing in snow sparks outrage over parenting -
Source: CNN

 A video of a toddler crying while running in the snow nearly naked has sparked a firestorm in China, but the boy's father says the exercise was meant to strengthen his son. "It's tough for me, too, when he cried out for my comfort," father He Liesheng said.

Why 98% of Catholic Women use contraceptives.

98% of Catholic Women use contaceptives for a reason.  They know they can't raise and provide for a child a year.  A woman who had a child every year could produce 38 children or more if some were twins etc.  That is from 17 to 45.  It could be  …

Missing: 5.4 million workers
Source: The Boston Globe

 

New Hampshire Republican proposes end to lunch break law
Source: Raw Story

A Republican State Representative in New Hampshire has found a way to create a new front in the war on workers, proposing a bill that would repeal the state’s law requiring that workers get a 30-minute lunch break after five hours of labor.

No Explanation for Pennsylvania's Purple Squirrel
Source: AccuWeather.com

A Pennsylvania couple trapped, of all things, a purple squirrel on Sunday. Percy and Connie Emert, of Jersey Shore, Pa. caught the unusual animal when trying to keep birds safe from the rodents.

Good News: China and Canada 'Deepening Economic Relations' After Keystone Fail - Erika Johnsen
Source: townhall.com

Canada has a new best friend now that President Obama has, for all practical purposes, killed the Pipeline XL deal.  China is eager to talk to Canada about its "dirty old oil."

Have You Seen This? One Man Band
Source: ksl.com - Utah News, Sports, Weather and Classifieds

Simple really. They're typically pretty talented and dedicated to their craft, and they've had to come up with some sort of schtick to stand out (and make money).This violinist found on the streets in Spokane, Wash. is no different.Bryson Andres plays a mean violin...

For sale: Six First Coast golf courses -Florida
Source: The Jacksonville Times-Union

Myrtle Beach, SC had the distinction of being number one in the nation, as to golf courses, before Florida took over the market. The saturation of green courses built up to a maximum number in the 1990's into the early 2000-2001 time frame.

Postal Service pleads for help as losses continue
Source: CNN

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Occupy Wall Street Claims the City Ruined Its Library..
Source: The New York Times

A member of the Occupy Wall Street movement filed a claim on behalf of the group Thursday that the city had damaged or destroyed $47,000 worth of books and other property while clearing its protest site at Zuccotti Park last fall.

Tribe sues brewers, stores over liquor problems
Source: msnbc.com

Outlets near dry reservation sold almost 5 million cans of beer in 2010

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