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Jeb Bush was all over television Sunday, with interviews airing on six channels, focusing both on his immigration position and his future political ambitions. But the most unusual exchange came on NBC’s “Meet the Press.”
via Washington Wire http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2013/03/10/jeb-bush-says-media-an-addict-on-2016-talk/?mod=WSJBlog
The former governor likens the NBC host’s obsession with electoral politics to a drug addiction.
via POLITICO – TOP Stories http://www.politico.com/blogs/politico-live/2013/03/jeb-calls-david-gregory-a-political-crack-addict-158937.html
Looking for risks in all the wrong places.
via NYT > Most Recent Headlines http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/11/opinion/krugman-dwindling-deficit-disorder.html
Beneath the orderly display, the cardinals at the papal conclave are split into competing lineups and power blocs that will determine who among them emerges as pope.
via NYT > Most Recent Headlines http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/11/world/europe/among-cardinals-deep-divisions-over-next-pope.html
With sincere regret we must inform you that due to circumstances recently discovered we must immediately cease trading activity on www.intrade.com. InTrade is apparently shutting down completely, at least for a while. Previously.
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Two days before the papal conclave begins, the cardinals adhered to what might be called the art of running for pope, which means never, ever appearing to be running.
via NYT > Most Recent Headlines http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/11/world/europe/ahead-of-conclave-papal-candidates-visit-rome-churches.html
After circumstances that “may include financial irregularity.”
STUDY: Ancient mummies had clogged arteries…
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Gregory Rodriguez, the host of the Sportsman Channel show The Rifleman’s Journey, was killed Friday night, the victim of a murder-suicide by an apparently jealous husband, according to Montana police. Rodriguez, who is also an editor at Shooting Times Magazine and a contributing editor at Petersen’s Hunting, Guns & Ammo, was visiting a woman at the woman’s mother’s home in Whitefish, Montana when Wayne Bengston, the woman’s husband, showed up. It remains unclear what Rodriguez and the woman were doing at the time, but whatever it was, it sent the 41-year-old Bengston into a rage; shortly after entering the home, he shot and killed Rodriguez and severely beat his wife.
Police say Bengston then drove his two-year-old son to a relative’s home before returning to his own home, where he fatally shot himself. Bengston’s wife was treated at a nearby hospital and released.
According to Whitefish Police Chief Bill Dial, Rodriguez met the woman, who works for a firearms manufacturer, at a gun show. Dial said the relationship appeared to be casual, not romantic.
The Sportsman Channel released a statement saying it will miss Rodriguez’s “thoughtfulness, candor and dedication to encourage a safe and enjoyable outdoor experience for all.”
Rodriguez was 43 and leaves behind a wife and two kids.
[CBS, NY Daily News/Image via AP]
Mitch Hurwitz, the show’s creator, and two of its stars, Will Arnett and Jeffrey Tambor, talked about fans’ demand for a film at the South by Southwest festival.
via NYT > Television http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/03/10/new-arrested-development-episodes-arent-enough-for-some-fans/?partner=rss&emc=rss