Washington Post: "BP's three-day effort to throttle the leaking gulf oil well with multiple blasts of heavy mud has failed. The attempted "top kill" of the well was abandoned late Saturday afternoon, leaving the huge Macondo field deep beneath the sea floor once again free to pump at least half a million gallons of crude … Continue reading Top Kill Fails

Christina Romer: "The emergency spending bill before the House would address the education crisis facing communities across America -- and the jobs of hundreds of thousands of teachers are at stake."

Tony Blair: "Our long-term goal was to help Africa make the most of its rich potential through increased support from the wealthiest countries, coupled with fundamental reform within the continent. These hopes reflected the insistent demands of many millions of our citizens to do something about the gross injustices disfiguring our world."

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Ruth Marcus: "Three unattractive Palin traits have, if anything, been amplified since the election: her unwillingness to buckle down and do the necessary preparation; her tendency to adopt what McCain adviser Steve Schmidt described as a "down is up and up is down" version of reality; and her enhanced sense of injury at the hands … Continue reading Calling Palin Out

AP: "BP on Wednesday launched its latest bid to plug the gushing well in the Gulf of Mexico by force-feeding it heavy drilling mud, a manuever never before tried 5,000 feet underwater."

Josh Ruxin: "What disease kills more kids under age five every year in the developing world than any other? AIDS? Malaria? Measles?  None of the above. The big surprise is that the killer is pneumonia." 

Robert Hay: "Some conservative pro-lifers argued that the final health care bill would be a boom for the abortion industry, requiring abortion coverage and increasing the number performed in the United States.  On at least one count, it looks like this common knowledge would be wrong - or at least that's what the pro-choice industry … Continue reading Pro-Choice Groups Contend Health Care Can Reduce Abortions

CS Monitor: "Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has a dual task – keep China on board for tougher sanctions against Iran and coax it into going along with an international condemnation of North Korea over the Cheonan warship incident."

CS Monitor: "A third nuclear test and naval confrontations in the Yellow Sea are likely, say analysts, in response to South Korean President Lee Myung-bak's announcement Monday of retaliatory measures against North Korea for torpedoing the navy ship Cheonan."