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At the 125th annual spring dinner of the Gridiron Club and Foundation, Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) drew unintentional laughs when he accidentally introduced former president Bill Clinton as "Bill Nixon." Hatch recovered by adding: "Bill Nixon is one of my closest friends." ? During the skits, NBC's Andrea Mitchell was a hit as Princess Leia, accompanying Darth Vader (Dick Cheney).  

The ongoing Arab violence, which has seen a sharp increase in rock-throwings and even live-fire attacks on Israeli vehicles over the past week, continued Sunday morning with riots near Tekoa and an attempted stabbing east of Shechem. The Gush Etzion demonstrators held signs reading, "Crush the Obama intifada! No more rock-throwing! Stop the building freeze against the Jews." Among the public figures who arrived and spoke at the Saturday night protest were Rabbis Dov Lior, Gideon Perl, Yosef Tzvi Rimon  

Connecticut officials are closely watching the health care debate in Washington this weekend, hoping that a $100 million grant program for hospital construction projects will be part of the final legislation. The federal funds are considered a financial linchpin for a massive, $352 million plan to overhaul the University of Connecticut Health Center in Farmington, put the 50-year-old facility on firm financial footing, boost the reputation of the UConn medical and dental schools and create thousands of j

The governor has directed her staff to monitor Sunday's proceedings in Congress closely in order to determine the bill's impact on Connecticut   -Adam Liegeot

 

The answer, if the woman is Palestinian and the dead are Israelis, is heroine or martyr — and if she is Dalal Mughrabi, you name a school and a camp after her and, last week, a square in the West Bank town of El Bireh. It will be the fitting venue for those who furiously single out Israel for allegedly killing civilians in violation of all the rules of warfare. Hypocrisy Square would be its appropriate name.  

Connecticut officials are closely watching the health care debate in Washington this weekend, hoping that a $100 million grant program for hospital construction projects will be part of the final legislation. The federal funds are considered a financial lynchpin for a massive, $352 million plan to overhaul the University of Connecticut Health Center in Farmington , put the 50-year-old facility on firm financial footing, boost the reputation of the UConn medical and dental schools and create thousands of

The governor has directed her staff to monitor Sunday's proceedings in Congress closely in order to determine the bill's impact on Connecticut   -Adam Liegeot

 

WHY ARE WE STILL BOWING? David Harsanyi Washington Examiner http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/columns/Why-are-we-still-bowing_-88262892.html March 18 2010 March 17, 2010 Not long after President Barack Obama gave his conciliatory speeches to the Islamic world, he chose not to meddle in the sham election of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. In fact, he offered not a word of support for the men and women who took to the streets against that totalitarian regime.  

The decision on how to vote on the health care overhaul affects members differently than nearly any other issue. "[N]o other single issue — civil rights, Medicare, even war in this age of professional armies — quite matches the personal side of health care's stubborn details. … Everybody gets sick; everybody dies. Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio) talked about his own battle with Crohn's disease this week in announcing his vote.  

Bye bye, Cornhusker Kickback. Hello, special treatment for Tennessee and North Dakota. Democrats unveiling revisions late Thursday to their health care overhaul bill decided to kill the extra $100 million in Medicaid funds for Nebraska that has become a symbol of backdoor deal making.  

Well, you're a senator. Let me ask you one last question. David Axelrod said you talk in a speech today about changing the way Washington does business, but your campaign is run by two of the biggest lobbyists in Washington.