Friday's Daily Brief: Nearly 4 In 10 Americans Impacted By Sequester Cuts; Bridge Collapses In Washington State

Friday, May 24, 2013 Sequestration Poll Shows That Nearly 4 In 10 Americans Impacted By Cuts WORLD Britain Scrambles Fighter Jets To Escort Pakistani Plane CRIME Bridge Collapses In Washington State MEDIA WATCH: Maddow Excoriates Alex Jones POLITICS Eric Holder Personally Approved Controversial Fox News Warrant TED WEEKENDS WATCH: Revealing A Heartbreaking Secret On The TED Stage BLOG POSTS Marlo Thomas: Honoring America's Women in the Military When I was a child, the only women you were likely to encounter on the front lines of America's military didn't wear uniforms. Instead, they wore high heels, hose and sequins. That's because these women -- such as Lucille Ball, Lena Horne and the Rockettes -- were not among our soldiers but, instead, part of the U.S.O. Adam Levin: 5 Ways Student Loans Hurt Middle-Class Kids Why should middle-class students pay more for loans than is absolutely necessary, all the while padding the government's coffers and enabling state universities to build facilities that the students will only get to use for four years? Arianna Huffington: Huffington This Week: Stressless Summer In this week's special summer issue, we're putting the spotlight on all the season's diverse offerings, with an emphasis on ways to enjoy the summer with less stress -- from guides to the best of entertainment, culture and lifestyle to tips and new twists on how to make the most of beloved summer pastimes. Michelangelo Signorile: The Boy Scouts: Demonizing Gay Men, Empowering Bashers on the Streets Continuing to ban lesbian den mothers and gay scoutmasters is sending a horrible message to American youth, including the scouts, gay and straight. The Boy Scouts of America made this change to take some of the heat off, and no matter what equality advocates hope for, that will happen. Brian Levin, J.D.: 'Godfather of Hate' Inspired Both UK Jihadist Killer and US Radicals Omar Bakri Mohammed, 54, who has harnessed a dangerous sliver of American and British youth to religious terror and extremism is a notorious English-speaking hate cleric who for almost two decades, while on public assistance, fomented radicalism in the United Kingdom.

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