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By Brian O'Connell on 4.1.10 @ 10:28AM

Palin’s show drops the phantom LL Cool J interview, keeps Toby Keith (AP)
Rep. Johnson (D-GA) worries that Guam would “tip over” due to overpopulation if more troops get stationed there (Hill)
Obama family has yet to join a church in DC (MSNBC)
Off-shore drilling plan cancels some Alaska lease sales (Washington Times)
California, Michigan, and New York lawmakers are highest paid in the nation (Los Angeles Times)

Brian O’Connell is the Collegiate Network fellow at The American Spectator and former editor-in-chief of the Stanford Review.

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