Morning Round-Up 3-18

Feature of the Day: Spinoffs from Spyland: How America’s eavesdropping agency commercializes technology

Morning Headlines

Domestic                                                          

Associated Press

1. Illinois Voters to Pick GOP Governor Nominee
2. States Looking at $0 Community College Tuition

Politico

1. The rich strike back
2. As Barack Obama’s Ukraine strategy rolls on, so does Vladimir Putin’s
3. Defenders of Net transition: GOP off base

Reuters

1. Obamacare campaign highlights sports injuries to enroll young people
2. Obama manufacturing hubs face uphill struggle to create jobs
3. Unease grows among U.S. doctors over Indian drug quality

Wall Street Journal

1. Russia’s Putin Signs Treaty to Annex Crimea
2. Discovery Bolsters Big-Bang Theory
3. Food Prices Surge as Drought Exacts a High Toll on Crops

Washington Post

1. Republicans seize edge in the fight for the Senate majority
2. How religious minorities helped rescue Jews in the Netherlands during the Holocaust
3. Biden in Europe to ‘reassure our allies’ over Russia’s moves in Ukraine

Washington Times

1. Mockery greets Obama’s new sanctions against Russian officials after Crimea action
2. Putin to sanction McCain, Durbin, White House officials: report
3. Semper fi? Taliban desecration case ignites battle in top ranks of Marines

Top Conservative Stories of the Day:

The American Conservative

1. The Anti-Warrior
2. Why Finland’s Educational Model Is More Conservative Than Ours

Breitbart

1. U.S. Public Relations Firm Bags $55 Million Representing Putin
2. States Use Loophole to Erase $8 Billion of Food Stamp Cuts

 The Daily Caller     

1. State touted as Obama’s health-care reform model fires its Obamacare website contractor
2. Michelle Obama and family take another taxpayer-funded trip

CNSNews.com

1. Tax Revenues Hit Record in First 5 Months of FY14; 5-Month Deficit Still $377B
2. Obama Praises Abbas: ‘Somebody Who Has Consistently Renounced Violence’

National Review

1. A New Obama Doctrine?
2. Handing Over the Keys to the Internet

Washington Free Beacon

1. Born to Run Away From High Taxes
2. SEIU Hit With Second-Biggest Campaign Finance Fine in Michigan History

Top Liberal Stories of the Day:

The Daily Beast

1. Did Christie Go Easy on a Human Trafficker Just to Bust a Small-Time Pol?
2. Vladimir Putin’s Seizure of Crimea Is Based on Pure Fiction

Talking Points Memo

1. Fred Phelps Reportedly Ousted for Advocating ‘Kinder’ Westboro Baptist Church
2. Romney Blames Obama’s ‘Terrible Timing’ For Ukraine Crisis

ThinkProgress

    1. Meet America’s Most Hated Doctors