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OBAMACARE WAIVERS HEADLINES
From the Hill: Maine gets first state waiver from healthcare law provision

HotAir headline: Great news: HHS adds 1,328,381 waivers to ObamaCare

Poster: "This smells an awful lot like a Maine Kick-Back, specifically designed to buy the votes of Snowe and Collins on any healthcare votes and the on-going budget battles."

Volokh: Similar requests are pending from Kentucky, Nevada and New Hampshire.

BEST READING OF THE DAY
Barbara Kay: The day Sarah Palin kneecapped feminism

The feminist revolution began as a necessary reform movement, but unfortunately evolved into a marxism-imbued, revolutionary one. Second-wave feminism’s focus soon shifted from women’s equal rights (which are limited to those defined by law) to women’s interests (which are limitless), as perceived through a victim’s lens.

And it gets better. (National Post, Canada)

EDITORIAL THAT MAKES SENSE
Editorial: Westboro's victory, in perspective (Cleveland Plain Dealer)

America, Roberts wrote, must "protect even hurtful speech on public issues to ensure that we do not stifle public debate." That imperative permits Nazis to march in Skokie or Westboro to picket the funerals of fallen heroes. Free speech is sometimes ugly and abused. Neither diminishes its value.

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GOT TO LOVE ENTREPRENEURS
Walgreens is selling pharmacy benefits operations for $525 million to focus on their drugstore network which is the largest in the United States.