Speaking of dogs (arf!), ThinkProgress is treating this memo from Rupert Murdoch’s iPad Editor like a chew toy:

Folks, Egypt is over — time for us to get focused on covering America. We need to get out there and start finding more compelling stories from around the country — not just scraping the web and the wires, but getting out on the ground and reporting.

Find me an amazing human story at a trial the rest of the media is missing. Find me a school district where the battle over reform is being fought and tell the human tales. Find a town that is going to be unincorporated because it’s broke. Find me a story of corruption and malfeasance in a state capitol that no one has found. Find me something new, different, exclusive and awesome. Find me the oldest dog in America, or the richest man in South Dakota. Force the new White House press secretary to download The Daily for the first time because everyone at the gaggle is asking about a story we broke. Get in front of a story and make it ours — force the rest of the media to follow us.

It’s good stories that will keep people coming back to The Daily — we’ve assembled a crack news team, so let’s show the world what we can do.

Singling out the dog story for mockery is something of a stretch — this memo could just as easily have been issued by NPR, or any general-interest publication.

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“A law under consideration in South Dakota would expand the definition of ‘justifiable homicide’ to include killings that are intended to prevent harm to a fetus — a move that could make it legal to kill doctors who perform abortions. The Republican-backed legislation, House Bill 1171, has passed out of committee on a nine-to-three party-line vote, and is expected to face a floor vote in the state’s GOP-dominated House of Representatives soon.” The bill’s sponsor disputes that interpretation. [Mother Jones]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUERtAe73NI

“Thousands of opposition supporters have clashed with security forces in the centre of the Iranian capital, Tehran. Police used tear gas and detained dozens rallying in solidarity with uprisings in Egypt and Tunisia. There was one report of a death in Tehran.” [BBC]

We don’t know who Kevin McCullough is — “nationally syndicated host”, but who isn’t? — but with a Fox-hosted column entitled “Disrespectful Libertarians Hijack CPAC Poll”, this has to be good:

This year’s CPAC wasn’t about advancing conservatism. Rather, it exposed the radically disrespectful element of the libertine…

It is the libertarian in attendance that produced the free pornographic calendar passed out to attendees in 2010…

Libertarians and Conservatives are as different as Libertarians and Liberals. The truth is libertarians are the worst form of political affiliation in the nation. Combining the desire of economic greed, with the amoral desire to promote any behavior regardless of its cost to our culture is a stark departure from the intent of the Founding Fathers.

In case you haven’t guessed, Mr. McCullough is a knuckle-dragging mouth-breather social conservative. And while it’s easy to play up potential schisms on the Right — well, heck, why not?

Disrespectful Libertarians Hijack CPAC Poll — And Its Mission [Fox News]

“Shirley Sherrod, who was fired from her USDA job last year after Andrew Breitbart posted online an edited video of her, has filed a lawsuit for libel and slander against Breitbart in D.C. Superior Court… Breitbart was served with it this weekend, while attending the Conservative Political Action Conference.” [TPM]

The Dubious Romantic Messages of 1980’s ‘Super Friends’ Valentines [Comics Alliance]