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10:45 AM ET, May 2, 2008

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New York Times:
Clinton May Be Hopeful, but Obama Rolls On  —  INDIANAPOLIS — Have Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton's chances of winning the Democratic presidential nomination improved as Senator Barack Obama has struggled through his toughest month of this campaign?  —  After weeks in which her candidacy …
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Zogby:
Zogby Poll: Obama Holds Big Lead Over Clinton in NC; Pair tied in Indiana  —  UTICA, New York—Five days before the important Democratic presidential primaries in North Carolina and Indiana, Barack Obama of Illinois enjoys a substantial lead in one state and remains tied with Hillary Clinton …
McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Will black voters stay home if Obama loses nomination?  —  INDIANAPOLIS — Many black voters are making it very clear: They're concerned that Barack Obama is going to be denied the Democratic presidential nomination that they see as rightfully his, and if that happens, a lot of them may stay home in November.
Discussion: Indianapolis Star and Hot Air
Sam Stein / The Huffington Post:
Black-Issues Group: Price To Pay If Clinton Wins Through Superdelegates
Discussion: TalkLeft and The Swamp
Christopher Cooper / Wall Street Journal:
Democrats Scramble for Indiana
Discussion: MSNBC and The Page
Mike Allen / The Politico:
Fox trumps Netroots; bloggers rebel  —  The nation's top Democrats are suddenly rushing to appear on the Fox News Channel, which they once had shunned as enemy territory as the nemesis of liberal bloggers.  —  The detente with Fox has provoked a backlash from progressive bloggers …
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David Paul Kuhn / The Politico:
DNC coffers dry amid flood of Dem cash  —  In an election year marked by jaw-dropping Democratic fundraising, one key political player isn't so flush: The Democratic National Committee.  —  Despite record hauls by Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton, the DNC has raised less than half …
Discussion: The Swamp, The Caucus and Hot Air
Brian Stelter / New York Times:
Democrats and Fox News Make Friends
Discussion: FishBowlDC, Gawker and Brendan Nyhan
Nick Timiraos / Wall Street Journal:
Will Voters Accept Obama's Gas Plea?  —  COLUMBIA CITY, Ind. — Sen. Barack Obama's argument that a gas-tax holiday makes no sense — a stand that is winning plaudits from editorial boards and economists — isn't always getting through to voters worried about rising gas prices.
Discussion: This ain't Hell … and The Page
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Julie Bosman / New York Times:
Unlikely Allies Campaign for a Gas-Tax Holiday
CNN:
Clinton to Congress: You're either with us or against us
Indianapolis Star:
Experience makes Clinton better choice in primary  —  In this extraordinary election year, Indiana's Democratic voters have been presented with an extraordinary opportunity: Choose for their party's presidential nominee between a gifted senator from Illinois who has enthused millions of new voters …
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Gateway Pundit:
Dem Operative Asks McCain If He Called His Wife a C*nt ...Update …
Discussion: TownHall Blog
Bill Vlasic / New York Times:
As Gas Costs Soar, Buyers Are Flocking to Small Cars  —  DETROIT — Soaring gas prices have turned the steady migration by Americans to smaller cars into a stampede.  —  In what industry analysts are calling a first, about one in five vehicles sold in the United States was a compact …
Pablo Guzman / WCBS-TV:
On YOUR Dime: Congressmen Lease Luxury Cars  —  Little-Known But Exploited Loophole Allows Politicians To Drive, Maintain Expensive Cars, SUVs On Taxpayer Money  —  Rep. Charles Rangel: ‘My Constituents Appreciate It’  —  NEW YORK (CBS) ― You may not realize it …
William Glaberson / New York Times:
Cameraman Is Released From Guantánamo  —  A former cameraman for Al Jazeera who was believed to be the only journalist held at Guantánamo Bay was released on Thursday, after more than six years of detention that made him one of the best known Guantánamo detainees in the Arab world, his lawyers said.
Discussion: Attackerman
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Party of Denial  —  During Barack Obama's Sunday appearance on Fox News, the interviewer asked him for an example of “a hot-button issue where you would be willing to buck the Democratic Party line” and say that Republicans have the better idea.  —  Mr. Obama's answer was puzzling …
Discussion: Firedoglake, CNN and The Confluence
Jonathan Rauch / The Atlantic Online:
Mr. Conservative  —  Alert Washingtonians were treated to an odd juxtaposition not long ago.  John McCain was booed at the Conservative Political Action Conference, the big annual gathering of the right-wing tribes, while trying to establish that he was a conservative.
Discussion: Firedoglake
Charles Krauthammer / Washington Post:
The ‘Race’ Speech Revisited  —  Guess it's time to disown Granny, if Obama's famous Philadelphia “race” speech is to be believed.  Of course, the speech was not just believed.  It was hailed, celebrated, canonized as the greatest pronouncement on race in America since Lincoln at Cooper Union.
Nancy Trejos / Washington Post:
Fed to Pursue Aggressive Checks on Credit Cards  —  The Federal Reserve and two other banking regulators are set to unveil today one of the most aggressive efforts in decades to crack down on the credit card industry, prohibiting practices such as arbitrarily raising interest rates on outstanding balances.
 
 
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Richard C. Paddock / Los Angeles Times:
Teacher fired for refusing to sign loyalty oath
Los Angeles Times:
High food prices may put farmers on a subsidy diet
Stephanie Simon / Wall Street Journal:
Evolution's Critics Shift Tactics With Schools
Michael Gerson / Washington Post:
The Perils Of Patronizing  —  In the past few weeks …
Discussion: The Corner
The Corner:
Clinton vs. Obama
Discussion: Ed Driscoll.com
Peter Overby / NPR:
Group with Clinton Ties Behind Dubious Robocalls
Michael Dobbs / Washington Post:
McCain's Birth Abroad Stirs Legal Debate
Discussion: Fact Checker and Hot Air
Washington Times:
McCain sets sights on moderates
Discussion: MSNBC and The Page
 Earlier Items: 
Robert King / Indianapolis Star:
25 black ministers hope to generate Obama vote
Discussion: The Page
WNCN-TV:
NORTH CAROLINA POLL RESULTS - MAY 2008
The Big Trunk / Power Line:
AL FRANKEN: THE COVER-UP BEGINS
Ross Douthat / The Atlantic Online:
The Return of the Paranoid Style
Discussion: protein wisdom
Economist:
On the brink  —  Some of America's most venerable newspapers …
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
Guardian:
Brown admits election mauling was a ‘bad night’
Inal Ersan / Reuters:
Ex-Guantanamo inmate in Iraq suicide bombing: TV
The Raw Story:
EXCLUSIVE: MYSTERIOUS CRIMES PLAGUE US ATTORNEY TARGETS
Discussion: Unfogged and At-Largely
 

 
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Mandy Dalugdug / Music Business Worldwide:
UMG, ABKCO, and Concord sue Believe and its subsidiary TuneCore for $500M+, alleging Believe built its business via “industrial-scale copyright infringement”

Katie Robertson / New York Times:
The NYT reports adding 260K digital subscribers in Q3, for 11.9M in total, with digital ad revenue up 8.8% YoY to $81.6M, and The Athletic had its first profit

Christopher Palmeri / Bloomberg:
Sources: Shari Redstone does not plan to stay on the board of Paramount Global after the company completes its planned merger with Skydance Media

 
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