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CNN:
Romney wins entire Guam delegation — (CNN) - Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney won the unanimous vote among Guam Republicans to pledge all nine of their delegates to his presidential campaign. — The vote was passed Saturday by all 207 of the 215 registered Republicans in attendance at their yearly convention.
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Robert Griffin III / Associated Press:
Gingrich tells AP he won't quit GOP presidential race if he loses Tuesday in Miss., Ala. — ELLISVILLE, Miss. — Spurning calls for him to get out, Newt Gingrich insisted Friday that he'll stay in the race for the Republican presidential nomination even if he loses two Southern primaries next week.
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Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
How Daunting Is Santorum's Delegate Math?
How Daunting Is Santorum's Delegate Math?
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Jim Romenesko:
Report: Some papers won't be running next week's ‘Doonesbury’ strips — I asked around and was told that the Oregonian and Dallas Morning News are among the papers that have discussed pulling the strips. (I've left messages with editors at both newspapers to see what they've decided.)
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Patrick Kevin Day / Show Tracker:
Louis C.K. drops correspondents' dinner after conservative outcry — Louis C.K. has pulled out as host of the Radio and Television Correspondents' Assn. Dinner following conservative complaints about the comedian's past comments about Sarah Palin. — Multiple reports confirm C.K. is no longer scheduled to appear at the June 8 event.
Mj Lee / Politico:
Gloria Allred seeks Rush Limbaugh prosecution — Rush Limbaugh has drawn the ire of celebrity lawyer Gloria Allred, who sent a letter to the Palm Beach County state attorney requesting an investigation into whether the popular radio host should be prosecuted for calling a law student a “slut” and “prostitute” last week.
David A. Graham / The Atlantic Online:
Palin: The First Black President Wants to Revert to Pre-Civil War Society — In her view, the very act of acknowledging or talking about race's role in U.S. history makes one a racist. — Naturally, someone had to ask Sarah Palin about the Derrick Bell-Barack Obama flap.
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Karen Tumulty / Washington Post:
Recent debate over contraception comes as GOP loses gains among women — The fragile gains Republicans had been making among female voters have been erased, a shift that has coincided with what has become a national shouting match over reproductive issues, potentially handing President Obama …
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Andrew Restuccia / The Hill:
Gov. Dalrymple: Obama is ‘killing energy development’ — North Dakota Gov. Jack Dalrymple (R) called on Congress to quickly pass legislation to green-light the Keystone XL oil pipeline, arguing that the Obama administration is “killing energy development.” — Dalrymple said Saturday the pipeline …
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Sarah B. Boxer / NationalJournal.com:
Romney: Regulators Should Make ‘Friends’ With Business — Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney — JACKSON, Miss. - Campaigning in the Deep South, where he faces tough opposition from more-conservative rivals for the GOP nomination, Mitt Romney is promoting an antiregulatory theme …
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Andrew Harris / Bloomberg:
Buffett's NetJets Countersued by U.S. for Unpaid Taxes — NetJets Inc., the private-plane company owned by Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (BRK/A), was countersued by the U.S. over $366 million in taxes and penalties. — NetJets in November sued the U.S., saying the federal government …
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Haaretz:
Gaza militants fire rockets at Israeli south; casualties, damage reported — More than 40 rockets fired into southern Israel; eight people wounded, one seriously; Iron Dome intercepts six rockets fired at Ashdod, Ashkelon, and Be'er Sheva; Palestinians report 12 fatalities in IAF strikes on Gaza.
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Jack Coleman / NewsBusters.org blogs:
Ed Schultz Paid Nearly $200,000 By Unions in 2011, According to Labor Dept. — What a shock — labor unions paying one of their biggest cheerleaders in the media. — Perhaps Ed Schultz could explain what he does for unions to warrant such largesse. I don't recall hearing anything along …
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Financial Times:
Greek debt swap triggers massive payouts — By David Oakley iin London, Joshua Chaffin in Brussels and Richard Milne in Oslo — Billions of dollars are to be paid out in insurance-like instruments as Greece on Friday pressed ahead with the largest ever sovereign debt restructuring.
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Tim Reid / Reuters:
Banks foreclosing on churches in record numbers — (Reuters) - Banks are foreclosing on America's churches in record numbers as lenders increasingly lose patience with religious facilities that have defaulted on their mortgages, according to new data. — The surge in church foreclosures represents …
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David G. Savage / Los Angeles Times:
Plaintiff challenging healthcare law went bankrupt - with unpaid medical bills — Obama administration lawyers say her case is an example of why an insurance mandate is needed to prevent ‘uncompensated care that will ultimately be paid by others.’ — The U.S. Supreme Court plans to hear …
Edmund Lee / Bloomberg:
New York Times's Robinson's Exit Package Tops $23 Million — Janet Robinson, the New York Times Co. chief executive officer who was pushed out in December, received an exit package, including stock options and retirement benefits, of $23.7 million. — Robinson gets pension …
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Julie Carr Smyth / Associated Press:
After quakes, Ohio plans tough gas-drilling rules — COLUMBUS, Ohio—A dozen earthquakes in northeastern Ohio were almost certainly induced by injection of gas-drilling wastewater into the earth, state regulators said Friday as they announced a series of tough new rules for drillers.
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