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Media scrubs Malia Obama vacation story — The AFP, the Huffington Post and other websites have scrubbed a report about first daughter Malia Obama's Spring Break vacation. — On Monday, the AFP reported that Obama's daughter was vacationing abroad, along with a number of friends and 25 Secret Service agents.
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WHY IS THE STORY ABOUT MALIA OBAMA VACATIONING IN MEXICO DISAPPEARING FROM THE WEB? — Have you heard that Malia Obama, the president's daughter, is reportedly spending her spring break in Oaxaca, Mexico? Allegedly, she's jetting off with some of her classmates and 25 Secret Service agents …
Brian Doherty / Hit & Run:
Obama's Daughter Vacations in Mexico, But Let's Not Discuss It. In Fact, Let's Not Even Ever Have Discussed It — Completely divorced from the question of whether a politician's children are fair game for political attack, or even having their existence and life mentioned, this unfolding incident …
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Frances Robles / MiamiHerald.com:
Grand jury to probe Trayvon Martin killing — Mounting pressure in Trayvon Martin case succeeds in prompting a federal probe as well as an investigation by a state grand jury. — FROBLES@MIAMIHERALD.COM — A grand jury will look into the shooting death of Trayvon Martin, Brevard County State Attorney Norm Wolfinger said Tuesday.
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Beth Kassab / Orlando Sentinel:
“Stand your ground” law goes too far — You can't say we weren't warned. — Back in 2005, opponents of Florida's first-of-its-kind “stand your ground” law said it wouldn't be long before we'd see shootouts in the streets — all in the name of self-defense.
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Santorum outgunned 7 to 1 in Illinois, 21 to 1 in Chicago media market — Rick Santorum's campaign and super PAC have been outspent by a margin of 7 to 1 in the Illinois primary, with forces supporting Mitt Romney shelling out a total of about $3.7 million on the airwaves, according to a GOP media-buying source.
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Rebecca Kaplan / NationalJournal.com:
Santorum: 'I Don't Care What the Unemployment Rate's Going to Be'
Santorum: 'I Don't Care What the Unemployment Rate's Going to Be'
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Santorum Campaign Floats New Delegate Math Showing Much Tighter Race With Romney
Santorum Campaign Floats New Delegate Math Showing Much Tighter Race With Romney
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Romney faces another ‘must-win’ state in Illinois primary
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Ashley Perks / The Hill:
Romney poised for key Illinois win
Romney poised for key Illinois win
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Newt Gingrich / CNN:
TRENDING: Campaign calls De Niro comment ‘inappropriate’ after Gingrich blast — (CNN) - President Barack Obama's reelection organization said Tuesday it was “inappropriate” for Robert De Niro to joke at a campaign fundraiser in New York Monday that America wasn't “ready for a white first lady.”
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De Niro suggests it's ‘too soon’ for another white FLOTUS — Actor Robert De Niro thrilled the crowd at a New York fundraiser headlined by first lady Michelle Obama when he listed the alternatives. — “Callista Gingrich. Karen Santorum. Ann Romney. Now do you really think our country is ready for a white first lady?”
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Michelle Obama: Supreme Court Picks Will Impact Whether Americans Can “Love Whomever We Choose”
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Jennifer Bendery / The Huffington Post:
Robert DeNiro, Campaigning For President Obama, Asks: Is U.S. ‘Ready For A White First Lady?’
Robert DeNiro, Campaigning For President Obama, Asks: Is U.S. ‘Ready For A White First Lady?’
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Obama leads GOP in battleground Virginia
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The GOP Budget and America's Future — The president's budget gives more power to bureaucrats, takes more from taxpayers to fuel the expansion of government, and commits our nation to a future of debt and decline. — Less than a year ago, the House of Representatives passed a budget …
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No, Paul Ryan Does Not Want To Strengthen The Safety Net
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Naftali Bendavid / Wall Street Journal:
GOP's Budget Targets Taxes
GOP's Budget Targets Taxes
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Sam Stein / The Huffington Post:
Joe Biden On Bin Laden Raid: Most ‘Audacious Plan’ In 500 Years … REACT: — FOLLOW: — 2012 Election, Joe Biden, Osama Bin Laden, Elections 2012, Election 2012 Blog, Biden Bin Laden, Joe-Biden-Bin-Laden, Politics News — Vice President Joseph Biden on Monday night upped …
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Daniel Foster / National Review:
And Here You Thought Hope Was Audacious
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National Debt has increased more under Obama than under Bush — (CBS News) The National Debt has now increased more during President Obama's three years and two months in office than it did during 8 years of the George W. Bush presidency. — The Debt rose $4.899 trillion during the two terms of the Bush presidency.
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Exclusive: GQ Reveals Romney's and Santorum's Secret Service Code Names — They are the best kept secrets of any presidential campaign—until someone overhears a whispered shout into a wrist microphone. Candidates who get Secret Service protection get to choose the code word that they'll be called …
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Bam's angry adviser — Back when he agreed to advise the Obama administration on economics, General Electric CEO Jeff Immelt told friends that he thought it would be good for GE and good for the country. A life-long Republican, Immelt said he believed he could at the very least moderate …
David Brooks / New York Times:
When the Good Do Bad — It's always interesting to read the quotations of people who knew a mass murderer before he killed. They usually express complete bafflement that a person who seemed so kind and normal could do something so horrific. — Friends of Robert Bales …
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Rep. Walsh Proposes Federal ‘Proof Of Citizenship To Vote’ Law That Could Disenfranchise 15 Million Americans — A Republican congressman from Illinois praised a controversial new voting measure at a town hall last month, calling for a national version of the law that could disenfranchise millions.
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Tom Hanks, Glenn Frey in 2004: ‘Blackface,’ race jokes at fundraising auction [VIDEO] — Video footage obtained by The Daily Caller shows Hollywood screen legend Tom Hanks and Eagles musician Glenn Frey at a 2004 fundraising auction, playfully interacting with a white man dressed as an African native …
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