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12:35 PM ET, April 8, 2012

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CBS News:
Remembering Mike Wallace 1918-2012 … PLAY CBS NEWS VIDEO  —  (CBS News) For half a century, he took on corrupt politicians, scam artists and bureaucratic bumblers.  His visits were preceded by the four dreaded words: Mike Wallace is here.  —  Wallace took to heart the old reporter's pledge …
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Brian Stelter / Media Decoder:
Reactions to the Death of Mike Wallace, ‘60 Minutes’ Pioneer  —  Mike Wallace in his CBS office in 2006.  —  11:40 a.m. |  Updated Mike Wallace, a pioneer of American broadcasting who confronted leaders and liars for the newsmagazine “60 Minutes” for four decades, has died, CBS News said Sunday morning.
Associated Press:
Mike Wallace, star interviewer on CBS News' ‘60 Minutes’ for decades, dies at age 93  —  BEBETO MATTHEWS/AP - Television news journalist Mike Wallace at the 2007 National Board of Review of Motion Pictures Awards Gala in New York.  Wallace, famed for his tough interviews on “60 Minutes,” has died.
Russell Berman / The Hill:
CBS News journalist Mike Wallace dead at 93  —  Longtime CBS News journalist and “60 Minutes” correspondent Mike Wallace has died at age 93, the network announced Sunday.  —  Wallace's persistent questioning of world leaders, profiles of celebrities and exposes of scam artists came to define …
Discussion: Associated Press and Politico
Russell Berman / The Hill:
DNC chairwoman says Romney, GOP lawmakers ‘rooting for economic failure’  —  The chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee, Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (Fla.), said congressional Republicans and Mitt Romney seem to be “rooting for economic failure” after they panned the latest jobs report.
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Vicki Needham / The Hill:
Gingrich says Romney ‘most likely’ nominee, would back him in Nov.  —  GOP presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich says he will support front-runner Mitt Romney if he garners the delegates needed for the nomination.  —  “I think you have to be realistic, given the size of his organization …
Rich Lowry / National Review:
Parting Ways  —  Anyone who has read Derb in our pages knows he's a deeply literate, funny, and incisive writer.  I direct anyone who doubts his talents to his delightful first novel, “Seeing Calvin Coolidge in a Dream,” or any one of his “Straggler” columns in the books section of NR.
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Faiz Shakir / ThinkProgress:
In 2009, Derbyshire Argued Women Shouldn't Vote: ‘Women Voting Is Bad For Conservatism’
Jason DeParle / New York Times:
Welfare Limits Left Poor Adrift as Recession Hit  —  PHOENIX — Perhaps no law in the past generation has drawn more praise than the drive to “end welfare as we know it,” which joined the late-'90s economic boom to send caseloads plunging, employment rates rising and officials of both parties hailing the virtues of tough love.
Susan Candiotti / CNN:
2 arrested in Tulsa shootings  —  Tulsa, Oklahoma (CNN) — Authorities in Oklahoma arrested two people early Sunday in connection with a deadly spate of apparently random shootings in Tulsa that have had residents on edge.  —  About 30 representatives from four law enforcement agencies …
Sbhagav / CBS Baltimore:
Crowd Beats, Strips & Robs Tourist On St. Patrick's Day; Incident Caught On Camera  —  BALTIMORE (WJZ)- Caught on camera- a tourist being beaten in downtown Baltimore and instead of helping him, a crowd laughs and steals his belongings.  —  Mike Hellgren has the video and the investigation.
Byron Tau / Politico:
Newt touts ‘Chilean model’ for Social Security  —  Newt Gingrich Sunday said that he'd like to see the United States adopt a ‘Chilean model’ for Social Security — a pension system that is reliant on a government mandated purchase of a private investment account.
Discussion: Washington Monthly
Kansas City Star:
Bank wants Missouri Rep. Cleaver to pay $1.5 million on car wash loan  —  U.S. Rep. Emanuel Cleaver's car wash headache is raging once again.  —  The bank that loaned the Kansas City congressman and his wife $1.3 million in 2002 to buy the Grandview Auto Wash at 12204 Blue Ridge Extension …
 
 
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Michael Barbaro / New York Times:
Mitt Romney and Benjamin Netanyahu Are Old Friends
Michelle Goldberg / The Daily Beast:
Wisconsin's Repeal of Equal Pay Rights Adds to Battles for Women
Eric Russell / Bangor Daily News:
Poll: Summers, Dill lead in Senate primary races, King leads overall
Discussion: Politico and Daily Kos
Meghashyam Mali / The Hill:
Report: U.S., Afghans reach deal governing nighttime raids
Discussion: Associated Press
Reuters:
Hamas executes 3 in Gaza, including ‘collaborator’
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
 Earlier Items: 
Russell Berman / The Hill:
Obama heads to the golf course
Discussion: Scared Monkeys and Weasel Zippers
Dylan Byers / Politico:
Mike Huckabee takes aim at Rush Limbaugh
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
David P. Goldman / Gatestone Institute:
Short Supply, Not Middle East Tensions, Push up Oil Prices
Discussion: Cold Fury and Power Line
ABCNEWS:
Mitt Romney Plans Multi-Million Dollar Pennsylvania Ad Buy
 

 
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Max Tani / @maxwelltani:
Memo: WaPo's Matt Murray lays out plans for WP Ventures, the “third newsroom”; Krissah Thompson will be editor and Samantha Henig will be general manager

Jack Dunn / Variety:
Trump appoints Mark Burnett, the British TV executive who created and produced the reality show The Apprentice, as a special envoy to the UK

Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
A deep dive into Paramount's sale to Skydance; sources: Skydance may integrate Pluto into Paramount+, and CBS head George Cheeks is expected to be head of TV

 
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