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2:30 PM ET, April 8, 2012

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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 …

Discussion: The Moderate Voice, msnbc.com, Scared Monkeys, CNN and Taylor Marsh, more at Mediagazer »

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.

Discussion: Politico, New York Times, The Moderate Voice, Mashable!, Outside the Beltway, Taegan Goddard's …, Gawker and Inside TV, more at Mediagazer »

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.

Discussion: Booman Tribune, more at Mediagazer »

Russell Berman / The Hill:
CBS News journalist Mike Wallace dead at 93

Discussion: Politico and Associated Press

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.

Discussion: Politico, CNN, Weasel Zippers and UrbanGrounds

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 …

Discussion: Politico, CNN and Alan Colmes' Liberaland

Russell Berman / The Hill:

Black caucus chairman condemns Dem claims GOP is waging ‘war on women’ — The chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus, Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (D-Mo.), on Sunday condemned the charge by some Democrats that Republicans are engaged in a “war on women.” — Cleaver appeared on an Easter Sunday panel …

ABCNEWS:

Rick Warren: ‘Inability to Delay Gratification’ at Heart of Economic Woes — Saddleback Church Pastor Rick Warren told me that the poor economy has continued to impact his congregation, saying, “Most people would not think they're better off economically than they were four years ago.”

Discussion: Crooks and Liars and Taylor Marsh

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.

Dylan Byers / Politico:
National Review fires John Derbyshire

Discussion: iOwnTheWorld.com, Connecting.the.Dots, Little Green Footballs, Alan Colmes' Liberaland, Guardian, Mediaite, CANNONFIRE and ThinkProgress

Faiz Shakir / ThinkProgress:
In 2009, Derbyshire Argued Women Shouldn't Vote: ‘Women Voting Is Bad For Conservatism’

Discussion: Juanita Jean's

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.

Discussion: American Power, Jared Bernstein, Hullabaloo, Blogging Blue and Economix

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.

Discussion: Macsmind, The Gateway Pundit and The POH Diaries

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 …

Discussion: Power Line, UrbanGrounds and The Gateway Pundit

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