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1:30 PM ET, April 11, 2012

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Jonathan Mattise / Palm Beach Post:
Allen West hears cheers, jeers at town-hall meetings in Palm City, Jensen Beach  —  U.S. Rep. Allen West told about 90 largely supportive Palm City voters Tuesday that locally prioritized federal projects — such as the St. Lucie Inlet dredging — aren't going to matter if Washington officials don't address a mounting deficit.
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Jennifer Bendery / The Huffington Post:
Allen West: I've ‘Heard’ 80 House Democrats Are Communist Party Members … REACT:  —  FOLLOW:  —  Allen West, Allen West Barack Obama, Allen West Communist Party, Allen West Democrats Commies, Politics News  —  WASHINGTON — As many as 80 House Democrats are communists, according to Rep. Allen West (R-Fla.).
Daniel Strauss / The Hill:
Allen West: Half the Democrats in Congress are Communists  —  Rep. Allen West (R-Fla.) says he's heard that almost half of all the Democrats in Congress are secretly part of the Communist Party.  —  He offered no names or proof of his accusation.  —  West told almost 100 Floridians …
Darius Dixon / Politico:
Allen West: 80 communists in the House
Rick Santorum / CNN:
Romney on Dems' ‘war on women’  —  Wilmington, Del. (CNN) - As the Republican field winnowed Tuesday, Mitt Romney made an appeal to a voting bloc key to any candidate's success in November: women.  —  Though the day's headlines revolved around a decision by former Sen. Rick Santorum to suspend his campaign …
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Politifact.com Truth-O-Meter rulings from National:
Mitt Romney: “Women account for 92.3 percent of the jobs lost under Obama.”  —  Romney campaign says women were hit hard by job losses under Obama  —  Mitt Romney's campaign wants you to know that the same president who argues for contraceptive coverage and suggests that a Congress …
CNN:
TRENDING: Obama campaign: Romney's greatest hits  —  (CNN) - President Barack Obama's re-election campaign marked the conclusion of the Republican primary - and the beginning of the general election campaign - with a nearly two-minute Web video splicing together clips of Mitt Romney's most conservative statements from the trail.
BuzzFeed:
Romney Starts Looking For A Veep
Discussion: GOP 12
Olivier Knox / ABCNEWS:
New Obama campaign video attacks Romney as ‘severely conservative’
Discussion: CNN and Politico
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Romney Telegraphing Loss
Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
Mitt Romney, a ‘private man in a public world,’ is silent on tales of altruism
Meghashyam Mali / The Hill:
Report: Gingrich's $500 check for Utah primary filing fee bounces  —  GOP presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich might fail to appear on the Utah primary ballot after a check for the required filing fee bounced, according to media reports.  —  The check for $500 bounced on March 27 …
Discussion: CNN and Politico
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John Hawkins / Right Wing News:
The Co-Founder Of NotMittRomney.Com's Reaction To Mitt Sewing Up The Nomination
Dan Amira / New York Magazine:
Every Candidate Endorsed by God Has Now Lost to Mitt Romney
Discussion: ThinkProgress
Annie-Rose Strasser / ThinkProgress:
National Review Fires Another Racist Writer  —  National Review Writer Robert Weissberg Speaks At White Nationalist Conference  —  Following the uproar over John Derbyshire's racist rant that led to his firing last week, National Review ended its relationship with another racist writer today.
Discussion: iOwnTheWorld.com
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Rich Lowry / National Review:
Regarding Robert Weissberg  —  Unbeknowst to us, occasional Phi Beta Cons contributor Robert Weissberg (whose book was published a few years ago by Transaction) participated in an American Renaissance conference where he delivered a noxious talk about the future of white nationalism.
Bob Van Voris / Bloomberg:
U.S. Files Antitrust Lawsuit Against Apple, Hachette  —  The U.S. sued Apple Inc. (AAPL), Hachette SA, HarperCollins, Macmillan, Penguin and Simon & Schuster in New York district court, claiming the publishers colluded to fix eBook prices.  —  CBS Corp. (CBS)'s Simon & Schuster …
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Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Sues Apple, Publishers Over E-Book Pricing  —  The U.S. hit Apple Inc. and five of the nation's largest publishers with an antitrust lawsuit, alleging they conspired to raise prices in the fast-growing e-book market.  —  Three of the publishers agreed to settle the suit …
Discussion: msnbc.com and FT Alphaville
Washington Post:
Poll: More Americans expect Supreme Court's health-care decision to be political  —  More Americans think Supreme Court justices will be acting mainly on their partisan political views than on a neutral reading of the law when they decide the constitutionality of President Obama's health-care law …
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Gabriel Arana / American Prospect:
My So-Called Ex-Gay Life  —  Early in my freshman year of high school, I came home to find my mom sitting on her bed, crying.  She had snooped through my e-mail and discovered a message in which I confessed to having a crush on a male classmate.  —  “Are you gay?” she asked.  I blurted out that I was.
Washington Examiner:
Astronauts condemn NASA's global warming endorsement  —  Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin, left , and Walt Cunningham, Apollo 7 astronaut, in front of the Apollo 14 capsule at Cape Canaveral, Florida.  Cunningham has signed a letter demanding that NASA stop endorsing global warming.
Discussion: National Review and GILL REPORT
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Raleigh News & Observer:
Amendment goes too far  —  We are native Southerners and we oppose legalizing same-sex marriage.  —  One of us (David), reared in Mississippi, has for more than two decades directed a think tank, the Institute for American Values, that aims to strengthen marriage and reduce divorce and unwed childbearing.
Cindy Adams / New York Post:
Too much ‘Boss’ for NJ gov  —  Bruce Springsteen's marathon, highenergy gig at MSG had a celebrity crowd rocking — except for New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, who was caught dozing by fans.  —  Christie — an ardent Boss buff who's said to have caught fellow New Jersey heavy-hitter Springsteen's show …
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Quinnipiac University:
New Jersey Voters Back NYPD In Garden State 3-1, Quinnipiac University Poll Finds; Dems' Property …
Discussion: Politico, Hot Air and CNN
Media Matters / Media Matters for America:
George Zimmerman's Legal Team Cites Zimmerman's Phone Call To Sean Hannity As They Withdraw From The Case  —  During a press conference today, George Zimmerman's attorneys Craig Sonner and Hal Uhrig told the media that they will no longer be representing Zimmerman, who has admitted shooting Florida teenager Trayvon Martin.
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Tim Ghianni / Reuters:
Tennessee law allows creationism theory in classrooms  —  (Reuters) - Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam on Tuesday refused to sign a bill that would permit discussion of creationism in classrooms alongside the traditional evolutionary-based explanation of the origins of life, but allowed it to become law anyway.
Jennifer Epstein / Politico:
Obama: Buffett rule could be ‘Reagan rule’  —  President Obama continued his push Wednesday to build support for the Buffett rule by suggesting that Ronald Reagan would've backed the plan to set a minimum 30 percent income tax for the wealthiest Americans.  —  “If it will help convince folks …
 
 
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Jason Millman / Politico:
White House pushes back against report …
Discussion: ThinkProgress and Washington Post
Bill Keller / New York Times:
The Republicans Are All Right  —  The Fate of the Republicans Who Supported Gay Marriage
Discussion: ThinkProgress and Politico
Claudia De La Roca / Arts & Culture:
Matt Groening Reveals the Location of the Real Springfield
Tom Maguire / JustOneMinute:
WaPo Media Watchdog Barks Up Wrong Tree, Protects NBC
Caroline May / The Daily Caller:
Obama admirer to teach ‘Understanding Obama’ class at Harvard Law School
Discussion: Mediaite and Weasel Zippers
Ottawa Citizen:
Gambia police arrest 15 men on ‘suspicion of homosexuality’
Gary Cohn / Mesothelioma Cancer Alliance:
Experts Forecast Global “Catastrophe of Death and Disease” From Asbestos Use
Discussion: Truthdig and The Peking Duck
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
GOP warns against last-minute regulations if Obama loses election
Discussion: Politico
 Earlier Items: 
James Taranto / Wall Street Journal:
The Packers Can't Beat the Lions
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Zeke Miller / BuzzFeed:
Bruising Primary Has Put Romney In “Historically Weak” Position Polling gives Democrats a reason to be confident.
Roanoke College:
Romney opens lead over Obama but faces enthusiasm gap; Kaine trails Allen in Senate race
Tom Philpott / Mother Jones:
The Worst Farm Bill Ever?
New York Times:
Lenders Returning to the Lucrative Subprime Market
Discussion: Hot Air and The BLT
NOM Blog:
We vow to turn things around for the better
Reza Munawir / Reuters:
Huge quakes strike off Indonesia; tsunami warning issued
Discussion: CNN and The Gateway Pundit
G-A-Y / Good As You:
HOLY CRAP: NOM admits it used racial wedge strategies, has unfairly stifled free speech!  (*Or was hacked)
 

 
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Mandy Dalugdug / Music Business Worldwide:
UMG, ABKCO, and Concord sue Believe, a music distributor in 50+ countries, and its subsidiary TuneCore for $500M+, accusing Believe of copyright infringement

Reuters:
French judicial source: investigators searched Netflix's offices in France and the Netherlands as part of a preliminary investigation into tax fraud laundering

Alexandra Steigrad / New York Post:
iHeart says it is laying off employees; a source says the layoffs affect less than 5% of a workforce of more than 10,000 employees

 
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