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Man Beaten By Mob, In Critical Condition — Mobile police need your help to catch a mob that beat Matthew Owens so badly that he's in critical condition. — According to police, Owens fussed at some kids playing basketball in the middle of Delmar Drive about 8:30 Saturday night.
NBC's Alex Moe / msnbc.com:
Gingrich hints he may drop from race this week — WILMINGTON, Del. - Newt Gingrich hinted he may withdraw from the presidential race if he has a poor showing in the Delaware primary Tuesday - a state where he has been actively campaigning for several weeks. — David Duprey / AP
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Ginger Gibson / Politico:
Could Newt pull off a Delaware upset? — Newt Gingrich has got a new hope: the tiny but dangerous state of Delaware. — With Mitt Romney and the national press corps now focused on the general election, Gingrich is hoping to become the Christine O'Donnell of the 2012 race …
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Matthew Boyle / The Daily Caller:
Rebecca Burgin, a long-time girlfriend of former North Carolina Democratic Party executive director Jay Parmley, told The Daily Caller that she believes Parmley infected her with HIV. — Parmley resigned on April 15 amid sexual harassment allegations from a former young male staffer.
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Glenn Thrushand Donovan Slack / Politico:
For President Obama, Carolina no longer so sweet — North Carolina represented the high water mark for the great Obama wave in 2008 — but he's swimming against the tide there in 2012. — No state better illustrates the challenge Obama faces in trying to consolidate the historic gains …
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Scared Monkeys and CNN
Amy Gardner / Washington Post:
In North Carolina, more evidence of Obama's delicate approach to gay rights
In North Carolina, more evidence of Obama's delicate approach to gay rights
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Gay Politics, US Politics and The Page
Tara Bahrampour / Washington Post:
For first time since Depression, more Mexicans leave U.S. than enter — Each year, thousands of migrants cross southern border on their way to the U.S. (AP) — A four-decade tidal wave of Mexican immigration to the United States has receded, causing a historic shift in migration patterns …
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Matt Richtel / New York Times:
New Fashion Wrinkle: Stylishly Hiding the Gun — Woolrich, a 182-year-old clothing company, describes its new chino pants as an elegant and sturdy fashion statement, with a clean profile and fabric that provides comfort and flexibility. — And they are great for hiding a handgun.
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Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Obama's abject failure on entitlement reform — President Obama's dearth of leadership on entitlement reform has consequences. The Wall Street Journal reports: … Douglas Holtz-Eakin and Michael Ramlet from the American Action Forum provide some useful detail.
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Ad uses Solyndra and GSA to bring it to Obama — (CNN) - A non-profit Republican organization is poised to run $2 million worth of ads in battleground states attacking President Barack Obama for controversies involving tax payer dollars, according to the group.
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Rosalind S. Helderman / Washington Post:
Democrats plan to force vote on Arizona immigration law if it's upheld by court — Senate Democrats are making plans to force a floor vote on legislation that would invalidate Arizona's controversial immigration statute if the Supreme Court upholds the law this summer.
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Josh Lederman / Ballot Box:
Supreme Court case tests Romney on immigration, Hispanic outreach effort
Supreme Court case tests Romney on immigration, Hispanic outreach effort
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Metro Weekly:
Transgender Breakthrough: EEOC ruling that gender-identity discrimination is covered by Title VII is a “sea change” that opens the doors to employment protection for transgender Americans — News: — An employer who discriminates against an employee or applicant on the basis …
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Sally Goldenberg / New York Post:
McCain courts Mike — John McCain is trying to convince Mayor Bloomberg to support Mitt Romney's bid for president. — McCain — the GOP Arizona senator who lost to President Obama in 2008 — visited the mayor at City Hall yesterday to talk up the likely Republican nominee.
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Ian Johnston / msnbc.com:
‘Gaia’ scientist James Lovelock: I was ‘alarmist’ about climate change — British environmental guru James Lovelock, seen on March 17, 2009 in Paris, admits he was “alarmist” about climate change in the past. — By Ian Johnston, msnbc.com — James Lovelock, the maverick scientist …
Jake Tapper / ABCNEWS:
On the fourth Armenian Remembrance Day of his presidency, President Obama has for the fourth time in a row broken his promise to the Armenian community to use the word “genocide” in describing what happened at the hands of the Turks roughly a century ago. — As a senator, and then as a …
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Wall Street Journal:
Diamond and Saez: High Tax Rates Won't Slow Growth — We're not close to the top of the Laffer Curve. Raising tax rates is part of a sensible deficit reduction strategy. — The share of pre-tax income accruing to the top 1% of earners in the U.S. has more than doubled to about 20% in 2010 from less than 10% in the 1970s.
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Andrew Malcolm / Associated Press:
Obama recruits an army of community organizers to ensure his reelection — President Obama's election campaign is recruiting an army of determined community organizers to walk the streets of the nation's cities this summer and autumn in the footsteps of a young Chicago community organizer named Barack Obama.
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Jonathan Karl / Wall Street Journal:
Partisan, and Proud of It — Riding a tea-party wave, the Republicans first elected to Congress in 2010 were determined to shake up Washington. They did. — In July 2011, when news first leaked that President Barack Obama and House Speaker John Boehner were secretly negotiating a …
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John Boehner / CNN:
TRENDING: Boehner says one-in-three chance GOP could lose the House
TRENDING: Boehner says one-in-three chance GOP could lose the House
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Politico, americanthinker.com, Ballot Box, Alan Colmes' Liberaland and New York Magazine
Scott Wong / Politico:
ALTMIRE VS. CRITZ IN PA. PRIMARY, GEORGETOWN FACULTY PROTEST RYAN SPEECH, SENATE DEMS CARRY OBAMA'S H20, RUBIO STUMPS WITH ROMNEY, JACKSON LEE A ‘WOMAN OF A CERTAIN RAGE,’ BROWN VS. WHOLE FOODS — PRIMARY DAY IN PA — Three notable races are on the ballot in the Keystone State.
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Patrick Gavin / Politico:
No invention: Al Gore's Internet honor — If you invent the Internet, you should probably get some sort of recognition, right? — Former Veep Al Gore is now getting a bit of credit for his infamous 1999 claim that “I took the initiative in creating the Internet”: He'll be one of the first inductees into the Internet Hall of Fame.
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Nina Bernstein / New York Times:
Insurers Alter Cost Formula, and Patients Pay More — Despite a landmark settlement that was expected to increase coverage for out-of-network care, the nation's largest health insurers have been switching to a new payment method that in most cases significantly increases the cost to the patient.
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Molly Ball / The Atlantic Online:
How the Pennsylvania Senate Primary Explains Democrats' Chances to Keep the Senate — In swing states like this one across the country, Republican candidates are squabbling while Democratic senators rejoice over the lack of strong challengers. — PHILADELPHIA - On Tuesday …
Winthrop University, Rock Hill, SC 29733, USA:
COMPARED WITH RESULTS OF MOST RECENT WINTHROP POLL (FEB. 2012), ALMOST 25% MORE RESPONDENTS SAY S.C. IS ON RIGHT TRACK — ALMOST ONE-THIRD FEWER PEOPLE IDENTIFIED JOBS/UNEMPLOYMENT AS #1 PROBLEM FACING U.S. AND S.C. AND NEARLY 20% MORE FEELTHE ECONOMY IN S.C. IS GETTING BETTER
Melanie Hunter / CNSNews:
Biden Jokes about Secret Service Threatening to Shoot Florida's Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commissioner — (CNSNews.com) - Vice President Joe Biden visited the Florida Everglades on Monday to promote the Everglades Restoration Project and joked about his Secret Service detail threatening …
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