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Jason Horowitz / Washington Post:
Mitt Romney's prep school classmates recall pranks, but also troubling incidents — BLOOMFIELD HILLS, Mich. — Mitt Romney returned from a three-week spring break in 1965 to resume his studies as a high school senior at the prestigious Cranbrook School. Back on the handsome campus …
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Former Romney Classmate Describes ‘Bullying Supreme’ - A ‘Pack of Dogs’ Who Targeted ‘Different’ Boy — A high school classmate of presidential candidate Mitt Romney told ABC News today that he considers a particular prank the two pulled at Michigan's Cranbrook School to be “assault and battery” …
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Emily Friedman / ABCNEWS:
Romney Camp on Defense Over ‘Pranks’ — ABC News' Emily Friedman, Emily Stanitz and Steven Portnoy report: — One of Mitt Romney's closest friends and a high school classmate has been asked by the Romney campaign to come out and offer “supporting remarks” in defense of the candidate following …
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Tlc / The Talk of the Times:
Young Obama Bullied....A Girl — The above text comes directly from President Obama's first memoir, “Dreams From My Father” and recounts an incident which occurred while he was in middle school. When our president became the subject of taunts from his fellow classmates, he decided to shove a little girl named Coretta.
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Washington Post:
Mitt Romney's prep school classmates recall pranks, but also troubling incidents — Now, nearly half a century later, Romney's presidential campaign has turned to the candidate's youthful antics as evidence of his capacity for harmless, humanizing pranks and as an indication of his looser, less wooden self.
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Adam Peck / ThinkProgress:
Mitt Romney Outed As Anti-Gay High School Bully
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Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
Mitt Romney apologizes for high school pranks that ‘might have gone too far’
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
The Content of Romney's Character
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Bristol Palin:
Hail to the Chiefs - Malia and Sasha Obama — Is anyone really surprised by the fact that President Obama came out of the closet for gay marriage? What was most surprising is when he explained how his position (supposedly) “evolved,” by talking to his wife and daughters: … Let's pause for just one second.
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New York Times:
Biden Said to Apologize to Obama Over Gay Marriage Issue — WASHINGTON — A few hours before President Obama offered his historic endorsement of same-sex marriage on Wednesday, Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. apologized to the president in the Oval Office for forcing Mr. Obama's hand …
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Aliyah Shahid / NY Daily News:
Bristol Palin rips President Obama for listening to daughters Malia, Sasha on supporting gay marriage — Palin — a single mom herself — argued children are raised in homes where there is both a mother and a father — Bristol Palin ripped President Obama on Thursday for allowing his daughters …
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Dan Eggen / Washington Post:
Obama's gay marriage announcement followed by flood of campaign donations
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Mike Dorning / Bloomberg:
Biden Said to Apologize to Obama for Gay Marriage Remarks
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Major Garrett / NationalJournal.com:
Biden With the Assist: Veep Again Dumb Like a Fox
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Olivier Knox / ABCNEWS:
Biden apologizes to Obama over shotgun comments on gay marriage
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Ariel Edwards-Levy / The Huffington Post:
Franklin Graham: Barack Obama Has ‘Shaken His Fist’ At God With Support For Same-Sex Marriage
Seung Min Kim / Politico:
House strikes back on gay marriage
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Noah Bierman / Boston Globe:
Records shed more light on Elizabeth Warren's minority status — A second law school, the University of Pennsylvania, has touted Elizabeth Warren as a minority faculty member in an official school publication, according to an online document obtained by the Globe.
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Tara Palmeri / New York Post:
Policy adviser testifies Edwards wanted Supreme Court seat — GREENSBORO, NC — A delusional, two-timing Sen. John Edwards dreamed of a Supreme Court appointment, even as his political career crumbled under the weight of a seedy sex scandal, according to testimony today.
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Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:
Obama Ad Claims to Have Helped Man Get a Job, but Man Claims Employment Since 2006 — Matt Negrin of ABC reports that “A new ad by Obama tells the story of Brian Slagle, an autoworker in Ohio who says he was laid off and ‘scared to death’ until the president swooped in to save the industry.”
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Matt Negrin / ABCNEWS:
Spotlight on Autoworker in Obama's Latest Ad
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David Benoit / Deal Journal:
J.P. Morgan Reveals 'London Whale'-Size Losses — J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., the nation's largest bank, surprised the market today, saying it has taken large losses stemming from derivatives bets gone wrong in the bank's Chief Investment Office. — At 4:30, the bank sent out an unusual notice saying …
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NARAL Pro-Choice America:
NARAL PRO-CHOICE AMERICA PRESIDENT NANCY KEENAN TO DEPART IN JANUARY 2013 — Keenan to stay through 2012 election cycle as board conducts search for successor — Washington, D.C. - The chairs of the boards of directors of NARAL Pro-Choice America and the NARAL Pro-Choice America Foundation announced today …
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Sarah Kliff / Ezra Klein:
Exclusive: NARAL President Nancy Keenan to step down
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George E. Condon Jr / 2012 Decoded:
Democrats and Charlotte: Far From a Perfect Match — Democrats who already were queasy about the site of their national convention could be excused after Tuesday's election in North Carolina if they asked, “Tell me again just why we're going to Charlotte this year?”
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Darren Samuelsohn / Politico:
Convention organizer: North Carolina amendment like Jim Crow
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Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
Ten Most Disturbing Anti-Latino Practices Described By DOJ's Lawsuit Against Sheriff Joe Arpaio — Earlier today, the Department of Justice filed a formal legal complaint against Sheriff Joe Arpaio and the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office (MCSO) alleging widespread constitutional violations and lawless mistreatment of Latinos.
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Ian Swanson / The Hill:
House votes to replace Pentagon cuts mandated by debt deal — The House voted Thursday to override steep cuts to the Pentagon's budget mandated by last summer's debt deal and replace them with spending reductions to food stamps and other mandatory social programs.
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BBC:
Prince Charles turns BBC Scotland weatherman — Prince Charles presents a special weather forecast during his BBC Scotland visit — Prince Charles had a go at reading the weather during a tour of BBC Scotland's Pacific Quay headquarters. — He and his wife, the Duchess of Cornwall …
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Chris Johnson / Washington Blade:
BREAKING: Senate committee agrees to hold hearing on ENDA — Email this to a friend? — Share this on Google+ — Sens. Jeff Merkley (left) and Mark Kirk are calling for Senate hearings on ENDA (Blade file photo by MIchael Key) — A Senate committee has agreed to hold a hearing …
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James Hansen / New York Times:
Game Over for the Climate — GLOBAL warming isn't a prediction. It is happening. That is why I was so troubled to read a recent interview with President Obama in Rolling Stone in which he said that Canada would exploit the oil in its vast tar sands reserves “regardless of what we do.”
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Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
The Tide Turns — The Obamaites let go of fear and make this a choice election - between the future or the past: — One small note. Above, Romney says that we should not discard 3,000 years of history of one-man-one-woman marriage. Ahem. His own family were ardent polygamists only a century ago …
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