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5:45 PM ET, May 10, 2012

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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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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 …
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
The Content of Romney's Character  —  A young Mitt Romney, relaxing with friends.  —  It is a horrendous coincidence of timing for Mitt Romney that the day after President Obama ceased his elaborate wink-and-nod game and endorsed gay marriage, Jason Horowitz reports that Romney bullied a gay classmate at his prep school.
Discussion: Mother Jones
Adam Peck / ThinkProgress:
Mitt Romney Outed As Anti-Gay High School Bully  —  Last year's string of heartbreaking suicides by young members of the LGBT community who had been bullied by their classmates led hundreds of celebrities, sports teams, politicians and ordinary citizens to record “It Gets Better” videos.
Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
Mitt Romney apologizes for high school pranks that ‘might have gone too far’  —  Mitt Romney apologized Thursday morning for pranks he helped orchestrate in high school that he said “might have gone too far,” including an incident in which he pinned down a fellow student and cut his hair.
Discussion: Hot Air, Daily Kos, GayPatriot and Wonkette
Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Cutting-edge reporting from WaPo: Let's take an in-depth look at ... Romney's cruel high-school pranks  —  And so the general election media coverage begins.  I guess the Washington Post ran out of stories based on Seamus the Roof-Ridin' Dog.  Despite demonstrating zero curiosity …
Justin Sink / The Hill:   Romney on prank: ‘Back in high school I did some dumb things’
Tlc / The Talk of the Times:
Young Obama Bullied....A Girl
Washington Post:   Mitt Romney's prep school classmates recall pranks, but also troubling incidents
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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Seung Min Kim / Politico:
House strikes back on gay marriage  —  Just hours after President Barack Obama publicly backed gay marriage, the House struck back and passed a measure aimed at reinforcing the Defense of Marriage Act.  —  With a 245-171 vote, the House voted to stop the Justice Department from using taxpayer funds …
Adam Nagourney / New York Times:
News Analysis: Obama's Watershed Move on Gay Marriage  —  President Obama's endorsement of gay marriage on Wednesday was by any measure a watershed.  A sitting United States president took sides in what many people consider the last civil rights movement, providing the most powerful evidence …
John H. Cushman Jr / The Caucus:
Biden Got Out ‘Over His Skis,’ Says Obama
Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Black voters in NC supported Amendment One by 2-1 margin
Major Garrett / NationalJournal.com:
Biden With the Assist: Veep Again Dumb Like a Fox
Carlo Munoz / The Hill:
House Armed Services vote bans gay marriage on military bases
Molly Ball / The Atlantic Online:
Obama and Romney Alike Face Political Risks on Gay Marriage
Discussion: CBS News, The Daily Caller, CNN and GOP 12
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.”
Discussion: msnbc.com and The Right Sphere
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Matt Negrin / ABCNEWS:
Spotlight on Autoworker in Obama's Latest Ad
Tom Troy / Toledo Blade:
Toledo auto-parts worker stars in campaign ad
Discussion: Balloon Juice
Rasmussen Reports:
Wisconsin Recall Election: Walker 50%, Barrett 45%  —  Embattled Republican Governor Scott Walker holds a five-point lead over his newly nominated Democratic challenger Tom Barrett in Wisconsin's special recall election.  —  A new Rasmussen Reports statewide telephone survey shows that 50% …
Ryan J. Reilly / tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com:
TPMMuckraker  —  Justice Department Sues Sheriff Joe Arpaio Over Alleged Latino Abuse  —  The Justice Department finally filed suit against Sheriff Joe Arpaio and his Maricopa County Sheriff's Office on Thursday, accusing the Arizona official of engaging “in a pattern or practice …
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New York Times:
Justice Department Sues Arizona Sheriff
Discussion: Outside the Beltway
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.
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.”
BuzzFeed:
How Barack Obama Lost Hollywood  —  Last time they fell in love, volunteered, gave millions, but now “they hate him.”  Can gay pride and a Clooney bash make his star twinkle again?  —  Source: flickr.com  —  LOS ANGELES, Calif. — On Tuesday night, comedian Jon Lovitz stood in the green room …
New York Times:
Ultra-Orthodox Shun Their Own for Reporting Child Sexual Abuse  —  The first shock came when Mordechai Jungreis learned that his mentally disabled teenage son was being molested in a Jewish ritual bathhouse in Brooklyn.  The second came after Mr. Jungreis complained, and the man accused of the abuse was arrested.
Discussion: Taylor Marsh, Mondoweiss and CNN
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 …
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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Josh Israel / ThinkProgress:
Top Romney Adviser: We'll Campaign On Constitutional Marriage Ban
Matt Stout / Boston Herald:
Lawyer: Feds digging up mobster's yard in hunt for Gardner paintings
Maggie Gallagher / National Review:
Fox News: Pro-Gay Marriage?
Tara Palmeri / New York Post:
Policy adviser testifies Edwards wanted Supreme Court seat
Michael Crowley / Time:
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Matthew Dolan / Wall Street Journal:
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Michael Barone / National Review:
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Paul Kane / Washington Post:
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Mark Kleinman / Sky News:
Sources: CVC Capital Partners and a major European broadcaster, thought to be France's Groupe TF1, are among those considering a takeover of the UK's ITV

Daniel Thomas / Financial Times:
Trade body data: copyrighted music revenue was $45.5B in 2023, above cinema box office spending of $33.2B in 2023 and $41.9B in 2019; record labels made $28.5B

Greg Stohr / Bloomberg:
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