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Associated Press:
Judge revokes George Zimmerman bond in Trayvon Martin killing — April 20, 2012: In this file photo, George Zimmerman, left, answers a question from attorney Mark O'Mara during a bond hearing in Sanford, Fla.AP/ORLANDO SENTINEL — SANFORD, FLA - URGENT: A judge on Friday revoked the bond …
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Orlando Sentinel:
George Zimmerman's bond revoked in shooting of Trayvon Martin — In a new motion, prosecutors accused Zimmerman and his wife of lying to the judge during a bond hearing about money they collected for his defense. — Prosecutors allege Zimmerman's wife knew about the donations her husband …
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CNN:
Judge revokes Zimmerman's bond — (CNN) — A Florida judge revoked bond Friday for George Zimmerman, who is charged with second-degree murder in the death of Trayvon Martin. — Seminole County Circuit Judge Kenneth Lester Jr. ordered Zimmerman to surrender to the county sheriff within 48 hours.
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David E. Sanger / New York Times:
Obama Order Sped Up Wave of Cyberattacks Against Iran — WASHINGTON — From his first months in office, President Obama secretly ordered increasingly sophisticated attacks on the computer systems that run Iran's main nuclear enrichment facilities, significantly expanding America's …
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BuzzFeed:
The Number That Will Matter In Wisconsin — In the epic showdown between Big Blue and Big Red, Walker's margin may be the number being watched from Chicago and Boston. A Walker blowout means trouble for the president. — Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett (L) and Republican Wisconsin Governor …
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BuzzFeed:
Scott Walker Supporter Arrested At Bill Clinton Rally
Scott Walker Supporter Arrested At Bill Clinton Rally
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Bill Clinton hits a home run in Wisconsin. Will it be enough?
Bill Clinton hits a home run in Wisconsin. Will it be enough?
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Jonathan Easley / Ballot Box:
Bill Clinton rallies Wisconsin Democrats to vote Walker out in next week's recall
Bill Clinton rallies Wisconsin Democrats to vote Walker out in next week's recall
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Brian McGrory / The Boston Globe:
Warren: 'I won't deny who I am' — Elizabeth Warren, outside her childhood home in Norman, Okla., last year. She said her parents had to elope because her father's family disapproved of her mother's Native American ancestry. — She has given clumsy answers, evaded questions …
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Michael Patrick Leahy / BREITBART.COM:
EXCLUSIVE: ELOPED? ELIZABETH WARREN'S PARENTS MARRIED IN RELIGIOUS CEREMONY — Last night, in an interview with the Boston Globe, Elizabeth Warren claimed that her parents were forced to elope because her father's family objected to her mother's Native American heritage:
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Bill Clinton / CNN:
TRENDING: Bill Clinton, predicting Obama win, calls Romney's business career ‘sterling’ — (CNN) - Former President Bill Clinton, a stalwart backer of President Barack Obama who's already helped the incumbent Democrat raise funds for his re-election bid, said Thursday that Mitt Romney had a …
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Brett LoGiurato / Business Insider:
Romney Just THRASHED Obama On The Jobs Report On CNBC
Romney Just THRASHED Obama On The Jobs Report On CNBC
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CNN:
Poll: Obama-Romney race tied; Obama supporters appear more energized
Poll: Obama-Romney race tied; Obama supporters appear more energized
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Bill Clinton / CNN:
TRENDING: Romney smiles at Clinton compliment
TRENDING: Romney smiles at Clinton compliment
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James Pethokoukis / The Enterprise Blog:
Miserable May jobs report suggests U.S. in recession red zone — [THIS POST WILL UPDATE AT BOTTOM OF PAGE AS EVENTS UNFOLD ...] — The May jobs report was a complete and utter disaster for the economy and, perhaps, President Obama's chances for reelection.
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Jeff Cox / CNBC:
US Creates 69,000 New Jobs, Unemployment Rate 8.2%
US Creates 69,000 New Jobs, Unemployment Rate 8.2%
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Tom Curry / msnbc.com:
Risk of non-citizen voters at center of election year struggle in Fla. and Colo. — Risk of non-citizen voters at center of election year struggle in Florida and Colorado — The Justice Department entered the long-running struggle over voter eligibility Thursday, warning Florida …
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William March / www2.tbo.com:
Federal officials order halt to purge of voter rolls
Federal officials order halt to purge of voter rolls
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Ryan J. Reilly / tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com:
TPMMuckraker — Justice Department Demands Florida Stop Purging Voter Rolls
TPMMuckraker — Justice Department Demands Florida Stop Purging Voter Rolls
Igor Volsky / ThinkProgress:
Florida Governor Rick Scott Defends Voter Purge: We're ‘Doing The Right Thing’
Florida Governor Rick Scott Defends Voter Purge: We're ‘Doing The Right Thing’
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ABCNEWS:
Jeb Bush Proves He Won't be VP — Former Florida Governor Jeb Bush emphatically told reporters today he is not going to be a candidate for vice president. — “It's not in the cards for me,” Bush said. “I don't know how many times I have to repeat this. I have been repeating it for the last two years.
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Bernie Becker / The Hill:
Democrat Van Hollen tells Jeb Bush he should be criticizing his brother
Democrat Van Hollen tells Jeb Bush he should be criticizing his brother
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Shushannah Walshe / ABCNEWS:
Jeb Bush, Grilled on Capitol Hill, Differs from Party on No-Tax Pledge
Jeb Bush, Grilled on Capitol Hill, Differs from Party on No-Tax Pledge
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James Fallows / The Atlantic Online:
The Charts That Should Accompany All Discussions of Media Bias — They are the ones presented this morning by John Sides, drawing on Pew analyses of positive, negative, and neutral press coverage of all Republican candidates and of President Obama through this past year. — Here's the trend in coverage of Mitt Romney.
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Dareh Gregorian / New York Post:
DC Comics Green Lantern relaunched as gay superhero — One of DC Comics oldest heroes is super-coming out. — The original Green Lantern - a DC Comics mainstay for the past 70 years - will be revealed to be a gay man in next week's issue of “Earth 2.” — Alan Scott - formerly …
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Rory Cooper / National Review:
President Obama Shuns Lech Walesa — Lech Walesa was once a trade-union activist. He was often arrested for speaking his mind against Communist oppression behind the Iron Curtain in Poland and for defying the Soviet Union. He was an electrician who, with no higher education …
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Vanessa Gera / Associated Press:
Obama: I Regret Using ‘Polish Death Camp’ Phrase
Obama: I Regret Using ‘Polish Death Camp’ Phrase
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Justin Sink / The Hill:
Obama apologizes in writing for ‘Polish death camp’ verbal gaffe
Obama apologizes in writing for ‘Polish death camp’ verbal gaffe
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Alan B. Krueger / White House.gov Blog:
The Employment Situation in May — Problems in the job market were long in the making and will not be solved overnight. The economy lost jobs for 25 straight months beginning in February 2008, and over 8 million jobs were lost as a result of the Great Recession.
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Steve Benen / msnbc.com:
The road not taken — About a year ago, the job market looked …
The road not taken — About a year ago, the job market looked …
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Frank Newport / Gallup:
In U.S., 46% Hold Creationist View of Human Origins — Highly religious Americans most likely to believe in creationism — PRINCETON, NJ — Forty-six percent of Americans believe in the creationist view that God created humans in their present form at one time within the last 10,000 years.
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Chris Moody / Yahoo! News:
Obama on nudity, drag-racing and how to write: 20 details from Maraniss' ‘Barack Obama: The Story’ — In the forthcoming biography “Barack Obama: The Story,” due in bookstores June 19, David Maraniss tells the largely untold story of Obama's family, his life growing up in Hawaii and Indonesia …
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Garance Franke-Ruta / The Atlantic Online:
Americans Have No Idea How Few Gay People There Are — Surveys show a shockingly high fraction think a quarter of the country is gay or lesbian, when the reality is that it's probably less than 2 percent. — One in ten. It's the name of the group that puts on the Reel Affirmations gay …
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Joe Palazzolo / Law Blog:
The Most-Cited Law Review Articles of All Time — The law professor equivalent of career hits is the “number of times cited” in journals. The stat is a measure of influence, not stroke, but a high citation count open doors, just the same. Institutions consider them when doling out grant awards …
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People.com:
Rielle Hunter's Tell-All Memoir Coming Out this Month — Rielle Hunter, the former mistress of John Edwards and the mother of their 4-year-old daughter, has written what the publisher promise to be a revealing memoir hitting the shelves later this month. — What Really Happened: John Edwards …
Paul Krugman:
The Breakeven Point (Wonkish But Terrifying) — A number of us have been saying for some time that the euro crisis is, at its root, a balance of payments problem. During the careless years, capital flooded from the core to the periphery, leading to big trade deficits and overvalued real exchange rates …
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Andy Campbell / The Huffington Post:
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