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3:20 AM ET, March 1, 2013

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Lyle Denniston / SCOTUSblog:
U.S. endorses limited gay marriage right  —  The Obama administration on Thursday urged the Supreme Court to rule in the case of California's Proposition 8 that same-sex marriage should be required in eight more states, beyond the nine that already permit it, although it stopped short …
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New York Times:
U.S. Offers Broad Support for Gay Marriage Rights  —  The Obama administration threw its support behind a broad claim for marriage equality on Thursday, and urged the Supreme Court to rule that voters in California were not entitled to ban same-sex marriage there.
Discussion: The Plum Line and The Week
Josh Israel / ThinkProgress:
Minnesota Republican Legislator: Homosexuality Is A ‘Sexual Addiction’ And An ‘Unscientific Lie’
Chris Geidner / BuzzFeed:
Obama Urges Supreme Court To Strike Down California's Marriage Ban
Wendy Kaminer / The Atlantic Online:   Is Campaign Spending Regulated Too Much, or Not Enough?
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
W.H.: Strike down Calif. gay marriage ban
Discussion: ABCNEWS and CNN
Politico:
Exclusive: The Woodward, Sperling emails revealed  —  POLITICO's “Behind the Curtain” column last night quoted Bob Woodward as saying that a senior White House official has told him in an email he would “regret” questioning White House statements on the origins of sequestration.
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Ron Fournier / NationalJournal.com:
Why Bob Woodward's Fight With The White House Matters to You
Ian Swanson / The Hill:
Obama adviser didn't threaten Woodward, says White House
Discussion: Politico, Weasel Zippers and Doug Ross
Matthew Yglesias / Slate:
Businessweek Warns That Minorities May Be Buying Houses Again  —  Bloomberg Businessweek is a genuinely great magazine that does an amazing job of making business and economics news accessible and interesting, but this way of illustrating a cover story about the return of aggressive mortgage lending products is really something else.
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Ryan Chittum / Columbia Journalism Review:
A BusinessWeek cover crosses a line  —  Minorities as greedy grotesqueries fueling a new housing bubble  —  Bloomberg BusinessWeek is a lot edgier than its predecessor, at least where design is concerned.  Sometimes it's too edgy, like when it takes two minutes to read some headline intentionally designed to be barely legible.
more at Mediagazer »
Dylan Byers / Politico:
Bloomberg Businessweek apologizes
Katrina Trinko / National Review:
In Closed-Door Meeting, Cantor Warned of ‘Civil War’  —  House majority leader Eric Cantor is increasingly frustrated with a group of House Republicans who are working against the leadership, and he's not afraid of voicing his dismay.  —  In a closed-door conference meeting on Wednesday …
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Josh Israel / ThinkProgress:
The Nine Republican Men Who Won't Consider Any Version Of The Violence Against Women Act
Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
Why Scalia's ‘Racial Entitlement’ Quote Is Even Scarier Than You Think  —  Justice Antonin Scalia quite deservedly came under fire yesterday for his claim that a key provision of the Voting Rights Act is a “perpetuation of racial entitlement.”  If the justice were looking to confirm every suspicion …
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Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
Sotomayor, Kagan ready for battles
Colin Campbell / Politicker:
Pete King Can't Believe Rubio Has the ‘Balls’ to Fundraise in New York  —  Congressman Pete King was not pleased with his fellow Republicans who opposed the federal Hurricane Sandy relief package.  Accordingly, Mr. King told us he was shocked to learn that Florida Senator Marco Rubio …
Raphael Ahren / The Times of Israel:
Erdogan calls Zionism a ‘crime against humanity’  —  Turkish PM slammed for juxtaposing Jewish self-determination with anti-Semitism, Islamophobia; UN chief called out for remaining silent  —  Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Wednesday described Zionism as a “crime against humanity” on par with anti-Semitism and fascism.
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Michael Falcone / ABCNEWS:
Has Ted Cruz Hit The Tipping Point?  —  Chris Maddaloni/CQ Roll Call/Getty Images  —  ABC's Michael Falcone reports:  —  The Ted Cruz headlines just won't stop.  —  “Sen. Ted Cruz says Obama wants immigration bill to fail to hurt GOP,” wrote the Dallas Morning News last week.
Evan McMorris-Santoro / Talking Points Memo:
GOP Rep Ducks Transvaginal Ultrasound Question With: 'I Haven't Had One'  —  Rep. Sean Duffy (R-WI) declined to take a position last week during a town hall meeting on whether transvaginal ultrasounds should be mandatory for women seeking abortions, saying he has never heard of the practice …
Sam Masters / The Independent:
Green fatigue sets in: the world cools on global warming  —  Worldwide concerns about climate change have dropped dramatically since 2009  —  Public concern about environmental issues including climate change has slumped to a 20-year low since the financial crisis, a global study reveals.
Sorourke / nation.foxnews.com:
Maxine Waters: ‘Over 170 Million Jobs Could Be Lost’ Due To Sequestration  —  Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA) claimed today that “over 170 million jobs” could be lost due to sequestration.  Later in the presser, Rep. Waters corrected herself, saying it was only “750,000 jobs” that could be lost.
Jim Avila / ABCNEWS:
Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano Regrets Surprise Announcement of Immigrant Release  —  Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano had no part in a decision by underlings to release low-risk illegal immigrant detainees as a way to save money before the sequestration …
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Charlie Savage / New York Times:
Soldier Admits Providing Files to WikiLeaks  —  FORT MEADE, Md. — Pfc. Bradley Manning on Thursday confessed in open court to providing vast archives of military and diplomatic files to the antisecrecy group WikiLeaks, saying that he released the information to help enlighten the public about …
 
 
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Katie Glueck / Politico:
Jan Brewer: Immigrant detainee release ‘wrong’
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Ivory A. Toldson / The Root:
More Black Men in Jail Than in College? Wrong
Discussion: American Prospect
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Van ISD employee shot at handgun training class
Brian Beutler http / Talking Points Memo:
Senate Republicans Kill Sequestration Alternative
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Dave Boyer / Washington Times:
Republican leaders' sequester ‘meeting’ with Obama: Seven minutes
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Rasmussen Reports:
Only 6% Rate News Media As Very Trustworthy
Discussion: The PJ Tatler
Kathryn Smith / Politico:
Arkansas legislature passes 12-week abortion ban
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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple is working on a smart doorbell system with advanced facial recognition that can wirelessly connect and unlock third-party smart locks

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
Donald Trump announces that Sriram Krishnan, until recently a general partner at a16z, will serve as senior policy advisor for AI at the White House OSTP

Financial Times:
Sources: Palantir and Anduril are in talks with OpenAI, SpaceX, and more to form a consortium to bid for US defense contracts and plan to announce it in January
 
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