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Maura Dolan / Los Angeles Times:
Chief justice's lesbian cousin will attend Prop. 8 hearing — The justices of the U.S. Supreme Court gather for a group portrait in 2010. Seated from left are Associate Justices Clarence Thomas and Antonin Scalia, Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr., Associate Justices Anthony M. Kennedy and Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
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Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Anthony Lewis, Who Transformed Coverage of the Supreme Court, Dies at 85 — Anthony Lewis, a former New York Times reporter and columnist whose work won two Pulitzer Prizes and transformed American legal journalism, died on Monday at his home in Cambridge, Mass. He was 85.
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Michelangelo Signorile / The Huffington Post:
How We Got to the Supreme Court — Twenty years ago this July, I went to Hawaii to cover the lawsuit that launched the first salvo in the current war over marriage equality, ultimately leading to the Defense of Marriage Act, Proposition 8 and, this week, arguments before the Supreme Court …
Sahil Kapur / Talking Points Memo:
Gay Rights Set For Blockbuster Week In Supreme Court
Gay Rights Set For Blockbuster Week In Supreme Court
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Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
In gay marriage cases, Supreme Court may choose caution over boldness
In gay marriage cases, Supreme Court may choose caution over boldness
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Senator Claire McCaskill:
And now abide faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love. I Corinthians 13 — The question of marriage equality is a great American debate. Many people, some with strong religious faith, believe that marriage can only exist between a man and a woman.
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George Stephanopoulos / ABCNEWS:
Karl Rove: ‘I Could’ Imagine A GOP Presidential Candidate Supporting Gay Marriage
Karl Rove: ‘I Could’ Imagine A GOP Presidential Candidate Supporting Gay Marriage
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Kevin Robillard / Politico:
Claire McCaskill backs gay marriage
Claire McCaskill backs gay marriage
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Politico:
Republicans see cash opportunity in gay marriage shift
Republicans see cash opportunity in gay marriage shift
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Will Portman / Yale Daily News:
Coming out — I came to Yale as a freshman in the fall of 2010 with two big uncertainties hanging over my head: whether my dad would get elected to the Senate in November, and whether I'd ever work up the courage to come out of the closet. — I made some good friends that first semester …
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Tyler Cowen / Marginal Revolution:
What to look for in the Cyprus deal — 1. Output on the island could easily decline by 25% or more, and I don't think that will involve much subsequent mean-reversion. There will be a deflationary shock, an uncertainty shock, an “austerity shock,” a credit contraction shock, and a few other negative shocks as well.
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Reuters:
Cyprus reaches last-minute deal on 10 billion euro bailout
Cyprus reaches last-minute deal on 10 billion euro bailout
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Guardian:
Cyprus bailout deal with EU closes bank and seizes large deposits
Cyprus bailout deal with EU closes bank and seizes large deposits
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Jonathan Martin / Politico:
Paul Ryan's disappearing act — He seems to have fallen entirely off the radar of early state Republicans. Democrats bring up his name with more zeal than his own party. And his footprint at CPAC was so faint that his being an afterthought was itself an afterthought. — What the heck has happened to Paul Ryan?
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Aviva Shen / ThinkProgress:
George Zimmerman's Brother: ‘Black Teens’ Are Killers — Since he shot and killed 17-year-old Trayvon Martin last year, George Zimmerman has been trying to convince the public that he was not acting simply out of racist aggression but because Martin attacked him.
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Tommy Christopher / Mediaite:
George Zimmerman's Brother Pimping Comparison Of Trayvon Martin And Alleged Georgia Baby-Killer
George Zimmerman's Brother Pimping Comparison Of Trayvon Martin And Alleged Georgia Baby-Killer
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Gallup:
In U.S., 65% Support Drone Attacks on Terrorists Abroad — Less than half of Americans are closely following news on drones — WASHINGTON, D.C. — Nearly two-thirds of Americans (65%) think the U.S. government should use drones to launch airstrikes in other countries against suspected terrorists.
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Joe Hagan / New York Magazine:
Long Night at Today — And for this he wakes up at 4 a.m.? — T — he knife springs open with a satisfying snap. — Matt Lauer, the co-host of the Today show, turns it over in his hand, marveling at the blade. — “Come to papa!” he says. — Sitting at his glass-topped desk …
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New York Post:
Bondage pol was hard-ly working — Jersey Dem's kinky office e-mails to spank-me stalker — A powerful New Jersey Democrat who's being touted as the party's next state chairman has an insatiable lust for bondage, oral sex and spanking, secret e-mails obtained by The Post reveal.
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Freeman Klopott / Bloomberg:
Cuomo's 7-Bullet Limit to Be Suspended Indefinitely, Skelos Says — Governor Andrew Cuomo's seven-round limit on magazines sold in New York will be suspended “indefinitely” by a measure in his $136.5 billion budget set to be passed this week, Dean Skelos, a Senate majority leader said.
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Elizabeth Harrington / CNSNews:
U.S. Border Patrol Uniforms Manufactured in Mexico — (CNSNews.com) - U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has granted uniform contracts to VF Imagewear, Inc., an apparel company that relies on manufacturing sites in Mexico for a “significant percentage” of its occupational garments.
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Erik Ortiz / NY Daily News:
Unconfirmed reports of Syrian President Bashar Assad's shooting highlight chaos in country — Assad was supposedly shot by his Iranian bodyguard Saturday night, with at least one website saying he had been ‘assassinated.’ But other online updates by Arab and Israeli media say the report was untrue.
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Paul Richter / Los Angeles Times:
Maliki resists Kerry's call to halt flow of Iranian arms to Syria
Maliki resists Kerry's call to halt flow of Iranian arms to Syria
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Zachary A. Goldfarb / Washington Post:
As Obama signs sequestration cuts, his economic goals are at risk — With his signature this week, President Obama will lock into place deep spending cuts that threaten to undermine his second-term economic vision just four months after he won reelection. — Obama has repeatedly championed …
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