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Matthew DeLuca / U.S. News:
Pastor Rick Warren's son, Matthew, commits suicide, church says — Pastor Rick Warren's son, 27, has committed suicide after struggling with mental illness for some time. Pastor Warren delivered the invocation at President Obama's 2008 inauguration. MSNBC's Craig Melvin reports.
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Jonathan Allen / Reuters:
12 GOP senators back Rand Paul on gun-control filibuster — Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul's threat to filibuster any new gun restrictions is gathering steam, as a dozen of his Republican colleagues have now signed onto his plan. — The Kentucky Republican and Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Mike Lee …
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Niels Lesniewski / Roll Call:
Reid Hints at Using ‘Nuclear Option’ on Judges — Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Friday that unless nominations start moving swiftly through the Senate, another round of dramatic rules changes may be in the offing. — The Nevada Democrat said that while he was “happy” …
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Weasel Zippers, Outside the Beltway and The Moderate Voice
Associated Press:
6 Americans, doctor killed in Afghan attacks — KANDAHAR, AFGHANISTAN - Six American troops and civilians and an Afghan doctor were killed in attacks on Saturday in southern and eastern Afghanistan as the U.S. military's top officer began a weekend visit to the country, officials said.
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Chris Joseph / The Daily Pulp:
Obama Got It All Wrong With California Attorney General; Florida Attorney General Is Way Hotter — President Barack Obama called California Attorney General Kamala Harris on Thursday night to apologize for calling her “by far the best-looking attorney general in the country” …
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Power Line, The Other McCain and American Power
Mark Mazzetti / New York Times:
Rise of the Predators: Origins of C.I.A.'s Not-So-Secret Drone War in Pakistan — Nek Muhammad knew he was being followed. — On a hot day in June 2004, the Pashtun tribesman was lounging inside a mud compound in South Waziristan, speaking by satellite phone to one of the many reporters …
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Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen:
Ros-Lehtinen and Diaz-Balart Ask OFAC About Beyonce and Jay-Z Trip to Cuba — (WASHINGTON) - U.S. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL) and her South Florida Congressional colleague Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart sent a letter to Adam Szubin, Director of the Office of Foreign Assets Control at the Treasury Department …
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Pete Kasperowicz / The Hill:
House Republicans prepare contingency plan for debt hike — House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) told Republicans on Friday that the House would soon pass legislation that prioritizes federal payments in the event the U.S. hits the debt ceiling later this year.
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RT:
Third major oil spill in a week: Shell pipeline breaks in Texas — Thousands of gallons of oil have spilled from a pipeline in Texas, the third accident of its kind in only a week. — Shell Pipeline, a unit of Royal Dutch Shell Plc, shut down their West Columbia, Texas …
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Scott Malone / Reuters:
Gun shop that sold to mother of Newtown shooter loses license — (Reuters) - The U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms said on Friday it had revoked the federal license of a Connecticut gun retailer that sold a weapon to the mother of Adam Lanza, who killed 26 people at an elementary school in December.
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Larry Henry / 5NEWSOnline.com:
Pryor Says He Opposes Same-Sex Marriage — U.S. Sen. Mark Pryor, D-Ark., on Saturday (April 6) clarified his view on same-sex issues, saying he is opposed to same-sex marriage. — “I am opposed to gay marriage,” he said in an e-mail. “In the interview with KFSM done on April 5 …
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USA Today:
FBI interviews Petraeus as part of probe — Petraeus resigned last year as head of the CIA when it was revealed that he had had an extramarital affair with his biographer, Paula Broadwell. — WASHINGTON — FBI agents interviewed David Petraeus, the former head of the Central Intelligence Agency …