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11:45 AM ET, April 8, 2013

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Margaret Thatcher dies — Former Prime Minister Baroness Thatcher has died “peacefully” at the age of 87 after suffering a stroke, her family has announced. — David Cameron called her a “great Briton” and the Queen spoke of her sadness at the death. — Lady Thatcher was Conservative prime minister from 1979 to 1990.

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Andrew Sparrow / Guardian:

Margaret Thatcher dies: live reaction and updates — Sort by: — 4.41pm BST — Lord Heseltine, who resigned from Lady Thatcher's cabinet in 1986 and who subsequently launched the leadership challenged that led to her resignation in 1990, has issued this statement. … 4.37pm BST

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Sky News:

Margaret Thatcher Dies After Stroke — Baroness Thatcher, Britain's Iron Lady, has died after suffering a stroke at the age of 87. — Her children Mark and Carol Thatcher announced that their mother had died peacefully following a stroke this morning. — Speaking to Sky News …

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Michael White / Guardian:

Margaret Thatcher dead at 87 following stroke — The first woman elected to lead a major western state changed way Britons viewed politics and economics — Margaret Thatcher, the most dominant British prime minister since Winston Churchill in 1940 and a global champion of the late 20th-century free market economic revival, has died.

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Daily Mail:

‘Tramp the dirt down’: George Galloway's extraordinarily crass tweet leads the Left's sickening ‘celebration’ just minutes after Baroness Thatcher's death — George Galloway has provoked criticism after writing a ‘distasteful’ comment following the death of former Conservative Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.

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Telegraph:

Margaret Thatcher dies of stroke aged 87 — Baroness Thatcher, Britain's greatest post-war prime minister, has died at the age of 87 after suffering a stroke, her family has announced. — Her son, Sir Mark, and daughter Carol confirmed that she died this morning.

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Richard Allen Greene / CNN:

Margaret Thatcher, Britain's first female PM, dead at 87 — Margaret Thatcher, the first woman to become British prime minister, has died at 87, a spokeswoman said Monday, April 8. Known as the “Iron Lady,” Thatcher, as Conservative Party leader, was prime minister from 1979 to 1990.

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Fred Barbash / Washington Post:
Margaret Thatcher, former British prime minister, dead at 87

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William Kristol / Weekly Standard:
Three Who Saved the West

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Fox News:
Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher dies after suffering stroke

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Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Margaret Thatcher, UK's first female prime minister, dies aged 87

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David Wright / ABCNEWS:
Margaret Thatcher, Britain's Iron Lady, Dead at 87

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Jonathan Allen / Politico:

Hill holds Obama's legacy in its hands — It's now or never for the White House. — President Barack Obama's second-term agenda is in doubt as Congress returns to Washington this week for a spring and summer stretch that could go a long way to define the scope of Obama's legacy.

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Jackie Calmes / New York Times:
Obama Must Walk Fine Line as Congress Weighs Agenda

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Washington Post:
Gun legislation's prospects improve

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Evan McMorris-Santoro / BuzzFeed: Obama Takes Control In The Second Term

Politico:
Obama's make-or-break week on guns

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Hartford Courant:
Obama Comes To Hartford To Push Gun Control

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Washington Post:
Gun legislation's prospects improve

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Hollywood Reporter:

Westboro Baptist Church to Picket Roger Ebert's Funeral — The anti-gay group says it will protest outside the movie critic's memorial service Monday in Chicago. — Leaders of Kansas' Westboro Baptist Church, notorious for picketing at the funerals of soldiers and gay teenagers …

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Paul Krugman / New York Times:

Insurance and Freedom — President Obama will soon release a new budget, and the commentary is already flowing fast and furious. Progressives are angry (with good reason) over proposed cuts to Social Security; conservatives are denouncing the call for more revenues. But it's all Kabuki.

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Kevin Robillard / Politico:

Chelsea Clinton opens door to run — Former first daughter Chelsea Clinton said Monday she would consider running for office if she could make a “meaningful” impact on the country. — “Right now, I'm grateful to live in a city and a state and a country where I strongly support my mayor …

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Ashley Killough / CNN:
Chelsea Clinton doesn't shoot down talk of political office

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Jeff Mapes / Oregonian:

Gay marriage opponents lose first round of fight over ballot title for Oregon initiative — The Oregon attorney general's office isn't buying an attempt by gay marriage opponents to radically rewrite the ballot title for a proposed initiative that would allow same-sex marriages in Oregon.

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Lydia Saad / Gallup:

Americans' Concerns About Global Warming on the Rise — Majority believe global warming is happening, but many still say it's exaggerated — PRINCETON, NJ — U.S. worry about global warming is heading back up after several years of expanded public skepticism.

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Tony Capaccio / Bloomberg:

Pentagon to Seek Less for Missile Defense in 2014 Budget — The Pentagon will request $9.16 billion for missile defense programs for the 2014 fiscal year that begins Oct. 1, about $550 million less than this year's $9.71 billion, according to internal budget figures obtained by Bloomberg News.