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7:20 PM ET, April 13, 2013

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Jeremi Suri / New York Times:
Bomb North Korea, Before It's Too Late  —  SINCE February, the North Korean government has followed one threatening move with another.  The spiral began with an underground nuclear test.  Then the North declared the armistice that ended the Korean War invalid.
Cameron Joseph / The Hill:
Democrat changes story about talks with Progress Kentucky leaders  —  The Democrat who said the leaders of the liberal group Progress Kentucky told him they bugged Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell's (R-Ky.) campaign office is backing off a key part of his earlier account.
Discussion: Reuters
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Politico:
Amateur hour in politics  —  The political establishment has some advice for anyone out there thinking of forming a super PAC: leave it to the pros.  —  The two men being investigated for secretly recording Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell were enthusiastic activists, but definitely not professional operatives — far from it.
Discussion: Page One and The Fix
Terence P. Jeffrey / CNSNews:
Abortionist Slit Born Baby's Necks in Front of Teenager; Told Assistant: 'That's What You Call a Chicken With Its Head Cut Off'  —  [Editor's note: This story includes a graphic photograph, taken from a grand jury report, that shows a murdered baby with its spinal chord severed.]
Sabrina Siddiqui / The Huffington Post:
Jim Graves: Constituents Are ‘Embarrassed’ By Michele Bachmann  —  WASHINGTON — Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) barely held onto her seat in the 2012 election, defeating Democrat Jim Graves by just over 1 percent of the vote in one of the closest House races of the cycle.
Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Kermit Gosnell's Website Openly Offered “Late Terminations,” Sedation Choices  —  Gosnell offered his patients their own choice of medicine for first-trimester abortions a la carte style charging extra for sedation.  The grand jury cited the abortion clinic doctor and alleged murderer offering …
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
Wall Street Journal:
Now He's After Your 401(k)  —  The White House pulls a switcheroo on retirement savings accounts.  —  How many times have you read financial-advice stories lecturing you to max-out on your IRA, save as much as you can in your 401(k), and even pay taxes now to change your regular IRA into a Roth IRA that will be tax-free until you die?
Discussion: Los Angeles Times
southcom.mil:
MEDIA RELEASE: Commander Orders Single-Cell Detention at Guantanamo Bay for Continued Detainee Health and Security  —  For immediate release Points of contact:  —  • Capt. Robert Durand 011-5399-9928; email Robert.t.durand@jtfgtmo.southcom.mil  —  • Lt. Col. Samuel House 011-5399-9927 …
Discussion: BBC and The Hill
The Independent:
Full statement by MMR scare doctor Andrew Wakefield: 'The Government has tried to cover up putting price before children's health'  —  This is the full statement by Dr Andrew Wakefield from healthimpactnews.com  —  In the wake of further media distortion, misrepresentation …
Discussion: blogs.telegraph.co.uk, Guardian and BBC
Jesse McKinley / New York Times:
Albany Teacher Gives Pro-Nazi Writing Assignment  —  ALBANY — High school is full of hypotheticals, like “How does one solve for x?” and “What happens if I skip class?”  But this week, students at Albany High School were given an alarming thought puzzle: How do I convince my teacher that I think Jews are evil?
Igor Volsky / ThinkProgress:
The GOP Amendment That Could Kill Gun Reform  —  On Thursday, gun reform proponents overcame a key hurdle in the Senate after 68 senators — including 16 Republicans — voted to proceed to a comprehensive package that expands background checks for gun purchases, increases penalties against gun trafficking, and invests in school safety.
Discussion: Prairie Weather
Zeke J Miller / TIME:
Republicans Fear Clinton in 2016  —  HOLLYWOOD — Republican leaders plotted their party's political comeback on Thursday with plans to court minority voters and modernize their political operations.  But some wondered if one person could make it all for naught: Hillary Clinton.
Discussion: Daily Kos and Outside the Beltway
John Merrow / Taking Note:
Michelle Rhee's Reign of Error  —  With the indictment of former Atlanta School Superintendent Beverly A. Hall and 34 other public school employees in a massive cheating scandal, the time is right to re-examine other situations of possible illegal behavior by educators.  Washington, DC, belongs at the top of that list.
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Greg Toppo / USA Today:
Memo warns of rampant cheating in D.C. public schools
 
 
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Reuters:
Senate plan would deport illegal immigrants entering U.S. after 2011
Discussion: The Hill
New York Times:
Texas Prosecutors May Have Been Killed by ‘Lone Wolf’
Discussion: Business Insider
Danielle Dreilinger / New Orleans Times-Picayune:
Jindal defends school vouchers in NBC interview
Charles Abbott / Reuters:
Pact is reached on immigration reform for farm labor
Discussion: The Hill and americanthinker.com
Washington Post:
Gun debate in Senate likely to feature amendments to weaken or strengthen laws
Discussion: The Reaction
 Earlier Items: 
Will Oremus / Slate:
The Real Reason No One's Buying PCs Anymore: They've Gotten Too Good
Discussion: CANNONFIRE and Dean's World
Ashley Killough / CNN:
Carson withdraws from another speaking gig
Alex Seitz-Wald / Salon:
On Gosnell “blackout,” where were conservatives before this week?
Jake Ellison / The Pot Blog:
Feds scoop up medical marijuana patient records in Oregon investigation
Discussion: The Raw Story and Firedoglake
 

 
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John Koblin / New York Times:
NBC names Craig Melvin as Hoda Kotb's successor on Today, teaming up with Savannah Guthrie, starting January 13; Melvin has been Today's news anchor since 2018

Katie Kilkenny / The Hollywood Reporter:
On Fox News, LA Times owner Patrick Soon-Shiong discussed his new approach to publish “views from both sides”, and said the paper had conflated news and opinion

Mia Sato / The Verge:
Facebook makes Views its primary metric for content, bringing it in line with Instagram; each time a piece of content appears on a screen, it counts as a View

 
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