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10:55 AM ET, April 29, 2013

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Christian Caryl / The New York Review of Books:
‘Misha’ Speaks: An Interview with the Alleged Boston Bomber's ‘Svengali’  —  As the investigation of the Boston Marathon bombings continues, one of the more clouded aspects is the tale of “Misha,” a mysterious US-based Islamist who has been accused by members of the Tsarnaev family …
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William Bigelow / BREITBART.COM:
REPORT: FBI IDENTIFIES ‘MISHA,’ MAN ALLEGEDLY BEHIND TSARNAEV RADICALIZATION  —  A man known as “Misha,” who is suspected of being the person who radicalized Boston Marathon bomber Tamerlan Tsarnaev, has apparently been identified by the FBI.  Misha, a red-bearded, 30ish Armenian-American Christian …
Jonathan Martin / Politico:
Black pols stymied in Obama era  —  More than five years after Barack Obama won the Iowa caucuses and demolished the notion that white voters wouldn't support a black presidential candidate, progress for other African-American politicians remains elusive.  Even as the country elected and reelected Obama …
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Washington Post:
After string of setbacks, more charm may be the last, best option for Obama  —  There was little time to mingle Tuesday night at the White House.  Five minutes after greeting them, President Obama ushered 20 female senators into the State Dining Room and invited each to offer her thoughts on the issues of the day.
Discussion: Right Wing News
Franco Ordoñez / The Charlotte Observer:   Obama to name Charlotte mayor Anthony Foxx as transportation chief
Fredric U. Dicker / New York Post:
If Hillary is running for prez, I'm out  —  Cuomo quietly ‘concedes’ 2016 race  —  Gov. Cuomo has quietly told associates that he is resigned to the fact that he can't run for president in 2016 if Hillary Rodham Clinton enters the race, as is widely expected, sources told The Post.
Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
More backlash against Senators on gun vote  —  New PPP polls in Alaska, Arizona, Nevada, and Ohio find serious backlash against the 5 Senators who voted against background checks in those states.  Each of them has seen their approval numbers decline, and voters say they're less likely …
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Frank Newport / Gallup:
Americans Wanted Gun Background Checks to Pass Senate
Matthew Rosenberg / New York Times:
C.I.A. Delivers Cash to Afghan Leader's Office  —  KABUL, Afghanistan — For more than a decade, wads of American dollars packed into suitcases, backpacks and, on occasion, plastic shopping bags have been dropped off every month or so at the offices of Afghanistan's president — courtesy of the Central Intelligence Agency.
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
The Story of Our Time  —  Those of us who have spent years arguing against premature fiscal austerity have just had a good two weeks.  Academic studies that supposedly justified austerity have lost credibility; hard-liners in the European Commission and elsewhere have softened their rhetoric.
Discussion: AEIdeas
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Politico:
Democrats ask: What debt crisis?
Michael Laris / Washington Post:
Hoax emergency message sends police to Wolf Blitzer's house in Bethesda  —  Montgomery County police received an urgent message at about 6:25 p.m. Saturday saying someone had been shot at Wolf Blitzer's home in Bethesda.  Officers streamed toward the CNN host's residence near Congressional Country Club.
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Christie: No regrets for clashing with GOP over Sandy relief efforts  —  Republican New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie said he didn't regret his actions in the wake of Hurricane Sandy, even though they caused intra-party strife at a critical juncture in the 2012 presidential election.
Discussion: Politico
Kevin Cirilli / Reuters:
Mike Tyson: Hope I save with Obamacare  —  Former boxer turned Broadway star Mike Tyson - who owes millions in back taxes - said Monday that he hopes that Obamacare will help him save money.  —  “I look forward to paying my taxes... I know that they say that's legal extortion …
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Dems push gun control agenda in DC, but not in battleground states  —  Democratic leaders are wooing staunchly pro-gun candidates to run in pivotal Senate races at the same time they are discussing a strategy for bringing gun control legislation back up for debate.
Discussion: Jammie Wearing Fools
Kyle Smith / New York Post:
The truth about late-term abortion  —  Are the legal activities of New York abortion clinics really any less horrifying than those of Kermit Gosnell?  —  Is the Kermit Gosnell baby-murder mill in Philadelphia an isolated case?  Consider what happened at Dr. Emily's Women's Health Center in The Bronx on Jan. 11, 2013.
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Melinda Henneberger / She The People:   Are there more abortion doctors like Kermit Gosnell? Do we want to know?
 
 
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Chris Wallace / Fox News:
Rep. McCaul, Sen. Manchin talk possible foreign ties in Boston bombing; Amb.  Oren on latest in Syria
Tim Arango / New York Times:
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Jonathan Weisman / New York Times:
Bill on Sales Tax for Internet Purchases Divides Republicans
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Tame Inflation to Keep Fed on Course
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