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9:50 AM ET, May 7, 2013

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New York Post:
Christie reveals secret stomach surgery to lose weight  —  New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie secretly underwent lap-band stomach surgery to aggressively slim down for the sake of his wife and kids, he revealed to The Post last night.  —  The Garden State governor agreed to the operation …
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Dan Merica / CNN:
Christie reveals weight loss surgery  —  Washington (CNN) - A few months after turning 50 years old, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie secretly underwent lap-band surgery in February for the sake of his wife and kids, a source close to the governor confirmed to CNN.
Associated Press:
Newspaper: NJ gov. had secret weight loss surgery  —  TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Gov. Chris Christie secretly underwent gastric band surgery in February to try to lose weight at the urging of his family.  —  The father of four agreed to the surgery, in which a tube was placed around his stomach …
Discussion: Riehl World News
Thomas Ott / Plain Dealer:
Berry, DeJesus, Knight found alive, police source confirms  —  Cheers as Amanda Berry, Gina Dejesus, MIchelle Knight found alive  —  CLEVELAND, Ohio — Long-missing Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus and Michelle Knight have been found alive.  —  Berry called police Monday afternoon and frantically told …
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Jen Steer / WEWS-TV:
Cleveland police: Missing teens Amanda Berry and Gina DeJesus found alive, appear to be OK  —  CLEVELAND - Cleveland police said missing teens Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus and a third woman were found in a west side house on Monday.  —  “This isn't the ending we usually get,” said MetroHealth Medical Center Dr. Gerald Maloney.
Arlington County Newsroom:
Crime Report: May 6, 2013  —  SEXUAL BATTERY, 05/05/13, 500 block of S. 23rd Street.  On May 5 at 12:35 am, a drunken male subject approached a female victim in a parking lot and grabbed her breasts and buttocks.  The victim fought the suspect off as he attempted to touch her again and alerted police.
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Arlington, Va.:
Air Force Officer Accused of Sexual Battery  —  The Chief of the Sexual Assault Prevention and Response branch of the U.S. Air Force was arrested and charged with sexual battery in Arlington over the weekend.  —  Lt. Col. Jeff Krusinski is accused of fondling a woman in a Crystal City parking lot early Sunday morning.
Guardian:   US air force sexual assault prevention unit chief charged with sexual battery
Jennifer Hlad / Stars & Stripes:
Air Force sex assault prevention chief charged in sex assault
Erik Wasson / The Hill:
Reid calls Sen. Cruz a ‘schoolyard bully’  —  Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) called freshman GOP Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) a “schoolyard bully” during a contentious exchange Monday on the Senate floor.  —  The two senators bickered as Cruz rose to object to Reid's motion …
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Mackenzie Weinger / Politico:
Huckabee: Benghazi will drive Obama from office  —  Mike Huckabee on Monday predicted that President Barack Obama won't finish out his second term in light of the “cover-up” of the deadly attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi and the former Arkansas governor called the affair “more serious than Watergate.”
David Brown / Washington Post:
Linguists identify 15,000-year-old ‘ultraconserved words’  —  You, hear me!  Give this fire to that old man.  Pull the black worm off the bark and give it to the mother.  And no spitting in the ashes!  —  It's an odd little speech.  But if you went back 15,000 years and spoke these words …
Jackie Calmes / New York Times:
G.O.P. Is Readying a New Offensive Over Health Care Law  —  WASHINGTON — As the administration struggles to put in place the final, complex piece of President Obama's signature health care law, an endeavor on a scale not seen since Medicare's creation nearly a half-century ago …
Glenn Harlan Reynolds / USA Today:
Where are the start-ups?  Column  —  A country that celebrates achievement and risk-taking is likely to see more economic success than one that does not.  —  When the economy was last this bad for this long — back in the dreaded Jimmy Carter era — there was one upside …
Discussion: Riehl World News and Vox Popoli
Cameron Joseph / The Hill:
Sanford reaches for comeback  —  The House race in South Carolina has turned back into a toss-up, giving Republican Mark Sanford a shot at an incredible political comeback in Tuesday's special election.  —  Polls put the race against Elizabeth Colbert Busch (D) in a dead heat despite …
Discussion: Prairie Weather
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Peter Beinart / The Daily Beast:
Yes, Democrats Can Be Racist
Paul Mirengoff / Power Line:
Hillary Clinton — culpable for Benghazi from beginning to end  —  When it first became clear that the CIA's Benghazi talking points had been altered, many of us viewed the White House as the prime suspect.  After all, it served President Obama's political purposes to claim …
David E. Sanger / New York Times:
U.S. Directly Blames China's Military for Cyberattacks  —  WASHINGTON — The Obama administration on Monday explicitly accused China's military of mounting attacks on American government computer systems and defense contractors, saying one motive could be to map “military capabilities that could be exploited during a crisis.”
Discussion: Business Insider and ParaPundit
The Times:
David Cameron's attempts at renegotiation will be inconsequential - we must leave  —  David Cameron has promised that in four years time the British people will be given the opportunity to decide in a referendum whether this country should leave the European Union.
Discussion: Telegraph, Guardian, BBC and Spectator
Jonathan Salant / Political Capital:
Menendez Asked Justice to Delay Merger Opposed by Donor  —  Photograph by Douglas Graham/CQ Roll Call/Getty Images  —  Sen. Robert Menendez, D-NJ., walks to a classified briefing.  —  Sen. Robert Menendez contacted the U.S. Justice Department in an effort to delay a proposed merger opposed …
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Andrew Kirell / Mediaite:
Mediaite Learns: 'Vast Majority Of National Advertisers Now Refuse To Air Ads During Limbaugh's Show'  —  As we reported earlier this morning, Rush Limbaugh is allegedly in the midst of a battle with Cumulus Media, the distributor of his radio show.  The company's CEO has blamed ad revenue losses …
Des Moines Register:
Former U.S. Attorney Matt Whitaker pursues open Senate seat  —  Two other GOP hopefuls express interest in the 2014 race for Tom Harkin's position.  —  Former U.S. Attorney Matt Whitaker is taking steps to run for the U.S. Senate, saying he would vote only for legislation that's constitutional …
Dr Christopher Kent / rba.gov.au:
Statement by Glenn Stevens, Governor: Monetary Policy Decision  —  At its meeting today, the Board decided to lower the cash rate by 25 basis points to 2.75 per cent, effective 8 May 2013.  —  The global economy is likely to record growth a little below trend this year, before picking up next year.
Discussion: Business Insider and BBC
The Lead with Jake Tapper:
Former deputy chief of mission in Libya: U.S. military assets told to stand down  —  In an interview with congressional investigators, the former top diplomat in Libya expressed concern that more could have been done by the military on the night of September 11, 2012 and morning of September 12 …
Discussion: The Daily Caller
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Sharyl Attkisson / CBS News:
Diplomat: U.S. Special Forces told “you can't go” to Benghazi during attacks
Mike Lupica / NY Daily News:
Sarah Palin's appearance at the National Rifle Association convention is perfect for phony ‘patriots’  —  Palin, who showed up with a T-shirt that read ‘Women Hunt,’ certainly appealed to the mean, dumb, angry crowd she found in Houston.  —  Sarah Palin showed up at the NRA convention — hunting for attention or relevance.
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Sara Fischer / CNN:
NRA has record conference turnout, new president
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Minneapolis Star Tribune:
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Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
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Ed Kilgore / Washington Monthly:
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