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6:50 PM ET, May 8, 2013

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Julian Pecquet / The Hill:
New Benghazi probe evidence puts spotlight back on Clinton  —  New revelations about the terrorist attack in Benghazi, Libya, are pulling Hillary Clinton back into a political firestorm that the presumptive 2016 candidate had so far managed to escape unscathed.
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Daily Mail:
Dick Cheney slams Obama administration's Benghazi performance as 'a failure of leadership ... I cannot understand why they weren't ready'  —  Former Vice President Dick Cheney criticized the Obama administration on Tuesday for its handling of the September 11, 2012 terror attack on the U.S. Consulate …
TIME:
Benghazi Again  —  The Republicans, apparently with nothing better to do, are still chasing their tails over the tragic events in Benghazi on September 11.  —  Actually, no. That's not true.  They're chasing their tails over what happened after the tragic events of September 11.
Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Benghazi Witness Says State Dept. Told Him Not To Meet With Congressional Investigators  —  Deputy chief of mission for the U.S. in Libya Gregory Hicks testified Wednesday that he was told not to meet with a congressman sent to investigate the attack on the American consulate in Benghazi.
Lindsey Boerma / CBS News:
Benghazi “whistleblowers” head to House committee  —  Hoping to funnel into one chronological timeline the rampantly varying accounts of how President Obama's administration responded last Sept. 11 in the wake of an attack on a U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, the House Oversight Committee …
Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
Republican probe of Benghazi attacks turns to Hillary Clinton
Dylan Byers / Politico:
The Post's Sharyl Attkisson piece  —  The Washington Post's Paul Farhi has written a glowing profile of Sharyl Attkisson, the Emmy award-winning CBS correspondent who has been the mainstream media's most persistent investigator of the events surrounding last year's attack in Benghazi, Libya.
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Talking Points Memo:
Top Republican ‘Fairly Satisfied’ With White House's Account Of Benghazi  —  Senate Foreign Relations Committee Ranking Member Bob Corker (R-TN) said Wednesday that he's “fairly satisfied” with the Obama administration's account of events that led to the deaths of American diplomats in Benghazi last year.
Carlo Muñoz / The Hill:
GOP chairman denied Benghazi files
Washington Post:
Sharyl Attkisson of CBS News, a persistent voice of media skepticism on Benghazi
Discussion: NewsBusters
Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
Sharyl Attkisson of CBS News, a persistent voice of media skepticism on Benghazi
Agoldberg / The Smoking Gun:
Cleveland Hero Was A Repeat Domestic Abuser  —  Charles Ramsey battered his wife, did prison time for three attacks  —  The Cleveland man credited with helping free female captives from a house of horrors is a convicted felon whose rap sheet includes three separate domestic violence convictions …
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Dylan Matthews / Wonkblog:
Heritage study co-author opposed letting in immigrants with low IQs  —  Robert Rector (center), one of the study's co-authors.  (Heritage)  —  The Heritage Foundation made something of a splash with its study suggesting that immigration reform will cost the public trillions.
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Mike Gonzalez / The Heritage Foundation:
Heritage Statement on the Cost of Amnesty Study
Discussion: First Read
Harriet Sherwood / Guardian:
Stephen Hawking joins academic boycott of Israel  —  Physicist pulls out of conference hosted by president Shimon Peres in protest at treatment of Palestinians  —  Professor Stephen Hawking is backing the academic boycott of Israel by pulling out of a conference hosted by Israeli president Shimon Peres …
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Cameron Joseph / Ballot Box:
Sanford victory could spell trouble for House GOP leadership  —  Former South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford (R) is heading back to Congress — and that may not be good news for House GOP leadership.  —  Sanford owes party leaders nothing, as they refused to spend money on his campaign …
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Numbers / Pew Research Center for the People …:
Obama Maintains Approval Advantage, but GOP Runs Even on Key Issues  —  Two-Thirds Say Obama ‘Fights Hard’ for His Policies  —  OVERVIEW  —  President Obama continues to hold a substantial advantage over congressional Republicans in public regard.  Obama's job approval is back in positive territory …
Brian Skoloff / Associated Press:
Jury Reaches Verdict in Jodi Arias Trial in Ariz.  —  Jurors reached a verdict Wednesday in the trial of Jodi Arias after deliberating about 15 hours over four days on whether the former waitress should be convicted of murder in the 2008 fatal stabbing and shooting of her one-time boyfriend.
Discussion: Scared Monkeys and Taylor Marsh
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cms.gov:
Medicare Provider Charge Data  —  As part of the Obama administration's work to make our health care system more affordable and accountable, data are being released that show significant variation across the country and within communities in what hospitals charge for common inpatient services.
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Ben Geman / E2-Wire:
Republicans to huddle Wednesday to mull options on EPA nominee vote  —  Sen. James Inhofe (R-Okla) said Environment and Public Works Committee Republicans may seek to postpone Thursday morning's committee vote on Gina McCarthy, the White House nominee to run the Environmental Protection Agency.
Discussion: Politico
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Ramsey Cox / E2-Wire:
Senate rejects gun amendment to water infrastructure bill
Discussion: Politico
Peter Schroeder / The Hill:
Sen. Warren calls for giving student borrowers the same loan rate as banks  —  Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) wants students to be able to borrow at the same rates as the nation's biggest banks.  —  Speaking on the Senate floor Wednesday, Warren said she was introducing legislation …
Discussion: Daily Kos and The Raw Story
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Michael Biesecker / Associated Press:
Soldier Says She Was Harassed Because of Muslim-sounding Name  —  RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Sgt. 1st Class Naida Hosan is not a Muslim — she's a Catholic.  But her name sounded Islamic to fellow U.S. soldiers in Iraq, and they would taunt her, calling her “Sgt. Hussein” and asking what God she prayed to.
The Atlantic Wire:
Nancy Grace and Ashleigh Banfield Hold Split-Screen Interview in Same Parking Lot  —  In a bizarre television and spatial anomaly on CNN this morning, the blanket coverage of two true-crime stories led two news anchors to conduct an odd “satellite” interview from the very same parking lot, background traffic and all.
Tara Culp-Ressler / ThinkProgress:
North Carolina May Force Teens To Get Notarized Parental Consent Before Getting STD Tests  —  A measure advancing in the North Carolina legislature would require teens to obtain notarized, written parental consent in order to access a range of health services, including testing and treatment …
 
 
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Nathan Freed Wessler / ACLU:
FBI Documents Suggest Feds Read Emails Without a Warrant
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Washington Post:
Carbon tax is best option Congress has
Seung Min Kim / Politico:
Social Security report: Immigration bill would boost economy
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Adam Nossiter / New York Times:
Body Count Soars as Nigerian Military Hunts Islamists
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John Ingold / Denver Post:
Colorado legislature gives final approval to historic marijuana bills
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The Boston Globe:
Ex-Romney aide details campaign ‘miscalculations’
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Jack Dunn / Variety:
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Liz Pelly / Harper's:
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