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4:25 PM ET, March 14, 2014

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Reuters:
Exclusive: Radar data suggests missing Malaysia plane deliberately flown way off course - sources  —  (Reuters) - Military radar data suggests a Malaysia Airlines jetliner missing for nearly a week was deliberately flown hundreds of miles off course, heightening suspicions of foul play among investigators …
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Daily Mail:
Officials ‘convinced’ two communications systems on missing jet were deliberately shut off 14-minutes apart as it emerges aircraft DID keep ‘pinging’ for hours after vanishing at 35,000 ft  — U.S. official said two separate communication systems were shut down ‘deliberately’ shortly after take-off
Ethan Skolnick / Bleacher Report:
LeBron James to Promote Affordable Care Act at President Obama's Request  —  MIAMI — President Barack Obama has called upon LeBron James to come through in the clutch.  —  The president's signature initiative, the Affordable Care Act, is facing a critical deadline, as open enrollment …
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Mike Lillis / The Hill:
Pelosi: O-Care won't hurt Dems  —  Republicans are “wasting their time” using ObamaCare as an electoral issue, House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi (Calif.) said Thursday.  —  Days after the healthcare law was seen as a decisive issue in her party's special election loss in Florida …
Discussion: Politico, Fox News, RedState and CNN
Sierra Marquina / Ryan Seacrest:
President Barack Obama Talks Affordable Care Act, Zach Galifianakis, and Shopping at Gap
CNN:
CNN Poll: Most see Russia as a threat to U.S.  —  Washington (CNN) - As the crisis in the Ukraine continues, a new national poll indicates that for the first time in more than a decade, more than half of Americans see Russia as a serious threat to the U.S.  —  A CNN/ORC International survey …
Discussion: Post Politics and Politico
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Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
In U.S., Most Do Not See Global Warming as Serious Threat
MassEquality:
Boston Beer Company, Sam Adams Cancel Participation in the St. Patrick's Day Parade  —  For questions regarding this statement, please contact:  —  Boston Beer Company  —  Statement from the Boston Beer Company:  —  “We have been participating in the South Boston St. Patrick's Day Parade …
Jamie Self / The State:
ELECTION 2014: Lindsey Graham challenger calls SC senator “ambiguously gay”  —  COLUMBIA, SC — Four of U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham's announced challengers in June's Republican primary pledged support for each other Thursday if any of them end up in a runoff with the Seneca incumbent.
John Solomon / Washington Times:
EXCLUSIVE: FBI blocked in corruption probe involving Sens. Reid, Lee  —  Agents quietly working with Utah prosecutors to make case in DOJ absence  —  Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev., Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah)  —  FBI agents working alongside Utah state prosecutors …
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ABC News:
Utah Officials Call on Feds to Investigate Senators Reid, Lee
Discussion: Hot Air
Julia Ioffe / The New Republic:
While the West Watches Crimea, Putin Cleans House in Moscow  —  While the world awaits Sunday's referendum in Crimea and nervously watches the Russian troops massing on Ukraine's eastern border, the world is missing that, in Moscow, Vladimir Putin is busily cleaning house.
Discussion: The Dish and New York Times
Julie Bort / Business Insider:
Bill Gates: People Don't Realize How Many Jobs Will Soon Be Replaced By Software Bots  —  See Also  —  Salesforce Just Disclosed A Really Odd Thing: It Doesn't Really Know Where Its Revenue Comes From  —  Big changes are coming to the labor market that people and governments aren't prepared for, Bill Gates believes.
Discussion: BGR and CBS DC
Alex Weprin / Capital New York:
Sarah Palin plans ‘Rogue TV’  —  Fox News contributor and former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin will be launching her own digital video channel, tentatively called “Rogue TV,” a source familiar with the project told Capital.  —  The channel will be available through Tapp …
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Fear of Wages  —  Four years ago, some of us watched with a mixture of incredulity and horror as elite discussion of economic policy went completely off the rails.  Over the course of just a few months, influential people all over the Western world convinced themselves and each …
Josh Barro / New York Times:
People Think We're in a Recession.  Don't Blame Them.  —  The United States economy emerged from recession in June 2009 and has been growing for nearly five years.  Yet this week, an NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll of American adults found that 57 percent still think the economy is in recession.
Mike Spies / Vocativ:
Five Minutes With Rand Paul http://voc.tv/1cD7eTX  —  Five Minutes With Rand Paul http://voc.tv/1cD7eTX  —  Post It  —  “Festooned” (Reuters/Gary Cameron)  —  There was a consensus among young people at the recent Conservative Political Action Conference that the GOP needs to get out of social issues.
Michael D. Shear / New York Times:
Obama, Citing a Concern for Families, Orders a Review of Deportations  —  WASHINGTON — President Obama said Thursday that deportations of illegal immigrants should be more humane, and to make that happen, he has ordered a review of his administration's enforcement efforts.
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Politico:
Obama calls for review of deportations
Discussion: Associated Press and ThinkProgress
Peggy Noonan / Wall Street Journal:
Warnings From the Ukraine Crisis  —  A new century's dangers begin to come into focus.  —  What has been happening in Ukraine is not a wake-up call precisely but a tugging at the attention, a demand to focus.  —  There's a sense that in some new way we are watching the 21st century take its shape and express its central realities.
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Obama: ACA figures enough to work  —  Obamacare may not be beloved, but President Barack Obama says it's got enough customers to survive.  —  In a sit-down interview with WebMD posted Friday, the president dismissed any concern that people resisting the law could somehow keep it from functioning.
Discussion: CNN
Bloomberg:
Putin Deports Executives for Speeding as Sanctions Loom  —  Even before the Ukraine standoff, foreign companies in Russia say they were alarmed by the number of executives being deported for minor infractions.  Now with the West preparing sanctions, they're bracing for more.
Discussion: Liberaland
James Taranto / Wall Street Journal:
The paradox of the “Ban Bossy” campaign.  —  It's a five-letter word beginning with B, and if Sheryl Sandberg and Anna Maria Chavez have their way, it will never again be used in polite company in reference to a woman, or especially a girl.  The word, of course, is “bossy.”
HHS.gov:
Making Health Care Coverage More Accessible and Equitable For Same-Sex Couples  —  By Matthew Heinz, MD, Director of Provider & LGBT Outreach  —  Today, the Department of Health and Human Services took one more step toward making health care coverage more accessible and equitable for married same-sex couples.
Discussion: Guardian and Talking Points Memo
 
 
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Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Why Republicans turn on their own
Associated Press:
Lavrov: No common vision with US on Ukraine
Nick Anderson / Washington Post:
New Obama administration proposal to regulate for-profit colleges
Discussion: Daily Kos
Yahoo! News:
Moms of Jonah Hill, Alicia Keys, Adam Levine, Jennifer Lopez: Enroll in Obamacare
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and The Week
Pew Research Center's Global Attitudes Project:
Worldwide, Many See Belief in God as Essential to Morality
Discussion: American Prospect and The Week
Ross Douthat / New York Times:
Resurrecting Republican Populism
Discussion: Washington Monthly and Instapundit
 Earlier Items: 
Emily Jane Fox / CNNMoney.com:
Number of U.S. millionaires hits new high
Discussion: Daily Kos and ThinkProgress
Murray Carpenter / The Atlantic Online:
Why It's So Hard for Obama to Be Tough on Russia
Discussion: VodkaPundit
Joe Biden / CNN:
Biden jokes presidential run would be bad for his golf game
Patricia Murphy / The Daily Beast:
A Carter Could Turn Georgia Blue
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
In jam over Obamacare, Dems don't know which way to turn
 

 
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Athena Stavrou / The Independent:
More than 230 media industry professionals, including anonymous BBC staff, sign a letter accusing the BBC of bias favoring Israel in coverage of Gaza

Dominick Mastrangelo / The Hill:
Conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt quits as a contributing columnist at WaPo, after abruptly leaving a Post live video event hosted by Jonathan Capehart

April Rubin / Axios:
Trump's campaign files an FEC complaint claiming WaPo illegally contributed to Harris by running digital ads promoting its critical news coverage of Trump

 
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