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10:40 AM ET, April 9, 2014

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Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols / ZDNet:
Heartbleed security patches coming fast and furious  —  Summary: Fixes for the highly dangerous OpenSSL Heartbleed security hole are arriving now.  Update your servers ASAP.  —  Make no mistake about it.  The OpenSSL Heartbleed security hole is as serious for Internet security as a stage four cancer diagnosis would be for you.
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
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Nicole Perlroth / New York Times:
Experts Find a Door Ajar in an Internet Security Method Thought Safe
Discussion: Tumblr Staff and JustOneMinute
Fox News:
Brandeis University withdraws planned honorary degree for Islam critic Ayaan Hirsi Ali  —  Brandeis University in Massachusetts announced Tuesday that it had withdrawn the planned awarding of an honorary degree to Ayaan Hirsi Ali, a staunch critic of Islam and its treatment of women, after protests from students and faculty.
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Paul Steinhauser / CNN:
Democrats top GOP last month in Senate cash battle  —  Washington (CNN) - In the 2014 battle for the Senate, the Democrats' “best month” beat out the Republicans' “best month.”  —  The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee reported Wednesday that they raised $8.1 million in March, their best month of fundraising this cycle.
Discussion: Politico
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Burgess Everett / Politico:
GOP not fazed by paycheck vote
Discussion: Liberaland, Capitol Report and The Hill
New York Times:
Sliver of Medicare Doctors Get Big Share of Payouts  —  A tiny fraction of the 880,000 doctors and other health care providers who take Medicare accounted for nearly a quarter of the roughly $77 billion paid out to them under the federal program, receiving millions of dollars each in some cases …
Discussion: The Week, The PJ Tatler and Eschaton
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Associated Press:
Database: Some Docs Getting Millions From Medicare
Discussion: Politico
Quinnipiac News + Events:
Release Detail  —  April 9, 2014 - New Jersey Bridgegate Probes: Whitewash V. Witch Hunt, Quinnipiac University Poll Finds; Gov. Christie's Approval Is Down, Bully-Meter Is Up  —  Watch Video: Assistant Director Tim Malloy discusses poll results  —  The investigation clearing New Jersey …
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Jason Grant / New Jersey Online:
David Wildstein met for several days with federal prosecutors in Newark, report says
Discussion: Balloon Juice, Daily Kos and News Desk
Kirsten Powers / USA Today:
Liberals' mob rule  —  Kickstarter's attempt to censor film about convicted abortion doctor is another example.  —  Last week brought a chilling reminder of how mercilessly some liberals will work to silence and marginalize people who hold views with which they disagree.
Marc Bousquet / Chronicle of Higher Education:
The Moral Panic in Literary Studies  —  Over the past two decades, most academic disciplines have maintained the numbers of their tenure-track faculty members or added minimally, while hiring a lot more non-tenure-track faculty members, causing the percentage of tenurable professors to fall.
New York Times:
Global Warming Scare Tactics  —  OAKLAND, Calif. — IF you were looking for ways to increase public skepticism about global warming, you could hardly do better than the forthcoming nine-part series on climate change and natural disasters, starting this Sunday on Showtime.
Discussion: Guardian and Vox Popoli
Tal Kopan / Politico:
Louie Gohmert: Eric Holder ‘persecutes’  —  Rep. Louie Gohmert insisted Wednesday there is no personal bad blood between him and Attorney General Eric Holder the day after the two got into a contentious exchange in a House hearing, but the Texas Republican said Holder isn't doing his job.
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
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Igor Bobic / Talking Points Memo:   Furious Eric Holder Snaps At GOP Rep: 'You Don't Want To Go There, Buddy' (VIDEO)
Mike Huckabee / CNN:
Not ‘homophobic’ but on the ‘right side of the Bible’  —  (CNN) - Mike Huckabee told an Iowa crowd on Tuesday that he's “not homophobic,” but believing marriage should be between one man and one woman is being “on the right side of the Bible.”  —  Huckabee, who is also a pastor, told a conservative crowd, “I'm not against anybody.
Vance McAllister / New Orleans Times-Picayune:
Vance McAllister should resign, says state lawmaker  —  Rumors are already swirling over who will challenge U.S. Rep. Vance McAllister, R-Swartz, shown here in a 2013 campaign ad, for his 5th District seat after a video was released this week showing him kissing a married staffer.
Discussion: The Hill and Talking Points Memo
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Douglas Burns / carrollspaper.com:
Clovis: Obama's race shields him from impeachment  —  Hinton Republican, former radio host, says he can talk language of GOP base  —  Republican U.S. Senate candidate Sam Clovis, a firebrand northwest Iowa conservative, says he believes many congressional Republicans want to impeach President Obama.
Scott Johnson / Power Line:
Obama's war on science and gullible women  —  This week President Obama took up theme that women are the victims of pay discrimination.  According to Obama, they are victims of discrimination because they earn 77 cents to every dollar that men earn.  Obama, of course, is the champion of these victims.
The Hill:
Defectors likely to make margin on Ryan budget vote razor thin  —  More than 10 Republicans are expected to reject Rep. Paul Ryan's (R-Wis.) budget blueprint, and many others remain undecided.  —  House GOP leaders have expressed confidence they will pass the budget measure …
Discussion: The Plum Line
Peter Baker / New York Times:
For Obama Presidency, Lyndon Johnson Looms Large  —  WASHINGTON — Two days before joining other presidents in Texas to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act, President Obama tackled enduring inequality himself on Tuesday, in this case economic disparity based on gender.
Discussion: The Monkey Cage
Charles Babington / Associated Press:
Many ‘Obamacare’ Critics Accepted Its Subsidies  —  Several big corporations have reaped millions of dollars from “Obamacare” even as they support GOP candidates who vow to repeal the law.  This condemn-while-benefiting strategy angers Democrats, who see some of their top congressional candidates struggling …
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ABC News:
At Least 20 Injured After Stabbings at Pa. High School … As many as 20 people were injured after a stabbing spree inside Franklin Regional High School in Murrysville, Pa., at the start of the school day, emergency management officials said.  —  Westmoreland County emergency management spokesman Dan Stevens …
Discussion: Liberaland and The Gateway Pundit
Eli Lake / The Daily Beast:
Exclusive: U.S. Won't Share Invasion Intel With Ukraine  —  American spies have spotted all the signs of an all-out Russian invasion of Ukraine.  Why won't they tell the Ukrainians about the forces on their border?  —  U.S. intelligence agencies now have detailed information that Russia …
 
 
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Dylan Scott / Talking Points Memo:
GEICOBAMACARE? The ACA Could Save You Money On Car Insurance
Discussion: RAND
Matt Grossmann / Washington Post:
U.S. policy has gone liberals' way for 70 years
Discussion: Bloomberg View
Derek Wallbank / Bloomberg:
House Republicans to Delay Obamacare Replacement Rollout
Peter Sullivan / The Hill:
McCain blasts Kerry's ‘trifecta’ of disasters
Discussion: Instapundit and VodkaPundit
Jon Boone / Guardian:
Pakistani baby charged with attempted murder goes into hiding
Discussion: The Daily Caller and The Week
 Earlier Items: 
Tauriq Moosa / Guardian:
Robots and sex: creepy or cool?
Discussion: Weasel Zippers and NewsBusters
Harold Pollack / healthinsurance.org:
Reports of ACA demise: greatly exaggerated
CNN:
Feds: Calif. pol Leland Yee schemed to trade arms for campaign cash
Discussion: NewsBusters and National Review
Joshua Holland / BillMoyers.com:
Obamacare Is Widening the Gap Between “Red” and “Blue” America
Elizabeth Weill-Greenberg / The Huffington Post:
An Open Letter to Public School Teachers: We Apologize
Nick Gass / Politico:
Rush Limbaugh: Jeb Bush backlash part of plan
Discussion: Rush Limbaugh
 

 
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Max Tani / @maxwelltani:
Memo: WaPo's Matt Murray lays out plans for WP Ventures, the “third newsroom”; Krissah Thompson will be editor and Samantha Henig will be general manager

Jack Dunn / Variety:
Trump appoints Mark Burnett, the British TV executive who created and produced the reality show The Apprentice, as a special envoy to the UK

Liz Pelly / Harper's:
How Spotify used its Perfect Fit Content program to rig its system against musicians, filling popular playlists with “ghost artists” to cut its royalty payouts

 
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