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6:50 AM ET, April 28, 2014

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Kyle Wagner / Deadspin:
Exclusive: The Extended Donald Sterling Tape  —  Deadspin has acquired an extended, 15-minute version of the conversation between Clippers owner Donald Sterling and his then-girlfriend V. Stiviano.  If the original nine-minute tape acquired by TMZ left any questions about Sterling's opinions …
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Adam Sneed / Politico:
Lorraine Miller: Sterling won't receive NAACP award  —  NAACP Interim President Lorraine Miller said Sunday the NAACP will not go forward with plans to give a lifetime achievement award to Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling.  —  Appearing on NBC's “Meet the Press,” …
CNN:
Obama responds to alleged racist comments by Clippers' Don Sterling  —  (CNN) — The racism controversy embroiling Don Sterling, the owner of the Los Angeles Clippers, has reached half way around the world to Malaysia, where President Obama is on a diplomatic mission to Asia Pacific nations.
Laura Barron-Lopez / The Hill:
Warren blasts financial services industry  —  Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) has been worried for 25 years about the power of the financial services industry, and that's not going away.  —  On Sunday, Warren reiterated those concerns while promoting her new book, “A Fighting Chance,” on ABC's “This Week with George Stephanopoulos.”
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Dan Balz / Washington Post:
Clinton, Warren and a tale of two book titles
Discussion: CNN and Economist
Seung Min Kim / Politico:
Warren hopes Hillary Clinton will run in 2016
Discussion: Outside the Beltway
Alex Greig / Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE: Shocking moment a Tennessee police officer choked an unresisting college student until he fell UNCONSCIOUS  — Deputies were called to a University of Tennessee student party that spilled out onto a residential street  — A photographer on the scene took a series of photos …
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Josh Rogin / The Daily Beast:
Exclusive: Kerry Warns Israel Could Become ‘An Apartheid State’  —  The secretary of state said that if Israel doesn't make peace soon, it could become ‘an apartheid state,’ like the old South Africa.  Jewish leaders are fuming over the comparison.  —  If there's no two-state solution …
Wesley Lowery / Washington Post:
Bob Schieffer: Romney may consider 2016 run if Jeb Bush doesn't  —  Mitt Romney has said time and time again that he has no interest in running for president a third time.  —  But, on Sunday morning, CBS' Bob Schieffer said not to write off the idea of a 2016 campaign by Romney so quickly.
Discussion: Outside the Beltway and Liberaland
Steven Hayward / Power Line:
The UK in the Balance  —  The colorful Nigel Farage and his UKIP are getting most of the attention as the insurgent party of the populist right in the UK these days, but another fringe party, Liberty GB, is making some headlines.  Apparently party leader Paul Weston was arrested recently …
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Enza Ferreri / Liberty GB:
WINCHESTER: CHURCHILL QUOTATION GETS LIBERTY GB LEADER PAUL WESTON ARRESTED
Discussion: TheBlaze.com
CNN:
Tornadoes slam several states; multiple deaths reported  —  Are you there?  Please send your videos, pictures and text to iReport, but please stay safe.  —  Mayflower, Arkansas (CNN) — Tornadoes tore through several states Sunday evening as severe weather slammed into parts of the central United States.
Discussion: Scared Monkeys, The Week and Mashable
Julian Hattem / The Hill:
Palin at NRA meeting: ‘Waterboarding is how we baptize terrorists’  —  Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (R) defended the controversial enhanced interrogation technique of waterboarding this weekend, and implied that the practice would still be commonplace “if I were in charge.”
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Supreme Court Taking Up Police Searches of Data Troves Known as Cellphones  —  WASHINGTON — In a major test of how to interpret the Fourth Amendment in the digital age, the Supreme Court on Tuesday will consider two cases about whether the police need warrants to search the cellphones of the people they arrest.
Discussion: Outside the Beltway
Cole Moreton / Telegraph:
Rowan Williams: I didn't really want to be Archbishop  —  Away from the pressures of Lambeth Palace, and back to writing poetry, Rowan Williams is a man transformed  —  Rowan Williams is a changed man.  He was weary and weighed down towards the end of his time as Archbishop of Canterbury …
Discussion: The Raw Story
 
 
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