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Warriors Had the Blueprint For a Dramatic Boycott Ready to Go — The plan was set, the product of a 30-minute players meeting. The Warriors were going to go through pre-game warm-ups and take part in the national anthem and starting line-up introductions.
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Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
Is Barry Whiffing? — WASHINGTON — Stop whining, Mr. President. — And stop whiffing. — Don't whinge off the record with columnists and definitely don't do it at a press conference with another world leader. It is disorienting to everybody, here at home and around the world.
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ESPN:
Donald Sterling receives lifetime ban
Donald Sterling receives lifetime ban
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Ben Crair / The New Republic:
How Oklahoma Botched an Execution — Clayton Lockett's lethal injection suffered a problem more fundamental than the drugs — On Tuesday night, after Oklahoma botched the lethal injection of Clayton Lockett, the director of the Department of Corrections said Lockett's vein had not only “blown,” but actually “exploded.”
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Associated Press:
Oklahoma Botches Clayton Lockett's Execution — McALESTER, Okla. (AP) — An Oklahoma death row inmate writhed, clenched his teeth and appeared to struggle against the restraints holding him to a gurney before prison officials halted an execution in which the state was using a new drug combination for the first time.
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Los Angeles Times:
Oklahoma halts double execution after one is botched
Oklahoma halts double execution after one is botched
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Taylor Marsh, The Raw Story and Patterico's Pontifications
Helen Pow / Associated Press:
Killer dies of heart attack after FORTY MINUTES writhing in agony and sitting up to say …
Killer dies of heart attack after FORTY MINUTES writhing in agony and sitting up to say …
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Erik Eckholm / New York Times:
Oklahoma Stays Second Execution After First Is Botched
Oklahoma Stays Second Execution After First Is Botched
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Jonathan Topaz / Politico:
Tim Pawlenty: Republican Party must back wage hike — Former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty said Wednesday that Republicans should support a “reasonable” increase in the minimum wage. — “If you're going to talk the talk about being for the middle class and the working person …
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Alan Fram / Associated Press:
Senate Ready To Sink Effort To Boost Minimum Wage
Senate Ready To Sink Effort To Boost Minimum Wage
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Roll Call, Daily Kos and Washington Post
Oren Dorell / USA Today:
Senator: E-mails show how Benghazi story shaped — Republicans say e-mails released Tuesday on the attack in Benghazi, Libya, include “the smoking gun” that shows a White House official urged that the assault on the U.S. consulate be blamed on a protest that never happened.
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Anthony Man / Sun-Sentinel:
Looking for complaints, Rick Scott instead finds praise for Obamacare — Scott meet with seniors looking for Obamacare horror stories, but found little complaints. — Sun Sentinel — BOCA RATON— Gov. Rick Scott visited a senior center Tuesday to warn about cuts he said Obamacare …
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James Taranto / Wall Street Journal:
The “apartheid” slur has a long history. — “I will not allow my commitment to Israel to be questioned by anyone,” John Kerry pronounced in a press statement yesterday. Far be it from us to defy an order from the secretary of state. It is clear to us, however, that there is something to which Kerry's commitment is far deeper.
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Tampa Bay Times:
Alan Grayson seeks annulment, saying his wife was wed to another man — Orlando Sentinel: — When U.S. Rep. Alan Grayson married his wife, she was already wed to another man, according to a new court filing by the congressman's lawyers, seeking an annulment on the basis of bigamy.
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Jeff Weiner / Orlando Sentinel:
Alan Grayson asks for annulment, accuses wife of bigamy in new court documents
Alan Grayson asks for annulment, accuses wife of bigamy in new court documents
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Dylan Scott / Talking Points Memo:
Congressman: Bundy Militia Has Set Up Road ‘Checkpoints’ In Nevada — A Democratic congressman from Nevada said in a letter this week that his constituents have reported the armed militia supporting rancher Cliven Bundy have set up checkpoints to verify the residency of anybody passing through.
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Patrick Marley / JSOnline:
Federal judge strikes down Wisconsin's voter ID law — By Patrick Marley, Jason Stein and Bruce Vielmetti of the Journal Sentinel — In a decision that could have implications nationally and in Wisconsin's November elections, a federal judge on Tuesday struck down the state's voter ID law …
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Coral Davenport / New York Times:
Justices Back Rule Limiting Coal Pollution — WASHINGTON — In a major victory for the Obama administration, the Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld the authority of the Environmental Protection Agency to regulate the smog from coal plants that drifts across state lines from 27 Midwestern and Appalachian states to the East Coast.
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Laura Barron-Lopez / The Hill:
Court upholds cross-state air pollution rule
Court upholds cross-state air pollution rule
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New York Times and Politico
New York Times:
Two Giant Banks, Seen as Immune, Become Targets — Federal prosecutors are nearing criminal charges against some of the world's biggest banks, according to lawyers briefed on the matter, a development that could produce the first guilty plea from a major bank in more than two decades.
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Business Insider, Bloomberg View and The Week
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Senate Democrats plan vote to reverse Citizens United decision — Senate Democrats will schedule a vote this year on a constitutional amendment to reform campaign finance as they face tens of millions of dollars worth of attack ads from conservative groups.
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Politico and Liberaland
Jason Zengerle / The New Republic:
How Barack Obama Sold Out The Kale Crowd — It was seven years ago this July that Barack Obama brought his presidential campaign to the Van Fossen Farm in Adel, Iowa. There, standing between corn and soybean fields, he held forth on agricultural issues. Obama didn't have a lot in common with Iowa farmers.
Nelson D. Schwartz / New York Times:
U.S. Economy Barely Grew in First Quarter — The American economy slowed drastically in the first quarter of 2014, as wintry weather depressed corporate spending and housing sector activity, while weak exports and smaller additions to inventories by businesses also held back growth.
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Outside the Beltway, The PJ Tatler and Wall Street Journal
Jonathan Rauch / Washington Monthly:
It's All in the Implementation — Why cannabis legalization is less like marriage equality and more like health care reform. — Is marijuana legalization on the gay marriage track toward decisive and irrevocable public acceptance? The liberals and libertarians who support it …
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