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Carl Willis / WSB-TV:
School district apologizes over yearbook quote incident — Sponsored Links — CLAYTON COUNTY, Ga. — UPDATE: Paris Gray and her family met with the school's principal and the area superintendent on Tuesday. They apologized for the miscommunication and said they would not deny her giving a speech at graduation.
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James Hamblin / The Atlantic Online:
The Chemistry Joke That Got a Student Suspended — Paris Gray, upstanding vice president of her about-to-graduate high-school class in Jonesboro, Georgia, was suspended last Friday when administrators figured out what her yearbook quote meant. It read:
James Hohmann / Politico:
2014 primary election results: Establishment, self-funders win big in primaries — Tuesday was a great night for incumbents, the GOP establishment and self-funders. — It was a bad night to be a Clinton in-law. — Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell defeated his GOP challenger …
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Fox News, Courier-Journal, Outside the Beltway, Washington Post, Taylor Marsh and Power Line
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Bill Barrow / Associated Press:
Ga., Ky. Primaries: Lots of Attention, Few Votes — A relatively small slice of the electorate will participate in Republican primaries in Georgia and Kentucky, despite international attention and eye-popping sums of money heaped on races that will help determine which party controls …
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Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
McConnell Win Leads Night of Victories for G.O.P. Establishment
McConnell Win Leads Night of Victories for G.O.P. Establishment
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The Week, Politico, The Huffington Post, NewsBusters, PoliticusUSA and The Moderate Voice
Chris Geidner / BuzzFeed:
Federal Judge Strikes Down Pennsylvania Same-Sex Marriage Ban — “We now join the twelve federal district courts across the country [that] ... have concluded that all couples deserve equal dignity in the realm of civil marriage.” — Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett delivers an address …
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Hot Air, Freedom to Marry Blog, Washington Post, Hit & Run, NBC News and Patterico's Pontifications
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David Weigel / Slate:
Rick Santorum Endorsed the Judge Who Just Legalized Gay Marriage in Pennsylvania — Gay marriage is legal in Pennsylvania today, following a ruling by U.S. District Judge John Jones. Pennsylvania had gotten into the pre-emptive-ban game early in 1996, and that ban is now gone …
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New York Times, SCOTUSblog, Outside the Beltway and Hot Air
Otto Kitsinger / Associated Press:
Federal Appeals Court Puts Same-Sex Marriage On Hold In Idaho — BOISE, Idaho (AP) — No same-sex marriages will be allowed or recognized in Idaho until an appeal is decided, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday. — The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals granted request for a stay from Gov. C.L. …
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The Mahablog
Brett LoGiurato / Business Insider:
The Sequel To Rand Paul's Epic Filibuster Is Happening Tomorrow — On Wednesday, Sen. Rand Paul, a Republican from Kentucky, will filibuster President Barack Obama's nomination of David Barron to fill a seat on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit. Paul first threatened to filibuster Barron last week.
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Booman Tribune
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Niels Lesniewski / Roll Call:
Reid Hints at ‘Nuclear’ Summer Over Debate Time
Reid Hints at ‘Nuclear’ Summer Over Debate Time
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Daily Kos and Booman Tribune
Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:
CNN President: We Won't Be ‘Shamed’ Into Covering Benghazi — CNN Worldwide President Jeff Zucker on Monday said that the network probably won't be covering the House select committee to investigate Benghazi. — “We're not going to be shamed into it by others who have political beliefs …
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Watts Up With That?, Twitchy and Mediaite
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Nicole Levy / Capital New York:
Jeff Zucker talks CNN's post-plane plans
Jeff Zucker talks CNN's post-plane plans
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Mediaite, PoliticusUSA, The Daily Caller, Hot Air and The Daily Banter
ThinkProgress:
Biggest Loser: Thawing Greenland Competes With Collapsing Antarctic For Fastest Ice Loss — Several new studies underscore scientists' concerns we're headed toward a coastline at least this flooded (20 meters or 69 feet) over many hundreds of years: — The worst-case scenario for sea level rise …
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leeds.ac.uk, Balloon Juice, UCIrvine News, Mashable and Guardian
CNN:
Boehner: Tea party and GOP aren't that different — (CNN) - House Speaker John Boehner said Tuesday the tea party and conservative Republicans are basically one in the same. — As establishment Republican candidates try to fend off a series of tea party challengers in Tuesday's midterm primaries …
Ron Fournier / NationalJournal.com:
Quiz: How Dumb Does Obama Think We Are? — The Veterans Affairs policy fiasco is magnified by an insulting-public relations strategy. — News quiz: President Obama and his communications team hope that Americans are: 1) Dumb; 2) Distracted; 3) Numb to government inefficiency; 4) All of above.
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Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
ABC, National Journal: White House fumbling VA scandal
ABC, National Journal: White House fumbling VA scandal
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Doug Ross, No More Mister Nice Blog, NewsBusters, ABC News, Daily Mail and JustOneMinute
Charles Levinson / Wall Street Journal:
Comey: FBI ‘Grappling’ With Hiring Policy Concerning Marijuana — Monday was a big day for the nation's cyber police. The Justice Department charged five Chinese military officials with hacking, and brought charges against the creators of powerful hacking software.
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Mediaite, Firedoglake, Business Insider, The Moderate Voice, The Verge and TalkLeft
Associated Press:
Dinesh D'Souza pleads guilty — NEW YORK — A conservative scholar and filmmaker has pleaded guilty in New York federal court to making illegal campaign contributions. — Dinesh D'Souza, of San Diego, entered the plea Tuesday Manhattan. — He admitted getting two close associates to make $10,000 contributions to Wendy Long.
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Slate, ECHIDNE OF THE SNAKES, Independent Journal Review and Roger Ailes
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David Undercoffler / Los Angeles Times:
GM issues more recalls, this time for 2.42 million vehicles — General Motors' recall saga continued Tuesday with the beleaguered automaker recalling another 2.42 million vehicles for four separate issues. The move also means GM will take a $400-million charge against second-quarter earnings.
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Jennifer Robison / Las Vegas Review-Journal:
Nevada will dump Xerox as health insurance exchange contractor — The Silver State Health Insurance Exchange board voted unanimously Tuesday to end its relationship with Xerox, the vendor contracted in 2012 to build the exchange's Nevada Health Link website.
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Hot Air, ACASignups.net and Twitchy
Matt Pearce / Los Angeles Times:
No prison time for Indiana man convicted of drugging, raping wife — Nation Now — The nation's news, events, people and culture
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Mashable, Shakesville, ThinkProgress, The Week and Mediaite
David Zurawik / Baltimore Sun:
‘House of Cards’ looking for NSA director, senators, reporters — Casting call makes return feel official, after stormy off-season — After a politically stormy off-season, the return of “House of Cards” to Maryland becomes a reality with casting call notices like this one going out.
Mike Cason / al.com:
League of South president wants ‘Secede’ billboard restored on I-85 in Montgomery — A billboard ad with the word ‘Secede’ was put up on Interstate 85 in Montgomery on Friday but was removed after complaints. The League of the South, which paid for the ad, wants it restored. (Mike Cason/mcason@al.com)
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Talking Points Memo and The Raw Story