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4:04 AM ET, March 8, 2015

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Maya Rhodan / TIME:
Transcript: Read Full Text of President Barack Obama's Speech in Selma  —  The President spoke on Saturday on the 50th anniversary of ‘Bloody Sunday’  —  President Obama spoke before thousands on Saturday during a commemorative ceremony for the 50th anniversary of the events of “Bloody Sunday” …
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Rich Schapiro / NY Daily News:
Billboard honoring KKK founder on display near Selma bridge on anniversary of historic march  —  WelKKKome to Selma!  —  Within sight of the bridge where President Obama will commemorate the 1965 Bloody Sunday march is a billboard set up by a group dedicated to honoring Ku Klux Klan founder Nathan Bedford Forrest.
Discussion: FreakOutNation and Raw Story
German Lopez / Vox:
Read the full transcript of Obama's rousing, emotional speech in Selma  —  It is a rare honor in this life to follow one of your heroes.  And John Lewis is one of my heroes.  —  Now, I have to imagine that when a younger John Lewis woke up that morning fifty years ago and made his way to Brown Chapel, heroics were not on his mind.
Harris Wofford / Politico:
What I Saw at Selma  —  King's genius was that he knew …
Chris Good / ABC News:
Obama: 50 Years After Bloody Sunday ‘Our March Not Yet Over’
James Hohmann / Politico:
The Iowa Ag Summit: 10 takeaways  —  The GOP's top contenders try to thread the needle on farm policy, ethanol mandates.  —  The politics of ethanol have shifted enough over the last 15 years that several Republican presidential candidates felt comfortable - at an agricultural summit in Iowa Saturday …
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Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Walker: ‘There are jobs to be had’  —  Gov. Scott Walker (R-Wis.) on Saturday urged unemployed Americans to stay positive about opportunities to rejoin the work force.  —  “I believe firmly that there are jobs to be had not just across my state but across America,” Walker said during …
Helena Bottemiller Evich / Politico:
Iowa cattle call puts farm policy in the 2016 spotlight
Discussion: Bloomberg Business and ABC News
Elisha Fieldstadt / NBC News:
Black Teen Tony Robinson Shot Dead by Cop in Madison, Wisconsin, Was Unarmed  —  The 19-year-old black man who was shot dead Friday during a confrontation with a police officer in Madison, Wisconsin, was unarmed, police said Saturday.  —  He was identified as Tony Terrell Robinson Jr. …
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Evan Bolin / WKOW 27:
BREAKING: Teen dead after officer-involved shooting in Madison  —  UPDATE (WKOW) — Madison Police Chief Mike Koval says an officer shot and killed a 19-year old black man after a struggle in a home on Williamson St.  —  A large crowd gather at the scene of the shooting late Friday evening …
David Weigel / Bloomberg Business:
Jeb Bush, Confronted by DREAMer, Compares Obama Orders to Decrees of ‘Latin American Dictator’  —  Jeb Bush joined the elite, uncomfortable club of possible 2016 presidential candidates confronted by immigration reform supporters who want legal recognition for the undocumented.
Discussion: National Review and Balloon Juice
Chris Johnson / Washington Blade:
Rand Paul says same-sex marriage ‘offends’ him  —  Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) (Washington Blade photo by Lee Whitman)  —  Potential 2016 Republican presidential candidate Rand Paul said on Friday affording the distinction to marriage to same-sex couples “offends myself and a lot of other people.”
BBC:
Nigeria's Boko Haram pledges allegiance to Islamic State  —  Nigerian militant group Boko Haram has pledged allegiance to Islamic State (IS), according to an audio statement.  —  The message, which has not been verified, was posted on Boko Haram's Twitter account and is believed to be by the group's leader, Abubakar Shekau.
Discussion: BuzzFeed and PUNDIT PRESS
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Cruz: Menendez probe politically motivated  —  Des Moines, Iowa — Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) suggested Saturday that the Justice Department's criminal corruption charges against Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) are political retribution against the New Jersey Democrat for opposing the White House's negotiations with Iran.
Discussion: ABC News, Mediaite and Washington Times
Sarah Tully / Orange County Register:
Will UCI student officials veto U.S. flag ban today?  —  Where the flag once hung, student leaders Victoria Phan, left, Noelle Nguyen, Josh Nguyen and Tatiana Sarkhosh hang out in the legislative council's executive offices common area after UCI student government members voted the flag be taken off of a wall.
NY Daily News:
Hillary Clinton hunkers in a bunker on secret emails  —  From the moment news broke that, as secretary of state, Hillary Clinton relied upon private email to conduct government business, the American people and potential Democratic presidential primary voters have had serious reason for concern.
Discussion: America Rising
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ABC News:
White House Locked Down Before President Obama Left for Selma
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JTA / The Times of Israel:
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