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12:05 PM ET, April 6, 2015

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Rolling Stone:
Rolling Stone and UVA: The Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism Report  —  A NOTE FROM THE EDITOR: Last November, we published a story, ‘A Rape on Campus’ [RS 1223], that centered around a University of Virginia student's horrifying account of her alleged gang rape at a campus fraternity house.
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Ravi Somaiya / New York Times:
Rolling Stone Article on Rape at University of Virginia Failed All Basics, Report Says  —  Rolling Stone magazine retracted its article about a brutal gang rape at a University of Virginia fraternity after the release of a report on Sunday that concluded the widely discredited piece was the result …
Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
Columbia Journalism School report blasts Rolling Stone
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Poynter
Washington Post:
Rolling Stone retracts discredited U-Va. rape story
John Hinderaker / Power Line:
Rolling Stone's Rape Hoax: Why Did It Happen?
Columbia Journalism Review:
Rolling Stone's investigation: “A failure that was avoidable”
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Politico
Alan Rappeport / New York Times:
Jeb Bush's Deep Ties to Hispanics Show Even in Voter Form  —  In a 2009 voter-registration application, obtained from the Miami-Dade County Elections Department, Jeb Bush said he was Hispanic.Credit: Joe Raedle/Getty Images  —  There is little doubt that Jeb Bush possesses strong credentials for appealing to Hispanic voters.
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New York Times:
Jeb Bush's 2009 Voter-Registration Application  —  Florida state law requires signatures, social security numbers and driver's license numbers to be redacted from voter-registration applications before being released.  The New York Times separately redacted Mr. Bush's telephone number and address information as a courtesy.
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Paul seeks Republican revolution  —  Sen. Rand Paul wants to change the GOP from the inside by becoming the party's standard-bearer in 2016.  —  The Kentucky Republican poised to launch a presidential bid on Tuesday thinks he can capture the Oval Office prize that eluded his father by pulling the GOP in a more libertarian direction.
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Darren Samuelsohn / Politico:
Rand Paul's first tech test
Discussion: Daily Kos
Brian Beutler / The New Republic:
Make the Confederacy's Defeat a National Holiday  —  150 years ago this week, Robert E. Lee surrendered to the Union.  Let's celebrate it—every year.  —  In a speech one month ago, the first black president of the United States challenged millions of white Americans to resist the convenient allure …
Thomas L. Friedman / New York Times:
The Obama Doctrine and Iran  —  President Obama talks with Thomas L. Friedman about the calculations that informed the Iran nuclear framework and what they say about his overall approach to foreign policy.  —  April 5, 2015.  Photo by Todd Heisler/The New York Times.  —  In September 1996, I visited Iran.
Mike Barnicle / The Daily Beast:
Why Is The GOP So Angry At Everything These Days?  —  Cruz, Walker, Kirk and—especially—Bolton are furious at the world.  Their solution: Declare war on it.  —  At the end of a week when many paused to reflect during Passover and Easter ceremonies, a question with no real answer seemed …
Barbara Ross / NY Daily News:
EXCLUSIVE: Judge says Brooklyn woman can use Facebook to serve divorce papers  —  A Brooklyn woman scored a judge's approval to legally change her relationship status to “single” via Facebook.  —  In a landmark ruling, Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Matthew Cooper is allowing …
Discussion: Politico and NPR
Dave Urbanski / TheBlaze.com:
Army Soldiers Sit Through ‘White Privilege’ Presentation — and the Backlash Isn't Pretty  —  The U.S. Army is investigating an unauthorized diversity training presentation on “white privilege” shown to hundreds of Georgia soldiers, USA Today reported, citing an Army spokeswoman.
George Packer / New Yorker:
Mute Button  —  One morning last week, as Washiqur Rahman, a shy, boyish-looking twenty-six-year-old Bangladeshi, left his house in Dhaka and started walking to the travel agency where he worked, three men set upon him with machetes and hacked him to death.  The blows rendered his face unrecognizable.
Discussion: Althouse
Lydia Wheeler / The Hill:
Federal report: Vegan diet best for planet  —  A federal panel that helps set federal dietary guidelines is recommending Americans eat less meat because it's better for the environment, sparking outrage from industry groups representing the nation's purveyors of beef, pork and poultry.
 
 
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Greg Miller / Washington Post:
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Mike Allen / Politico:
EXCLUSIVE: Rand Paul's slogan, themes …
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Yemen's Aden suffers amid clashes, aid deliveries delayed
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