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7:05 AM ET, April 14, 2015

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Nate Cohn / New York Times:
Marco Rubio Is a Polished Performer, but He's Out of Position  —  Marco Rubio, who announced his bid for the presidency on Monday in a call to donors, has been called the “best communicator” in the Republican Party.  Over and over and over again.  —  But he has little to show for it.
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John Hinderaker / Power Line:
Rubio Takes Aim at the Left  —  Marco Rubio launched his presidential campaign this afternoon with an event in Miami.  In my opinion, Rubio understands, and is able to speak to, the current mood of most Americans better than any of the other candidates of either party.
Brian Beutler / The New Republic:
Marco Rubio Is the Most Disingenuous Republican Running for President
Bloomberg Business:
Will the GOP Get Behind Marco Rubio's Immigration Evolution?
Discussion: ABC News and ThinkProgress
Arlette Saenz / ABC News:
Marco Rubio Running For President in 2016: ‘I Can Lead This Country’ (EXCLUSIVE)
Dylan Byers / Politico:
Nate Silver to Vox: Stop stealing our charts! … FiveThirtyEight founder and statistics guru Nate Silver has accused Ezra Klein's Vox.com of stealing other people's charts without attribution.  —  “Yo, @voxdotcom: Y'all should probably stop stealing people's charts without proper attribution,” he tweeted Monday.
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Ezra Klein / Vox:
How Vox aggregates  —  I started as a blogger in the pre-social web, when the only way to build an audience was to have other sites quote or link to your work.  Those links didn't drive a ton of traffic back to the original site, but they drove some, and sometimes you would get a new regular reader out of the deal.
Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
Unlike Hillary Clinton, the entire GOP field is either obscure or unpopular
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Hillary Clinton, Just an Unrecognized Burrito Bowl Fan  —  Hillary Rodham Clinton's presidential campaign is all about “everyday Americans,” she made clear in announcing it on Sunday.  —  On Monday, she showed how unassuming she herself could be.  —  Driving to Iowa for her first campaign swing …
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Alaska Airlines Blog:
Statement on Alaska Airlines flight 448  —  Flight 448, bound for Los Angeles, returned to Seattle shortly after departure today after it was discovered that a ramp agent was still in the cargo hold.  The aircraft was in the air for 9 minutes.  —  After landing, the agent …
Michael Quander / WREG-TV:
Brutal attack at Memphis gas station caught on camera  —  MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Surveillance video showed a mob of rowdy high school students beating a man at a Crosstown gas station.  —  Police said a large group of Northwest Prep Academy students swarmed a BP gas station on Poplar and Cleveland.
Discussion: The Last Tradition and KFOR-TV
Hillary Clinton / Salon:
Dangers of a Hillary Clinton campaign: The disastrous centrism she desperately needs to avoid  —  With the Big Announcement yesterday, Hillary Clinton officially entered the race that everyone assumes she's already won.  Can you feel the excitement?  No?  Well, this shouldn't come as a shock …
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Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:   GOP Strategist: I Don't Need Hillary ‘To Drown Me In Estrogen’ (VIDEO)
Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Obama won't automatically endorse Hillary
Discussion: Politico
Bloomberg Business:
Kerry's Pitch on Iran Deal Falls Flat With Skeptics in Congress  —  Lawmakers skeptical about an Iran nuclear deal said U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry's plea for more time to complete an agreement did little to dissuade them from insisting that Congress must review any final plan.
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Martin Matishak / The Hill:
King: Iran bill must be handled ‘responsibly’
Discussion: Daily Kos
Matt Apuzzo / New York Times:
Ex-Blackwater Guards Sentenced to Long Prison Terms in 2007 Killings of Iraqi Civilians  —  WASHINGTON — One former Blackwater security contractor received a life sentence on Monday and three others received 30-year sentences for killing unarmed Iraqi civilians in Baghdad's Nisour Square in 2007.
Discussion: Gawker
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Washington Post:
Four Blackwater guards sentenced in Iraq shootings of 31 unarmed civilians
Discussion: FOX News Radio and The Week
Ashley Edwards / New York's PIX11:
EXCLUSIVE: Woman says Harlem tattoo parlor behind ‘Black Ink’ left her disfigured  —  HARLEM (PIX11) — Asabi Barner was a confident woman in her 30s.  Her body was never something she felt a need to cover up, until now.  —  A tattoo coverup changed her life last year.
Discussion: FOX2now.com
Beth HealyGLOBE / BostonGlobe.com:
Former Gov. Deval Patrick to join Bain Capital  —  Deval Patrick is joining the Boston investment giant Bain Capital, where the former governor will start a new line of business, directing investments in companies that produce profits but also have a positive impact on social problems.
Discussion: Washington Times and Balloon Juice
Post and Courier:
Passenger: Walter Scott was dear friend, ‘helped me to become a better man’  —  Pictured is Pierre D. Fulton, the passenger in the vehicle with Walter Scott the day Scott was shot and killed by a North Charleston police officer as he fled after a traffic stop.  Provided
Discussion: Raw Story, The Last Refuge and Mediaite
Alejandro Alba / NY Daily News:
Revenge porn is now a specific crime in the UK  —  The UK has passed new legislation that punishes revenge porn with prison.  —  As of Monday, UK's Criminal Justice and Court Act considers revenge porn as a specific crime.  If someone publicly posts racy images of their ex without consent …
USA Today:
Tulsa reserve deputy charged with manslaughter  —  Authorities say Eric Harris was trying to sell an undercover officer a gun when more officers arrived and he took off.  Police cameras captured the exchange, chase and deadly shooting by a reserve deputy who claims he meant to fire his stun gun.
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Sam Stein / The Huffington Post:
Mark Kirk Says People Drive Faster Through Black Neighborhoods  —  WASHINGTON — In a little-noticed interview last week, Sen. Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) described African-American neighborhoods as areas that people in his state try to avoid.  —  The comment, with its racial undertones …
Discussion: Daily Kos and Chicago
Detroit News:
Ben Carson to launch bid for presidency from Detroit  —  Detroit native Dr. Ben Carson will officially launch his presidential campaign in Detroit on May 4, officials said Monday.  —  The event at the Detroit Music Hall Center for the Performing Arts will be ticketed, though a time hasn't been set …
 
 
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Patricia Cohen / New York Times:
Owner of a Credit Card Processor Is Setting a New Minimum Wage: $70,000 a Year
Discussion: Addicting Info and The Week
Jim Geraghty / National Review:
The Skewed View of America Inside the Progressive Bubble
Discussion: American Spectator
Jay Reeves / Associated Press:
Husband fatally shot wife at doctor's office, police say
Discussion: FOX News Radio
Peter Lloyd / Telegraph:
Meet the feminist who is sticking up for men
Discussion: The PJ Tatler
Mario Trujillo / The Hill:
Lawmakers unveil music royalty bill
Discussion: RedState
Heather / Latest from Crooks and Liars:
The Daily Show Pokes Fun At The Response To Clinton's 2016 Rollout
Discussion: Raw Story
Jordan Buie / Tennessean.com:
Shots fired at West End Synagogue; No one injured
Washington Post:
Fairfax jail inmate in Taser death was shackled
Discussion: Daily Kos and Addicting Info
 Earlier Items: 
Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:
CNN Host Asks Rand To Reconcile Libertarianism, View On Gay Marriage
Discussion: Daily Kos
Josh Levs / CNN:
North Carolina college on lockdown after man shot dead
Brian Tashman / Right Wing Watch:
Bachmann: God Punishing US With ‘Economic Disasters, Natural Disasters’ Due To Obama Presidency
Murtaza Hussain / The Intercept:
UAE Gave $1 Million to NYC Police Foundation; Money Aided ‘Investigations’
Discussion: Gothamist and Prairie Weather
KABY-TV:
President Obama to deliver 2015 commencement speech at Lake Area Tech
Kelsey Kern / WHNT-TV:
Albertville man goes to the prom for the first time at 80
Scott Jaschik / Inside Higher Ed:
U.C.L.A. Faculty Approves Diversity Requirement
Discussion: The Daily Caller
 

 
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A look at Trump's defamation lawsuit against the Pulitzer Prize board, which has gone from a curiosity to a source of real concern in some top US newsrooms

 
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