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2:10 PM ET, April 30, 2015

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Peter Hermann / Washington Post:
Prisoner in van said Freddie Gray was ‘trying to injure himself,’ document says … BALTIMORE — A prisoner sharing a police transport van with Freddie Gray told investigators that he could hear Gray “banging against the walls” of the vehicle and believed that he “was intentionally trying to injure himself …
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Baltimore Sun:
The truth about Freddie Gray's ‘pre-existing injury from car accident’  —  Online reports are swirling that Freddie Gray had spinal surgery shortly before he died in police custody, and had collected a payout in a settlement from a car accident.  Those reports — which raise questions …
Erica Ritz / TheBlaze.com:
Baltimore Peacekeeper Slams ‘Professional Agitators and Protesters’ Wreaking Havoc on His City
Kenneth P. Vogel / Politico:
Clinton Foundation in campaign tailspin  —  Donors are having second thoughts about big giving as accusations fly about Hillary Clinton's role.  —  Getty  —  A handful of deep-pocketed donors are reconsidering their gifts to the $2 billion Clinton Foundation amid mounting questions …
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Annie Linskey / BostonGlobe.com:
Clinton charity never provided foreign donor data  —  WASHINGTON — An unprecedented ethics promise that played a pivotal role in helping Hillary Rodham Clinton win confirmation as secretary of state, soothing senators' concerns about conflicts of interests with Clinton family charities …
Arlette Saenz / ABC News:
Senator Bernie Sanders Calls Hillary Clinton Foundation Money ‘A Very Serious Problem’
Greg Abbott / Salon:
Right-wing lunatics think the military is planning to invade Texas.  Here's why.  —  You have probably heard the selyrics at least a thousand times at televised Republican rallies: … Those of course are the words to “Proud to be an American” by Lee Greenwood, a song that could almost …
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Dylan Baddour / Houston Chronicle:
Texas governor orders troops to ‘monitor’ Jade Helm
Melinda Henneberger / Bloomberg Politics:
What Brought Carly Fiorina Down at HP Is Her Greatest 2016 Asset  —  More than 30 years ago, on Carly Sneed's third date with her co-worker, Frank Fiorina, he told his not-yet-30-year-old dinner companion that one day she would run AT&T, the company where he was at that point a rung ahead of her on the corporate ladder.
Discussion: US News
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Kevin Cirilli / The Hill:
Fiorina defends rocky tenure as HP CEO  —  Carly Fiorina's political future depends on whether she can defend her record as CEO of Hewlett-Packard.  —  The likely GOP presidential candidate is aiming to do just that in her new book Rising to the Challenge, set to be released May 5, a day after the expected launch of her 2016 campaign.
James Risen / New York Times:
American Psychological Association Bolstered C.I.A. Torture Program, Report Says  —  WASHINGTON — The American Psychological Association secretly collaborated with the administration of President George W. Bush to bolster a legal and ethical justification for the torture of prisoners swept …
TIME:
Go Behind TIME's Baltimore Cover With Aspiring Photographer Devin Allen  —  Devin Allen, who shot this week's TIME cover, is a Baltimore resident
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David Von Drehle / TIME:
The Roots of Baltimore's Riot
Discussion: The Huffington Post
Miles Weiss / Bloomberg Business:
George Soros's Tax Bill  —  Deferring income helped the billionaire hedge fund manager build his fortune  —  George Soros likes to say the rich should pay more taxes.  A substantial part of his wealth, though, comes from delaying them.  While building a record as one of the world's greatest investors …
Ashley Killough / CNN:
Mike Huckabee: The Supreme Court can't overrule God  —  Houston (CNN)Mike Huckabee rallied a crowd of Hispanic evangelicals on Wednesday night, pushing back in the debate over religious freedom just one day after the Supreme Court heard oral arguments to determine whether states have the right to ban same-sex marriage.
The Fiscal Times:
The Stagnant Economy Spells Trouble for Democrats  —  The Fiscal Times  —  So much for economic momentum.  And perhaps, so much for Democratic hopes for a third straight term in the White House.  —  The Obama administration had made the argument just before last year's midterms that a spike …
Discussion: Hot Air
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Chico Harlan / Washington Post:   After U.S. economy slows to crawl, analysts hope the reason is the season
Cristina Marcos / The Hill:
GOP delays vote on first spending bill  —  House Republicans delayed a vote Wednesday night on their first spending bill of the year amid concerns that a contentious amendment to terminate the use of a Pentagon war fund for military construction projects might have the votes to pass.
Discussion: Daily Kos
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Mike Lillis / The Hill:
Democrats march to budget war
Discussion: RedState
Molly Ball / The Atlantic:
The Strange Charisma of John Kasich  —  The last time John Kasich went to New Hampshire, the visit did not go well.  It was 16 years ago, and Kasich, a 47-year-old Republican congressman who had made his name in D.C. as the budget-balancing enfant terrible of the Gingrich revolution, was running for president.
Dave Gram / Associated Press:
Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders: ‘I am running for president’  —  1 photo  —  MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — Promising to fight what he deems “obscene levels” of income disparity and a campaign finance system that is a “real disgrace,” independent Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders said Wednesday he will run for president as a Democrat.
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Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Sanders: ‘I am running for president’
Nick Loeb / New York Times:
Sofía Vergara's Ex-Fiancé: Our Frozen Embryos Have a Right to Live  —  DELRAY BEACH, Fla. — LAST August, I filed a complaint in Santa Monica, Calif., using pseudonyms, to protect two frozen embryos I created with my former fiancée.  I wanted to keep this private, but recently the story broke to the world.
Discussion: The Daily Caller and TMZ.com
Q13 FOX News:
Owner of pizza shop says new Seattle minimum wage law is forcing her to close … SEATTLE — It may be one of the first casualties of Seattle's new minimum wage law.  The owner of Z Pizza says she's being forced to close her doors, because she can't afford the higher labor costs.
The Huffington Post:
Hillary Clinton Opposes Major Obama Trade Policy  —  Hillary Clinton is opposed to a critical piece of the Obama administration's Trans-Pacific Partnership, which would give corporations the right to sue sovereign nations over laws or regulations that could potentially curb their profits.
 
 
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Rachel Bernstein / Science:
Updated: Sexist peer review elicits furious Twitter response, PLOS apology
Sarah Wheaton / Politico:
GOP warms to Obamacare — if Americans work for it
Discussion: Washington Post and Daily Kos
Kpns / The Kolkata Post:
Outrage in Nepal As Pakistan Sends Beef Meat Product in Relief Material
Lee Fang / The Intercept:
Maryland Legislator Discusses Taking Food Stamps From Parents of Protesting Youth
Discussion: Raw Story and Daily Kos
Bloomberg Business:
Salesforce Said to Work With Bankers to Field Inquiries
Lee Enterprises / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Protesters again return to Ferguson streets
Gov. Martin O'Malley / The Huffington Post:
We Are Capable of More  —  All of us who love Baltimore …
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Nia-Malika Henderson / CNN:
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Suzanne Plunkett / Reuters:
Ten jailed in Pakistan for involvement in attack on Malala
Discussion: The Diplomat and Business Insider
Niall Stanage / The Hill:
Crowded primary field creates dilemma for GOP leaders
Discussion: The Moderate Voice and Shakesville
A.B. Stoddard / The Hill:
Jeb no longer in front
Josh Feldman / Mediaite:
Elijah Cummings Yells at Fox Reporter on Bullhorn: ‘People Are Going Home!’
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