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Katharine Q. Seelye / New York Times:
Sentence Reached for Dzhokar Tsarnaev in Boston Marathon Bombing — BOSTON — The jury has reached a decision on a life-or-death sentence for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev in the bombing at the 2013 Boston Marathon, the worst terrorist attack on American soil since Sept. 11, 2001.
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Katharine Q. Seelye / New York Times:
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev Given Death Penalty in Boston Marathon Bombing — BOSTON — Two years after bombs in two backpacks transformed the Boston Marathon from a sunny rite of spring to a smoky battlefield with bodies dismembered, a federal jury on Friday condemned Dzhokhar Tsarnaev to death for his role in the 2013 attack.
Boston Herald:
Jury sentences Dzhokhar Tsarnaev to death for marathon attack — Photo by: — AP file photo — Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, a jury ruled today, should be put to death. — A jury's ruling today to sentence marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev to death is “justice” and a warning Boston …
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John Hinderaker / Power Line:
Hillary Wants the Power to Ban Books and Movies that Criticize Her — Hillary Clinton says that as president, she would have a litmus test for Supreme Court nominees: they must promise to vote to overturn the Citizens United case. — It is easy to understand why Hillary isn't fond of Citizens United.
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Brendan James / Talking Points Memo:
Judith Miller And James O'Keefe Discuss Ethics In Journalism (VIDEO) — Ex-New York Times reporter Judith Miller and rightwing guerilla filmmaker James O'Keefe filmed an hour-long discussion trying to answer the question that has persisted through their careers: “Why do they hate us?”
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Emily Zanotti / American Spectator:
James O'Keefe and Judith Miller Talk Press Freedom
James O'Keefe and Judith Miller Talk Press Freedom
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Paul Waldman / American Prospect:
The Myth of ‘Faulty Intelligence’ — The Iraq War, both how it began and how it proceeded, is now an active topic in the 2016 presidential campaign, which I think is a highly salutary development. But it does mean that we need to be on guard for the kind of distortions, misleading statements …
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Peter Sullivan / The Hill:
GOP chairman: No ObamaCare extension if court cripples law — House Budget Committee Chairman Tom Price (R-Ga.) said Thursday that he does not support an idea backed by Senate Republican leadership to temporarily extend ObamaCare subsidies if the Supreme Court cripples the law.
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Politico:
PATRIOT Act spying programs on death watch
PATRIOT Act spying programs on death watch
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Richard Rubin / Bloomberg Business:
Obamas' Net Worth as Much as $6.9 Million, U.S. Filing Says — President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle, own assets worth $1.9 million to $6.9 million, according to financial disclosures released Friday. — The Obamas, employing a cautious investment strategy while in the White House …
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Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Obamas worth millions, disclosure forms reveal
Obamas worth millions, disclosure forms reveal
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Washington Post:
Islamic State militants seize key areas in capital of Iraq's largest province — Iraqi government forces are fighting back against an Islamic State advance that began overnight. Witnesses say the militant group raised its black flag over a government compound in the city center on Friday. (Reuters)
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Tim Arango / New York Times:
ISIS Fighters Seize Government Headquarters in Ramadi, Iraq
ISIS Fighters Seize Government Headquarters in Ramadi, Iraq
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The Hill:
House defies Obama veto threat, approves $612B defense bill — Defying a veto threat from President Obama, the House on Friday passed a $612 billion defense bill in a 269-151 vote. — All but eight Republicans voted in favor, along with 41 Democrats who went against Obama's veto threat …
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Margaret Sullivan / New York Times:
A ‘Jewish Litmus Test’ Was Unacceptable — A Ph.D. candidate at the University of California, Berkeley, David McCleary, wrote to me this week with a complaint about being subjected to what he called “a Jewish litmus test” during a Times interview. — The interview (conducted by a Times stringer …
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Richard Deitsch / SI.com:
Bill Simmons will not appear again on ESPN platforms, including Grantland — ESPN president John Skipper addresses Bill Simmons' departure … There will be no farewell columns, podcasts or television appearances for Bill Simmons on ESPN. — SI has learned that ESPN and Simmons have worked …
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Wall Street Journal:
Clintons Received More Than $25 Million From Speeches Since January 2014 — Campaign official says Hillary Clinton received more than $5 million from book ‘Hard Choices’ — WASHINGTON—Hillary and Bill Clinton earned more than $25 million in the past year and a half delivering more than 100 paid speeches …
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Christy Hoppe / Trail Blazers Blog:
Rick Perry to announce presidential run June 4 in Dallas — Former Texas Gov. Rick Perry pitches a New Hampshire crowd opn his experience on April 17. (AP Photo/Jim Cole) — Former Gov. Rick Perry has chosen Dallas to officially declare his second run for the Republican presidential nomination in three weeks.
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Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
Perry to announce June 4 in Dallas
Perry to announce June 4 in Dallas
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Ursula Halligan / The Irish Times:
Referendum led me to tell truth about myself — ‘For me, there was no first kiss; no wedding. And until a short time ago no hope of these’ — “Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter” - Martin Luther King. — I was a good Catholic girl …
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Steve Benen / msnbc.com:
Jeb Bush sees Apple Watch as part of anti-Obamacare plan — On the campaign trail in Arizona yesterday, Jeb Bush tried to pivot from his woeful Iraq confusion to replacing the Affordable Care Act ... with his wrist watch. — In Tempe, the Republican presidential hopeful told an audience that he wants to …
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New York Times:
How Your Hometown Affects Your Chances of Marriage — Growing up in some places — especially liberal ones — makes people less likely to marry, new data shows. — Places that make being married at age 26... Less likely — More likely — The place where you grow up doesn't affect …
Ahiza Garcia / Talking Points Memo:
Orlando Pub Owner Allegedly Holds Black Couple At Gunpoint: ‘Call Jesse Jackson’ — A pub owner in Orlando, Fla. was arrested after allegedly holding a black couple at gunpoint and telling them to call Jesse Jackson, the Orlando Sentinel newspaper reported Wednesday.
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Peter Jacobs / Business Insider:
Kid who got in to every Ivy League school is going to the University of Alabama — and it's a brilliant decision — High-school senior Ronald Nelson had an incredibly hard decision to make this year about college — mainly because he got into all eight Ivy League universities.
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