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Des Moines Register:
Last Slide — Another apparent discrepancy has arisen in what Hillary Clinton has said about her emails. — When The Des Moines Register asked her about the latest twist in the private server saga on Tuesday, she said she had no new answers. — Just before Clinton sat down for a 105-minute meeting …
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Weekly Standard and Washington Free Beacon
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Del Quentin Wilber / Bloomberg Business:
FBI Said to Recover Personal E-Mails From Hillary Clinton Server — The FBI has recovered personal and work-related e-mails from the private computer server used by Hillary Clinton during her time as secretary of state, according to a person familiar with the investigation.
Carol D. Leonnig / Washington Post:
State Department's account of e-mail request differs from Clinton's — Throughout the controversy over her use of a private e-mail system while she was secretary of state, Hillary Rodham Clinton has described her decision last year to turn over thousands of work-related e-mails as a response to a routine-sounding records request.
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Mediaite, Washington Free Beacon, Politico, Fox News and RedState
Stephen Dinan / Washington Times:
FBI refuses to cooperate in Hillary Clinton email server probe
FBI refuses to cooperate in Hillary Clinton email server probe
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Hot Air, John Hawkins' Right Wing News, The PJ Tatler, Daily Mail and Politico
Margaret Talev / Bloomberg Business:
Bloomberg Poll: Joe Biden Now Top Presidential Choice for 1 in 4 Democrats — As Hillary Clinton's ratings tumble, nearly half of those surveyed say they want the vice president in the race. — One quarter of Americans who are registered Democrats or lean that way say Vice President Joe Biden is now their top choice for president.
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Political Wire, Politico, Business Insider and Washington Free Beacon
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Margaret Talev / Bloomberg Business:
America Loves Pope Francis, But Not His Stance on Climate Change: Bloomberg Poll
America Loves Pope Francis, But Not His Stance on Climate Change: Bloomberg Poll
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Politico, Consortiumnews.com, The Daily Caller, Aleteia.org, Pew Research Center and The Great Debate
Annie Karni / Politico:
Top unions put brakes on Clinton endorsement
Top unions put brakes on Clinton endorsement
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The Daily Caller, Talking Points Memo, Hit & Run and Washington Free Beacon
Elana Schor / Politico:
Hillary's Keystone pivot draws greens' cheers
Hillary's Keystone pivot draws greens' cheers
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Hot Air and Bloomberg Business
Christine Mai-Duc / Los Angeles Times:
‘Happy Birthday’ song copyright is not valid, judge rules — In a stunning reversal of decades of copyright claims, a federal judge in Los Angeles has ruled that Warner/Chappell Music does not hold a valid copyright claim to the “Happy Birthday To You” song.
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Wall Street Journal, Boing Boing, The Digital Reader, KTLA, The Verge, UPROXX and NPR, more at Mediagazer »
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Ben Sisario / New York Times:
‘Happy Birthday’ Copyright Invalidated by Judge — A judge ruled on Tuesday that the long-claimed copyright on “Happy Birthday to You,” the most popular tune in the English language, is not valid. — The decision, by Judge George H. King of United States District Court in Los Angeles …
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Althouse
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Walker's campaign manager unloads — <p>Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker pulled the plug on a bloated campaign that was headed into debt and was being undermined by furious donors, a warring staff and — at the root of it all — a candidate who was badly out of his league. </p><p>Prior …
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Washington Monthly, Talking Points Memo and Political Wire
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Matea Gold / Washington Post:
Inside the collapse of Scott Walker's presidential bid … Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker was getting an in-depth debriefing about his campaign's finances, and the situation was grim. — In a little more than two months, his presidential bid had amassed a debt of roughly $700,000 …
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Des Moines Register, OnPolitics and JSOnline
Bruce Weber / New York Times:
Yogi Berra, Master Catcher With a Goofy Wit, Dies at 90 — Yogi Berra, one of baseball's greatest catchers and characters, who as a player was a mainstay of 10 Yankee championship teams and as a manager led both the Yankees and Mets to the World Series — but who may be more widely known …
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Scared Monkeys, USA Today, Outside the Beltway, Lawyers, Guns & Money and Scripting News
Phil Helsel / CNBC:
Turing to roll back pricing for Daraprim amid controversy — Turing CEO: Will lower drug price ... eventually — NBC News' Andrea Mitchell reports Turing Pharmaceuticals CEO Martin Shkreli will lower the price of Daraprim, which was raised 5,000 percent over the weekend.
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Frontiers Media, all, New York Times, Raw Story, NBC News, Towleroad, Guardian and Slantpoint
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Jeremy Stahl / Slate:
That Guy Who Is Price-Gouging AIDS Patients Also Did It to Kids with Kidney Disease
That Guy Who Is Price-Gouging AIDS Patients Also Did It to Kids with Kidney Disease
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ThinkProgress, ABC News, CNBC, Salon, The Huffington Post, In the Pipeline, The Daily Banter, USA Today, Raw Story, Gawker, Vocativ, Hullabaloo, Common Dreams, Joe.My.God., The Atlantic and Forbes
NBC News:
Drug CEO Responds to Outrage Over 5,000% Hike
Drug CEO Responds to Outrage Over 5,000% Hike
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Vox, New York Times, UPROXX, Forbes, HIVPlusMag.com, RT, CNBC, Boing Boing, NPR and ECHIDNE OF THE SNAKES
Noah Rothman / Commentary Magazine:
The Poisonous Obama Years — For millions of Americans, Barack Obama's ascension to the presidency absolved the United States of myriad sins. His rise to the presidency was a redemption tale for an America that had lost its way in the immediate post-9/11 years.
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Allen B. West, BarbWire.com, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion and Washington Free Beacon
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Ilan Ben-Meir / BuzzFeed:
Trump Campaign Manager: President Trump Would Admit Zero Syrian Refugees
Trump Campaign Manager: President Trump Would Admit Zero Syrian Refugees
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Hullabaloo
Scott Wong / The Hill:
Boehner coup talk puts House GOP on edge — Growing chatter about a possible coup against Speaker John Boehner has set Capitol Hill on edge. — Talk that conservatives might use a government-funding showdown to overthrow the powerful Ohio Republican has triggered a flurry of behind …
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CNN
Bernie Becker / The Hill:
Hatch wonders about IRS discipline over political scrutiny — The Senate's top tax writer asked Tuesday why the IRS has cleared most employees referred for potential improper political scrutiny since the agency's Tea Party controversy erupted in 2013. — Finance Chairman Orrin Hatch …
Ben Schreckinger / Politico:
Colbert bests Trump — <p>Donald Trump was in no fighting mood on Tuesday night.</p><p>Rather than come out swinging, as he did at the outset of last week's Republican debate, a subdued front-runner came out nodding in his “Late Show” interview with Stephen Colbert. </p><p>Rather than engage …
Ashe Schow / Washington Examiner:
College's hypocrisy on standard of evidence when it comes to accused students — Share Tweet Reddit Digg Mail Print SMS More — A Vermont college was ordered to halt the expulsion of a student who was expelled for sexual assault without being given a hearing. But what the college argued in its defense was rather interesting.
Kyle Shideler / Townhall.com:
Irving Mayor: Ahmed Mohamed's Family Blocking Release of Records; Obama Tweeted Support Even Before “Clock” Pic Released — Last night, Irving Texas Mayor Beth Van Duyne revealed that the family of Ahmed Mohammed has repeatedly refused to meet with city officials, refused …
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The Federalist, Jihad Watch and The PJ Tatler
Maev Kennedy / Guardian:
Westminster Abbey lavatory block gives way to medieval burial find — Remains of at least 50 people, all believed to date from 11th and early 12th century, discovered during demolition work to make space for new tower — The bones of men who may have witnessed the tumultuous events of 1066 …
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Mashable and Daily Mail
Paul Colford / The Definitive Source:
An addition to AP Stylebook entry on global warming — The AP Stylebook editors today informed AP staff about a change to the entry on global warming. In addition, they described what goes into keeping the Stylebook up-to-date, including their outreach to experts.
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Washington Post, ThinkProgress, Slantpoint, Talking Points Memo, Twitchy, Climate Depot, Poynter. and Mediaite
Sarah Ferris / The Hill:
ObamaCare sign-ups swell to 17.6 million — A total of 17.6 million people have gained coverage under ObamaCare, according to a revised government estimate released Tuesday. — The newest figure, which is based on national survey data, shows that 1.2 million more people had signed …
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Daily Kos
Jonathan V. Last / Weekly Standard:
Would a Muslim President Be Good on Gay Marriage? — Because presidential politics are as much about in-group signaling as actual policy, Ben Carson is locked in a media-generated controversy about whether or not he'd be down with having a Muslim president. Carson was asked about this deeply-important question on Meet the Press.
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Betsy's Page, Spectator, Quartz and Hot Air
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Sara Jerde / Talking Points Memo:
Rand Paul: I Would Support A Muslim For Prez, But I Would Have Questions
Rand Paul: I Would Support A Muslim For Prez, But I Would Have Questions
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Mediaite