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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
How Cruz rescued Carson — It would take a miracle for Ben Carson to win the Republican nomination. Fortunately for him, he can afford to wait for one. — The retired neurosurgeon's campaign says it has raised about $2 million since the Feb. 1 Iowa caucuses, a startling windfall …
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Kenneth P. Vogel / Politico:
GOP mega-donors frozen in frustration — Some of the biggest Republican donors, who collectively have contributed tens of millions of dollars to shape the presidential race, are tightening their purse strings out of frustration with their inability to boost their favored candidates, or to slow Donald Trump.
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Sean Sullivan / Washington Post:
Talking to Marco Rubio: A scripted candidate suddenly gets chatty — The Debrief: An occasional series offering a reporter's insights — GREER, S.C. - Marco Rubio suddenly wants to talk. — At 22,000 feet, sipping Dr. Pepper and sharing his stash of Twix bars. In a Cracker Barrel over blueberry pancakes.
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Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
Bewildered by 2016 race, George W. Bush returns to the trail to boost Jeb
Bewildered by 2016 race, George W. Bush returns to the trail to boost Jeb
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Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Gingrich calls on pro-Bush super PAC to take down Kasich attack
Gingrich calls on pro-Bush super PAC to take down Kasich attack
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Christopher Brito / New York's PIX11:
Brooklyn teen tries to steal Air Jordans, loses arm in Craigslist robbery gone wrong: police — CANARSIE, Brooklyn — A Brooklyn teenager lost his arm in a Craigslist robbery gone horrifically wrong in Brooklyn Friday afternoon, authorities said. — Police say the 17-year-old boy connected …
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Keith BieryGolick / USA Today:
Regulating sex: Uncharted waters in the suburbs … WEST CHESTER TOWNSHIP, Ohio — The chairman of West Chester Township's Board of Zoning Appeals cleared his throat. He asked anyone leaving the January zoning meeting to do so quietly. — Melissa Warren stood up. She didn't say a word.
Madeleine Albright / New York Times:
My Undiplomatic Moment — I HAVE spent much of my career as a diplomat. It is an occupation in which words and context matter a great deal. So one might assume I know better than to tell a large number of women to go to hell. — But last Saturday, in the excitement of a campaign event …
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Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
Albright: ‘Special place in hell’ comment came at ‘wrong time’ — Former secretary of State Madeline Albright is softening her controversial comment that there's a “special place in hell for women who don't help each other” in a New York Times opinion piece released Friday afternoon.
William Kristol / Weekly Standard:
He's Beatable — We seem to be at a point in the election season where, to quote George Orwell, “restatement of the obvious is the first duty of intelligent men.” So to restate the obvious: Choosing Donald Trump as the Republican party's nominee would be a mistake.
Sabrina Tavernise / New York Times:
Prepare for ‘Guerrilla Warfare’ With Zika-Carrying Mosquitoes, Experts Warn — SAVANNAH, Ga. — It was standing room only at the annual conference of the American Mosquito Control Association this week. — In a chilly convention center ballroom here, the leading lights of mosquito control gathered …
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Julie Hirschfeld Davis / New York Times:
U.S. Plans to Resume Commercial Flights to Cuba This Year
U.S. Plans to Resume Commercial Flights to Cuba This Year
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Bradford Richardson / The Hill:
Trump supporters file ‘birther’ lawsuit against Cruz in federal court
Trump supporters file ‘birther’ lawsuit against Cruz in federal court
Scot Lehigh / BostonGlobe.com:
Slow and steady won Clinton the debate — THURSDAY NIGHT'S PBS-fest wasn't a night of political pyrotechnics, but a good solid exchange that showed the strengths and weaknesses of both candidates. I scored it a win for Hillary Clinton. — One of the most dramatic moments came …
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Olaf Ekberg / The American Mirror:
VIDEO: Bill Clinton downplays Obama as first black president
VIDEO: Bill Clinton downplays Obama as first black president
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NBC News:
FBI Looked at Ohio Machete Attacker Four Years Ago — An Ohio man who slashed four restaurant patrons with a machete and was later killed by police had come to the attention of the FBI four years ago for radical comments, law enforcement officials said. — Agents took a brief look at Mohamed Barry but moved on, the officials said.
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Robby Soave / Hit & Run:
Zero Tolerance: 2 Teens Face Expulsion, Jail for Fishing Knives, Advil in Their Cars — Two Escondido, California, high school students—ages 16 and 18—could see their whole lives derailed because they committed the crime of keeping fishing supplies in cars they parked on school property.
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Gary J. Bass / Politico:
Henry Kissinger Feels the Bern — Of all the dastardly deeds for which Henry Kissinger can be blamed, here's an especially odd one: he made Hillary Clinton lose a foreign policy debate with Bernie Sanders. Last night at the Democratic presidential debate in Milwaukee …
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Texas / Raw Story:
Texas A&M students taunt black high schoolers with N-word: ‘Go back where you came from’ — DON'T MISS STORIES. FOLLOW RAW STORY! — Texas A&M University is conducting an investigation after a group of students visiting campus from an inner-city Dallas high school were harassed Tuesday …
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Mary Blanchard / KUTV-TV:
Valentines for all: Sky View senior buys carnation for each girl at his school — (KUTV) A Sky View High School senior did his part to make sure every girl at the school received a Valentine this year. — During fifth period Thursday, 17-year-old Hayden Godfrey and about 20 volunteers went around …
Matea Gold / Washington Post:
Super PAC moves to ramp up financial firepower for Clinton — Two powerful organizations within the Democratic establishment announced steps Friday that have the potential to provide substantial financial firepower to presidential contender Hillary Clinton by drawing on the support of wealthy donors and corporate interests.
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Associated Press:
AFTER OREGON STANDOFF, SOME SAY: RIGHT FIGHT; WRONG TACTICS — LAS VEGAS (AP) — Right fight; wrong strategy. — That's what many ranchers and sympathizers opposing federal control of public lands in the West concluded after the armed occupation of a national wildlife refuge in Oregon.
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Gary Ridley / MLive.com:
Flint water switch approved despite DEQ health warnings a year earlier — FLINT, MI - State officials warned of potential health problems if Flint were to switch to the Flint River as its drinking water source, but the move went ahead with the state's blessing despite the concerns …
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Sean Martin / Daily Express:
Scientists take a step closer to ETERNAL LIFE as they PRESERVE and REVIVE brain — FOR the first time, scientists have successfully managed to cryogenically freeze a brain and then revive it. — Getty — Scientists have successfully cryogenicaly frozen a brain
Judy Kurtz / The Hill:
Hillary wore yellow debate jacket when meeting Goldman Sachs CEO — Hillary Clinton apparently sported the same mustard-colored yellow jacket to Thursday's Democratic presidential debate that she wore while photographed in 2014 next to the CEO of Goldman Sachs.