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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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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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Sean Sullivan / Washington Post:
Talking to Marco Rubio: A scripted candidate suddenly gets chatty
Talking to Marco Rubio: A scripted candidate suddenly gets chatty
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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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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.
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.
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.
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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Deborah Yetter / Courier-Journal:
Want Viagra? Not without a note from the wife — Kentucky men would have to visit a doctor twice and have signed permission from their wives before obtaining a prescription for Viagra or other such drugs for erectile dysfunction, according to a bill filed by a state legislator Thursday.
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Megan R. Wilson / The Hill:
DNC rolls back restrictions on lobbyist donations — The Democratic National Committee (DNC) has dismantled the last of its prohibitions on receiving donations from lobbyists and political action committees. — The ban has been in place since 2008, when President Obama became the party's presumptive nominee.
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Matea Gold / Washington Post:
Super PAC moves to ramp up financial firepower for Clinton
Super PAC moves to ramp up financial firepower for Clinton
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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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Margaret Dawson / ABC News:
Columbine Killer's Mother Sue Klebold on Relationship with Her Son, Warning Signs She Missed, What She Went Through After the Tragedy
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Chris Spargo For / Daily Mail:
NO TOUCHING: Huma Abedin caught on camera shoving a woman away who tries to give her a hug and then uttering a few stern words before walking away — The unidentified woman shook Hillary's hand and then went to hug Huma, who seemed upset and later said some stern words to the individual
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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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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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The Commercial Appeal:
Bill Clinton makes Memphis stop for wife's campaign — (Yalonda M. James/The Commercial Appeal)
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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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Adminweb / ARA News:
ISIS extremists stone four women to death on charges of ‘committing adultery’ — ERBIL - Radical group of the Islamic State (ISIS) has executed four women in the city of Mosul in Iraq's northwestern Nineveh province, after accusing them of “committing adultery”, local sources reported on Thursday.
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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.
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 …
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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Vatican Radio English:
Joint Declaration of Pope Francis and Patriarch Kirill — (Vatican Radio) Pope Francis and Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia met in Havana, Cuba on Friday (12 Feb) to sign an historic joint declaration. — The official English translation of the full joint declaration is below:
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