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12:30 PM ET, March 10, 2016

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Michelle Fields / Breitbart:
In Her Own Words  —  On Tuesday night, I went to cover Donald Trump's press conference at the Trump National Golf Club in Jupiter, Florida.  I was looking to cover the event like I have covered many live political events for Breitbart News, including an uneventful Trump press conference in Palm Beach the week before.
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Lloyd Grove / The Daily Beast:
Breitbart Rolls Over After Reporter ‘Grabbed’ By Trump Aide  —  Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump and his outsider juggernaut seem to be doing much more than reinventing the rules of politics and terrifying the Washington establishment.  —  The reality television billionaire might …
Los Angeles Times:
Complaint over loud ‘boom box’ music leads to 5-woman brawl on Spirit Airlines flight  —  Five women fought aboard a Spirit Arlines flight that later landed in Los Angeles.  —  The two intoxicated women blasted music from a “boom box” on board the Spirit Airlines flight Wednesday morning from Baltimore to Los Angeles.
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Tkurzweil / KTLA:
Video Shows Mid-Air Passenger Brawl Aboard LAX Bound Spirit Airlines Flight  —  Cellphone video captured a brawl that broke out between passengers aboard a Spirit Airlines flight from Baltimore to Los Angeles Wednesday.  —  The video showed a group of women throwing punches and pulling each other's hair …
Discussion: Fox 59 and WHNT-TV
James Hohmann / Washington Post:
The Daily 202: Four reasons Hillary Clinton lost the Democratic debate  —  THE BIG IDEA:  —  During their two-hour debate in Miami last night, Hillary Clinton attacked Bernie Sanders for siding with both the Castro brothers and the Koch brothers.  —  The Democratic front-runner attacked …
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Alexandra Petri / Washington Post:   The Miami debate was Clinton's personal nightmare
Pamela Engel / Business Insider:   Jorge Ramos asks Hillary Clinton: Will you drop out of the race if you get indicted?
Bloomberg Business:
Clinton Rebuffs Questions About E-Mails in Debate With Sanders
Discussion: The Week, Politico and Yahoo Politics
Jeffrey Goldberg / The Atlantic:
The Obama Doctrine  —  Friday, August 30, 2013, the day the feckless Barack Obama brought to a premature end America's reign as the world's sole indispensable superpower—or, alternatively, the day the sagacious Barack Obama peered into the Middle Eastern abyss and stepped back from the consuming void …
Dana Blanton / Fox News:
Fox News Poll: Kasich ahead in Ohio  —  Ohio Governor John Kasich bests Donald Trump among Buckeye Republicans by a 34 to 29 percent margin.  Ted Cruz is third with 19 percent.  Marco Rubio trails with just 7 percent.  —  That's according to a new Fox News poll of Ohio likely Republican primary voters.
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Ed O'Keefe / Washington Post:
Trump, Rubio close in Fla. primary, Washington Post-Univision News poll shows
Discussion: Hot Air and Naked Politics
Karen Langley / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:
For John Kasich, a battle over signatures to appear on Pa. primary ballot
Nick / Third Base Politics:
Team Kasich: No, we didn't file enough valid signatures to qualify for the Pennsylvania ballot
Discussion: RedState and The Resurgent
Dana Blanton / Fox News:
Fox News Poll: Trump dominates GOP race in Florida
Justin Wm / Washington Post:
Trump protester sucker-punched at North Carolina rally, videos show  —  Multiple videos show a protester at a Donald Trump rally in North Carolina being sucker-punched by a Trump supporter.  —  The videos, which appeared on social media early Thursday and are shot from different perspectives …
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Caitlin Cruz / Talking Points Memo:   Video Appears To Show White Trump Supporter Sucker-Punch Black Protester (VIDEO)
Laura Barron-Lopez / The Huffington Post:
Trump Supporter Punches Protester In Face At North Carolina Rally
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Bethania Palma Markus / Raw Story:
WATCH: Trump throws a tantrum after man confronts him for swearing around children  —  DON'T MISS STORIES.  FOLLOW RAW STORY!  —  GOP front runner Donald Trump belittled a man who confronted him with concerns over his penchant to swear publicly on the campaign trail.
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Camille Paglia / Salon:
I was wrong about Donald Trump: Camille Paglia on the GOP front-runner's refreshing candor (and his impetuousness, too)  —  But his fearlessness and brash energy also seem necessary and rare  —  I'm dying for an update from you on Donald Trump.  Last summer you called him “not a president” and a “carnival barker.”
David Brody / blogs.cbn.com:
Brody File Exclusive: Ted Cruz Says Donald Trump's Voters Have “relatively low information” And Are “not that engaged”  —  GOP presidential candidate Ted Cruz tells The Brody File that the reason Donald Trump is performing well in the GOP race for president is because his voters are uninformed and not engaged in the process.
NBC News:
First Read: Where Have All the Popular Candidates Gone?  —  First Read is a morning briefing from Meet the Press and the NBC Political Unit on the day's most important political stories and why they matter.  —  Where have all the popular candidates gone?  —  Almost a year since …
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Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
Inside Rubio's collapse: A fateful decision that helped unravel his campaign … MIAMI — Marco Rubio had suffered three electoral thumpings in a row when the Florida senator and his image-makers abruptly shifted strategy.  The aspirational candidate, whose presidential campaign was built …
Nick Gass / Politico:
Rubio shoots down ‘House of Cards’ unity ticket with Cruz
Discussion: Daily Kos and New York Magazine
Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Obama zeroes in on court pick  —  President Obama is zeroing in on a Supreme Court nominee.  —  The president has reportedly begun to interview potential replacements for the late Justice Antonin Scalia.  And in the last day, two contenders had taken their names out of consideration …
Discussion: Politico, Washington Post, Grist and Hot Air
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Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:
GOP Senator: Of Course We'd Consider SCOTUS Nom If Obama Were Republican!
Richard A. Posner / Washington Post:
The Supreme Court is a political court. Republicans' actions are proof.
Discussion: Wall Street Journal and Althouse
Veronica Rocha / Los Angeles Times:
‘Hot Felon’ Jeremy Meeks released from federal prison and gets job offers  —  Jeremy Meeks, right, known as the “hot felon,” was released from prison Tuesday.  —  A convicted felon whose handsome booking photo went viral was released from federal prison this week, and he is now entertaining job offers.
Theodore Schleifer / CNN:
Donald Trump: ‘I think Islam hates us’  —  Washington (CNN)Donald Trump said Wednesday that he thinks “Islam hates us,” drawing little distinction between the religion and radical Islamic terrorism.  —  “I think Islam hates us,” Trump told CNN's Anderson Cooper, deploring the “tremendous hatred” …
Cale Ahearn / WPMT FOX43:
Man attempts taxi robbery with police car behind him  —  READING, Pa. — Taxi surveillance cameras recorded a masked man robbing a terrified taxi driver at gunpoint - but the robber forgot to look behind him.  —  Waiting behind the cab was Berks County Deputy Sheriff Terry Ely …
Discussion: New York's PIX11 and KTLA
Joe Holden / WPXI-TV:
BREAKING: 5 dead, 3 hurt in Wilkinsburg mass shooting  —  WILKINSBURG, Pa. —  Five people are dead and three people are hurt after a mass shooting in Wilkinsburg Wednesday night, Allegheny County police said.  —  Emergency dispatchers confirmed that police and seven ambulances were called to Franklin Avenue just before 11 p.m.
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Darrell Sapp / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:
Five people killed in mass shooting in Wilkinsburg; gunmen at large
Discussion: Fox News, Western Journalism and NPR
Caitlin Cruz / Talking Points Memo:
Obama's Approval Rating Hits Almost Three-Year High  —  President Barack Obama's job approval has hit an almost three-year high among Americans, according to Gallup.  —  Fifty-percent of Americans approve of Obama's performance as the country's chief executive, the highest level since May 2013.
Discussion: Balloon Juice
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Gallup:
Obama's Job Approval at Highest Level Since May 2013
Discussion: Politico and Politicus USA
Richard Pollock / The Daily Caller:
Claim: Hillary Grand Jury Looking Into Political Corruption  —  As many as 150 FBI Agents on Hillary's Case  —  Illegal Alien Released Due To Paperwork Mix-Up Allegedly Slaughters Five In Kansas City And Missouri  —  Alleged killer was in police custody in September  —  COULTER: Springtime For Pundits
Discussion: Infowars and BizPac Review
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Luke Rosiak / The Daily Caller:
Union Officials Admit They Let Veterans Die Rather Than Talk To Republicans
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
TMZ.com:
Arrested During Sexual Assault Raid  —  Chumlee from “Pawn Stars” has been arrested for guns and drugs after police raided his home while investigating an alleged sexual assault ... TMZ has learned.  —  Las Vegas Metro PD says officers showed up at his home Wednesday afternoon with a search warrant …
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