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Reid J. Epstein / Wall Street Journal:
Ted Cruz Gains in Louisiana After Loss There to Donald Trump — Despite coming up short in state's Republican presidential primary, Texan picks up more delegates and controls key convention roles — Donald Trump beat Sen. Ted Cruz earlier this month in Louisiana's Republican presidential primary …
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Jessie Opoien / madison.com:
Scott Walker predicts open GOP convention would nominate someone not currently running — If the Republican Party finds itself with an open convention in July, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker believes the nominee may not be Donald Trump, Ted Cruz or John Kasich.
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Breitbart, New York Post, Hot Air, New York Times, The Last Refuge, Politico and The Daily Caller
Jose A. DelReal / Washington Post:
Donald Trump can't stop saying nasty things about women. It could cost him. … Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump leads the press around on a tour after a campaign press conference at the at the Old Post Office Pavilion, soon to be a Trump International Hotel, in Washington on Monday.
Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:
Trump revs up Heidi Cruz attacks — over the Republican presidential rival's wife after she slammed his statements for having “no basis in reality.” — Trump shared an image on Twitter around midnight Wednesday comparing his wife, Melania, a former model, to Cruz's wife, stating, “A picture is worth a thousand words.”
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Lachlan Markay / Washington Free Beacon:
Free Beacon Poll: Cruz Expands Lead Over Trump in Wisconsin — Ted Cruz holds a modest lead over Donald Trump in Wisconsin two weeks before that state's winner-take-all Republican primary, according to a new Washington Free Beacon poll. — The Basswood Research survey …
Gabby Morrongiello / Washington Examiner:
Poll: Nearly half of Republican women wouldn't vote for Trump
Poll: Nearly half of Republican women wouldn't vote for Trump
Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Ted Cruz: I Didn't Attack Trump Earlier Because Those Who Did “Ended Up As Roadkill”
Ted Cruz: I Didn't Attack Trump Earlier Because Those Who Did “Ended Up As Roadkill”
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Politico
J.R. Taylor / National Enquirer:
SHOCKING CLAIMS: Pervy Ted Cruz Caught Cheating — With 5 Secret Mistresses! — The romps that could destroy his presidential campaign! — Presidential candidate Ted Cruz is trying to survive an explosive “dirt file” on the finger-wagging conservative senator!
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Sundance / The Last Refuge:
The National Enquirer Runs Story of Multiple Ted Cruz Affairs...
The National Enquirer Runs Story of Multiple Ted Cruz Affairs...
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Mike Cernovich Presents … and Vox Popoli
Andrew Rafferty / NBC News:
Ted Cruz: Trump is a ‘Sniveling Coward’
Ted Cruz: Trump is a ‘Sniveling Coward’
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WWLP-TV, Taylor Marsh, Little Green Footballs and The Gateway Pundit
WCSC-TV:
Report: Woman killed in ‘freak accident’ at Summerville drive-thru did not hit accelerator — An incident report from what authorities called a “freak accident” that killed a woman at a Summerville drive-thru Wednesday suggests she did not hit the accelerator prior to becoming pinned by her vehicle door.
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Garry Shandling / TMZ.com:
Dead at 66 — Comedian Garry Shandling died at an L.A. area hospital on Thursday ... TMZ has learned. — The 66-year-old star was not suffering from any illness ... as far as we know ... so, it appears this was sudden. A source connected to Shandling says he was healthy and speaking to people on Thursday morning.
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New York Times:
Garry Shandling, Star of Groundbreaking Sitcoms, Dies at 66
Garry Shandling, Star of Groundbreaking Sitcoms, Dies at 66
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Lawyers, Guns & Money
Alex Stedman / Variety:
Garry Shandling Dies at 66 (Report)
Garry Shandling Dies at 66 (Report)
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WCBD News 2, New York's PIX11, PerezHilton, New Urban Legends and The Stranger …
Jim Newell / Slate:
Don't Drop Out, Bernie — The Democrats have launched a smarmy, patronizing effort to neutralize the left's best check on Hillary Clinton. — No Democrat would ever insist Bernie Sanders drop out of the race, Sen. Sherrod Brown told Politico this week. “I don't think any Democrat should call on him to get out,” he said.
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Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
Sanders campaign keeps lawsuit against the DNC alive
Sanders campaign keeps lawsuit against the DNC alive
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New York Magazine
Steve LeBlanc / BostonGlobe.com:
'I'm still cheering Bernie on,' Elizabeth Warren says
'I'm still cheering Bernie on,' Elizabeth Warren says
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Times of San Diego, Liberal Values and Bloomberg Business
Julian Hattem / The Hill:
Lost emails from Clinton server discovered — Conservative legal watchdogs have discovered new emails from Hillary Clinton — 's private email server dating back to the first days of her tenure as secretary of State. — The previously undisclosed February 2009 emails between Clinton …
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Richard Pollock / The Daily Caller:
EXCLUSIVE: Clinton Received Training On Classified Docs Just ONCE in Three Years At State
EXCLUSIVE: Clinton Received Training On Classified Docs Just ONCE in Three Years At State
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Instapundit and WND
Brandon Cockerham / Judicial Watch:
Judicial Watch Lawsuit Uncovers New Hillary Clinton Email Withheld from State Department
Judicial Watch Lawsuit Uncovers New Hillary Clinton Email Withheld from State Department
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Weekly Standard, Betsy's Page and Washington Free Beacon
WQAD-TV:
Davenport man protesting law that requires him to pay for another man's child … DAVENPORT, Iowa- A Quad City man is protesting a child support law that requires him to pay for another man's child. — Joe Vandusen thought it was a joke when he received a certified letter from the Iowa Department …
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FOX5 San Diego
Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Glenn Beck: ‘No real Christian’ should support Trump — Glenn Beck on Thursday suggested that GOP presidential front-runner Donald Trump — is incompatible with Christians who take their faith seriously. — “No Christian, no real Christian - I don't mean a judgmental Christian …
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The Gateway Pundit
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Tré Goins-Phillips / TheBlaze.com:
'You're Damn Right': Beck Slams Religious Trump Backers, Says ‘No Real Christian’ Would Vote for the New York Mogul
'You're Damn Right': Beck Slams Religious Trump Backers, Says ‘No Real Christian’ Would Vote for the New York Mogul
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Mediaite, The Daily Caller, The Gateway Pundit and Breitbart
Abby Ohlheiser / Washington Post:
Trolls turned Tay, Microsoft's fun millennial AI bot, into a genocidal maniac — It took mere hours for the Internet to transform Tay, the teenage AI bot who wants to chat with and learn from millennials, into Tay, the racist and genocidal AI bot who liked to reference Hitler. And now Tay is taking a break.
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Rob Price / Business Insider:
Microsoft is deleting its AI chatbot's incredibly racist tweets
Microsoft is deleting its AI chatbot's incredibly racist tweets
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Alex Kantrowitz / BuzzFeed:
Racist Twitter Bot Went Awry Due To “Coordinated Effort” By Users, Says Microsoft
Racist Twitter Bot Went Awry Due To “Coordinated Effort” By Users, Says Microsoft
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ThinkProgress, NPR and Hit & Run
Wall Street Journal:
Netflix Throttles Its Videos on AT&T, Verizon Networks — Streaming service says it limits video quality to protect users from exceeding data caps — AT&T Inc. and Verizon Communications Inc. were on the defensive last week after accusations swirled they were throttling the quality of Netflix Inc. video on their wireless networks.
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Matthew Lee / WCMH-TV:
Two Americans confirmed dead in Brussels bombings — BRUSSELS (AP) - At least two American citizens have been confirmed killed in this week's attacks in Brussels, a U.S. official said Friday, as Secretary of State John Kerry is visiting the city to express his condolences to the Belgian people.
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Matt Adams / Fox 59:
Mother shoots intruder who entered south side home through baby's window — INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (March 24, 2016) - A homeowner shot an intruder who tried to break into her Indianapolis home Thursday afternoon. — According to police dispatchers, officers received the call around 12:10 p.m …
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FOX31 Denver and The Daily Caller
Katie Glueck / Politico:
Cruz plays dangerous game in Wisconsin — Ted Cruz's campaign manager predicted Cruz would win Iowa “outside the margin of error.” Marco Rubio stole the spotlight. Cruz himself predicted that Super Tuesday's slew of southern primaries would be the firewall against Donald Trump's surging campaign.
Abre' Conner / aclunc.org:
Two Lawyers Walk into a Bar. And Get Kicked Out for Being Black. — Issues : — Racial Justice — We began the evening on a quest for a good karaoke night, and went to a bar called Brig. After waiting for more than half an hour to sing, we started to wonder when our number would be called.
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Raw Story, KFOR-TV and Slantpoint
Wall Street Journal:
Playboy Enterprises Explores Sale — Magazine publisher could fetch more than $500 million — Playboy Enterprises Inc. is exploring a sale, according to people familiar with the situation, a move that comes soon after the storied magazine publisher ditched nude photos and launched a revamp for the digital age.
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Associated Press:
Pope washes feet of Muslim migrants, says ‘we are brothers’ — CASTELNUOVO DI PORTO, Italy — Pope Francis washed and kissed the feet of Muslim, Christian and Hindu refugees Thursday and declared them all children of the same God, as he performed a gesture of welcome and brotherhood …
Alan Rappeport / New York Times:
Feeling G.O.P. Peril, Muslims Try to Get Out Vote — WASHINGTON — American Muslims are watching in growing horror as Donald J. Trump and Senator Ted Cruz battle for the Republican presidential nomination, outdoing each other with provocative proposals that have included Muslim registries …
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