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9:45 PM ET, March 25, 2016

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The Daily Beast:
Ted Cruz ‘Affair’ Rumors Peddled by Marco Rubio's Allies  —  The senator accused Donald Trump of planting a National Enquirer sex scandal story.  If that's true, Trump wasn't the only Cruz opponent trying to traffic in smears.  —  If you enjoy daydreaming about Ted Cruz's sex life, then today is your lucky day.
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Ted Cruz / Facebook:
I want to be crystal clear: these attacks are garbage.  For Donald J. Trump to enlist his friends at the National Enquirer and his political henchmen to do his bidding shows you that there is no low Donald won't go.  —  These smears are completely false, they're offensive to Heidi and me …
Alex Griswold / Mediaite:
Trump Supporter Derails CNN Segment by Accusing Fellow Guest of Having an Affair With Ted Cruz  —  A CNN debate between a Donald Trump supporter and former Ted Cruz communications director Amanda Carpenter went off the rails Friday when the Trump supporter suddenly accused Carpenter of having an illicit affair with her former boss.
Donald J. Trump / Facebook:
I have no idea whether or not the cover story about Ted Cruz in this week's issue of the National Enquirer is true or not, but I had absolutely nothing to do with it, did not know about it, and have not, as yet, read it.  —  Likewise, I have nothing to do with the National Enquirer …
David Weigel / Washington Post:
Cruz: National Enquirer story is ‘garbage’ from ‘Donald Trump and his henchmen’  —  Trump loves to say these ‘facts.’ Here's where he's wrong. … State of the 2016 race  —  OSHKOSH, Wis. - Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Tex.) blamed “Donald Trump and his henchmen” for planting a National Enquirer story that accused him of extramarital affairs.
Brendan O'Connor / Gawker:
National Enquirer: Ted Cruz Has Had at Least 5 Extramarital Affairs
Sundance / The Last Refuge:
The National Enquirer Runs Story of Multiple Ted Cruz Affairs...
Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:
Trump aide fulfills threat to ‘spill the beans’ on Heidi Cruz  —  on Friday fulfilled the businessman's threat to “spill the beans” on Republican presidential rival Ted Cruz  —  's wife, Heidi.  —  Trump spokeswoman Katrina Pierson rattled off a list of attacks three days after Trump first made the threat.
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Mollie Hemingway / The Federalist:
3 Problems With Media Coverage Of Attacks On Heidi Cruz  —  Last week an anti-Trump political action committee not tied to any candidate issued a Facebook ad it said was targeted at Mormon voters in Utah.  The ad used one of Melania Trump's many professional nude modeling pictures, over which was written “Meet Melania Trump.
Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
Trump faces daunting gender gap
Discussion: Daily Kos, The Slot and Washington Post
Kaily Cunningham / fox8.com:
Horrific: SUV runs over several people during dispute in Cleveland … WARNING: Some viewers may find parts of this video disturbing  —  CLEVELAND - A Fox 8 viewer captured horrific video of a dispute on Cleveland's east side early Friday morning.  —  The video shows an argument …
Discussion: Fox 59 and WTKR-TV
Samtata / New York's PIX11:
Photo of girls holding hands during nap time melts hearts  —  CLARKSDALE, Miss. — A photo taken of two little girls during nap time at their school is melting hearts across the Internet.  —  This sweet picture was taken while the girls were taking a snooze on a mat at the Presbyterian Day School in Clarksdale, Mississippi.
Discussion: WTKR-TV, FOX31 Denver and Althouse
Los Angeles Times:
Businessman arrested in ‘diabolical, premeditated’ killing of Santa Barbara family  —  A view from outside the Santa Barbara County home where three people were found dead this week.  —  Santa Barbara County's sheriff's officials on Friday announced a business associate has been arrested …
Discussion: WGN-TV
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Tracy Bloom / KTLA:   Businessman Arrested in ‘Diabolical, Premeditated’ Killing of Santa Barbara-Area Family: Sheriff
WALB-TV:
VIDEO: Teacher knocks down special needs student, resigns  —  By WALB News Team  —  Surveillance footage appears to show a teacher knocking down a student in the hallway at school.  —  The special education teacher, identified as Amelia Stripling, has since resigned.
Discussion: Raw Story, KFOR-TV, AOL and fox8.com
Bethania Palma Markus / Raw Story:
Thousands want GOP to let angry voters bring guns to Republican convention in case of ISIS attack  —  DON'T MISS STORIES.  FOLLOW RAW STORY!  —  Having weapons at a hotly contested and potentially violent political event may sound like the mother of all bad ideas, but that hasn't stopped …
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Tim Hains / RealClearPolitics:
Obama: Forget The Difference Between Capitalism And Communism, “Just Decide What Works”  —  “So often in the past there has been a division between left and right, between capitalists and communists or socialists, and especially in the Americas, that's been a big debate,” Obama said during a visit to Argentina Thursday.
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CNN:
Brussels stories: Grief for the lost, hope for the missing  —  (CNN)Two siblings flying to New York.  A Peruvian chef.  A Belgian law student.  —  These are some of the dead and missing in Tuesday's terror attacks in Brussels.  —  At least 31 people were killed and 300 wounded …
Discussion: WAVY-TV, The Week and NBC News
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Bailey Bumgardner / WSPA-TV:
Woman accused of having sex with dog in Cherokee Co.  —  A Cherokee Co. woman has been arrested after deputies received videos of her performing sexual acts with a Dachshund.  —  Deputies charged 23-year-old Hannah Marie Haynes of Chesnee with buggery.  —  Investigators say Haynes took …
Discussion: WCMH-TV
Mad World News:
Liberal Teacher Takes In Muslim Refugee, His Colleague Finds What's Left Of Him  —  A leftist professor decided to put into practice his own liberal “open doors” policy, feeding and housing a poor Muslim refugee in his own home.  However, when his colleague showed up to find out why he wasn't at work …
Ben Poston / Los Angeles Times:
Marina del Rey dog drowning case comes to a bizarre end  —  When a dog appeared to have been purposely drowned at Mother's Beach in Marina del Rey recently, the reported crime sparked outrage and triggered an investigation by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department.
Tom Morgan / Telegraph:
Muslim shopkeeper murdered in suspected ‘religiously prejudiced’ attack after posting on Facebook of love for Christians  —  Detectives arrest 32-year-old Muslim man after Pakistani-born Asad Shah, 40, repeatedly stabbed in savage attack  —  A popular shopkeeper was stabbed to death by another Muslim in a …
Discussion: Power Line and The Right Scoop
Ralph Nader / Washington Post:
Why Bernie Sanders was right to run as a Democrat  —  The two-party system suffocates independent challengers.  I would know.  —  During a recent town hall in Columbus, Ohio, Sen. Bernie Sanders said the unthinkable.  At least, you would have thought he did, judging by the response of several Democratic operatives.
Discussion: electionlawblog.org, Salon and Slate
Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:
N.C.'s Sweeping Anti-Gay Law Goes Way Beyond Targeting LGBTs  —  North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory (R) late Wednesday night signed rushed legislation that, as is widely known, eliminates local governments' ability to pass anti-discrimination measures to protect gay and transgender individuals.
Justin Wolfers / New York Times:
Growing Up in a Bad Neighborhood Does More Harm Than We Thought  —  The neighborhood in which you grow up is a major determinant of your economic success as an adult.  That's been known for a while, but new research suggests that the effects may be much larger than social scientists previously understood.
Discussion: Mother Jones
Samantha Allen / The Daily Beast:
Michigan Satanists Defend Planned Parenthood on Good Friday  —  A counter to a “Ways of the Cross” performance by an anti-abortion group.  —  It was a showdown that can only be described as biblical: The Satanic Temple of Detroit versus the Pro-Life Action League outside of a Planned Parenthood clinic on Good Friday.
Discussion: WND and Raw Story
NBC News:
Revealed: Donald Trump's Big Plan to Stop a Contested Republican Convention  —  Who are the delegates that could pick the GOP nominee?  —  On the campaign trail, Donald Trump has a clear answer to questions about a contested convention in Cleveland — it's not happening.
Peter Nicholas / Wall Street Journal:
West Virginia's Joe Manchin Shaken by Hillary Clinton's ‘Horrific’ Coal Comment  —  Joe Manchin was livid.  —  The Democratic senator from West Virginia had seen Hillary Clinton tell a televised town hall audience that if she became president, “we're going to put a lot of coal miners …
Harper Neidig / The Hill:
Sanders campaign blasts Clinton over Clooney dinner  —  's campaign lashed out at Hillary Clinton  —  on Friday for a lavish fundraising dinner her campaign has planned with actor George Clooney.  —  Clooney and his wife, Amal, are poised to host a pair of dinners with donors next month in California.
Jonathan Allen / Reuters:
Role of tech who set up Clinton's server unknown to bosses at State  —  Soon after Hillary Clinton's arrival at the State Department in 2009, officials in the information technology office were baffled when told that a young technician would join them as a political appointee, newly disclosed emails show.
Daily Mail:
BREAKING NEWS: Anti-terror police shoot suspect holding rucksack at tram station in fresh Brussels swoop as two explosions are heard  —  Armed police shot a terror suspect at a Brussels tram station as they launched fresh raids in the Belgian capital in the wake of the suicide attacks on Tuesday.
 
 
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Mitch Smith / New York Times:
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Insiders to Trump: No majority, no nomination
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