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Gail Collins / New York Times:
Trump, Cruz, Kasich and the Ladies — Let's talk about the Republican presidential candidates ... and women. — Not the fight about who has the prettiest wife, which truly tops this week's list of Things We Never Thought We'd See in a Presidential Election.
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Frank Bruni / New York Times:
Lose With Cruz: A Love Story — IT was clear to me weeks ago, even before Marco Rubio threw in the towel, that the G.O.P. was getting ready to cuddle with Ted Cruz. — But I never expected a love quite like this to bloom. — It's a singularly tortured love, one that grits its teeth …
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Liam Stack / New York Times:
Florida Governor Signs Law to Cut Funding for Abortion Clinics
Florida Governor Signs Law to Cut Funding for Abortion Clinics
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Lawyers, Guns & Money and New York Magazine
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 …
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Stephen Marche / Esquire:
The Real Reason Obama Went to Cuba — He's a master of optics, despite reports to the contrary. — The President's landmark trip to Cuba showed, yet again, what a masterful performer Obama is on the world stage. The press conference with Raul Castro was a masterpiece in and of itself.
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Washington Free Beacon
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CBS News:
Raids uncover evidence of Europe-wide jihadist cell — In the wake of the bombings in Belgium this week — and increasing criticism of officials for their inability to thwart those attacks — police in the last 24 hours have made at least four arrests in a series of raids in Belgium and four other countries across Europe.
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Fox News:
San Francisco mayor bans city workers from traveling to North Carolina — San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee speaks with attendees at the Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco, California. (Reuters) — San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee said in a statement Friday he doesn't want any city workers to travel …
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Hot Air, BizPac Review and John Hawkins' Right Wing News
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Michael S. Schmidt / New York Times:
Pentagon Chief Used Personal Email After White House Query — WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Ashton B. Carter continued to use a personal email account for government work for at least four months last year after the White House questioned the Pentagon about why he was using it …
New York Times:
Robert De Niro Defends Screening of Anti-Vaccine Film at Tribeca Festival — In a decision that has dredged up the widely debunked link between vaccines and autism, the Tribeca Film Festival plans to screen a film by a discredited former doctor whose research caused widespread alarm about the issue.
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Jim Brunner / The Seattle Times:
Thousands turn out for Bernie Sanders rally at Safeco Field — Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders drew thousands of cheering supporters to Seattle's Safeco Field Friday. It was Sanders' fifth rally in Washington in the past week as he presses for a win over Hillary Clinton in Saturday's Democratic caucuses.
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Matt Taibbi / Rolling Stone:
Why Young People Are Right About Hillary Clinton — Listening to the youth vote doesn't always lead to disaster — I was disappointed to hear that Rolling Stone had endorsed Hillary Clinton, but I also understood. In many ways, the endorsement by my boss and editor, Jann Wenner …
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No More Mister Nice Blog, Mother Jones and Booman Tribune
CNN:
The slow-motion implosion of the Republican Party — David Axelrod is CNN's senior political commentator and host of the podcast “The Axe Files.” He was senior adviser to President Barack Obama and chief strategist for the 2008 and 2012 Obama campaigns. The opinions expressed in this commentary are his.
Agence France-Presse:
Final print edition of UK's Independent hits the newsstands — London (AFP) - The final print edition of The Independent newspaper went on sale Saturday, ending its 30-year appearance on British newsstands with an exclusive on an assassination plot against a former Saudi king.
Daniel Trotta / news.trust.org:
Rolling Stones take the stage in first-ever show in Cuba — The Rolling Stones rocked tens of thousands of Cuban and foreign fans at a free, outdoor concert in Havana on Friday, capping a week of engagement with the West for the Communist-run country that once censored the veteran British band's music.
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Jonathan Watts / Guardian:
Rolling Stones play rock'n'roll diplomats in Cuba's ‘biggest concert ever’
Rolling Stones play rock'n'roll diplomats in Cuba's ‘biggest concert ever’
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Mashable, The Week and Associated Press
Valerie Edwards For / Daily Mail:
Mini submarine carrying 5.5 tons of cocaine worth $200 million was intercepted by Texas officials after traveling from the ‘Eastern Pacific Ocean’ — A mini-submarine carrying $200 million worth of cocaine was intercepted by authorities in the ‘Eastern Pacific Ocean’.
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Katie Glueck / Politico:
Meet South Carolina's anti-Trump double agents — Donald Trump triumphed in South Carolina's primary last month. Now, the state could be ground zero for his undoing. — Ted Cruz and John Kasich are aggressively mobilizing allies to recruit and elect their own South Carolina loyalists …
Peter Lee / The Official Microsoft Blog:
Learning from Tay's introduction — As many of you know by now, on Wednesday we launched a chatbot called Tay. We are deeply sorry for the unintended offensive and hurtful tweets from Tay, which do not represent who we are or what we stand for, nor how we designed Tay.
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Harper Neidig / The Hill:
Cruz campaign to Trump: Ever had a psych eval? — 's White House campaign manager took to Twitter on Friday to attack Republican front-runner Donald Trump — , calling him “Sleazy Donald” and questioning his mental health. — “Why no events in 4 days; none planned for 8,” Jeff Roe tweeted, mimicking Trump's social media style.