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7:40 AM ET, March 30, 2016

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Daily Mail:
Toughen up!  The video of Donald Trump's campaign manager ‘assaulting’ a female reporter is ridiculous.  A man would have been condemned as a laughing stock for complaining  —  A few years ago, I was punched in the head three times at the British Press Awards in London.
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Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
Greta Van Susteren: In My Wildest Dreams I Don't See How a Jury Convicts Lewandowski (VIDEO)  —  Greta Van Susteren and her “On the Record” panel discussed the battery charges against Campaign Manager Corey Lewandowski today by a Florida court.  —  Greta started the segment …
Palm Beach Post:
Trump aide charged with misdemeanor battery vs. ex-Breitbart reporter  —  Corey Lewandowski, Donald Trump campaign manager, was charged this morning with misdemeanor battery after allegations of forcefully grabbing a reporter at a Jupiter news conference, town police confirmed this morning.
Caleb Howe / RedState:
Rush Limbaugh Suggests Corey Lewandowski Arrest Nothing But A Political Attack
Discussion: Mediaite and Hot Air
Katherine Krueger / Talking Points Memo:
Trump Spox: Campaign Manager Will Stay On Even If Convicted Of Battery
KTUU-TV:
Anchorage school suspends 1st-graders for plotting to poison classmate  —  Three first-grade students at Winterberry Charter School in Anchorage have been suspended after plotting to poison and kill a classmate, the school principal says.  —  In a bizarre case, Anchorage police …
Discussion: WCMH-TV, fox8.com and FOX6Now.com
Emily Kirschenheuter / KRON4.com:
Viral video prompts investigation at SFSU  —  SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — Campus police at San Francisco State University have launched an investigation into a viral video that shows a female student confronting a male student on campus about his dreadlocks.  —  Campus officials confirmed …
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Trump takes back pledge to support GOP nominee  —  Donald Trump has rescinded his pledge to support the Republican nominee for president.  —  Asked during a CNN town hall whether he stood by the earlier pledge — which he signed in September after meeting with party chairman Reince Priebus — Trump said: “No, I don't.”
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Cruz says Kasich wouldn't make ballot at contested convention  —  Ted Cruz said Tuesday that if there were a contested Republican convention, an obscure rule adopted at the 2012 GOP convention would block John Kasich from competing in a floor fight for the GOP presidential nomination.
Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
How To Make Sense Of The Baffling Order The Supreme Court Just Handed Down On Birth Control  —  The biggest birth control case to reach the Supreme Court in 40 years just got a whole lot more confusing.  —  On Tuesday, the Supreme Court handed down an unusual order seeking more briefing in Zubik v. Burwell …
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Greg Stohr / Bloomberg Business:
High Court Contraceptive Order Hints at Possible Compromise
Lyle Denniston / SCOTUSblog:
Opinion analysis: Result but no guidance on public unions' fees (FINAL UPDATE)
JSOnline:
Kasich says he's not surprised Scott Walker endorsed Ted Cruz  —  JS on Politics  —  Loading...  Visit our election section for complete coverage of the 2016 spring and fall local, state and national elections.  —  Gov. Scott Walker endorsed Ted Cruz for president Tuesday …
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Phil Plait / Slate:
Jupiter Got Whacked by Yet Another Asteroid/Comet!  —  On March 17, Gerrit Kernbauer, an amateur astronomer in Mödling, Austria, was taking video of Jupiter using a 20 cm telescope.  This is a common technique to capture thousands of frames of an object, so that the best parts of each frame …
Greg Margason / Fox 59:
Muncie man arrested for stabbing brother with fork over pot roast  —  MUNCIE, Ind. (March 29, 2016)- Police arrested a Muncie man after he allegedly stabbed his brother with a fork over a pot roast.  —  On Monday, police say Rodney Gilliam and his brother Randy Gilliam were drinking alcohol and got into an argument.
Discussion: WGN-TV
Heather Holeman / KFOR-TV:
Man invents gun that looks exactly like a cell phone  —  Good idea or bad?  —  Kirk Kjellberg from Minnesota says he came up with the “Ideal Conceal” pocket gun, designed to look identical to a smartphone, after a little boy pointed out Kjellberg's own larger, not-so-concealed gun at a restaurant.
Discussion: Fox 59, Q13 FOX News and FOX31 Denver
Anne Blythe / Raleigh News & Observer:
NC transgender law draws lawsuit; Gov. Pat McCrory goes on offense  —  Governor, UNC Board Of Governors, NC attorney general sued  —  Lawsuit challenges constitutionality of HB2  —  Transgender and gay residents contend the NC law encourages broad discrimination  —  RALEIGH
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Governor Andrew M. Cuomo:
Governor Cuomo Bans Non-Essential State Travel to North Carolina
David Mitchell / FOX31 Denver:
Widower gets charged $853 ‘rebooking’ fee when wife dies before cruise … LOVELAND, Colo. — A Loveland man had just lost his wife only to be dealt another painful blow.  —  He received an $850 charge from Viking River Cruises because his late wife wasn't going on the prepaid trip.
Discussion: Consumerist and WGN-TV
Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
Ex-Miss Wisconsin tears up thanking Trump at rally  —  A Donald Trump  —  supporter who claimed to be Miss Wisconsin 2005 thanked the GOP front-runner in an emotional moment at a Tuesday rally for his help as she struggles with an incurable disease.  —  She thanked Trump for sending …
Amanda Marcotte / Salon:
The strange silence about Hillarymania: Clinton fires up voters more than Bernie does, so why is no one talking about it?  —  More Clinton supporters are enthusiastic than those backing Sanders, but the media won't tell you that  —  Hillary Clinton suffers from an “enthusiasm gap.”
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Matt Wilstein / The Daily Beast:
Susan Sarandon: Trump Might Be Better for America Than Hillary Clinton
Burgess Everett / Politico:
Kirk rips ‘closed-minded’ GOP on Garland nomination  —  Mark Kirk could have been in Illinois, waging what might be the most difficult reelection campaign in Congress.  Instead, the Republican senator was on Capitol Hill Tuesday drawing national attention for meeting with Supreme Court nominee Merrick Garland.
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Aamer Madhani / USA Today:
Teen girl pepper-sprayed, groped outside Wisconsin Trump rally  —  JANESVILLE, Wis. — As GOP front-runner Donald Trump prepared to speak to supporters in Wisconsin on Tuesday, a 15-year-old girl outside the venue was pepper-sprayed by another bystander, police said.
 
 
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Matt Byrne / The Portland Press Herald:
Backlash from Brussels terrorism frustrates Muslims in Maine
Discussion: Central Maine and Jihad Watch
NBC Southern California:
Transgender Man Sues Barbershop for Discrimination
Nahal Toosi / Politico:
Leahy asked State Dept. to investigate Israeli human rights ‘violations’
Discussion: Washington Times
Sam Sanders / NPR:
President Obama Chides Media For 2016 Election Coverage
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Driver dies after crash sends Jeep over bridge, into trees in Phenix City
Discussion: WNCN
Alex Weprin / Politico:
2016 election coverage keeps shattering cable news ratings records
JSOnline:
By any measure, Donald Trump is unfit to be president
Discussion: Mediaite and Raw Story
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