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Gregory Krieg / CNN:
All three GOP candidates backed away from their pledge to support GOP nominee — (CNN)Donald Trump, Ted Cruz and John Kasich all stepped back from their earlier pledge to support the eventual Republican nominee during Tuesday night's CNN town hall. — “All of us shouldn't even have answered …
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Trump takes back pledge to support GOP nominee
Trump takes back pledge to support GOP nominee
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Jose A. DelReal / Washington Post:
All three Republican presidential candidates back away from pledge to support eventual nominee
All three Republican presidential candidates back away from pledge to support eventual nominee
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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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New York Daily News:
Teen girl groped, pepper sprayed in face during protest outside Donald Trump event in Wisconsin — A vibrant orange spray of oleoresin capsicum blasted the girl in the face after she shoved a man who was packed among dozens of pro-Trump supporters shouting “All Lives Matters” outside the Janesville event Tuesday.
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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 …
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Ari Melber / NBC News:
Rubio Makes Unprecedented Bid to Keep Delegates for Contested Convention — Trump Won't Promise to Support GOP Nominee 0:34 — Despite suspending his campaign, Sen. Marco Rubio is attempting to keep every delegate he won while running for President. — The unusual move reflects preparations …
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
GOP panelists eager to scrap rule that helps Trump — All four early appointees of the rules committee for this year's Republican convention told POLITICO they're prepared to weaken or scrap a rule that could limit the convention's alternatives to Donald Trump.
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Cruz says Kasich wouldn't make ballot at contested convention
Cruz says Kasich wouldn't make ballot at contested convention
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Hunter Walker / Yahoo Politics:
Campaign manager's battery charge shows why Donald Trump doesn't need a normal PR strategy — Donald Trump's latest explanation for the criminal charges filed against his campaign manager on Tuesday is, literally, explosive. — In a CNN town hall with the Republican presidential candidates …
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FOX 61:
Listen: Woman calls 911 to report incorrect pizza order from Hartford shop … HARTFORD — A Hartford woman called 9-1-1 to report a problem with her pizza order, and police have released the recording. It happened a few weeks ago regarding an order from Empire Pizza on New Britain Ave in Hartford.
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Betsy Woodruff / The Daily Beast:
Glenn Beck's Lie Could Blow Up Ted Cruz — Glenn Beck has been one of Ted Cruz's most high profile surrogates—but Beck's support could become a little less desirable when he heads to court this summer for allegedly defaming a victim of the Boston Marathon bombing.
Edward-Isaac Dovere / Politico:
White House maps out next phase of Court fight — With small cracks emerging in the Republican Supreme Court blockade — and private indications from some GOP senators that they'd likely back Merrick Garland if he ever did come up for a vote — the White House is preparing to press …
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Republicans seethe at talk of giving up White House
Republicans seethe at talk of giving up White House
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Annie Karni / Politico:
Clinton takes aim at Trump in N.Y. ad — Hillary Clinton is locked in a contested New York primary with Bernie Sanders — but the first television ad she plans to run here is all about Donald Trump. — The 30-second TV spot that will begin airing ahead of the April 19 primary …
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Jennifer Epstein / Bloomberg Business:
Clinton ‘Perfectly Willing’ to Debate Sanders in New York, Aide Says
Clinton ‘Perfectly Willing’ to Debate Sanders in New York, Aide Says
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Jonathan Allen / Reuters:
Second judge says Clinton email setup may have been in ‘bad faith’ — A second federal judge has taken the rare step of allowing a group suing for records from Hillary Clinton's time as U.S. secretary of state to seek sworn testimony from officials, saying there was “evidence of government wrong-doing and bad faith.”
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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 …
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KRON4.com:
Dad dies after rescuing kids from pool electrocution — BURLINGAME (KRON) — A Burlingame man is dead and his daughter is fighting for her life after an electrical shock in the family swimming pool. — It happened in Palm Springs on Easter Sunday. — The man's 9-year-old daughter is still in intensive care.
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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.
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David S. Bernstein / Politico:
Why Hillary Clinton Should Be Worried About Ross Perot — As the Clinton camp looks ahead to the November election, it's not clear whether this is a time to celebrate or panic. Its leading opponent isn't the kind of conventional Republican it has been gearing up to run against …
Chris Kahn / Reuters:
Exclusive: Most Americans support torture against terror suspects - poll — Nearly two-thirds of Americans believe torture can be justified to extract information from suspected terrorists, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll, a level of support similar to that seen in countries like Nigeria where militant attacks are common.
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New York Times:
Images of Belgian Premier's Office Found on Laptop Linked to Brussels Attacks — BRUSSELS — A file with the floor plan and photographs of the office of the Belgian prime minister was found on a laptop computer discarded in a garbage can last week by one of the terrorists linked to the Brussels attacks …
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The Hill:
Trump angst pours in from overseas — Lobbyists in Washington say they are being flooded with questions and concerns from foreign governments about the rise of Donald Trump — Officials around the globe are closely following the U.S. presidential race, to the point where some have asked …
CNN:
Full Rush Transcript: Donald Trump, CNN Milwaukee Republican Presidential Town Hall — RUSH TRANSCRIPT, Mandatory credit: CNN … COOPER: And welcome back. We're coming to you tonight from the Riverside Theater in downtown Milwaukee with the “360” townhall.
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Dina Bass / Bloomberg Business:
Clippy's Back: The Future of Microsoft Is Chatbots — Predictions about artificial intelligence tend to fall into two scenarios. Some picture a utopia of computer-augmented superhumans living lives of leisure and intellectual pursuit. Others believe it's just a matter of time before software coheres …
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