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11:35 AM ET, April 1, 2016

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Gmail Blog:
Introducing Gmail Mic Drop  —  UPDATE: Well, it looks like we pranked ourselves this year.  😟 Due to a bug, the Mic Drop feature inadvertently caused more headaches than laughs.  We're truly sorry.  The feature has been turned off.  If you are still seeing it, please reload your Gmail page.
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Katherine Lam / New York's PIX11:
Google pulls Gmail ‘Mic Drop’ button after April Fools joke receives backlash  —  Google attempted to prank its Gmail users for April Fools Day this year, but it seems like it created more tears than laughs.  —  On Thursday, a new “send + mic drop” button appeared next to the “send” button in Gmail.
Harper Neidig / The Hill:
Clinton: 'I'm so sick' of Sanders campaign lying about me  —  's campaign of lying about her in a heated exchange with an environmental activist.  —  “I am so sick of the Sanders campaign lying about me.  I'm sick of it,” the visibly angry Democratic presidential hopeful said …
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Jonathan Bernstein / Chicago Tribune:
Commentary: No, the race between Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton isn't close
Discussion: Slantpoint
Monica Alba / Blue Nation Review:
FACTCHECK: No, Hillary Did NOT Get Money from the ‘Fossil Fuel Industry’
Discussion: Politico and Shakesville
Dan Merica / CNN:
Clinton to climate activist: 'I'm so sick of the Sanders campaign lying about me'
Annie Karni / Politico:
De Blasio loves Clinton, but hearts Bern
New York Times:
Donald Trump Clears Air With G.O.P. Leaders, and Chastises His Aides  —  Outwardly, Donald J. Trump called it a “unity meeting” — a closed-door session in Washington on Thursday involving his own inner circle and the Republican National Committee's high command.
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Bureau of Labor Statistics:
Employment Situation Summary  —  Transmission of material in this release is embargoed until USDL-16-0662 8:30 a.m. (EDT) Friday, April 1, 2016  —  Technical information:  —  Household data: (202) 691-6378 * cpsinfo@bls.gov * www.bls.gov/cps
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Nelson D. Schwartz / New York Times:
U.S. Kept Up Pace of Hiring in March, Adding 215,000 Jobs  —  Americans are going back to work.  —  Powered by a burst of hiring in recent months and an uptick in wages, the huge army of workers that had been on the sidelines of the recovery is slowly returning to the job market.
Wall Street Journal:   March Jobs Report: Everything You Need to Know
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Learning From Obama  —  Like many political junkies, I've been spending far too much time looking at polls and trying to understand their implications.  Can Donald Trump really win his party's nomination?  (Yes.)  Can Bernie Sanders?  (No.) But the primaries aren't the only things being polled …
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Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Ted Cruz's moment to shine  —  is having a moment to shine.  —  The Texas senator has become the favorite to win Tuesday's primary in Wisconsin, which would be huge for his presidential campaign.  —  He's seen a GOP establishment that despised him warm to his presidential campaign …
Discussion: The Moderate Voice and CNN
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David Knowles / Bloomberg Business:
Walker Sees Cruz Victory Over Trump in Wisconsin Resetting Republican Race
Discussion: The Hill and Politico
Hugh Hewitt / The Hugh Hewitt ShowThe Hugh Hewitt Show:
Karl Rove On The State Of Play Re: The Contested Convention  —  The Architect Karl Rove joined me today:  —  Audio:  —  03-31hhs-rove  —  Transcript:  —  HH: Karl Rove is the Architect.  He's also the author of an incredibly timely book about 1896, because we're going to a contested convention …
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Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Karl Rove: ‘Fresh face’ might be best GOP nominee  —  One thing that unites many supporters of Donald Trump and Ted Cruz is the suspicion that party elders might try to hand the Republican presidential nomination to another candidate if neither Trump nor Cruz arrives in Cleveland with the 1,237 delegates required to win.
WGN Web Desk / WGN-TV:
Victim filming when shot, video posted to social media  —  Share Update: … CHICAGO — Video posted to social media appears to show a brazen Chicago shooting that left a man in critical condition.  —  The 31-year-old victim was recording himself, apparently on his phone, when someone opened fire on him.
KFTC-TV:
WATCH: Local teen's acceptance into college  —  Lansdale Pa.(WTXF) A North Penn High School student found out she got accepted to college and her reaction is truly priceless.  —  Rachel Grace, who has been the Knights girls basketball manager for three years, has been accepted to East Stroudsburg University.
Discussion: FOX 61 and fox8.com
John Cassidy / New Yorker:
Is Donald Trump Self-Destructing?  —  If Donald Trump were a normal political candidate, he would be in serious trouble at the moment.  Over the past few days, he has said and done things that have raised more doubts about his temperament, judgment, and command of policy issues.
Discussion: New York Times, CNN, NPR and CNNMoney
Chris Pleasance For / Daily Mail:
Hilarious moment anti-Trump activist backflips on to his own face after callling supporter a ‘fat b****’  —  While Donald Trump certainly knows how to grab a headline, it seems these days that his supporters garner almost as much attention with bizarre and often violent displays at his rallies.
Catherine Treyz / CNN:
Explosive material accidentally left on school bus after training exercise  —  CIA leaves explosive material on school bus  — The CIA used a school in Ashburn, Virginia, for canine explosive detection training while the campus was closed for spring break
Mark Faram / Navy Times:
The Navy just approved the military's best tattoo rules  —  The Navy is easing its tattoo policy in a bid to recruit and retain more sailors from the millennial generation, of whom more than 1 in 3 sport body art.  —  Sailors will be allowed to have neck tattoos, sleeves and even markings behind …
Patrick Clark / FOX2now.com:
78-year-old grandmother goes viral after powerlifting 245lbs  —  WOOD RIVER, IL (KTVI) - “I don't want any Grandma jokes in this story,” says Shirley Webb, the Weightlifting Grandma.  —  You heard the woman, which means no lines about the 78 year old grams who can dead-lift one hundred eleven thousand one hundred thirty grams.
Joseph Bernstein / BuzzFeed:
Top Conservative Writer Is A Group Effort, Sources Say  —  Sources claim interns produce much of Breitbart.com tech editor Milo Yiannopoulos's work.  Yiannopoulos says his practices are “completely standard.”  —  A leading voice of the new “alt-right,” Breitbart.com tech editor Milo Yiannopoulos …
Jacob Gershman / Wall Street Journal:
George Mason University Renames Law School After Justice Antonin Scalia  —  Change comes after school received two donations totaling $30 million  —  George Mason University School of Law, named after a founding father known for his refusal to sign the Constitution, is renaming itself …
Walter Shapiro / Roll Call:
Clinton Offers Predictability in an Erratic Political Year  —  Underlying message is ‘Everything will be okay’  —  Cruz and Kasich Could Learn Lessons From 1968 John Kasich's Finest Hour John Kasich's Finest Hour  —  Looking out at the orchestra seats and up at two balconies filled …
Lisa Mascaro / Los Angeles Times:
The honeymoon may be over for House Speaker Paul Ryan  —  Last October, soon-to-be Speaker Paul D. Ryan (R-Wis.) talks to reporters on Capitol Hill after meetings with House Republican leaders and the Freedom Caucus.  —  When Rep. Paul D. Ryan (R-Wis.) took over as House speaker …
John Tozzi / Bloomberg Business:
The World May Have Too Much Food  —  For the first time in history, more people are obese than underweight.  —  The past 40 years have seen an unprecedented increase in the number of obese adults worldwide, climbing to about 640 million from 105 million in 1975.
Discussion: Instapundit
 
 
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Brad Heath / USA Today:
200 imprisoned based on illegal cellphone tracking, review finds
Jeff Cox / CNBC:
Nonfarm payrolls add 215K jobs in March, vs expected 205K; Unemployment rate at 5 pct
Discussion: Politico and The Daily Caller
Michael Gerson / Washington Post:
The worst stereotype of the GOP is coming to life in the form of Donald Trump
Niraj Warikoo / Detroit Free Press:
Anti-Islam message written in chalk on University of Michigan's Diag
Discussion: Inside Higher Ed
Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
Another Teen Thug Threatens to Murder Donald Trump in Video With Shotgun
Discussion: Infowars
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Gallup:
Seven in 10 Women Have Unfavorable Opinion of Trump
Discussion: Politicus USA and AOL
Mark Plotkin / The Hill:
A divided party for Democrats?
Sierra Marquina / Us Weekly:
Rupert Murdoch's Ex-Wife Wendi Deng Is Dating Vladimir Putin
Discussion: Daily Wire, PinkNews and Gothamist
Chad Petri / WKRG-TV:
Undercover Mobile Police Officer Shot in Grand Bay, Suspect Also Shot
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WKMG:
Bullet lodges in Florida man's testicles after wife shoots him, deputies say
Discussion: WCMH-TV and Raw Story
Bloomberg Business:
How to Hack an Election
Discussion: Guardian and Boing Boing
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Richmond Greyhound shooting: Trooper, suspect dead; 2 people wounded
 

 
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