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11:00 AM ET, April 2, 2016

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Los Angeles Times:
Father accused of fatally shooting son because he was gay  —  Los Angeles prosecutors on Friday charged a 69-year-old man with fatally shooting his son outside the family's North Hills home because the son was gay.  —  The shooting occurred Tuesday when police responded to a call …
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Dana Bartholomew / L.A. Daily News:
North Hills man suspected of killing son because he was gay  —  A 69-year-old North Hills man suspected of killing his son outside a house where the man's wife was found stabbed to death was charged Friday with murder, with a hate crime allegation that he killed his son because he was gay …
Kevin Cirilli / Bloomberg Business:
RNC Lays Groundwork for Nominee Who May Not Be Trump  —  The Republican National Committee has begun to prepare the public for what could prove to be a nasty convention.  —  After months of tense dealings with Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump, the Republican National …
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Shane Goldmacher / Politico:
How the North Dakota GOP is freezing out Trump
Discussion: Guardian
Simon Maloy / Salon:
Ted Cruz is no savior: Sorry, Republicans, you're (probably) still screwed and stuck with Trump
Discussion: Washington Post
Julian Hattem / The Hill:
Obama: Iran not following ‘spirit’ of deal  —  President Obama on Friday criticized Iranian leaders for undermining the “spirit” of last year's historic nuclear agreement, even as they stick to the “letter” of the pact.  —  In comments following the Nuclear Security Summit in Washington …
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Daily Mail:
Thumbs up: Ukraine's president Petro Poroshenko certainly looked please to have taken …
Mark Landler / New York Times:
Obama Rebukes Donald Trump's Comments on Nuclear Weapons
Discussion: The Atlantic and Associated Press
Simon Maloy / Salon:
Cracks in the GOP wall: The Republicans' hardline Supreme Court obstruction is crumbling  —  Republicans hoped to enforce blanket obstruction of Obama's Supreme Court nominee, but defections are multiplying  —  The trick to making blanket obstructionism work as a political tool is to make it a team effort.
Elliot Smilowitz / The Hill:
Trump: If I win, everything bad in US will be reversed  —  is setting the bar high for campaign promises.  —  The Republican presidential front-runner said Saturday morning that if he wins the presidency, all problems in the country will be fixed.  —  “Wisconsin has suffered a great loss …
Discussion: Political Wire
Ben Riley-Smith / Telegraph:
Obama: Isil seeking nuclear material to kill as many people as possible  —  Play!  —  Isil terrorists are planning to use drones to spray nuclear material over Western cities in a horrific “dirty bomb” attack, David Cameron has warned.  —  World leaders are concerned that jihadists …
Rosie Gray / BuzzFeed:
Trump Ally Roger Stone Says He's Planning “Days Of Rage” At The Convention  —  Roger Stone, the longtime Republican political operative and current ally of Donald Trump, says he's trying to organize protests at the Republican convention in Cleveland this summer to disrupt any effort by the party to …
Discussion: Raw Story
Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
Democrats Increasing Their Edge in U.S. Party Affiliation  —  PRINCETON, N.J. — Forty-six percent of Americans now identify politically as Democrats or say they lean Democratic, while 40% identify as Republican or lean Republican.  As recently as October, the parties had equal levels of support.
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Why Hillary Clinton is justifiably annoyed by criticism of her Big Oil fundraising … For years, environmental activists have been pushing for divestment from fossil fuels, asking large pension funds and educational institutions to drop oil and gas companies from their big investment portfolios.
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MaryAlice Parks / ABC News:
Bernie Sanders Demands Apology From Hillary Clinton for Accusing Him of Lying
New York Times:
North Carolina Law May Risk Federal Aid  —  WASHINGTON — The Obama administration is considering whether North Carolina's new law on gay and transgender rights makes the state ineligible for billions of dollars in federal aid for schools, highways and housing, officials said Friday.
Discussion: Althouse, Hot Air and Towleroad
Patti Domm / CNBC:
The 30-year-old prince who is changing the world  —  A 30-year-old you may have never heard of is trying to build a company worth four Apples — and a Nike to spare.  —  Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, a fast riser in the Saudi hierarchy and member of the new generation …
Sky Chadde / Victoria Advocate:
Police want to use residential, business surveillance cameras  —  Police found Deanna Pagel, 52, dead in the street in March 2015.  —  Evidence was scant - until a resident who lived in the south Victoria neighborhood approached police with footage from a house surveillance camera that showed a vehicle in the vicinity that night.
Carimah Townes / ThinkProgress:
Ignoring Court Orders, Maricopa County Locks Up Mentally Ill People Too Impaired For Trial  —  Mario Cruz barely talks above a whisper, avoiding most conversations and mumbling on the rare occasion that he does choose to speak.  Over the past three years, he's spent most of his time staring through windows …
Oliver Jj Lane / Breitbart:
Cruise For 1,700 School Kids Ends In Tragedy As Migrant Passengers Gang-Rape Girl  —  Five men, including two believed to be accessories to murder, have been arrested on suspicion of gang raping a girl on-board a special, high school kids-only pleasure cruise in Sweden.
Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
Muslims March in Germany Chanting “With Allah's Help, We Shall Conquer You” (VIDEO)  —  They seem to be assimilating quite well, no?  —  Muslims march down a German street chanting, “With Allah's help, we shall conquer you!”  —  What lovely citizens.
Daily Mail:
‘I was woken to this guy shouting in my face’: Muslim man yells ‘Allahu Akbar’ repeatedly terrifying Etihad airline passengers as he performs call to prayer  —  Passengers became terrified after a man began shouting ‘Allahu Akbar’ at the top of his voice on a plane.
Discussion: Jihad Watch and Pamela Geller
Andrea Weigl / Raleigh News & Observer:
Some Triangle small-business owners show opposition to HB2 legislation  —  Several restaurants change single-stall restrooms to unisex  —  Business owners display flier, decals opposing new law  —  Raleigh private club sees best weekend ever after posting opposition
Discussion: Pirate's Cove and WNCN
Philip Klein / Washington Examiner:
GOP's problem: Can't rebuild, can't win now  —  With the NFL draft coming this month, football fans are going to be reading a lot about whether their teams are aiming to “rebuild” or “win now.”  —  For those who don't follow organized sports, this refers to the choice teams face each year.
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H.W. Brands / Politico:
How Trump Has Proved the Founders Right
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
Chicago Tribune:
Mother views son's cellphone footage of him being shot multiple times
Discussion: WGN-TV
Danny Yadron / Guardian:
FBI facing demands to share its claimed technique to unlock iPhones
Washington Post:
Under pressure to digitize everything, hospitals are hackers' biggest new target
Discussion: NPR and Associated Press
Shannon Giles / Los Angeles Times:
They're 400,000 strong and the Pentagon sees them as an emerging threat
 Earlier Items: 
Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
OVER 100,000 DEMOCRAT VOTERS SWITCH PARTIES IN PENNSYLVANIA — To Vote Trump
Associated Press:
Megyn Kelly: Bill O'Reilly, CNN Should Have Done More for Me
Discussion: Fire Andrea Mitchell!
Los Angeles Times:
Crash of whale-watching ship into San Diego pier caught on video
Discussion: KXAN-TV
Craig Bannister / mrctv.org/videos:
VIDEO: WH Censors French President Saying ‘ISLAMIST Terrorism’
 

 
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Jonathan Stempel / Reuters:
A New York judge finds Sirius XM liable for a difficult subscription cancellation process; Sirius says it will appeal but abide by a new “click-to-cancel” rule

Ashley Carman / Bloomberg:
A growing number of podcasters, including Tim Ferriss, are moving away from interviews to monologues or co-hosts, as some well-known guests can be overexposed

Matthew Keys / The Desk:
DirecTV terminates its Dish acquisition after a group of Dish creditors rejected a modified bond exchange offer

 
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