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Tierney Sneed / Talking Points Memo:
Unanimous Supreme Court Preserves Principle Of One Person, One Vote — The Supreme Court unanimously ruled against challengers seeking to change the long-held interpretation of the principle of one person, one vote. Siding with a lower court, the 8-member high court held that total population …
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Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
Supreme Court rejects conservative challenge to ‘one person, one vote’ — Woodward on his ‘very unusual’ Trump interview What's at stake in the Wisconsin primary … The Supreme Court unanimously ruled Monday that states may satisfy “one person, one vote” rules by drawing legislative districts based …
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Ariane de Vogue / CNN:
Conservative challengers lose key Supreme Court voting rights case
Conservative challengers lose key Supreme Court voting rights case
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Chris Geidner / BuzzFeed:
Supreme Court Says States May Continue To Use Total Population In Deciding Districts
Supreme Court Says States May Continue To Use Total Population In Deciding Districts
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Will Fitzgibbon / The Panama Papers:
Giant Leak of Offshore Financial Records Exposes Global Array of Crime and Corruption — Millions of documents show heads of state, criminals and celebrities using secret hideaways in tax havens … Reading time: … A massive leak of documents exposes the offshore holdings of 12 current …
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David Pegg / Guardian:
The Panama Papers: how the world's rich and famous hide their money offshore
The Panama Papers: how the world's rich and famous hide their money offshore
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Andy Greenberg / Wired:
How Reporters Pulled Off the Panama Papers, the Biggest Leak in Whistleblower History
How Reporters Pulled Off the Panama Papers, the Biggest Leak in Whistleblower History
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Nicholas Nehamas / miamiherald:
How secret offshore money helps fuel Miami's luxury real-estate boom
How secret offshore money helps fuel Miami's luxury real-estate boom
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Luke Harding / Guardian:
The Panama Papers: what you need to know
The Panama Papers: what you need to know
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Mark Green / fox13now.com:
Four arrested for allegedly raping 9-year-old girl while mom smoked meth — VERNAL, Utah — Four men were booked into jail on felony charges after they allegedly raped a 9-year-old girl while her mother was smoking methamphetamine in a garage with a friend.
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Mark Green / fox13now.com:
Grandmother of 9-year-old Utah girl allegedly raped by four men: ‘I want justice’
Grandmother of 9-year-old Utah girl allegedly raped by four men: ‘I want justice’
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Robert Costa / Washington Post:
Internal memo reveals Trump campaign's mounting fury with its critics — Woodward on his ‘very unusual’ Trump interview What's at stake in the Wisconsin primary … In a private document that was circulated over the weekend and obtained by The Washington Post, Trump campaign senior adviser …
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Gabriel Sherman / New York Magazine:
Inside the most unorthodox campaign in political history. — On the afternoon of March 15, as voters across five states streamed to the polls, Donald Trump's campaign advisers gathered by the pool at Mar-a-Lago, the billionaire's private club in Palm Beach.
Candace Smith / ABC News:
Meet the Pro-Donald Trump Women Who Defy His Negative Polling — On a blustery Saturday, as thousands of people braved the flurries outdoors, inside the Expo Center in Wausau, Wisconsin, Sarah Palin was on fire. — “Who is the only candidate who promotes women in his own company …
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Sarah Palin / Facebook:
On Wisconsin! — Faith of America is in you to take us forward …
On Wisconsin! — Faith of America is in you to take us forward …
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Mike Allen / Politico:
Top Republicans talking up Paul Ryan as nominee — On the eve of the Wisconsin primaries, top Republicans are becoming increasingly vocal about their long-held belief that Speaker Paul Ryan will wind up as the nominee, perhaps on the fourth ballot at a chaotic Cleveland convention.
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Katie Glueck / Politico:
Cruz warns GOP of voter ‘revolt’ against alternative nominee
Cruz warns GOP of voter ‘revolt’ against alternative nominee
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EurekAlert!:
Body mass index can predict infant's risk of becoming an obese child — Boston, MA— Pediatricians can now identify infants who are at higher risk of early-childhood obesity, before obesity develops, using a simple measurement of body mass index (BMI), a tool not routinely used until children are 2 years old.
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Elizabeth Armstrong Moore / Newser:
8th-Grader Refuses to Share Her ‘Perfect’ BMI
NBC Bay Area:
California Highway Patrol Officer Rescues Wayward Chihuahua After Chasing It Across Bay Bridge — Highway patrol officers noticed the small dog on the bridge's north side catwalk heading toward San Francisco — California Highway Patrol officers gave chase to an unlikely suspect early Sunday — a Chihuahua.
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Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
The GOP's (other) convention nightmare — Republicans, already girding for their most tumultuous convention in decades, now have another fight brewing: a divisive battle over gay marriage on the party's official national platform. — It's an issue that drives intense passion …
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Alexandra Markovich / New York Times:
Princeton Board Votes to Keep Woodrow Wilson's Name on Campus Buildings — PRINCETON, N.J. — The board of trustees at Princeton University said on Monday that it had voted to keep Woodrow Wilson's name on campus buildings and programs, despite student protests last year that led to a re-examination of Wilson's legacy here.
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David M. Drucker / Washington Examiner:
Cruz snaring Trump's Arizona delegates — Sen. Ted Cruz is out-hustling Donald Trump and looks set to ensure many Arizona delegates will defect to him in a convention floor fight. — The Texas senator, who ever since Iowa has played a stealthy ground game in contrast to Trump's chaotic populism …
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Abby Wambach / Facebook:
Last night I was arrested for DUII in Portland after dinner at a friend's house. — Those that know me, know that I have always demanded excellence from myself. I have let myself and others down. — I take full responsibility for my actions. This is all on me.
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New York Times:
Early Missteps Seen as a Drag on Bernie Sanders's Campaign — The morning after he lost the Nevada caucuses in February, Bernie Sanders held a painful conference call with his top advisers. — Mr. Sanders expressed deep frustration that he had not built a stronger political operation in the state …
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Bloomberg:
Republican Crisis May Deepen Even If Trump Loses Wisconsin — If the Republican front-runner heads into the party's convention leading the delegate count, but is denied the nomination, his supporters may sit out the general election. — michaelcbender — mniquette
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Emily Gosden / Telegraph:
Student accused of violating university ‘safe space’ by raising her hand — A university student was threatened with being thrown out of a meeting after being accused of violating “safe space” rules - by raising her hand. — Imogen Wilson, the vice-president for academic affairs …
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Eric Raymond / Armed and Dangerous:
This may be the week the SJWs lost it all...or, at least, their power to bully people in the hacker culture and the wider tech community. — May of you probably already know about the LambdaConf flap. In brief: LambdaConf, a technical conference on functional programming …
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Sara Vilkomerson / EW.com:
INSIDE AMY SCHUMER TAKES ON HAMILTON WITH ‘BETSY ROSS’ IN EXCLUSIVE PREVIEW — A hip-hopera about historical wig and knee sock people? Consider us ready to invest — Sure, the hit Broadway musical Hamilton has many devoted fans, but maybe none quite as passionate as “Betsy Ross” writer and Inside Amy Schumer producer Kim Caramele.
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Jerry Mitchell / The Clarion Ledger:
Mississippi RV park owner evicts interracial couple — TUPELO — A Mississippi RV park owner evicted an interracial couple because of the color of their skin. — “Me and my husband, not ever in 10 years have we experienced any problem,” said Erica Flores Dunahoo, who is Hispanic …
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