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3:10 AM ET, April 7, 2016

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Theodore Schleifer / CNN:
Bernie Sanders: Hillary Clinton is not ‘qualified’ to be president  —  Sanders: Clinton isn't qualified to be president  — Clinton and Sanders are escalating their war of words leading up to the New York primary in less than two weeks  —  Watch CNN and NY1's Democratic debate …
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Jeff Cox / CNBC:
Wall St is pretty certain who will be president  —  In the polling places and on the airwaves, there remains a high level of uncertainty about who will be the next U.S. president.  Not so on Wall Street and the markets.  —  Recent indications from deep-pocketed institutional investors …
Jeffrey R. Immelt / Washington Post:
GE CEO: Bernie Sanders says we're ‘destroying the moral fabric’ of America.  He's wrong.  —  Jeffrey R. Immelt is chairman and chief executive of GE.  —  We at GE were interested to read comments Monday by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), who told the New York Daily News editorial board that GE …
Anita Kumar / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Poll: 25 percent of Sanders voters would shun Clinton
Hanna Trudo / Politico:
Sanders: Clinton's not qualified to be president
Discussion: New York Magazine
Associated Press:
The Latest: In WI, Trump didn't get boost from angry voters
Discussion: Politico and Reuters
New York Post:
Ted Cruz's campaign stop in the Bronx is a complete dud  —  There are more than 1.4 million people in the Bronx — but Ted Cruz couldn't even muster 100 at a campaign event in Parkchester with state Sen. Ruben Diaz Sr., a conservative Christian minister.  —  Cruz visited the Sabrosura Chinese …
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New York Daily News:
Ted Cruz visit to Bronx high school canceled after students threaten a walkout: ‘His views are against ours’  —  Ted Cruz came to New York Wednesday talking about education, but he's the one who got schooled.  —  The lesson came from a group of Bronx high school students who told the Republican presidential candidate to stay away.
Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Gingrich: Trump has made Ted Cruz look normal  —  Newt Gingrich on Wednesday marveled at one of Donald Trump's biggest accomplishments in the 2016 race — making Ted Cruz appear normal.  —  The former House speaker predicted that Cruz could be boosted at a contested convention by establishment support …
Discussion: ABC News and Washington Post
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Trump tops 50 percent in New York, Cruz in third place
Discussion: Politico and The Gateway Pundit
Allegra Kirkland / Talking Points Memo:   Cruz: When I Attacked ‘New York Values,’ I Meant The Liberal Ones
Tatiana Siegel / Hollywood Reporter:
David Remnick Wants Donald Trump Evicted From New York, Calls His Antics a “Welfare Program” for Media
Paul Choate / myfox8.com:
North Carolina couple arrested after 4 children test positive for meth  —  NEBO, N.C. — Two people have been arrested after children living with them tested positive for methamphetamine.  —  Kimberly Dawn Lowery, 29, and Nathan Todd Vallini, 27, both of Nebo, are each charged with four counts …
Discussion: WTVR-TV and FOX6Now.com
WSVN-TV:
Mom outraged after photo of son with staple gun to face goes viral  —  OPA-LOCKA, Fla. (WSVN) — A South Florida mother is demanding answers after she found a photo on social media showing a teenage student holding a staple gun to her 6-year-old son's cheek at school.
Discussion: WGN-TV and FOX6Now.com
Chuck Fieldman / Chicago Tribune:
Oak Brook teen catches rare shark on vacation  —  An 18-year-old Oak Brook resident caught an albino or leucistic swell shark in the Sea of Cortez near Cabo San Lucas.  —  As a senior on the Hinsdale Central bass fishing team, Scott McLaughlin is looking forward to the spring and his final season of competition.
Discussion: FOX31 Denver, Q13 FOX News and KTLA
Texas Parks & Wildlife Department:
Pair Facing State Jail Felony Charges Stemming from Graffiti on Iconic Enchanted Rock  —  SAN MARCOS, Texas - Law enforcement officials from the State Park Police, Texas Game Wardens and San Marcos Police Department Wednesday arrested two individuals in connection with defacing of the iconic Enchanted Rock.
Discussion: WGN-TV and KTLA
Sandra Phillips / FOX5 San Diego:
Young woman's body found stuffed in suitcase near hotel  —  SAN DIEGO - A suitcase left outside a hotel near a row of trash bins Wednesday in downtown San Diego contained the body of a “young” woman, according to investigators.  —  San Diego police closed 7th Avenue between Ash and A streets due to an investigation in the area.
Discussion: WGN-TV, FOX2now.com, FOX6Now.com, FOX40 and KTLA
Betsy Woodruff / The Daily Beast:
Trump Blows Off Pro-Life Leaders  —  The formerly pro-choice Republican, already in deep trouble after talking about “punishment” for women, just ticked off a lot of conservative activists.  —  Donald Trump just blew off pro-life leaders exactly one week after he angered the movement by calling for “punishment” for abortion.
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Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Anti-abortion leaders disappointed to not hear from Trump
Discussion: Guardian and Right Wing Watch
The Tab:
Everyone mistook a priest for a KKK member last night  —  He was spotted at Red Mango  —  Rumors of a klansman on campus have proven false after a priest innocently made his way through Bloomington.  —  Last night around 9:15 PM, social media became a furious storm of confusion regarding …
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Tom Ciccotta / Breitbart:   Indiana University Students Mistake Priest for KKK Member
David Mack / BuzzFeed:
Hillary Clinton Literally Laughed Out Loud When The Sanders Camp Said She Was Too Ambitious  —  “LOLZ.  ROFL.  LMAO” —Hillary Clinton  —  Bernie Sanders may have scored a win in Wisconsin's primary on Tuesday, but he still trails Hillary Clinton in the delegate count, even after winning seven of the last eight contests.
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Bill Friskics-Warren / New York Times:
Merle Haggard, Country Music's Outlaw Hero, Dies at 79  —  Merle Haggard, a contrarian populist whose songs about his scuffling early life and his time in prison made him the closest thing that country music had to a real-life outlaw hero, died on Wednesday, his 79th birthday.
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Jimmy Carter / WSMV-TV:
Country music legend Merle Haggard dies at 79
Mark Pernice / BuzzFeed:
America is being watched from above.  Government surveillance planes routinely circle over most major cities — but usually take the weekends off.  —  Each weekday, dozens  —  of U.S. government aircraft take to the skies and slowly circle over American cities.
Discussion: The Verge
Adam Taylor / Washington Post:
Switzerland shocked by Muslim teens who refused to shake hands with female teachers  —  It's widespread practice for schoolchildren in Switzerland to shake the hands of their teacher at the beginning and end of each day.  Now, one school's decision to exempt two children from this tradition …
Maajid Nawaz / The Daily Beast:
Another Dead Blasphemer—in Scotland  —  The stench of Islamic extremism has become all too common among the religious and community leaders of the U.K.  —  LONDON — Asad Shah was a much-loved Muslim shopkeeper in Scotland's first city of Glasgow.  Embodying the slogan of his mosque …
Everett Rosenfeld / CNBC:
Zuck tries Facebook Live ... doesn't go well  —  Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg attempted to demonstrate his company's live-streaming capabilities Wednesday afternoon, but may have learned the perils of live broadcasting in the process.  —  After a few seconds of talking into a camera, Zuckerberg stood up and the video stream went down.
Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Ted Cruz, Not Paul Ryan, Would Probably Win A Contested Convention  —  It's like something out of an Aaron Sorkin script.  After their bitterly divisive primary, the Republican delegates come together to nominate John Kasich on the fourth ballot at a contested convention in Cleveland, despite his having won only his home state of Ohio.
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Michael Warren / Weekly Standard:
Cruz Pivots to General: ‘Hillary, Get Ready’
Andy Cush / Gawker:
State Senator Emails AP English Teacher to Offer His Thoughts on Beloved (Too Many Breasts)  —  When Toni Morrison's Beloved was published, in 1987, Margaret Atwood, writing in the New York Times Book Review called it a “triumph.”  She wrote of the novel, which has come to be considered …
Discussion: DCist and Raw Story
 
 
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State tells critic of Children's Medical Services to pay rent
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USA Today:
San Francisco passes nation's most generous family leave law
Discussion: Rewire, New York Times, Fusion and WTKR-TV
Christopher Cousins / Bangor Daily News:
Former Christian league leader wants Maine voters to reverse gay rights law
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Mohammad Jamil Khan / Dhaka Tribune:
JnU student killed in suspected militant attack
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