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10:40 AM ET, April 7, 2016

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Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
New Field poll in CA puts Trump up 39/32 over Cruz  —  In order to win the Republican presidential nomination on the first ballot, Donald Trump has to win approximately 56% [see update] of the remaining delegates.  With a few Cruz-friendly states still on the horizon, that means Trump has to win big in New York and in California.
Discussion: Los Angeles Times
Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Gingrich: ‘Trump has now normalized Cruz’
Discussion: Politico and FOX News Radio
Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Sen. Jim Risch isn't sure if he just endorsed Ted Cruz
Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Gingrich: Trump has made Ted Cruz look normal
Discussion: ABC News and Washington Post
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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Fenit Nirappil / Washington Post:
Poll: Clinton, Trump lead in Maryland
Nick Gass / Politico:
Sanders: Clinton's not qualified to be president
Nick Gillespie / Hit & Run:
“When He Is Not Delusional, He Is Simply Hypocritical”
Discussion: Power Line and Entrepreneur
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 …
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: FOX31 Denver, WGN-TV and FOX6Now.com
Chicago Tribune:
Dennis Hastert accused of sexual abuse by at least 4, sources say  —  Stephen Reinboldt's sister Jolene Burdge speaks out about her brother's alleged abuse by Dennis Hastert decades ago.  (John Kim/Chicago Tribune)  —  For months, federal authorities have hinted at the motive behind …
Discussion: Raw Story, AOL, ABC News and WGN-TV
Q13 FOX News:
2 men considered ‘dangerous to others’ escape from Western State mental hospital; search under way  —  LAKEWOOD, Wash. — Two men considered “dangerous to others” escaped from the Western State Hospital Wednesday night, police said.  —  Anthony Garver, who was found incompetent to stand trial …
Adam Boult / Telegraph:
Watch: Irma Bule bitten on stage by cobra  —  Play!  —  Indonesian pop singer Irma Bule died this week after being bitten by a snake used as an on-stage prop during a live performance on Sunday.  —  “The accident happened in the middle of the second song when Irma stepped on the snake's tail …
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
Joan Vennochi / BostonGlobe.com:
Why is the FBI so slow on Clinton e-mail probe?  —  IF FBI Director James Comey feels no deadline pressure to wrap up the investigation into Hillary Clinton's e-mail server, he should.  —  “The urgency is to do it well and promptly.  And ‘well’ comes first,” Comey told local law enforcement agents …
Megan McArdle / Bloomberg View:
The Panama Papers Actually Reflect Pretty Well on Capitalism  —  The leak of confidential documents from Panama law firm Mossack Fonseca has had many interesting results.  We've seen the biggest dump of confidential documents in history.  Prominent international figures have been revealed as the holders …
Telegraph:
Don't be fooled - Elon Musk's electric cars aren't about to save the planet  —  Tesla car races Qantas airliner  —  Play!  —  As Elon Musk presented the new Tesla 3, a fawning press announced that the “world-changing car” could “dominate” the market.  Within days, 276,000 people had put down $1,000 to pre-order the car.
Ari Fleischer / Fox News:
An open letter to Donald Trump from Ari Fleischer: Five things you need to do now  —  FILE - March 20, 2016: Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during the Palm Beach County GOP Lincoln Day Dinner at the Mar-A-Lago Club in Palm Beach, Fla.(AP)
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 …
Discussion: The Huffington Post
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 …
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: WTVR-TV, FOX2now.com, FOX6Now.com, FOX40 and KTLA
Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Obama emerges as key anti-Trump messenger  —  President Obama is increasingly taking on Donald Trump  —  , the Republican front-runner in the race to succeed him.  —  Obama, who is officially neutral in the Democratic race between Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders  —  and his former secretary of State, Hillary Clinton
Discussion: Hot Air and NBC News
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 …
Jeremy Gorner / Chicago Tribune:
Man arrested in 2013 killing tied to gang war that left Tyshawn Lee dead  —  learned.  —  Kristian Taylor, 29, was arrested Tuesday night in Springfield on charges that he shot and killed 29-year-old Shawntina Burpo with a shotgun in the Auburn Gresham neighborhood in 2013, according to Chicago police and police records.
Discussion: WGN-TV
CNN:
Secular Bangladeshi writer murdered in the street  —  New Delhi (CNN)Machete-wielding attackers struck in the capital of Bangladesh Wednesday night, killing 26-year-old secular writer Nazimuddin Samad.  —  Samad, described by Bangladesh police as a masters student at Jagannath University …
 
 
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