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10:40 AM ET, April 7, 2016

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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 …

Discussion: ThinkProgress, The Gateway Pundit, BizPac Review, The Last Tradition, New York Daily News and Business Insider

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

Edward-Isaac Dovere / Politico:
Giuliani to meet with Ted Cruz

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, BizPac Review, The Hill and The Gateway Pundit

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

Discussion: Talking Points Memo and New York Magazine, more at Mediagazer »

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

Discussion: Politico, Washington Times and The Huffington Post

Juliet Eilperin / Washington Post:
Clinton questions whether Sanders is qualified to be president

Discussion: Politico, Vox, ABC News, CNN, Business Insider, the daily howler, NBC News, Daily News Bin, CBS News and The Hill

Nick Gass / Politico:
Sanders: Clinton's not qualified to be president

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Nick Gillespie / Hit & Run:
“When He Is Not Delusional, He Is Simply Hypocritical”

Discussion: Power Line and Entrepreneur

David Mack / BuzzFeed:
Hillary Clinton Literally Laughed Out Loud When The Sanders Camp Said She Was Too Ambitious

Discussion: Guardian, ECHIDNE OF THE SNAKES and Balloon Juice

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: FOX31 Denver, Scared Monkeys, FOX6Now.com, WGN-TV and fox8.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: 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 …

Discussion: Politico, John Hawkins' Right Wing News, Independent Journal …, Salon, Liberty Unyielding and Politifact.com Truth …

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 …

Discussion: Guardian, Slantpoint, Politicus USA, NBC News, Foreign Policy, The Daily Signal, Just Security and The Diplomat

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 …

Discussion: Pamela Geller and NPR, more at Mediagazer »