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10:30 AM ET, April 9, 2016

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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Trump's getting trounced in Indiana  —  Indiana hasn't cast its ballots for president yet, but Donald Trump is already losing.  —  Republican Party insiders in the state will select 27 delegates to the national convention on Saturday, and Trump is assured to be nearly shut out of support …
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Associated Press:
Ted Cruz Adds 21 Delegates With Colorado Sweep  —  Sen. Ted Cruz has locked up the support of 21 total Colorado delegates to the Republican National Convention, representing a majority of the delegates the state will send to Cleveland in July.  —  Slates loyal to Cruz won every assembly …
Discussion: ABC News and abc7news.com
Katherine Faulders / ABC News:
Inside Ted Cruz's Push to Grab All of Colorado's Delegates  —  This moment has been months in the making.  —  Ted Cruz backers have filled all nine of the delegate slots so far today in Colorado, swiftly navigating the complex process to consolidate support around his candidacy.
Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:   Ted Cruz Wins Majority of Delegates in Colorado
Chad Livengood / Detroit News:
Mich. GOP chief Romney McDaniel becomes Trump delegate
Discussion: Politico and Guardian
John Frank / Denver Post:
Ted Cruz is favored but Donald Trump is making minor play for national delegates
Discussion: TalkLeft and The Daily Caller
New York Times:
Hastert Molested at Least Four Boys, Prosecutors Say  —  CHICAGO — Federal prosecutors on Friday for the first time provided details of sexual abuse allegations against J. Dennis Hastert, the former speaker of the House, asserting that he molested at least four boys, as young as 14 …
Discussion: LawNewz, The Week and Althouse
David Wasserman / FiveThirtyEight:
Bernie Sanders Is Even Less Competitive Than He Appears  —  Bernie Sanders's supporters are fond of the hypothesis that Democratic superdelegates, the elected leaders and party officials who currently support Hillary Clinton by a lopsided-doesn't-even-begin-to- describe-it 469 to 31 …
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Amanda Becker / Reuters:
Clinton, Sanders face off in Wyoming as New York looms  —  WASHINGTON - Democratic rivals Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders are facing off in a U.S. presidential nominating contest in Wyoming on Saturday, as the candidates gear up for a crucial match-up in New York.
Discussion: whorunsGov
Daily Mail:
Erotic sex and the ‘pursuit of pleasure’ between couples is a ‘gift from God’, Pope says in 260-page Joy Of Love report - but he's not ready to budge on gay marriage  —  By , COREY CHARLTON FOR MAILONLINE and SIMON CALDWELL FOR THE DAILY MAIL  —  Pope Francis has encouraged married couples …
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New York Times:
Mr. Trump Reopens the Wounds of a Hate Crime  —  Donald Trump is scheduled to speak at a Republican Party fund-raiser on Thursday in Patchogue, a village on the south shore of Long Island, about 60 miles from Manhattan.  —  This is a wretched development, a disgraceful provocation …
Heidi Parker For / Daily Mail:
Cage fighter!  Nicolas Cage, 52, in brawl with Mötley Crüe lead singer Vince Neil, 55, outside a Vegas casino after rocker ‘pulls a woman to the ground by her hair for asking the movie star for his autograph’  — The lady was a fan of Nicolas' and was saying hello with the musician grabbed …
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Scott Bauer / Associated Press:
Court Strikes Down Scott Walker's Right-To-Work Law As Unconstitutional  —  MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin court has struck down the state's right-to-work law championed by Republican Gov. Scott Walker, calling it unconstitutional.  —  A Dane County Circuit Court judge issued the ruling Friday in a lawsuit filed by local unions.
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JSOnline:
Judge strikes down state's right-to-work law
Discussion: Politicus USA
Megan McArdle / Bloomberg View:
Subpoenaed Into Silence on Global Warming  —  The Competitive Enterprise Institute is getting subpoenaed by the attorney general of the U.S. Virgin Islands to cough up its communications regarding climate change.  The scope of the subpoena is quite broad, covering the period from 1997 to 2007 …
New York Post:
FBI probing Mayor de Blasio's fundraising activities  —  US Attorney Preet Bharara now has Mayor de Blasio in his cross hairs — investigating his campaign fund-raising activities as part of a widening probe into NYPD corruption, sources said yesterday.  —  The feds are looking …
Discussion: BizPac Review
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Obama relents in fight over Fast and Furious documents  —  Four years after asserting executive privilege to block Congress from obtaining documents relating to a controversial federal gun trafficking investigation, President Barack Obama relented Friday, turning over to lawmakers thousands …
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Katie Pavlich / Townhall.com:   BREAKING: President Obama Turns Over Thousands of Fast and Furious Documents
Alex Seitz-Wald / NBC News:
Bill Clinton: ‘I Almost Want to Apologize’ For Exchange With Black Lives Matter  —  Bill Clinton Expresses Regret Over His Response to Protesters 1:11  —  Erie, Penn.  — Bill Clinton issued a near-apology Friday for his role in a lengthy and heated exchange with Black Lives Matters protesters a day earlier in Philadelphia.
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Jon Street / TheBlaze.com:
Black Lives Matter Organizer Claims Black on Black Crime Is a ‘Myth’ …
Sabrina Siddiqui / Guardian:
Bill Clinton ‘almost’ apologizes for clash with Black Lives Matter protester
Discussion: Business Insider and AOL
Reuters:
Papal official denies report Sanders invited himself to Vatican  —  U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders was invited to speak at an April 15 Vatican event by the Vatican, a senior papal official said on Friday, denying a report that Sanders had invited himself.  —  “I deny that.
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Bloomberg:
Sanders Accused of ‘Discourtesy’ in Seeking Vatican Invitation
Michael Wines / New York Times:
The Voter Support Agency Accused of Suppressing Votes  —  The federal Election Assistance Commission was formed after the disputed 2000 election between George W. Bush and Al Gore and given an innocuous name and a seemingly inoffensive mission: to help state election officials make it easier to vote.
Charles Moore / Telegraph:
Justin Welby: DNA test reveals my secret father was Sir Winston Churchill's private secretary  —  The Archbishop of Canterbury has discovered he is the illegitimate son of Sir Winston Churchill's last private secretary after taking a DNA test to prove his paternity, The Telegraph can disclose.
Christopher Massie / BuzzFeed:
Ben Carson: Trump Knows That His Twitter Use Is A Problem  —  “We talk about it and a number of people have talked about it, including his family.  And he knows that it's a problem.  And the first part of solving the problem is recognizing that it exists.”  —  Carlo Allegri / Reuters
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Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:   Ben Carson: Donald Trump Should Read The Bible And Pray
 
 
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Daily Mail:
'Every time I had sex with my wife, I imagined it was my mother I was kissing otherwise …
Scott Eric Kaufman / Salon:
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Ivana Kottasova / CNNMoney:
Americans and Canadians might need visas for Europe
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Alice Ollstein / ThinkProgress:
Wisconsin's Voter ID Law Is Back In Court Following Election Day Woes
Discussion: electionlawblog.org and VoteRiders
Alan Yuhas / Guardian:
SpaceX rocket successfully lands on ocean drone platform for first time
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Los Angeles Times:
Wheelman in epic L.A. car chase was trained to drive by the U.S. military
Discussion: Complex and KTLA
Matt Shuham / The National Memo:
Endorse This: Roger Stone Says It's Not A Threat To Give Out Delegates' Hotel Room Numbers
Discussion: Hullabaloo
Matea Gold / Washington Post:
FEC deadlocked on allegation that Gingrich used 2012 campaign to sell books
Discussion: Politico
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