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7:30 AM ET, April 21, 2016

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Richard Sandomir / New York Times:
Curt Schilling, ESPN Analyst, Is Fired Over Offensive Social Media Post  —  Curt Schilling, a former All-Star pitcher and one of the highest-profile baseball analysts on ESPN, was fired from the network Wednesday, a day after he drew intense criticism for promoting offensive commentary on social media.
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Christine Brennan / USA Today:
ESPN — at long last — has fired Curt Schilling, and we're all better for it  —  Curt Schilling's firing has been a work in progress for many months.  —  ESPN could have gotten rid of him at the end of the 2015 baseball season for his tweet equating “Muslim extremists” with the Nazi regime in Germany …
Discussion: ESPN and Hot Air
Cyd Zeigler / Outsports:
This is ESPN's Curt Schilling's disgusting view of transgender people
Wall Street Journal:
Donald Trump Plans to Adopt More-Traditional Campaign Tactics  —  GOP front-runner says his campaign is evolving; coming soon are policy addresses, teleprompters and a speechwriter  —  Donald Trump, after notching a big win in New York, is planning to roll out significant changes in his campaign …
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Nate Cohn / New York Times:
The Loophole That Could Cost Donald Trump the Nomination  —  Pennsylvania, which holds its primary next Tuesday, uses a nonbinding “loophole” primary — and that could cost Donald Trump the Republican nomination.  —  If the state adopted the delegate rules of any other primary …
Discussion: CBS News and Taylor Marsh
Associated Press:
TRUMP, CRUZ FEUD SHIFTS TO LUXURY SEASIDE RESORT  —  HOLLYWOOD, Fla. (AP) — The messy fight for the Republican presidential nomination is shifting to a luxury seaside resort in south Florida as Donald Trump and chief rival Ted Cruz quietly court party leaders ahead of another set of high-stakes delegate contests.
Discussion: The Week and Political Wire
Steve Holland / Reuters:
Republican establishment warms to Trump after big New York win
Discussion: Shakesville
Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
Internal campaign memo projects Trump will win 1,400 delegates at GOP convention
Ana Swanson / Washington Post:
What your first name says about whom you support for president
Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Tubman replacing Jackson on the $20, Hamilton spared  —  Harriet Tubman will bump Andrew Jackson from the front of the $20 bill while Alexander Hamilton will stay put on the $10 — a historic move that gives a woman prime placement on U.S. currency and quells a controversy kicked up by Hamilton super-fans.
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Treasury Department:
AN OPEN LETTER FROM SECRETARY LEW:  —  When I announced last June that a newly redesigned $10 note would feature a woman, I hoped to encourage a national conversation about women in our democracy.  The response has been powerful.  You and your fellow citizens from across the country …
Jackie Calmes / New York Times:
Harriet Tubman Ousts Andrew Jackson in Change for a $20
Charles M. Blow / New York Times:
What Is Sanders's Endgame?  —  Hillary Clinton's commanding victory in New York on Tuesday put yet another nail in the coffin of Bernie Sanders's candidacy.  —  As The Upshot's Nate Cohn put it:  —  “New York, like every contest at this stage, was a state he needed to win.
Discussion: MSNBC, Sky Dancing and Washington Post
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Ben Norton / Salon:
Yes, Bernie Sanders is not a Democrat — and Hillary represents the very worst of the party  —  Sanders has exposed just how reactionary and corrupt the Democratic Party is—while Clinton wants things to carry on  —  Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders (Credit: Reuters/Brian Snyder/Jonathan Ernst/Photo montage by Salon)
Discussion: Power Line
Michelle Goldberg / Slate:
A Lot of Hillary Clinton's New York Supporters Kept Quiet About Their Allegiances
Discussion: New York Times
David Weigel / Washington Post:
Kasich: 'My Republican Party doesn't like ideas'  —  How Trump won NY, in 60 seconds … Gov. John Kasich (R-Ohio) criticized his party for a lack of ideas Wednesday in a wide-ranging and occasionally combative interview with The Washington Post's editorial board.
Discussion: Political Wire, Politico and Raw Story
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Annie Linskey / BostonGlobe.com:
Women will be on Hillary Clinton's vice president list  —  NEW YORK — Hillary Clinton's short list of vice presidential options will include a woman, a top campaign official said in an interview — creating the possibility of an all-female ticket emerging from the Democratic convention in Philadelphia.
Discussion: AOL and The Week
Lacey Rose / Hollywood Reporter:
Julia Louis-Dreyfus Reveals Awkward Fan Letter From Hillary and Her Panic on That ‘Last F—able Day’  —  As the Lucille Ball of this era takes on a bigger producing role in this season of HBO's ‘Veep,’ she opens up about the lack of films roles available for women ("I'm not interested …
Discussion: Hot Air and The Week
CNN:
Saudis snub Obama on Riyadh arrival amid growing tensions  —  (CNN)President Barack Obama received a chilly reception from Saudi Arabia's leaders as he landed in Riyadh Wednesday, a clear sign of the cooling relations between once-close allies amid regional upheaval and dropping oil prices.
Debra Goldschmidt / CNN:
New Elizabethkingia cluster found in Illinois  —  Elizabethkingia: A rare, deadly bacteria  —  (CNN)A new cluster of Elizabethkingia infection, previously rarely seen in humans, has been found in Illinois, health officials said Wednesday.  —  Testing by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control …
Los Angeles Times:
Global warming has made the weather better for most in U.S. — but don't get used to it, study says  —  People enjoy the beach on a hot day in Malibu in February 2016.  A new study says most Americans prefer to live in areas with warm winters and less humid summers, but by the end of the century …
Discussion: Watts Up With That? and Mashable
New York Times:
Transgender Students Win on Restroom Rights  —  A federal appellate ruling on Tuesday protecting the right of transgender students to use restrooms according to their gender identity is an important marker in a national debate that has prompted battles in courtrooms and legislatures across the country.
Discussion: Human Rights Campaign
Peter Beinart / The Atlantic:
Ted Talks, But It Doesn't Mean Anything  —  Ted Cruz has a problem.  Since he launched his campaign for president at Liberty University more than a year ago, he has aimed to consolidate the right.  He has largely succeeded.  He has vanquished Scott Walker, Rand Paul, Mike Huckabee …
Discussion: New York Magazine
Warner Todd Huston / Breitbart:
Target Stores Open Women's Bathrooms, Changing Rooms to Men  —  The Target department store chain has jumped into the transgender bathroom debate by declaring that men who claim to be women may use whatever bathroom or changing room they choose.  —  “Inclusivity is a core belief at Target,” a new company statement reads.
Josh Constine / TechCrunch:
Facebook Messenger launches Group Calling to become your phone  —  Jump on the party line or hear the voices of your whole family with Facebook Messenger's latest feature.  Rolling out globally over the next 24 hours on Android and iOS for free, users can start a group VoIP audio call from any group chat.
Henrik Pryser Libell / New York Times:
Norway Violated Rights of Anders Behring Breivik, Mass Killer, Judge Rules  —  OSLO — Anders Behring Breivik, the Norwegian extremist who killed 77 people in a bomb and gun rampage in 2011, lives in conditions that would seem luxurious by American incarceration standards …
Discussion: BBC, AOL, Hot Air and Althouse
 
 
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Milwaukee police see promise in high-tech ‘GPS bullets’
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Benjamin Weinthal / Jerusalem Post:
Berlin government allegedly supports Hezbollah activists through refugee project
Discussion: Algemeiner.com and Jihad Watch
Isaac Arnsdorf / Politico:
Trump campaign brings in lobbyists for key posts
Discussion: FOX News Radio and BuzzFeed
Politico:
EU competition chief charges Android
Discussion: The Hill
Darryl Dyck / Toronto Star:
Marijuana legislation coming to Canada next spring
Discussion: The Verge and The Week
Joshua Brustein / Bloomberg:
News Sites Start Charging Readers to Comment on Articles
Doyle Rice / USA Today:
Mosquito forecast: Wet spring could fuel bug boom and Zika cases
Paul Bedard / Washington Examiner:
Bernie: ‘I can still win’
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Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
BREAKING: Ted Cruz Is Handing Out ‘Cheat Sheets’ to Steal Delegates in Pennsylvania (VIDEO)
Discussion: Prntly
Joel Achenbach / Washington Post:
Life expectancy for white females in U.S. suffers rare decline
John Stossel / Fox News:
I have lung cancer. My medical care is excellent but the customer service stinks
Thomas Young / Gravis:
Delaware Polling  —  Gravis Marketing, a nonpartisan research firm …
Michael S. Rosenwald / Washington Post:
‘Damaged masculinity’ may help explain Columbine and other mass shootings
Discussion: Booman Tribune and Shakesville
 

 
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Jonathan Stempel / Reuters:
A New York judge finds Sirius XM liable for a difficult subscription cancellation process; Sirius says it will appeal but abide by a new “click-to-cancel” rule

Ashley Carman / Bloomberg:
A growing number of podcasters, including Tim Ferriss, are moving away from interviews to monologues or co-hosts, as some well-known guests can be overexposed

Matthew Keys / The Desk:
DirecTV terminates its Dish acquisition after a group of Dish creditors rejected a modified bond exchange offer

 
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