memeorandum: Man Convicted of Brooklyn Murder Exonerated After 52 Years (NBC News)

1:55 AM ET, May 3, 2016

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Rafael Cruz: “I Implore Every Member of the Body of Christ to Vote According to the Word of God” (VIDEO) — Pastor Rafael Cruz, father of Ted Cruz, asked members of the Body of Christ to vote Cruz: … The Washington Examiner reported: … The post Rafael Cruz: “I Implore Every Member …

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Thomas Young / Gravis:

Current Indiana Polling — Executive Summary - Current Indiana Poll Results - May 2nd, 2016 — Winter Springs, Fla. - Even after a five-for-five shut out victory for Donald J. Trump in last Tuesday's primaries, the pathway to 1,237 delegates is still not a 100 percent lock for the GOP Presidential Nomination.

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Sarah K. Burris / Raw Story:

Watch Carly Fiorina do a face-plant off a stage while Ted Cruz ignores her — DON'T MISS STORIES. FOLLOW RAW STORY! — Nothing could more perfectly capture Sen. Ted Cruz's (R-TX) campaign than Carly Fiorina falling face-first off the stage in Indiana. — After a short speech talking …

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Jessica Hopper / ABC News:
Cruz Urges Voters to ‘Not Give Into Evil’ Leading up to Crucial Indiana Primary

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John Amato / Latest from Crooks and Liars:
Ted Cruz In Wild Confrontation With Donald Trump Supporter

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Associated Press:
The Latest: IN Trump Supporters Shout, “Lyin' Ted!” at Cruz

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abc7.com:

California voters resigned to vote for Donald Trump vs. Hillary Clinton, SurveyUSA poll shows — Donald Trump won the Republican primaries in Pennsylvania, Maryland and Connecticut, while Hillary Clinton won the Democratic primary in Maryland on Tuesday, April 26, 2016. — KABC

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Rasmussen Reports:

Trump 41%, Clinton 39% — Last week, Rasmussen Reports gave voters the option of staying home on Election Day if Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump are the big party nominees, and six percent (6%) said that's what they intend to do for now. Clinton and Trump were tied with 38% support each …

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Amy Chozick / New York Times:

Hillary Clinton Hears Wrath of Coal Supporters in West Virginia — WILLIAMSON, W.Va. — Hillary Clinton came to campaign in coal country — and she had her feet held to the fire. — As Mrs. Clinton stepped onto the sidewalk on Monday to tour a health and wellness center here …

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Politico:
Florida poll: Republican ‘brand damage’ bolsters Clinton

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David Edwards / Raw Story:
Trump surrogate admits on live TV: 'He's going to have to prove that he's not Adolf Hitler'

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Patricia Mazzei / miamiherald:
Will Donald Trump drive Miami Cuban Americans from GOP? New poll says yes

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CNN:
CNN poll: Americans agree Clinton and Trump headed for a faceoff

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Hunter Walker / Yahoo:

Heidi Cruz responds to people who call her husband the Zodiac Killer — CARMEL, Ind. — Heidi Cruz knows her husband, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Tx.) is not the Zodiac Killer, no matter what people online say. — Heidi spent Monday morning traveling across Indiana in support of her husband's presidential campaign.

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Juliet Eilperin / Washington Post:
White House press secretary defends Larry Wilmore's use of the ‘n-word’ in addressing President Obama

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Sara Jerde / Talking Points Memo:
White House Defends Wilmore Dropping The N-Word At Correspondents' Dinner

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Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:

Trump: 'I'd have to think about' Cruz for Supreme Court — had a tepid response when asked if he would consider GOP presidential rival Ted Cruz — for the Supreme Court, should the businessman win the White House. — “I don't know, I'd have to think about it,” Trump told the Daily Mail in an interview Monday.

Seung Min Kim / Politico:
Poll: Supreme Court blockade eroding support for Grassley

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Daniel Wiessner / Reuters:
Supreme Court rejects challenge to Seattle minimum wage law

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John Feehery / The Hill:

Memo to George Will, David Brooks and others: Stop being stupid on Trump — The conservative intelligentsia (not necessarily a contradiction in terms) is being stupid about Donald Trump — And in the process, they are revealing their biases against democracy and the will of the people.

Sarah Whitten / CNBC:

Survey says: 34 percent of Bay Area residents are ready to leave — Residents of the California's Bay Area are eyeing the exits. — Some 34 percent of San Francisco-area residents are considering leaving because of high housing costs and traffic, according to a survey by the Bay Area Council.

James Nash / Bloomberg:

Cruz Mounts Go-for-Broke Campaign in California — He's counting on victories in Indiana and California to block Donald Trump from winning enough delegates to secure the Republican nomination outright. — jmnash — Texas Senator Ted Cruz is mounting an organizational blitz to win …

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The Hill:

Clinton allies fume over Sanders's vow to fight on — 's allies are fuming over Bernie Sanders — 's vow to take the presidential nominating contest to a floor fight at the Democratic convention this summer. — Many Democrats believe Clinton effectively clinched the nomination …

Tennessean.com:

Haslam allows controversial guns on campus bill to become law — Gov. Bill Haslam said Monday he is allowing a controversial guns-on-campus bill to become law without his signature. — The bill allows full-time faculty, staff and other employees of Tennessee's public colleges and universities …

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Erik Schelzig / Associated Press: Tenn. Guns On Campus Bill Becomes Law Without Guv's Signature

Reid J. Epstein / Wall Street Journal:

Delegate Hunt Fuels Tussle on Little-Known Republican Committee — Donald Trump's attempt to seize some control over course of GOP convention creates showdown over internal post — Donald Trump's first attempt to seize some control over the Republican National Committee and the course …

Darron Cummings / National Journal:

Democrats Plan to Pound Trump Before He's Nominated — Super PAC will air $20 million in negative ads before Donald Trump can counter with general-election money, a strategy that defined Mitt Romney in 2012. — S.V. Dáte — Donald Trump loves to brag about how he always …

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Paul Demko / Politico:

Obamacare's November surprise — The last thing Democrats want to contend with just a week before the 2016 presidential election is an outcry over double-digit insurance hikes as millions of Americans begin signing up for Obamacare. — But that looks increasingly likely as health plans socked …

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NBC News:

Man Convicted of Brooklyn Murder Exonerated After 52 Years — Come November, 81-year-old Paul Gatling will get to do something that many Americans take for granted —he'll get to vote for a presidential candidate. — Brooklyn District Attorney Ken Thompson vacated Gatling's 1964 murder conviction …

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