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1:40 PM ET, April 14, 2012

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Washington Post:
U.S. Secret Service agents recalled from Colombia  —  The U.S. Secret Service is investigating allegations of misconduct by agents who had been sent to Cartagena, Colombia, to provide security for President Obama's trip to a summit that began there Friday.  —  Edwin Donovan, an agency spokesman …
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Dan Lothian / CNN:
Secret Service agents relieved of duty in Colombia amid alleged misconduct  —  Cartagena, Colombia (CNN) — Secret Service agents sent to Colombia ahead of President Barack Obama were relieved of duty and returned home amid allegations of misconduct, a spokesman said.
Discussion: Gawker
James Taranto / Wall Street Journal:
Isn't It Romantic?  —  Feminism's latest triumph: Boys are afraid of girls.  —  (Best of the tube tonight: Catch us on Fox Business's “Lou Dobbs Tonight.”  The program starts at 7 p.m. ET, with a repeat showing at 10, and our panel will appear in the latter half-hour.)
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Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Hilary Rosen on ‘Meet the Press’? Seriously.
Bookworm Room:
The real threat that the Ann Romneys of the world represent to the statist Left  —  I've been thinking (and if those aren't ominous words, I don't know what are).  I've been thinking about the Left's attack on stay-at-home Mom's, an attack that Hilary Rosen started, and that others have continued.
Scott Keyes / ThinkProgress:
Rep. Virginia Foxx On People With Student Loans: ‘I Have Very Little Tolerance’ For Them  —  Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC) took on a unique enemy during a radio interview yesterday: people with student loans.  —  Though many politicians sympathize with those who are saddled with exorbitant student debt …
Discussion: Daily Kos
Steve Benen / The Maddow Blog:
‘Like watching a temper tantrum by a 2-year-old’  —  Candidates seeking high office, especially those who are novices unfamiliar with the basics of American government, often perceive political careers as glamorous.  After the election, however, these candidates confront a cold reality …
Discussion: Wonkette and Hullabaloo
Billy Hallowell / TheBlaze.com:
'BROTHER AIN'T SHOOTING NO BLANKS': FARRAKHAN TELLS BLACKS — BREEDING WITH WHITES IS THE ‘END OF YOUR RACE’  —  Louis Farrakhan, The Nation of Islam's infamous leader, is known for issuing some bizarre commentary on a variety of social and political issues.
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
Sheila Bair / Washington Post:
Fix income inequality with $10 million loans for everyone!  —  Are you concerned about growing income inequality in America?  Are you resentful of all that wealth concentrated in the 1 percent?  I've got the perfect solution, a modest proposal that involves just a small adjustment in the Federal Reserve's easy monetary policy.
Amie Parnes / The Hill:
Obama puts bully in bully pulpit  —  President Obama in recent days has provided a taste of the sharp tone he will use in the general election against Mitt Romney, the presumptive GOP nominee.  —  Obama has emerged this year with sharper elbows than the “no-drama” candidate had in 2008.
Meghashyam Mali / The Hill:
Obama: Buffett Rule will boost ‘growth’  —  President Obama used his weekly address to continue pressuring lawmakers to pass his “Buffett Rule” proposal, saying the measure would make the tax code more fair and help fund needed investments to grow the economy.
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Jeremy Herb / The Hill:
Report: Start of nuclear negotiations with Iran ‘constructive,’ diplomats say  —  Nuclear negotiations between Iran and six world powers were making some progress Saturday morning as talks got underway, according to reports citing diplomats in attendance.  —  An unnamed diplomat in Istanbul told …
Andrea Thomas / Dow Jones Newswires:
Soros: EU Survival Requires More German Pragmatism  — Soros says the EU is unlikely to survive the debt crisis without more pragmatic German policies  — Soros says Europe faces a long period of economic stagnation or worse  —  BERLIN (Dow Jones)—The European Union is unlikely …
Discussion: The Huffington Post
Mike Lupica / NY Daily News:
Trayvon Martin shooting: Shame on the NRA and its newest poster child, George Zimmerman  —  Another guy in America who should never have been allowed to carry a gun  —  George Zimmerman appears for a bond hearing on Thursday in Sanford, Fla.  —  Officially the National Rifle Association convention …
Discussion: Daily Kos
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Ted Strickland / Politico:
Romney no straight shooter on NRA
 
 
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msnbc.com:
US cancels food aid to North Korea after missile launch, warns of more sanctions
Wall Street Journal:
Peggy Noonan: It's Over. What Have We Learned?
Andy Sullivan / Reuters:
Analysis: Obama's “green jobs” have been slow to sprout
John R. Lott Jr / National Review:
Where's the ‘Probable Cause’?
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T.W. Farnam / Washington Post:
Mystery donor gives $10 million to Crossroads GPS group to run anti-Obama ads
Discussion: Doug Ross
Bloomberg:
JPMorgan Said to Transform Treasury to Prop Trading