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10:30 AM ET, April 19, 2012

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William Neuman / New York Times:
Colombian Escort Speaks About Secret Service Scandal  —  CARTAGENA, Colombia — A Secret Service agent preparing for President Obama's arrival at an international summit meeting and a single mother from Colombia who makes a living as a high-priced escort faced off in a room at the Hotel Caribe …
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ABCNEWS:
Secret Service Pre-Planned Party at Colombian Hotel  —  ABC News' Reena Ninan, Christine Romo and Mary Bruce Report:  —  CARTAGENA, Colombia — Secret Service officials planning a wild night of fun in Colombia did some of their own advanced work last week, booking a party space at the Hotel Caribe …
Alex Pappas / The Daily Caller:   Gingrich's Secret Service detail likely costing taxpayers tens of thousands of dollars a day
Jake Tapper / ABCNEWS:
Congressional Oversight Leaders Say Secret Service Agents Brought Prostitutes into Contact …
Amie Parnes / The Hill:
Three Secret Service agents leave due to prostitution scandal
Discussion: Politico
Quinnipiac University:
Big Lead With Women Gives Obama An Edge On Romney, Quinnipiac University National Poll Finds; Christie, Rubio, Ryan Top GOP Running Mate List  —  President Barack Obama holds a thin 46 - 42 percent lead over former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, according to a Quinnipiac University national poll released today.
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Michael Patrick Leahy / The Daily Caller:   The coming conservative landslide
New York Times:
New York Times/CBS News Poll Shows Doubts on Economy Helping Romney
Bob McDonnell / CNN:
CNN Poll: Republicans divided on VP choice
Brian Beutler / tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com:
TPMDC  —  Obama To GOP: Abide By Debt Limit Deal Or Else Face A Govt Shutdown Right Before The Election  —  In a major escalation of a slowly building fight over funding the government, the White House has warned House Republicans, in no uncertain terms, that the government will shut …
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Karen Tumulty / Washington Post:
Jim Webb: Health-care law represents a leadership failure for Obama  —  President Obama's new health-care law will be his greatest liability as he attempts to once again win the critical swing state of Virginia, Sen. Jim Webb (D-Va.) warned Wednesday.  —  “I'll be real frank here,” Webb said at a breakfast organized by Bloomberg News.
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Politico:
Obama camp tries to diversify  —  President Barack Obama's team is looking to hire more African-Americans, a search that has stirred a debate among black Democrats about Obama's record on diversity and its implications for his reelection.  —  Stefanie Brown, director of the campaign's African …
NY Daily News:
The smartest choice Ann Romney made  —  There is no shame in marrying up  —  Mitt and Ann, serving a pancake breakfast.  —  As a thirtysomething, city-dwelling, hypereducated, independent-thinking woman, I suppose I should recoil at the idea of one day getting married …
Discussion: Hullabaloo and TBogg
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BuzzFeed:
How Mitt Romney Learned To Love Twitter  —  “Twitter is as it happens, and Facebook is the next day, and you optimize everything else for Google the day after,” says a Romney aide.  Another Republican worries you can win the day, but lose the week.  —  Source: s3-ec.buzzfed.com
Discussion: ABCNEWS
Kaili Joy Gray / Daily Kos:
Democrats to introduce WORK Act to give all mothers the same choice Ann Romney had
David Gibson / Washington Post:
Vatican orders crackdown on American nuns  —  WASHINGTON — The Vatican has launched a crackdown on the umbrella group that represents most of America's 55,000 Catholic nuns, saying that the group was not speaking out strongly enough against gay marriage, abortion and women's ordination.
Discussion: Towleroad News #gay
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Laurie Goodstein / New York Times:
Vatican Reprimands U.S. Nuns Group
Discussion: Wonkette and ECHIDNE of the snakes
Marty Nemko / The Atlantic Online:
Why the U.S. Economy Is Biased Against Men  —  That women earn 77 cents for every $1 earned by a man is a popular refrain.  But look closer.  Prejudice against guys in the economy is real and widespread.  —  You've just landed on Planet Zuto.  —  The Intergalactic Equal Employment …
Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
The most amazing Supreme Court chart.  Maybe ever.  —  While browsing around the Pew polling site this morning — and, yes, we do a fair amount of that — we came across a chart on the Supreme Court that reminded us, for the billionth time, that assuming the average person follows …
Discussion: BuzzFeed and ACS Blog
John Frank / Raleigh News & Observer:
Letter details allegations of sexual harassment at N.C. Democratic Party  —  A former staffer accused the Democratic Party's executive director of showing him a picture of a penis, caressing his leg and discussing his sexual exploits, according to a new document obtained by The News & Observer.
Mgoodman / CBS Dallas:
Perry Interested In Another Run For President  —  PLANO (CBSDFW.COM) - Governor Rick Perry's first campaign for President did not finish as he planned.  But during a one-on-one interview with CBS 11 News reporter Jack Fink in Plano on Wednesday, it sounded like he wants to give a run for the White House another try.
Leslie Gornstein / E! Online:
Dick Clark: 10 Ways He Changed Pop Culture Forever  —  Will anyone be as influential over pop culture as Dick Clark was?  Not likely.  —  Yes, musicians like Elvis Presley and Michael Jackson revolutionized popular music, and TV owes its very bones to innovators such as Johnny Carson and Merv Griffin.
Discussion: The Reaction
Amy Chozick / New York Times:
New York Times Co. Reports Gain in Net Income  —  The New York Times Company reported on Thursday a large gain in first-quarter net income, driven largely by the sale of its regional newspapers, the sale of part of its stake in a New England sports group and an increase in circulation revenue at its flagship newspaper.
James Taranto / Wall Street Journal:
Bam Bites Dog  —  The political perils of personal attacks.  —  One time Barack Obama went to an Indian restaurant and ordered the lassi.  Was he ever disappointed when the waiter brought him a yogurt drink!  —  We'll be here all week.  But seriously, folks, we have a man-bites-dog story for you today.
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Lincoln Mitchell / The Huffington Post:
Why Seamus Matters  —  The now famous story of how Mitt Romney strapped …
Discussion: Weasel Zippers, Mediaite and RADAMISTO
Charles C. Johnson / BREITBART.COM:
TOURÉ, 9/11 TRUTHER  —  It now appears that Touré, an MSNBC contributor, is a 9-11 conspiracy crank.  Writing after Van Jones, the former White House green jobs czar, was fired in 2009, Touré took to Twitter to defend Jones's outlandish statements with some of his own.
Washington Post:
A fairer workplace in federal contracting  —  WHITE HOUSE press secretary Jay Carney spent a good chunk of his time during a briefing last week trying to explain why President Obama has declined to issue an executive order barring federal contractors from discriminating on the basis of sexual orientation.
Discussion: ThinkProgress and Poliglot
Greg Miller / Washington Post:
CIA seeks new authority to expand Yemen drone campaign  —  The CIA is seeking authority to expand its covert drone campaign in Yemen by launching strikes against terrorism suspects even when it does not know the identities of those who could be killed, U.S. officials said.
Discussion: Fox News, Hit & Run and The BLT
Sharon Waxman / The Wrap:
Mel Gibson Rage Rant in Costa Rica: ‘Filthy C—sucker Whore’ (Audio)  —  Mel Gibson shouted terrifying epithets at his houseguests during a rampage at his home in Costa Rica in December, according to a recording obtained by TheWrap.  —  Houseguest and screenwriter Joe Eszterhas provided the recording …
Discussion: TMZ.com and Shakesville
 
 
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Mike Vilensky / Metropolis:
Tom Ridge Talks About Terrorism, Gay Politics
Tom Gantert / Michigan Capitol Confidential:
Teacher Upset She Can't Retire at 47
Discussion: Hit & Run
Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
Congressional Approval Recovers Slightly, Now 17%
Discussion: Washington Monthly and Politico
Jonathan D. Salant / Bloomberg:
Obama Stands Aside as Election-Law Enforcement Weakened
Discussion: The BLT
Dennis Romboy / KSL-TV:
Secret poll: State senators favor Liljenquist in U.S. Senate race
James Hamilton / Econbrowser:
A ban on oil speculation?
Discussion: Power Line
 Earlier Items: 
Holly Bailey / ABCNEWS:
Romney: Obama is ‘in over his head’ on the economy
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Bill McMorris / Washington Free Beacon:
More Money, More Problems  —  MSNBC's Al Sharpton is reeling in debt and back taxes.
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
Karoli / Crooks and Liars:
Phyllis Schlafly: Let's Destroy The Word Feminism Just Like We Did Liberal!
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