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7:25 PM ET, April 19, 2012

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Edgar Sandoval / NY Daily News:
EXCLUSIVE: First photos of Colombia escort in explosive Secret Service hooker scandal  —  24-year-old single mom is known as Dania, she says agent offered $30 for $800 service  —  CARTAGENA, COLOMBIA - The Daily News can reveal the first photo of the 24-year-old Colombian call girl whose encounter …
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Norah O'Donnell / CBS News:
Source: Ousted Secret Service agent plans to sue  —  PLAY CBS NEWS VIDEO  —  (CBS News) One of the Secret Service agents who has been forced out of his job is already planning a lawsuit, a congressional aide told CBS News after Mark Sullivan, the agency's director, briefed lawmakers Wednesday night.
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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Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Obama has small lead; Christie would help Romney  —  PPP's newest national poll finds Barack Obama leading Mitt Romney 49-46.  A similar poll in February found Obama leading 49-42.  Obama's not losing support but Romney is consolidating it as it becomes more and more clear that he will be the Republican nominee for President.
ABCNEWS:
Marco Rubio Says He Would Turn Down VP Slot If Asked  —  Sen. Marco Rubio said today he would decline any offer from Mitt Romney to be a part of the GOP ticket this fall.  —  “I don't want to be the vice president,” the Florida Republican said during an interview with Major Garrett of the National Journal.
NationalJournal.com:
Rubio's Vice Presidential Freudian Slip  —  The Florida senator says he will say no if anyone asks, but demonstrates the job's on his mind.  —  Florida Sen. Marco Rubio said Wednesday that “I don't want to be the vice president right now, or maybe ever.  I really want to do a good job in the Senate.”
Discussion: Washington Post, Hot Air and Fox News
Michael Patrick Leahy / The Daily Caller:
The coming conservative landslide
Discussion: The Agonist
Neil King Jr / Wall Street Journal:
Poll Frames Rivals' Strengths
Discussion: Taegan Goddard's …
Annie-Rose Strasser / ThinkProgress:
Cantor Suggests Anti-Semitism Is A Problem Within The House GOP Caucus  —  A few weeks ago, the House GOP was up in arms over House Majority Leader Eric Cantor's (R-VA) $25,000 donation to anti-incumbent candidate Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL), who ultimately defeated his opponent, incumbent Rep. Don Manzullo (R-IL).
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Travis Waldron / ThinkProgress:
Cantor Suggests Raising Taxes On The Poor: 'You've Got To Discuss That Issue'
Discussion: Daily Kos and Faith in Public Life
Pete Kasperowicz / The Hill:
Cantor's small-business tax cut passes House in 235-173 vote
Discussion: Politico and ThinkProgress
Darius Dixon / Politico:
Allen West backs Ted Nugent  —  Ted Nugent doesn't bear “any ill will” toward President Barack Obama, Rep. Allen West said Thursday despite the rocker's appointment with the Secret Service over his controversial comments.  —  “I think he was just expressing maybe his opinion about something …
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LZ Granderson / CNN:
Ted Nugent should be in jail
Discussion: Mediaite, CANNONFIRE and Wizbang
Kris Maher / Washington Wire:
Romney's Cookie Comment Bites Back  —  In a campaign stop Tuesday outside Pittsburgh, Mitt Romney made what many locals considered a tasteless remark about cookies from a local landmark bakery. … Mr. Romney, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, met with four couples …
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Aram Roston / The Daily Beast:
New Account: Zimmerman Told Cops Trayvon's Last Words Were ‘Okay, You Got It’  —  In exclusive reporting from Sanford, Fla., Aram Roston offers a new inside account of what Zimmerman told police after the shooting.  —  Last December, George Zimmerman hosted a small gathering at a clubhouse in Lake Mary, Florida.
Javier Manjarres / The Shark Tank:
Michele Bachmann- Obama “Waving a Tar Baby in the Air”  —  During our sit-down interview with Congresswoman Michele Bachmann, Bachmann skewered President Obama's energy policy and his farcical view of energy “independence.”  —  Bachmann said that Obama doesn't know “zilch about the economy …
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Ed Kilgore / Washington Monthly:
Bachmann's “Tar Baby”
Discussion: Shakesville
John Lichfield / The Independent:
François Hollande builds lead as Nicolas Sarkozy allies admit writing is on the wall  —  Poll saying socialist could win by 14 per cent leaves right wing in despair  —  NOTE: WE DO NOT STORE YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS(ES) BUT YOUR IP ADDRESS WILL BE LOGGED TO PREVENT ABUSE OF THIS FEATURE.
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Steven Erlanger / New York Times:
Sarkozy Re-election Bid in Trouble
Discussion: Booman Tribune
Rolling Stone:
Levon Helm, Drummer and Singer of the Band, Dead at 71  —  Battled throat cancer since the Nineties  —  Levon Helm, singer and drummer for the Band, died on April 19th in New York of throat cancer.  He was 71.  —  “He passed away peacefully at 1:30 this afternoon surrounded by his friends and bandmates …
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Jon Pareles / New York Times:
Levon Helm, Drummer in the Band, Dies at 71
Discussion: CNN
Ed Kilgore / Washington Monthly:
How Much “Violence Against Women” Do Republicans Support?  —  If you've been following the debate in the Senate over the reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act, you know that Republicans are complaining that they don't want the act to expire, but object to “poison pills” …
Discussion: ThinkProgress and Politico
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Terence P. Jeffrey / CNSNews:
Pelosi: Amend the First Amendment  —  (CNSNews.com) - House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi on Thursday endorsed a movement announced by other congressional Democrats on Wednesday to ratify an amendment to the U.S. Constitution that would allow Congress to regulate political speech when it is engaged …
Discussion: Hot Air and Weasel Zippers
Sabrina Eaton / Plain Dealer:
Lorain officials question use of gypsum plant as Romney backdrop  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. - Nearly four years after National Gypsum shuttered its drywall plant in Lorain, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney will reuse the facility on Henderson Drive as a backdrop for his message …
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Justin Sink / The Hill:
Romney speaks at shuttered Ohio plant, blasts Obama's economic record
Discussion: CNN and FreakOutNation
Melissa Russo / nbcnewyork.com:
Pollster's Phone Call Saves NYC Woman's Life  —  Bobby Berlin was going into diabetic shock when she answered the call from Marist pollsters  —  When pollsters call, people usually don't want to answer — but for one Upper West Side woman, the call from Marist College pollsters helped save her life.
Discussion: Hotline On Call and Gothamist
Molly Ball / The Atlantic Online:
What Newt Gingrich Lost by Running for President  —  His almost certainly failed campaign for the Republican nomination leaves his stature diminished — and his empire in shambles.  —  LANCASTER, Penn.  — Newt Gingrich has gotten noticeably fatter over the course of his campaign.
Discussion: Outside the Beltway
Tim Mak / Politico:
Leon Panetta: U.S. ‘within an inch of war’  —  Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta said Wednesday that the United States was “within an inch of war almost every day” in the region around North Korea.  —  “We're within an inch of war almost every day in that part of the world …
NEWS.com.au:
Worker injured during sex gets compensation payout  —  A WOMAN who was injured while having sex in her hotel room during a work trip is entitled to compensation.  —  In the Federal Court today Justice John Nicholas ruled that the woman was injured during her “course of employment”.
Liberty University Christian College Education:
Gov. Mitt Romney to deliver 2012 Commencement address  —  Chancellor Jerry Falwell, Jr. announced today that Gov. Mitt Romney will address Liberty University graduates at the 2012 Commencement ceremony to be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, May 12, at Arthur L. Williams Stadium.
Charles Mahtesian / Politico:
Raese: Smoking regs like Hitler's Jewish star  —  Lots of Senate candidates rail against onerous government regulations.  But West Virginia Republican John Raese , who's looking to knock off Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin, took it to another level recently at the Putnam County Lincoln Day dinner.
 
 
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Adam Peck / ThinkProgress:
If It's Sunday, It's Meet The Republican White Men
Emmanuel Dunand / ABCNEWS:
Romney Rejects Obama's ‘Silver Spoon’ Comment
Discussion: Crooks and Liars
BuzzFeed:
More Than $200,000 “Missing” From Huntsman PAC
Olivier Knox / ABCNEWS:
Dogfight over Obama's dog-meat-eating childhood joined by White House
Discussion: Yahoo! News, Politico and Cagle Post
Byron Tau / Politico:
‘Dinner with Barack’ now includes George Clooney
Discussion: CNN and Weasel Zippers
Mark Murray / msnbc.com:
NBC/WSJ poll: Romney's image improves but remains a net-negative
Discussion: CNN, Washington Post and ABCNEWS
 Earlier Items: 
Cameron Joseph / Ballot Box:
Ill. Rep. Walsh settles with his ex-wife over unpaid child support
Discussion: Daily Kos
Rusty Shackleford, Ph.D. / The Jawa Report:
OWS Celebrates Holocaust Day w/ Antisemitic Cartoons
Erik Wasson / The Hill:
Obama warns GOP not to move spending bills that break debt deal
 

 
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Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
Ofcom rules that five GB News programs presented by Conservative politicians have broken its due impartiality rules and puts the channel “on notice”

Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
Authentic Brands licenses Sports Illustrated's publishing rights to The Players' Tribune owner Minute Media for 10 years, with plans to keep the print edition

Todd Spangler / Variety:
YouTuber MrBeast announces a deal with Prime Video for Beast Games, a reality-competition show with 1,000 contestants, promising the winner a $5M cash prize

 
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