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11:00 AM ET, May 15, 2012

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New York Times:
Politics Seen in Obama's Same-Sex Marriage Support  —  WASHINGTON — Most Americans suspect that President Obama was motivated by politics, not policy, when he declared his support for same-sex marriage, according to a new poll released on Monday, suggesting that the unplanned way it was announced shaped public attitudes.
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Lucy Madison / CBS News:
Poll: Romney has slight edge over Obama  —  CBS News Poll analysis by the CBS News Polling Unit: Sarah Dutton, Jennifer De Pinto, Fred Backus and Anthony Salvanto.  —  (CBS News) Presumptive Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney has a slight edge over President Obama in the race …
Susan Page / USA Today:
Americans more optimistic economy is looking up, poll says  —  WASHINGTON - Americans may be downbeat about today's economy, a USA TODAY/Gallup Poll finds, but they are increasingly optimistic that things are about to get better for the nation and themselves.
Steven Shepard / NationalJournal.com:
Romney Edges Obama in Panel-Back Survey
Jonathan Easley / Ballot Box:
Romney takes lead over Obama in national poll
Discussion: CNN, Politico, Weasel Zippers and Mediaite
Byron York / Campaign 2012:
How Romney will respond to Obama's Bain attack
Zeke Miller / BuzzFeed:
Obama: Romney Is Worse Than John McCain
Discussion: Hot Air and American Power
Jonathan Macey / Wall Street Journal:
Losing Money Isn't a Crime  —  J.P. Morgan lost $2 billion.  They'll learn from experience.  Regulators rarely do.  —  Regulators, politicians and news reporters are hysterical at the news of J.P. Morgan's recent $2 billion trading loss.  The Securities and Exchange Commission is investigating to see whether laws were broken.
Discussion: The Volokh Conspiracy
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Orlando Sentinel:
George Zimmerman prosecutors file list of witnesses, evidence in Trayvon Martin shooting  —  SANFORD - As many eagerly awaited the release of never-before-seen evidence in the case against George Zimmerman, members of Special Prosecutor Angela Corey's office provided a preview on Monday in the form of an eight-page document.
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www.wftv.com:
FBI may charge George Zimmerman with hate crime  —  SANFORD, Fla. —  WFTV has learned charges against George Zimmerman could be getting more serious.  —  State prosecutors said Zimmerman, a neighborhood watchman, profiled and stalked 17-year-old Trayvon Martin before killing him …
Kenneth P. Vogel / Politico:
Americans Elect without a nominee  —  Americans Elect, the deep-pocketed nonprofit group that set out to nominate a centrist third-party presidential ticket, admitted early Tuesday that its ballyhooed online nominating process had failed.  —  The group had qualified for the general election ballot …
David Brooks / New York Times:
The ESPN Man  —  Two of the nation's smartest analysts have just come out with reports on how the presidential election looks six months out.  Bill Galston of the Brookings Institution argues that at this point President Obama has a modest advantage over Mitt Romney.
Adam Peck / ThinkProgress:
Right-Wing Lauds Facebook Co-Founder's Decision To Renounce US Citizenship: He's ‘An American Hero’  —  Eduardo Saverin, the co-founder of Facebook whose falling out with the company and its CEO Mark Zuckerberg was the subject of the 2010 blockbuster The Social Network …
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John Tamny / Political Economy:
For De-Friending The U.S., Facebook's Eduardo Saverin Is An American Hero
Discussion: CalWatchDog
Market Day / msnbc.com:
Poll shows rising user distrust of Facebook  —  Facebook has become an ubiquitous worldwide force.  That's part of what has investors drooling and users worrying.  —  Facebook's public offering will be the largest and perhaps most highly anticipated Internet deal in history.
Discussion: The Reaction
Noel Sheppard / NewsBusters.org:
After Repeatedly Mocking Palin for What She'd Do on ‘Jeopardy!’  Matthews Comes In Last  —  On at least four occasions, MSNBC's Chris Matthews mocked Sarah Palin for how he felt she'd do if she were ever on the hit television game show Jeopardy!.  —  In a delicious example of instant karma …
Sandra Laville / Guardian:
Brooks faces perverting course of justice charge  —  Former News International chief executive, her husband and four others charged in phone-hacking inquiry  —  Rebekah Brooks, the former chief executive of News International, has been charged over allegations that she tried to conceal evidence …
William A. Jacobson / Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion:
Is prestigious genealogical society throwing media under the bus on Warren 1/32 Cherokee claim?  —  There is a new and bizarre twist in the Elizabeth Warren 1/32 Cherokee saga.  —  As discussed below, Warren's claim to 1/32 Cherokee heritage arose from comments attributed to the prestigious …
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Jennifer C. Braceras / Boston Herald:
Defining diversity at Harvard Law
Discussion: Betsy's Page
Steven Hayward / Power Line:
Let's Call Them “Hydrocarbon Deniers”  —  John has already noted what ought to have been above-the-fold news in every newspaper last week—the testimony of the GAO's head of natural resources that the U.S. has recoverable oil shale “about equal to the entire world's proven oil reserves.”
Josh Lederman / The Hill:
Palin-backed candidate Deb Fischer surging in Nebraska Senate primary  —  An establishment candidate, a favorite of Sen. Jim DeMint's (R-S.C.) and a candidate backed by former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (R) square off Tuesday in a GOP primary for Nebraska's open Senate seat.
Deena Winter / Nebraska Watchdog:
Lincoln passes gay rights ordinance; opponents vow referendum  —  The Lincoln City Council voted 5-0 today to pass a gay rights ordinance similar to the one passed in Omaha - with the five Democrats on the council voting “yes” and the two Republicans abstaining from voting.
Discussion: Towleroad, AKSARBENT and Joe. My. God.
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Nancy Hicks / Lincoln Journal Star:
City Council passes anti-discrimination measure, but petition drive could put it on ballot
Discussion: ThinkProgress and LGBTQ Nation
BuzzFeed:
Cell Phone Ban Keeps Obama Fundraisers Secret  —  A policy typically enforced for state secrets migrates to political ones.  “In addition to religion and guns, voters like to cling to their cell phones,” jabs Johnson.  —  (AP / Charles Dharapak)  —  In the latest attempt to crack …
Rebecca Leber / ThinkProgress:
Inhofe Staffer Asks Oil Lobbyist ‘Partners’ For ‘Better Coordination And Communication’  —  Republicans are the default choice for oil and gas dollars, having received 88 percent of the industry's political contributions in 2011.  In return, House and Senate Republicans block regulations the industry deems a potential threat.
Lou Rocco / ABCNEWS:
Obama Faces Questions on Federal Fight for Same Sex Marriage  —  Just days after affirming his support for same-sex marriage, President Obama today declined to say whether he would go a step further and publicly take up the fight to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act.
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Scott Wong / Reuters:
Group sues Senate to scrap filibuster
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Sara Forden / Bloomberg:
NLRB Rule Speeding Union Elections Thrown Out by Judge
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David J. Lynch / Bloomberg:
Romney Runs Against History in Touting CEO Credentials
Discussion: ABCNEWS
Damla Ergun / ABCNEWS:
Obama and Gay Marriage: Opinions Divide, and Sharply
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Eli Lilly, BB&T, and Pepsi Confirm They Will No Longer Fund the Heartland Institute …
Discussion: DeSmogBlog and ThinkProgress
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