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2:20 PM ET, March 25, 2013

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Will Portman / Yale Daily News:
Coming out  —  I came to Yale as a freshman in the fall of 2010 with two big uncertainties hanging over my head: whether my dad would get elected to the Senate in November, and whether I'd ever work up the courage to come out of the closet.  —  I made some good friends that first semester …
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Senator Claire McCaskill:
And now abide faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love.  I Corinthians 13  —  The question of marriage equality is a great American debate.  Many people, some with strong religious faith, believe that marriage can only exist between a man and a woman.
Darrel Rowland / The Columbus Dispatch:
Poll: Ohio marriage views shift
Discussion: Business Insider and ThinkProgress
Judy Kurtz / The Hill:
Portman's son explains coming out
Maura Dolan / Los Angeles Times:
Chief justice's lesbian cousin will attend Prop. 8 hearing  —  The justices of the U.S. Supreme Court gather for a group portrait in 2010.  Seated from left are Associate Justices Clarence Thomas and Antonin Scalia, Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr., Associate Justices Anthony M. Kennedy and Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
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Kevin Cirilli / Politico:
Will Portman explains dad's delay
Discussion: Guardian and Althouse
Politico:
Republicans see cash opportunity in gay marriage shift
Discussion: ABCNEWS, The Week and Hullabaloo
Guardian:
Cyprus bailout deal with EU closes bank and seizes large deposits  —  Draconian terms aimed at keeping Cyprus in eurozone include closure of second-largest bank and big losses for wealthy savers  —  European leaders reached an agreement with Cyprus early on Monday morning that closes …
Discussion: Balloon Juice
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Luke Baker / Reuters:
After Cyprus, eurozone faces tough bank regime - Eurogroup head
Gallup:
In U.S., 65% Support Drone Attacks on Terrorists Abroad  —  Less than half of Americans are closely following news on drones  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — Nearly two-thirds of Americans (65%) think the U.S. government should use drones to launch airstrikes in other countries against suspected terrorists.
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David Weigel / Slate:
A 50-Point Swing Against Targeted Drone Killings of U.S. Citizens
Discussion: Washington Monthly and Hit & Run
Jonathan Martin / Politico:
Paul Ryan's disappearing act  —  He seems to have fallen entirely off the radar of early state Republicans.  Democrats bring up his name with more zeal than his own party.  And his footprint at CPAC was so faint that his being an afterthought was itself an afterthought.  —  What the heck has happened to Paul Ryan?
Matthew Boyle / BREITBART.COM:
EXCLUSIVE: SASHA, MALIA OBAMA VACATION AT BAHAMAS' ‘ATLANTIS’ RESORT  —  Sasha and Malia Obama are quietly vacationing at the Atlantis resort on Paradise Island in the Bahamas, Breitbart News has learned.  —  A source tipped Breitbart News off to the First Daughters' spring vacation, which was not publicly announced or reported.
Joe Hagan / New York Magazine:
Long Night at Today  —  And for this he wakes up at 4 a.m.?  —  T  —  he knife springs open with a satisfying snap.  —  Matt Lauer, the co-host of the Today show, turns it over in his hand, marveling at the blade.  —  “Come to papa!” he says.  —  Sitting at his glass-topped desk …
Clarion-Ledger:
Rep. Jessica Upshaw's death apparent suicide  —  Coast lawmaker's body found in former legislator's Mendenhall home  —  Mississippi Bureau of Investigation officials are looking into the death of state Rep. Jessica Upshaw, who was found at a residence in Simpson County on Sunday.
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Associated Press:
Mississippi politician and grandmother, 53, ‘kills herself’ at home of former lawmaker
Discussion: The Raw Story and Business Insider
New York Post:
Bondage pol was hard-ly working  —  Jersey Dem's kinky office e-mails to spank-me stalker  —  A powerful New Jersey Democrat who's being touted as the party's next state chairman has an insatiable lust for bondage, oral sex and spanking, secret e-mails obtained by The Post reveal.
John Avlon / The Daily Beast:
Exclusive: Congressional Ethics Probe Adds to Michele Bachmann's Political Woes  —  Add the Office of Congressional Ethics to the long list of probes and lawsuits that may be the only enduring legacy of Bachmann's presidential face-plant.  John Avlon exclusively reports. … Michele Bachmann.
Ian Swanson / The Hill:
Obama: ‘The time has come’ to move immigration bill in Congress  —  President Obama used a naturalization ceremony at the White House on Monday to declare “the time has come” to move immigration reform through Congress.  —  Obama said expects debate on an immigration bill to “begin next month” …
Discussion: CNN
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Zachary A. Goldfarb / Washington Post:
As Obama signs sequestration cuts, his economic goals are at risk
Discussion: Right Turn and NewsBusters
Aviva Shen / ThinkProgress:
George Zimmerman's Brother: ‘Black Teens’ Are Killers  —  Since he shot and killed 17-year-old Trayvon Martin last year, George Zimmerman has been trying to convince the public that he was not acting simply out of racist aggression but because Martin attacked him.
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Oliver Burkeman / Guardian:
Kelsey Grammer: starting over  —  Much loved, much married, much divorced, Kelsey Grammer has spent half his life as a sitcom star or a tabloid laughing stock.  But at 58, he's ready to be taken seriously  —  Kelsey Grammer: 'I'm a walk-on guy.  When the director says, “Action”, I'm on.' Photograph: Ramona Rosales for the Guardian.
Discussion: Reuters
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Anthony Lewis, Who Transformed Coverage of the Supreme Court, Dies at 85  —  Anthony Lewis, a former New York Times reporter and columnist whose work won two Pulitzer Prizes and transformed American legal journalism, died on Monday at his home in Cambridge, Mass. He was 85.
Elizabeth Harrington / CNSNews:
U.S. Border Patrol Uniforms Manufactured in Mexico  —  (CNSNews.com) - U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has granted uniform contracts to VF Imagewear, Inc., an apparel company that relies on manufacturing sites in Mexico for a “significant percentage” of its occupational garments.
 
 
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Liz Sly / Washington Post:
Syrian opposition in disarray as its leader resigns
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Bryan Bender / The Boston Globe:
Choice for energy secretary has ties to oil, gas examined
The Week:
Why Obama's legacy doesn't need a grand bargain
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Cindy Adams / New York Post:
Ari rips NBC for ‘Rock’ chat
Discussion: Mediaite, Gawker and Ed Driscoll
David Carr / New York Times:
The Media Equation: In WikiLeaks Trial, a Theater of State Secrecy
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Rebecca Dana / New Republic:
Slyer Than Fox  —  To MSNBC president Phil Griffi, news is war.
Lyle Denniston / SCOTUSblog:
Court to rule on affirmative action ban
Lori Ziganto / Twitchy:
Jim Carrey's ‘Cold Dead Hand’: Hey, here's a song for 'heartless motherf*ckers unwilling to bend …
Martin Hickman / The Independent:
Exclusive: Michael Heseltine fears British people are ‘too rich to push’ for economic recovery
Discussion: Telegraph and BBC
Freeman Klopott / Bloomberg:
Cuomo's 7-Bullet Limit to Be Suspended Indefinitely, Skelos Says
 

 
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Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Paramount Global's board is considering replacing CEO Bob Bakish with an “Office of the CEO” made up of division heads on an interim basis

Jeff Jarvis / BuzzMachine:
The New York Times is broken, shown by its entitled, petulant reaction to Politico's report on its tense relationship with Biden

Andrew Marchand / The Athletic:
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