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9:45 PM ET, April 27, 2013

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Robbie Ward / Reuters:
Mississippi man targeted in ricin letters investigation arrested  —  (Reuters) - Federal agents arrested a Mississippi martial arts instructor on Saturday after his home and a former business were searched as part of an investigation into ricin-laced letters sent to President Barack Obama and two other public officials.
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JB Clark / Tupelo Daily Journal:
UPDATES: James Everett Dutschke arrested following ricin letters invesgiation  —  UPDATE: 10:29 a.m. - Statement from FBI ...  James Everett Dutschke was arrested, without incident, at his residence in Tupelo, MS, at approximately 12:50 a.m. Saturday, April 27, by Special Agents of the FBI.
Associated Press:   FBI: Miss. man arrested in investigation into poisoned letters sent to president, others
Associated Press:   Man charged in ricin letters case
Jedd Rosche / Politico:
White House correspondents partiers say Tom Brokaw's got it wrong  —  White House correspondents just want to have fun.  —  That was the message that members of the media and others making the rounds at Friday night's parties had for Tom Brokaw in the face of his renewed criticism of the Correspondents' Association dinner.
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Karen Tumulty / The Reliable Source:
The 20-lb. swag bag from People/Time's White House Correspondent's party  —  Pictured below: a disgorged swag bag from the Time/People pre-WHCD cocktail party.  It weighed in at 20.6 lbs on an Post bathroom scale (very technical stuff, here).  —  Whoa, isn't the media industry struggling with hard times?
Discussion: The Impolitic and Firedoglake
Scott Wooledge / The Huffington Post:
StudentsFirst Selects Author of Tennessee's 'Don't Say Gay' Bill as ‘Reformer of the Year’  —  Right, Michelle Rhee, CEO and Founder of StudentsFirst, inset, educational “reformer of the year” Rep. John Ragan.  —  StudentsFirst, a very prominent and controversial educational political action …
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
Ariane de Vogue / ABCNEWS:
Justice Breyer Hospitalized After Accident  —  Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer has been hospitalized following a bicycle accident yesterday in Washington, D.C., a court spokesperson said today.  —  “Associate Justice Stephen Breyer underwent reverse shoulder replacement surgery …
Discussion: Taegan Goddard's …
Igor Volsky / ThinkProgress:
Tea Party Congressman: Muslim Brotherhood Is Guiding Obama In Boston Bombings Investigation  —  Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX) told a conservative radio program this week that the Obama administration “bungled” the investigation of the Boston bombing due to internal guidance from the Muslim Brotherhood.
John McCain / CNN:
Biden: Economic collapse kept McCain from the White House  —  (CNN) - Vice President Joe Biden said Friday that if not for the economic collapse surrounding the 2008 presidential race, Sen. John McCain might have beat President Barack Obama.  —  “The truth of the matter is, Barack knows it …
Asaunders / CBS Detroit:
Police Give ‘All Clear’ After Mandatory Evacuation Due To Explosion At Marathon Refinery  —  DETROIT (WWJ/AP) - 8:37 P.M. Police in Melvindale are giving residents the ‘all clear’ to return to their homes after a mandatory evacuation order was issued due to an explosion at a near-by oil refinery.
John Avlon / The Daily Beast:
False Flags, Sharia Law, and Gun Grabs: GOP Lawmakers Embrace The Crazy  —  The conspiracy theories percolating up to local party leaders and even the halls of Congress should be a warning sign for the GOP, writes John Avlon.  —  A few days after the Boston bombings, Stella Tremblay went …
Yudhijit Bhattacharjee / New York Times:
The Mind of a Con Man  —  One summer night in 2011, a tall, 40-something professor named Diederik Stapel stepped out of his elegant brick house in the Dutch city of Tilburg to visit a friend around the corner.  It was close to midnight, but his colleague Marcel Zeelenberg had called …
Discussion: Vox Popoli
Brian Beutler / Talking Points Memo:
Dems Cave On FAA Sequestration Cuts, Flight Delays  —  The House of Representatives passed legislation Friday giving the Federal Aviation Administration unique flexibility under sequestration to use agency funds to avoid air traffic controller furloughs.  —  The final vote was 361-41 …
Discussion: Crooks and Liars and Hullabaloo
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Keith Laing / The Hill:
Lawmakers head for flights home after voting to end delays at airports
Discussion: The Hill, Booman Tribune, CNN and aflcio.org
Brendan Sasso / The Hill:
GOP: Administration wanted to inflict pain with flight delays
Discussion: The Caucus, Speaker.gov and CNN
 
 
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Jailed jihad terrorists to be set free in weeks
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