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8:55 AM ET, April 29, 2013

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William Bigelow / BREITBART.COM:
REPORT: FBI IDENTIFIES ‘MISHA,’ MAN ALLEGEDLY BEHIND TSARNAEV RADICALIZATION  —  A man known as “Misha,” who is suspected of being the person who radicalized Boston Marathon bomber Tamerlan Tsarnaev, has apparently been identified by the FBI.  Misha, a red-bearded, 30ish Armenian-American Christian …
Jonathan Martin / Politico:
Black pols stymied in Obama era  —  More than five years after Barack Obama won the Iowa caucuses and demolished the notion that white voters wouldn't support a black presidential candidate, progress for other African-American politicians remains elusive.  Even as the country elected and reelected Obama …
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Franco Ordoñez / The Charlotte Observer:   Obama to name Charlotte mayor Anthony Foxx as transportation chief
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Christie: No regrets for clashing with GOP over Sandy relief efforts  —  Republican New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie said he didn't regret his actions in the wake of Hurricane Sandy, even though they caused intra-party strife at a critical juncture in the 2012 presidential election.
Discussion: Politico
Michael Laris / Washington Post:
Hoax emergency message sends police to Wolf Blitzer's house in Bethesda  —  Montgomery County police received an urgent message at about 6:25 p.m. Saturday saying someone had been shot at Wolf Blitzer's home in Bethesda.  Officers streamed toward the CNN host's residence near Congressional Country Club.
Matthew Rosenberg / New York Times:
C.I.A. Delivers Cash to Afghan Leader's Office  —  KABUL, Afghanistan — For more than a decade, wads of American dollars packed into suitcases, backpacks and, on occasion, plastic shopping bags have been dropped off every month or so at the offices of Afghanistan's president — courtesy of the Central Intelligence Agency.
Fredric U. Dicker / New York Post:
If Hillary is running for prez, I'm out  —  Cuomo quietly ‘concedes’ 2016 race  —  Gov. Cuomo has quietly told associates that he is resigned to the fact that he can't run for president in 2016 if Hillary Rodham Clinton enters the race, as is widely expected, sources told The Post.
Ben Smith / BuzzFeed:
General David Petraeus' New Campaign  —  The fallen general rallies the troops, and Washington society, on the path to rehabilitation.  Bob Barnett is his Paul Wolfowitz.  —  Petraeus worked out on Venice Beach with veterans last month.  —  Via: @TeamRubicon
Discussion: Crooked Timber
Kyle Smith / New York Post:
The truth about late-term abortion  —  Are the legal activities of New York abortion clinics really any less horrifying than those of Kermit Gosnell?  —  Is the Kermit Gosnell baby-murder mill in Philadelphia an isolated case?  Consider what happened at Dr. Emily's Women's Health Center in The Bronx on Jan. 11, 2013.
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Melinda Henneberger / She The People:   Are there more abortion doctors like Kermit Gosnell? Do we want to know?
Washington Post:
After string of setbacks, more charm may be the last, best option for Obama  —  There was little time to mingle Tuesday night at the White House.  Five minutes after greeting them, President Obama ushered 20 female senators into the State Dining Room and invited each to offer her thoughts on the issues of the day.
Discussion: Right Wing News
Jonathan Weisman / New York Times:
Bill on Sales Tax for Internet Purchases Divides Republicans  —  WASHINGTON — Legislation that would force Internet retailers to collect sales taxes from their customers has put antitax and small-government activists like Grover Norquist's Americans for Tax Reform and the Heritage Foundation in an unusual position: they're losing.
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Dems push gun control agenda in DC, but not in battleground states  —  Democratic leaders are wooing staunchly pro-gun candidates to run in pivotal Senate races at the same time they are discussing a strategy for bringing gun control legislation back up for debate.
Discussion: Jammie Wearing Fools
Sasha Goldstein / NY Daily News:
Man stabs 4 choir members during Sunday mass at Albuquerque Catholic church  —  Lawrence Capener faces several felony charges for the incident, in which he climbed over pews and shouted ‘fake preacher’ before stabbing four members of the choir.  —  A man allegedly ran into this church …
 
 
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Jon Hilsenrath / Wall Street Journal:
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Congress Rushes to Aid the Powerful
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Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
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Obama Mocks MSNBC, CNN, Fox, BuzzFeed, His Liberal Critics And Himself In Correspondents Dinner Speech
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Mary Wisniewski / Reuters:
Kentucky woman ordained as priest in defiance of Roman Catholic Church
 

 
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