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1:50 PM ET, April 30, 2013

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WCSC-TV:
Online dating, affairs service picks Sanford as poster boy  —  A website connecting users looking for casual, and often extramarital, affairs is making Mark Sanford the face of their new marketing campaign, and it could not come at a worse time for the former governor.
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Benjy Sarlin / Talking Points Memo:
Elizabeth Colbert Busch Goes There On Argentine Affair In Debate With Mark Sanford  —  In their first and only debate ahead of a May 7 special election for the House, Mark Sanford (R) and Elizabeth Colbert Busch (D) sparred over budgets, guns, and — of course — the Republican candidate's personal life.
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Elizabeth Colbert Busch attacks Mark Sanford in slugfest  —  CHARLESTON, S.C. - So much for the frontrunner playing it safe.  —  Democrat Elizabeth Colbert Busch took the fight to embattled Republican Mark Sanford in a raucous debate here Monday night, at one point tagging the former governor …
Gina Smith / The State:
Mark Sanford, Elizabeth Colbert Busch trade jabs in only debate
Cameron Joseph / Ballot Box:
Colbert Busch holds her own against Sanford in debate
Discussion: Taylor Marsh and CNN
Washington Post:
Q: OK.  Thank you.  I appreciate it.  —  PRESIDENT OBAMA: You may be mad at me.  (Laughter.)  —  Q: I'm not.  (Laughter.)  —  A couple questions on national security.  On Syria, you said that the red line was not just about chemical weapons being used but being spread, and it was a game changer, seemed cut and dry (sic).
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Jeremy Herb / The Hill:
Obama cautions against ‘rushing to judgment’ on Syria
Discussion: Politico
Washington Post:
FBI looking into relationship between McDonnells, donor  —  FBI agents are conducting interviews about the relationship between Virginia Gov. Robert F. McDonnell, his wife, Maureen, and a major campaign donor who paid for the food at the wedding of the governor's daughter, according to four people familiar with the questioning.
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Associated Press:
AP sources: FBI looks into Bob McDonnell link to donor
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Obama's budget puts House Democrats in bind  —  Democrats have used a clear and potent attack against Republicans in recent elections: Don't vote for them because they'll cut your Social Security and Medicare.  —  But using that playbook next year, as Democrats had planned, just got a lot more complicated.
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Susan Davis / USA Today:   GOP presses its agenda on ‘mommy blog’ sites
Chris Cassidy / Boston Herald:
Tsarnaev family received $100G in benefits  —  By:  —  The Tsarnaev family, including the suspected terrorists and their parents, benefited from more than $100,000 in taxpayer-funded assistance — a bonanza ranging from cash and food stamps to Section 8 housing from 2002 to 2012, the Herald has learned.
James Rosen / Fox News:
Obama administration officials threatened whistle-blowers on Benghazi, lawyer says  —  At least four career officials at the State Department and the Central Intelligence Agency have retained lawyers or are in the process of doing so, as they prepare to provide sensitive information …
Igor Volsky / ThinkProgress:
Governor Explains Away Poor Jobs Numbers: Most Unemployed People Are On Drugs  —  Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett (R) is facing an uphill fight for re-election as he battles negative job approval ratings and a slow economic recovery.  The state's unemployment rate has dropped to 7.9 percent …
McKay Coppins / BuzzFeed:
Republican Immigration Nightmare Could Recur  —  In 2007, Republicans waged culture war on undocumented immigrants — and they've been paying for it at the ballot box ever since.  Back in the bunker.  —  Minutemen demonstrate in Los Angeles in May 2007.  —  For the Republicans in Washington …
Gabriel Arana / American Prospect:
Are Gay Guys Checking You Out in the Locker Room?  —  NBA player Jason Collins, left, in 2009.  Collins recently came out as gay in a Sports Illustrated op-ed, the first active player in a major-league sport to do so.  —  As the first active member of one of the major sports leagues to come out as gay …
Martin Fackler / New York Times:
Radioactive Water Imperils Fukushima Plant  —  TOKYO — Two years after a triple meltdown that grew into the world's second worst nuclear disaster, the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant is faced with a new crisis: a flood of highly radioactive wastewater that workers are struggling to contain.
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
Don't be a jerk, Sen. Cruz.  —  It is a shopworn technique of hard-line conservatives to declare themselves men and women of principle in contrast to those other Republicans — the ones, you know, who pass legislation and try to represent their constituents.
Kathleen Miles / The Huffington Post:
If Koch Brothers Buy LA Times, Half of Staff May Quit  —  At a Los Angeles Times in-house awards ceremony last week, columnist Steve Lopez addressed the elephant in the room.  —  Speaking to the entire staff, he said, “Raise your hand if you would quit if the paper was bought by Austin Beutner's group.”
Michael Barbaro / New York Times:
Jobless After Scandal, Weiner Triumphs in Corporate World  —  Anthony D. Weiner has demystified the details of the 906-page Affordable Care Act for an electronic medical records company.  —  He has counseled a biofuel firm about expansion into the emerging markets of Latin America and Africa.
Discussion: Capital New York and Politicker
Jennifer Bendery / The Huffington Post:
Obama's Judicial Nominees Blocked On All Sides By Senate Republicans  —  WASHINGTON — It's bad enough that there are 82 vacant federal judge slots around the country, a level so high that many observers have deemed it a crisis situation.  —  But perhaps even more startling is the fact …
Discussion: Washington Wire
CNN:
What Obama said on Syria, Boston, and more  —  (CNN) - President Barack Obama is holding a press conference Tuesday in the White House briefing room.  His press secretary announced the session early in the day: … Refresh this page for updates as the president's news conference gets underway.
Discussion: Politico and The Hill
Jonathan D. Salant / Bloomberg:
FEC Expired Terms Prompt Calls for Obama to Keep Promise  —  Federal Election Commissioner Caroline Hunter's term expires today, which means all of the commission members are now serving on borrowed time.  —  It's the latest embarrassment for the Obama administration and the FEC …
Newt Gingrich / TIME:
How Newt Gingrich Won 2012  —  Newt is back.  His book business has been revitalized, he's throwing himself onto the speaking circuit, and he's a once and possibly future regular talking head on television.  —  Well into his fourth decade in American politics — and almost a year …
Discussion: New Republic
Rosie Gray / BuzzFeed:
American Jihadi In Somalia Is Still Alive  —  After a tense standoff with his former allies on Monday, Omar Hammami is tweeting again.  A fatwa may have saved him.  —  Via: Farah Abdi Warsameh, File / AP  —  WASHINGTON — Omar Hammami, the Alabama-born jihadi in Somalia …
Discussion: Wired and The Jawa Report
Megan Thee-Brenan / New York Times:
In Poll, Public Opposes U.S. Action in Syria and North Korea  —  Americans are exhibiting an isolationist streak, with majorities across party lines decidedly opposed to American intervention in North Korea or Syria right now as economic concerns continue to dwarf all other issues, according to the latest New York Times/CBS News poll.
The White House:
Remarks by the President on the 150th Anniversary of the National Academy of Sciences  —  Washington, D.C.  —  THE PRESIDENT: Thank you very much.  Thank you so much.  (Applause.)  Please, everybody have a seat.  —  Well, it's good to be back.  Good morning, everybody, and thank you …
 
 
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Juliet Eilperin / Washington Post:
Obama's campaign finance reform plans have faded
Discussion: The Fix
Andrew Restuccia / Politico:
Zuckerberg group draws fire over pro-Keystone, oil ads
Discussion: First Read, Reuters and CREDO Action
Sarah Kliff / Wonkblog:
Poll: 42 percent of Americans unsure if Obamacare is still law
Steven Ertelt / LifeNews.com:
Poll: 55% of Americans Don't Know Planned Parenthood Does Abortions
Discussion: TheBlaze.com and Weasel Zippers
Steven Rattner / Opinionator:
The Warnings Behind the Numbers
Discussion: The Dish, Calculated Risk and AEIdeas
 Earlier Items: 
Jeffrey Sparshott / Wall Street Journal:
Treasury to Pay Down Debt For First Time in Six Years
Discussion: The Maddow Blog
Joshua Miller / Boston Globe:
Galvin predicts lower Senate special election turnout than in 2009
Discussion: The Fix
Ashley Parker / New York Times:
Former Senator at Odds With Protégé on Immigration
Sam Sokol / Jerusalem Post:
Dershowitz presents plan to restart peace talks
Discussion: Right Turn and Israpundit
James Taranto / Wall Street Journal:
Power Constrains  —  Why “community organizer” tactics don't work for the president.
Discussion: Hot Air and American Thinker
New York Times:
Publisher Is Backing Off a Book About Cuomo in Favor of One Written by Him
Discussion: BuzzFeed, Capital New York and Politico
Ed Kilgore / Washington Monthly:
Goldwater And His 1964 Allies  —  Via Jamelle Bouie …
Discussion: Real Clear Politics and Power Line
Joel Kotkin / Newgeography.com:
Class Warfare for Republicans
Discussion: Hot Air and Chicago Boyz
 

 
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