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5:25 PM ET, May 2, 2013

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Dylan Byers / Politico:
Daily Beast drops Howard Kurtz  —  The Daily Beast is dropping Howard Kurtz, the veteran media critic who made headlines this week for his erroneous report about NBA star Jason Collins.  —  “The Daily Beast and Howard Kurtz have parted company,” Tina Brown, the site's editor in chief, said in a statement sent to POLITICO.
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The Daily Beast:
The Daily Beast Retracts Jason Collins Blog Post  —  The Daily Beast has retracted a May 2, 2013, blog post by Howard Kurtz titled “Jason Collins' Other Secret.”  The piece contained several errors, resulting in a misleading characterization of NBA player Collins and the story he co-wrote …
Eli Lake / The Daily Beast:
Where Are Syria's Chemical Weapons?  —  Multiple U.S. officials tell Eli Lake the scary truth: in many cases, we simply don't know.  Plus: irregular militias loyal to Assad have reportedly been training in how to use them.  —  As the White House mulls whether Syria has crossed President Obama's red line …
Jonathan Cohn / New Republic:
The New Study that Republicans Who Reject Medicaid Must Read  —  A major new study on Medicaid just became public.  I know—nothing excites readers more than the phrase “major new study on Medicaid.”  Bear with me.  This study is already getting a lot of attention: Conservatives and libertarians …
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Michael F. Cannon / Cato Institute:
Oregon Study Throws a Stop Sign in Front of ObamaCare's Medicaid Expansion  —  Today, the nation's top health economists released a study that throws a huge “STOP” sign in front of ObamaCare's Medicaid expansion.  —  The Oregon Health Insurance Experiment, or OHIE, may be the most important study ever conducted on health insurance.
Kevin Drum / Mother Jones:
So Is Healthcare Worthwhile or Not?  —  Avik Roy tweets:
National Review:
The Rand Machine Ramps Up  —  Rand Paul's chief strategist is leaving his Senate post to run the Kentucky Republican's political shop.  —  Doug Stafford, who is widely seen as Paul's closest adviser, will soon resign as chief of staff to manage Paul's national political operation.
Discussion: The Hill and Hit & Run
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Michelle Homer / KHOU-TV:
HPD: Man fired shots, then shot himself at Bush Intercontinental Airport  —  HOUSTON—A man shot himselfatBush Intercontinental Airport in north Houston early Thursday afternoon, the Houston Police Department confirmed with KHOU 11 News.  —  The suspect walked into the ticket area inside …
Adam Housley / Fox News:
Special ops called for military backup during Libya attack, sources say  —  On the night of the Benghazi terror attack, special operations put out multiple calls for all available military and other assets to be moved into position to help — but the State Department and White House never gave …
Dr. Boyce Watkins / Your Black World:
Mountain Dew Releases Arguably the Most Racist Commercial in History Tweet  —  If you've never heard of Felicia the Goat, you'll know about her soon.  Felicia the Goat is the main character in a recent Mountain Dew commercial, created in part by Tyler the Creator.
Meghashyam Mali / The Hill:
Kissinger jokes about Hillary Clinton 2016 run  —  Former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger on Wednesday offered joking encouragement to Hillary Clinton's possible 2016 run, noting that the nation's top diplomats have a good record of winning presidential bids.
Discussion: CNN
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Paul Steinhauser / CNN:
2016 Poll: If Clinton doesn't run, then who?
Discussion: Politico, msnbc.com, ABCNEWS and First Read
Gavin Aronsen / Mother Jones:
Friend Who Had “Fling” With Dzhokhar Tsarnaev on the 3 Additional Suspects: “They All Idolized Jahar”  —  In an interview with Mother Jones, a woman who says she hooked up with Tsarnaev sheds light on him and his friends now in custody.  —  Azamat Tazhayakov, Dias Kadyrbayev, and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev.
CNN:
Saudi diplomat investigated  —  Washington (CNN) — Federal authorities are investigating a potential case of human trafficking at the suburban Washington home of a Saudi diplomat, officials said Wednesday.  —  Authorities were called Tuesday afternoon to an upscale neighborhood in McLean …
Ebindelglass / CBS New York:
FBI Adds Cop Killer Joanne Chesimard To Most Wanted Terrorist List  —  NEWARK, N.J. (CBSNewYork/AP) - The decades-old international case of a convicted cop killer is getting new attention in New Jersey.  —  It was 40 years ago today that New Jersey State Trooper Werner Foerster was shot …
unionleader.com:
Ayotte's gun vote: ‘Disgusting’ political bullying  —  A senator's job is to study the issues that come before the Senate, to engage thoughtfully in debate and to cast a considered vote.  On the Senate's voluminous gun control legislation, Sen. Kelly Ayotte did that job incredibly well.
Discussion: Riehl World News, Mediaite and Politico
Laura Ly / CNN:
Woman missing 11 years turns up alive  —  (CNN) — A Pennsylvania woman who mysteriously disappeared 11 years ago has resurfaced in Florida, saying that she just walked out on her family, her life and her problems.  —  Brenda Heist, 54, turned herself into authorities in Key Largo …
Discussion: The Raw Story
Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
Obama group misleadingly cites a vote on a climate change bill  —  “Number of House members who voted in 2011 that climate change was a ‘hoax’: 240”  —  President Obama's new political group, Organizing for Action, last week released a new video that mocks Republican lawmakers for appearing …
Discussion: Hot Air and Washington Free Beacon
Bloomberg:
Six Ways to Separate Lies From Statistics  —  The discovery of a spreadsheet error in an influential study by Harvard University economists Carmen Reinhart and Kenneth Rogoff inevitably raises a troubling question: To what extent can we trust what any researcher claims to be true?
Chad Terhune / Los Angeles Times:
Part-timers to lose pay amid health act's new math  —  Some workers are having their hours cut so employers won't have to cover them under Obamacare.  But many will benefit from the healthcare law's premium subsidies and Medicaid expansion.  —  “I understand there are costs to healthcare reform …
The Atlantic Online:
Terry McAuliffe Got Into an Argument About Socialized Medicine During His Son's Birth  —  When his daughter was being born, the Virginia Democrat's wife told him to attend a reporter's party.  Maybe this is why.  —  Despite the best efforts of Mark Sanford and Elizabeth Colbert Busch …
Chicago Tribune:
Penny Pritzker to be nominated for Commerce secretary … Making official what many Democrats have expected for weeks, President Obama plans to nominate Chicago business executive Penny Pritzker, a longtime political supporter and heavyweight fundraiser, as his new Commerce secretary this morning.
David Nakamura / Washington Post:
Obama prods liberals to give-and-take on Senate immigration bill  —  President Obama is warning liberal supporters that their push to make changes in a comprehensive immigration bill could jeopardize the strategy of Senate leaders, who are aiming to win up to 70 votes for the measure.
Rolling Stone:
Too-Big-to-Fail Takes Another Body Blow  —  Minds are changing on Too Big to Fail.  A month ago, it was just something in the air.  Now, it looks like we're headed for a real legislative confrontation.  And man, is the finance sector freaking.  —  Last week, on April 24th …
Louise Radnofsky / Washington Wire:
Obamacare Gets New Court Challenge  —  Opponents of the health-care overhaul have filed a new lawsuit Thursday against the federal government on behalf of four individuals and three employers in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.  —  The complaint focuses on the law's distribution …
Discussion: “The Lid”
Erik Wasson / The Hill:
Conservative groups: Balanced budget plan is price for debt hike  —  Conservative groups are vowing to force lawmakers to adopt a balanced budget plan before passing any increase in the nation's debt ceiling.  —  The Club for Growth and Heritage Action said that establishing a path …
Discussion: AEIdeas
Investor's Business Daily:
Just How Ignorant Is Obama About ObamaCare?  —  Health Care: At his press conference this week, President Obama tried to reassure Americans about ObamaCare.  Instead, he displayed either an incredible lack of understanding about his own law, or something far worse.
Rich Lowry / Politico:
The euphemism imperative  —  President Barack Obama was proud to become the first sitting president to address Planned Parenthood last Friday.  But not proud enough to utter the word “abortion.”  —  The right to abortion is the sneakiest, most shame-faced of all American rights.
Discussion: National Review
Henry Blodget / Business Insider:
DEAR WORKERS OF THE WORLD: These Three Charts Show How You're Getting Totally Shafted  —  It's May Day.  —  In America, to the extent anyone notices May Day, they notice the sunshine and spring weather.  —  Elsewhere in the world, however, May Day is all about celebrating the cause (and grievances) of the world's employees.
 
 
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Dan Morain / The Swarm:
Ami Bera dings Obama administration for rollout of Affordable Care Act
Discussion: National Review and Post Politics
Patrick McGreevy / Los Angeles Times:
Gov. Brown OKs funds to confiscate guns from criminals, mentally ill
Eric W. Dolan / The Raw Story:
Belief in biblical end-times stifling climate change action in U.S.: study
Jessica Gresko / Associated Press:
Man Charged With Obama Assasination Attempt Was Furious Over Marijuana Laws
Associated Press:
Martin O'Malley signs Maryland death penalty repeal
Discussion: CNN
Toddstarnes / Fox News:
Eagle Scout Facing Expulsion over Gun Charge
Discussion: BizPac Review and Hit & Run
 Earlier Items: 
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
RNC ad with Obama and Newtown mother infuriates DNC
Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Hagan, Landrieu gun votes could help in 2014
Discussion: Daily Kos, Mediaite and Ballot Box
Joshua Roberts / Laramie Boomerang:
UW Police: Facebook post was a hoax — UPDATED
Michael Tomasky / The Daily Beast:
Next Time, the NRA Will Lose
Discussion: Hot Air
Stuart Rothenberg / Rothenblog:
Don't Write Off Massachusetts Senate Race Just Yet
Discussion: First Read
Aviva Shen / ThinkProgress:
Meat Processing Plant Ordered To Pay Mentally Disabled Workers $240 Million For Decades Of Abuse
 

 
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