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2:45 AM ET, May 7, 2013

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Sharyl Attkisson / CBS News:
Diplomat: U.S. Special Forces told “you can't go” to Benghazi during attacks  —  The deputy of slain U.S. Ambassador Christopher Stevens has told congressional investigators that a team of Special Forces prepared to fly from Tripoli to Benghazi during the Sept. 11, 2012 attacks was forbidden …
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The Lead with Jake Tapper:
Former deputy chief of mission in Libya: U.S. military assets told to stand down
Jamie Dettmer / The Daily Beast:
Al Qaeda Headquarters in Libya
Discussion: Weasel Zippers and Via Meadia
Erik Wasson / The Hill:
Reid calls Sen. Cruz a ‘schoolyard bully’  —  Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) called freshman GOP Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) a “schoolyard bully” during a contentious exchange Monday on the Senate floor.  —  The two senators bickered as Cruz rose to object to Reid's motion …
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Mackenzie Weinger / Politico:
Huckabee: Benghazi will drive Obama from office  —  Mike Huckabee on Monday predicted that President Barack Obama won't finish out his second term in light of the “cover-up” of the deadly attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi and the former Arkansas governor called the affair “more serious than Watergate.”
Discussion: The Plum Line
Arlington, Va.:
Air Force Officer Accused of Sexual Battery  —  The Chief of the Sexual Assault Prevention and Response branch of the U.S. Air Force was arrested and charged with sexual battery in Arlington over the weekend.  —  Lt. Col. Jeff Krusinski is accused of fondling a woman in a Crystal City parking lot early Sunday morning.
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Arlington County Newsroom:
Crime Report: May 6, 2013  —  SEXUAL BATTERY, 05/05/13, 500 block of S. 23rd Street.  On May 5 at 12:35 am, a drunken male subject approached a female victim in a parking lot and grabbed her breasts and buttocks.  The victim fought the suspect off as he attempted to touch her again and alerted police.
Sara Fischer / CNN:
NRA has record conference turnout, new president  —  Washington (CNN) - The National Rifle Association said Monday they saw a record number of attendees at their annual meeting in Houston last weekend with 86,228 attending, up almost 15,000 from last year's annual meeting in St. Louis …
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
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Andrew Kirell / Mediaite:
Mediaite Learns: 'Vast Majority Of National Advertisers Now Refuse To Air Ads During Limbaugh's Show'  —  As we reported earlier this morning, Rush Limbaugh is allegedly in the midst of a battle with Cumulus Media, the distributor of his radio show.  The company's CEO has blamed ad revenue losses …
Heritage Foundation:
The Fiscal Cost of Unlawful Immigrants and Amnesty to the U.S. Taxpayer  —  By Robert Rector and Jason Richwine, Ph.D.  —  Executive Summary  —  Unlawful immigration and amnesty for current unlawful immigrants can pose large fiscal costs for U.S. taxpayers.
Ed Kilgore / Washington Monthly:
The Non-Violent March To Threaten Violence  —  As readers have probably noticed, I'm on something of a campaign the last few days to train a spotlight on the revolutionary rhetoric and gun-brandishing of many Second Amendment activists and “constitutional conservatives,” …
Discussion: Business Insider and Hullabaloo
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Karoli / Crooks and Liars:
Marching On DC With Loaded Rifles: What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
Discussion: Mediaite and Mock, Paper, Scissors
ag.ny.gov:
A.G. Schneiderman To Sue Wells Fargo & Bank Of America For Violating National Mortgage Settlement  —  Attorney General Has Documented Hundreds Of Cases Of Homeowners Put At Risk By Banks' Violations Of Settlement Terms  —  Schneiderman: The Terms Of The Settlement Are Clear And They Will Be Enforced In New York State
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Chambliss sinks hole-in-one during golf round with Obama  —  Sen. Saxby Chambliss (R-Ga.) hit a rare hole-in-one while golfing with President Obama and two other senators on Monday.  —  Chambliss's office said the shot happened on the 11th hole at the Joint Base Andrews course in Maryland.
Discussion: Politico and Weasel Zippers
Brian Stelter / New York Times:
Behind the Scenes at Fox  —  A few days before the presidential election last November, Roger Ailes, the chief executive of Fox News, ordered that Geraldo Rivera's microphone be cut off after Mr. Rivera angrily defended the Obama administration against charges levied by others on Fox.
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Igor Volsky / ThinkProgress:
They've Lost Fox And Friends: GOP Claims Of Benghazi ‘Cover Up’ Collapses
Glenn Greenwald / Guardian:
Israeli bombing of Syria and moral relativism  —  No universally applied principle justifies the Israeli attack on Damascus.  Only self-flattering tribalism does that  —  On Sunday, Israel dropped massive bombs near Damascus, ones which the New York Times, quoting residents, originally reported …
Discussion: Jerusalem Post and Hindustan Times
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Stephen C. Webster / The Raw Story:
Rick Perry compares rejecting LGBT people to fighting slavery  —  Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R) said Sunday that he believes rejecting LGBT people is similar to fighting slavery during the pre-Civil War era.  —  Appearing on the Family Research Council's program “Stand With Scouts Sunday,” …
Mary Elizabeth Williams / Salon:
Why did Komen for the Cure give Nancy Brinker a 64 percent raise?  —  Komen, already under fire for shrinking contributions for breast cancer research, paid its CEO $684,000 last year  —  Last year may have been a very bad year for the Susan G. Komen Foundation, but it still was a very good year for its CEO, Nancy Brinker.
Discussion: Daily Kos and Firedoglake
Richard A. Epstein / Wall Street Journal:
The Rule of Lawyers  —  Law-school applications today have dropped to 54,000 annually, from 100,000 in 2004.  But the profession will continue to thrive  —  Law schools are under siege.  Applications have dropped to around 54,000 annually, from around 100,000 in 2004.
Discussion: Via Meadia
Jen Steer / WEWS-TV:
Cleveland police: Missing teens Amanda Berry and Gina DeJesus found alive, appear to be OK  —  CLEVELAND - Cleveland police said missing teens Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus and a third woman were found in a west side house on Monday.  —  “This isn't the ending we usually get,” said MetroHealth Medical Center Dr. Gerald Maloney.
Discussion: BBC, Gawker and Mediaite
Jordy Yager / The Hill:
Rep. Mike Rogers pushed for FBI chief  —  The FBI's union is urging President Obama to nominate Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Mich.) to be the bureau's next director.  —  The FBI Agents Association said Rogers — a former FBI agent and chairman of the House Intelligence Committee …
Discussion: Politico and CNN
Andy Greenberg / Forbes:
Meet The ‘Liberator’: Test-Firing The World's First Fully 3D-Printed Gun  —  “Alright.  One...two...”  —  Before “three” arrives, a shot reverberates across the overcast central Texas landscape.  A tall, sandy blond engineer named John has just pulled a twenty-foot length of yellow string tied …
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Nicole Flatow / ThinkProgress:
Mississippi Still Poised For Tuesday Execution, Despite DOJ Warnings That Evidence Is ‘Invalid’  —  Mississippi is set to execute a man Tuesday night without testing available DNA evidence from a hair sample in his case.  ThinkProgress reported last week that a 5-4 court upheld the decision …
 
 
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Minneapolis Star Tribune:
Gay marriage bill to get Minnesota House hearing
Discussion: ThinkProgress
WGN-TV:
Card causing controversy among Mulsim community
Discussion: Crooks and Liars and The Raw Story
Brooks Barnes / New York Times:
Solving Equation of a Hit Film Script, With Data
Discussion: The Verge
Terri Judd / The Independent:
Inside Guantánamo: An unprecedented rebellion leaves a notorious detention centre in crisis
Kevin Bohn / CNN:
$1 million raised after gun vote by Giffords' group
Discussion: The Hill, The Plum Line and Politico
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Eric Lach / Talking Points Memo:
Vendor That Pulled ‘Obama’ Target At NRA Convention Also Sells ‘The Ex’ Target
Michael Wolff / Guardian:
Twitter is ready to be a true news operation
Boston Herald:
Frustrated embalmer wants Deval Patrick to intervene
Discussion: Weasel Zippers and Politico
Alyssa Rosenberg / ThinkProgress:
Justin Bieber Breaks Istanbul Concert For Muslim Call To Prayer
Discussion: New Yorker and Weasel Zippers
Nancy Ditomaso / Opinionator:
How Social Networks Drive Black Unemployment
 

 
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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:
Sources: Amazon Prime Video has a framework deal for NBA broadcast rights for at least a decade, starting in 2025-26; ESPN/ABC is expected to keep the finals
 
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