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12:50 PM ET, May 10, 2013

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Jonathan Karl / ABCNEWS:
Exclusive: Benghazi Talking Points Underwent 12 Revisions, Scrubbed of Terror Reference  —  When it became clear last fall that the CIA's now discredited Benghazi talking points were flawed, the White House said repeatedly the documents were put together almost entirely by the intelligence community …
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Stephen F. Hayes / Weekly Standard:
The Benghazi Scandal Grows  —  ADVANCE ARTICLE from our May 20th issue  —  CIA director David Petraeus was surprised when he read the freshly rewritten talking points an aide had emailed him in the early afternoon of Saturday, September 15.  One day earlier, analysts with the CIA's Office …
Ron Fournier / NationalJournal.com:
Why Benghazi is a Blow to Obama and Clinton  —  Both parties are wrong about the scandal: It's not Watergate and it's not nothing.  —  Both parties are wrong about Benghazi.  Existing evidence does not point to a far-reaching cover-up on the scale of Watergate, as Republicans want you to believe.
Ron Fournier / NationalJournal.com:
Scrubbing the Truth from Benghazi  —  Caught playing politics with tragedy, what's next for the Obama administration and GOP investigators?  —  With no trace of irony, White House Press Secretary Jay Carney is accusing the GOP of politicizing the Benghazi “talking points.”  (AP/File)
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Report: State officials involved in Benghazi talking points edits  —  The State Department contributed to heavily editing talking points surrounding the attacks that killed Ambassador Christopher Stevens and three other Americans in Libya, leading to the removal of references to terror groups …
Taegan Goddard's Political Wire:
Email Demanded by Boehner Different Than He Claims
Kevin Robillard / Politico:
Report: Terror references removed from Benghazi talking points
Discussion: Fox News, USA Today, ABCNEWS and Althouse
Mark Landler / New York Times:
Benghazi Debate Focuses on Interpretation of Early E-Mail on Attackers
Brian Beutler / Talking Points Memo:
Boehner On Obamacare, Debt Limit Strategies: Take It Up With My Members!
Discussion: The Impolitic
Julian Pecquet / The Hill:
GOP lawmaker: Boehner ‘complicit’ if Benghazi panel blocked
Stephen Ohlemacher / bigstory.ap.org:
IRS APOLOGIZES FOR TARGETING CONSERVATIVE GROUPS  —  You are here  —  Home » United States government » IRS apologizes for targeting conservative groups  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Internal Revenue Service is apologizing for inappropriately flagging conservative political groups …
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Reuters:
IRS apologizes for targeting conservative groups  —  A top Internal Revenue Service official apologized Friday to conservative political groups for giving their tax documents extra scrutiny.  —  Lois Lerner, who is responsible for overseeing tax-exempt groups, said the agency singled …
Discussion: americanthinker.com
CNN:
New York caps off its comeback  —  New York (CNN) — Construction workers bolted a 408-foot spire into place atop One World Trade Center on Friday, symbolically capping New York's comeback after the September 11, 2001, terror attacks.  —  The spire brings the iconic building to a height of 1,776 feet …
Tom Kludt / Talking Points Memo:
GOP Lawmaker Gives Teary-Eyed Lament After Gay Marriage Passes Minn. House  —  After a bill to pass same-sex marriage in Minnesota cleared an important hurdle on Thursday, a Republican lawmaker wept and said her “heart breaks” for the state.  —  Following the bill's passage …
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Baird Helgeson / Hot Dish Politics:
In historic vote, Minnesota House approves gay marriage bill 75-59
Discussion: The Raw Story
Lydia Saad / Gallup:
Americans' Abortion Views Steady Amid Gosnell Trial  —  Few paying attention to trial, but many criticize lack of media coverage  —  PRINCETON, NJ — As Philadelphia abortion doctor Kermit Gosnell awaits the jury verdict in his capital murder trial, Gallup finds 26% of Americans saying abortion …
Joel Stein / TIME:
Millennials: The Me Me Me Generation  —  Correction Appended: May 9, 2013  —  I am about to do what old people have done throughout history: call those younger than me lazy, entitled, selfish and shallow.  But I have studies!  I have statistics!  I have quotes from respected academics!
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BBC:
Dhaka building collapse: Woman pulled alive from rubble  —  A woman has been pulled alive from the ruins of a building that collapsed in a suburb of Bangladesh's capital, Dhaka, 17 days ago.  —  The head of the fire service earlier said the woman, named Reshma, had been found in the remains …
Discussion: Riehl World News and Althouse
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Alexander Burns / Reuters:
Rand Paul the one-man band  —  When Rand Paul touches down in Iowa Friday, it will be almost exactly three years to the day after his landslide 2010 Senate primary victory - an unlikely and decisive triumph over the Republican establishment that instantly transformed Paul into a national political phenomenon.
Nicole Flatow / ThinkProgress:
Missouri Passes Gun Nullification Bill That Criminalizes Federal Law Enforcement  —  A Missouri bill that would make all federal gun laws “null and void” and criminalize enforcement of those laws was sent to Gov. Jay Nixon (D) Thursday, after it overwhelmingly passed the House this week by a vote of 118-36.
Adaam J. Levin Areddy / The Times of Israel:
DC museum to honor two Hamas journalists  —  Cameramen killed in Gaza airstrike to be added to Newseum's journalists memorial  —  A journalism museum in Washington DC says it will honor two Hamas-member journalists killed during Operation Pillar of Defense in November.
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Hunter Walker / Talking Points Memo:
Malcolm X's Grandson Dead In Mexico  —  Malcolm Shabazz, the grandson of the late civil rights leader Malcolm X, has died while in Mexico.  The news first broke when a family friend named Terrie Williams announced his death on Facebook and Twitter.  TPM has independently confirmed …
Donovan Slack / Politico:
Biden honors firefighters, jokes they saved his Corvette  —  Vice President Joe Biden has lots of stories about firefighters and EMTs.  —  There's the one about their rescuing his sons from a tragic car accident that killed his wife in 1972.  And their transporting him through a snowstorm …
Discussion: The Hill and CNN
 
 
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Alexander Burns / Politico:
Conservative group rushes to Kelly Ayotte's aid
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Boston Herald:
11 school staffers found with rap sheets
Discussion: Riehl World News
Jenna Portnoy / New Jersey Online:
Christie vetoes early voting bill, angering Democrats
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Gang of Eight throws GOP a bone
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