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10:25 AM ET, May 7, 2014

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CNN:
Clay Aiken has slim edge in North Carolina primary  —  (CNN) - Clay Aiken, the American-Idol star-turned congressional hopeful, holds a razor-thin margin over opponent Keith Crisco in North Carolina's Democratic primary for a U.S. House seat, but CNN and other news organizations have not yet projected a winner.
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Nigeria's government defends its actions as more girls are abducted  —  CNN anchor Isha Sesay will be live from Abuja on CNN International, Monday to Thursday at 5, 7, 8.30 and 9 p.m. CET.  —  Abuja, Nigeria (CNN) — Nigeria defended its response to the kidnapping of hundreds of schoolgirls …
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Lanre Ola / Reuters:
Gunmen abduct eight more girls in northeast Nigeria: police  —  (Reuters) - Suspected Boko Haram gunmen kidnapped eight girls from a village near one of the Islamists' strongholds in northeastern Nigeria overnight, police and residents said on Tuesday.  —  The abduction of the girls …
Mary Bruce / ABC News:
Obama Calls Kidnapping Of Nigerian Girls ‘Heartbreaking’ And ‘Outrageous’
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Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
Burning the Beret  —  WASHINGTON — Monica Lewinsky says she would meet me for a drink.  —  I'm game.  —  In her new meditation in Vanity Fair, Monica mashes Hawthorne and Coleridge, proclaiming that she's ready to rip off her “scarlet-A albatross,” “reimagine” her identity and reclaim her narrative.
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and ABC News
Sahil Kapur / Talking Points Memo:
Benghazi Select Committee Will Have 7 Republicans, 5 Democrats  —  The soon-to-be-formed select committee to investigate the Benghazi attacks will have 7 Republican members and 5 Democratic members, a senior GOP leadership aide confirmed to TPM on Tuesday afternoon.
Discussion: Yahoo! News, Salon and Politico
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Burgess Everett / Politico:
Harry Reid: No Senate Benghazi panel
Discussion: CNN
Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
Just 7 percent of journalists are Republicans.  That's far fewer than even a decade ago.  —  A majority of American journalists identify themselves as political independents although among those who choose a side Democrats outnumber Republicans four to one, according to a new study …
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Hadas Gold / Politico:
Poll: Few journos identify with GOP
Discussion: Power Line and PJ Media
Jim Romenesko:
Survey: Most say journalism is headed in the wrong direction
Gov. Scott Walker / JSOnline:
Federal judge halts John Doe probe into Walker recall  —  By Daniel Bice and Patrick Marley of the Journal Sentinel  —  A federal judge ordered a halt Tuesdayto the John Doe investigation into campaign spending and fundraising by Gov. Scott Walker's campaign and conservative groups …
ExtraTV.com:
Exclusive: Sarah Palin's Views on Hillary Clinton, Donald Sterling and More!  —  “Extra's” Mario Lopez was invited to go behind the scenes of the Sportsman Channel show “Amazing America with Sarah Palin,” and sat down with Palin at her home in Wasilla, Alaska as she took on some recent headlines.
Discussion: Talking Points Memo, Politico and CNN
Thomas Fuller / New York Times:
Thai Court Ousts Premier in Victory for Opposition  —  BANGKOK — A Thai court on Wednesday ordered Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra removed from office, a highly divisive move and a victory for the powerful antigovernment movement that has sought to overthrow the government in Bangkok for the last six months.
Discussion: The Week
Fusion:
Crist: Race Motivates GOP Opposition to Obama  —  Former Florida Gov. Charlie Crist (D) says that a “big reason” why he left the Republican Party was because many in the GOP treated President Obama poorly due to his race.
Neil MacFarquhar / New York Times:
Russia Quietly Tightens Reins on Web With ‘Bloggers Law’  —  MOSCOW — Russia has taken another major step toward restricting its once freewheeling Internet, as President Vladimir V. Putin quietly signed a new law requiring popular online voices to register with the government, a measure that lawyers …
Elizabeth Harrington / Washington Free Beacon:
Parody Obama Movie Posters Arrive in L.A. for President's Visit  —  Movie posters for a spoof entitled “Saving Barack Obama” have hit Los Angeles ahead of the president's visit the city.  —  The posters, which feature President Obama walking into the horizon between a pair of his teleprompters …
Dina Cappiello / Associated Press:
GOP TO EXAMINE CLAIM THAT EPA BLOCKING PROBES … WASHINGTON (AP) — A yearslong turf battle between the Environmental Protection Agency's inspector general and an EPA unit run by President Barack Obama's political staff is getting an airing before Congress by a top investigator who accuses …
Discussion: Hot Air
Kathryn A. Wolfe / Politico:
Rockefeller talks Obama and race  —  Sen. Jay Rockefeller unloaded on lawmakers Tuesday, accusing some of blocking efforts to solve urgent problems during Barack Obama's presidency “because he's the wrong color.”  —  Rockefeller (D-W.Va.), who will retire at the end of the year …
Discussion: The Reaction and PoliticusUSA
 
 
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WWMT-TV:
SWAT raid in Kalamazoo turns up empty-handed, frightens family
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Julia Fisher / The New Republic:
Check Your Usage of “Check Your Privilege”
Discussion: Mediaite, Feministing, VICE and The Week
David Patrikarakos / Politico:
Yuppie, Get Your Gun
Erin Dooley / ABC News:
Suspicious Car Led to White House Lockdown
Laura Smith-Spark / CNN:
Swearing off bad language: Russia bans cussing in films, books, music
ThinkProgress:
Koch Group Tries To Sink Ohio Zoo's Tax Proposal: 'There Is No Issue We Won't Get Involved In'
Discussion: WBNS-TV and Daily Kos
Whitney Friedlander / Variety:
Beverly Hills Hotel Loses Oscar Party, More Over Controversy
Discussion: The Raw Story, Firedoglake and Guardian
 Earlier Items: 
Aaron C. Davis / Washington Post:
D.C. Council to vote on broad new tax on insurance to cover city's health care exchange
David Freedlander / The Daily Beast:
Happy Huckabee Gets Mad
Discussion: Washington Monthly
Eli Lake / The Daily Beast:
So Many Jihadists Are Flocking to Libya, It's Becoming ‘Scumbag Woodstock’
 

 
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Authentic Brands licenses Sports Illustrated's publishing rights to The Players' Tribune owner Minute Media for 10 years, with plans to keep the print edition

Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
Ofcom rules that five GB News programs presented by Conservative politicians have broken its due impartiality rules and puts the channel “on notice”

Todd Spangler / Variety:
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