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7:55 AM ET, May 18, 2014

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Man arrested for sneaking into Thad Cochran's wife's nursing home — A Pearl man who runs a political blog is accused of sneaking into a nursing home where U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran's wife is bedridden and photographing her, then posting the image in a video political “hit piece” on the internet.

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Geoff Pender / The Clarion-Ledger:

McDaniel camp knew about Cochran break-in before it was public — U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran's campaign is questioning how Chris McDaniel's campaign manager, state Sen. Melanie Sojourner, apparently knew about Clayton Kelly's arrest before news of him allegedly sneaking into Rose Cochran's nursing home room and taking photos broke.

Discussion: The Hill, Talking Points Memo, Liberaland and Jackson Jambalaya

Alexandra Jaffe / The Hill:

Cochran team questions challenger on activist's arrest — HERNANDO, Miss. — Sen. Thad Cochran's (R-Miss.) campaign is raising questions about when his primary challenger knew about the arrest of an activist who videotaped the incumbent's bedridden wife. — A voicemail from Sen. Chris …

Discussion: Talking Points Memo

Kingfish / Jackson Jambalaya:

Madison Police arrest Clayton Kelly for sneaking into Rose Cochran's room (Updated) — Update II (4:27 PM CST, 5/17/14): The first update was posted between 9:00 and 10:00 AM today. The original post was published at 11:40 PM last night. It did not mention the identity of Rose Cochran.

Discussion: CNN and Talking Points Memo

Dylan Scott / Talking Points Memo:

Blogger Arrested For Sneaking Nursing Home To Photograph GOP Senator's Wife — A Mississippi political blogger has been arrested for allegedly sneaking into the nursing home where Sen. Thad Cochran's wife resides and taking her picture for an online video, the Clarion-Ledger reported Saturday.

James Morgan / BBC:

‘Biggest dinosaur ever’ discovered — Fossilised bones of a dinosaur believed to be the largest creature ever to walk the Earth have been unearthed in Argentina, palaeontologists say. — Based on its huge thigh bones, it was 40m (130ft) long and 20m (65ft) tall.

Discussion: The Verge, The Week, Gawker and Mashable

Nicholas Confessore / New York Times:

Quixotic ‘80 Campaign Gave Birth to Kochs’ Powerful Network — He backed the full legalization of abortion and the repeal of laws that criminalized drug use, prostitution and homosexuality. He attacked campaign donation limits and assailed the Republican star Ronald Reagan as a hypocrite who represented …

Discussion: Hullabaloo

Timothy Cama / The Hill:

Pelosi's message to grads: Be disruptors — House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) encouraged graduates of the University of California Berkeley to be disruptors, using their knowledge and technology to shake up the economic system. — “Being called a disruptor is a high compliment,” Pelosi said in prepared remarks Saturday.

Discussion: Ed Driscoll

Ravi Somaiya / New York Times:

After Criticism, Times Publisher Details Decision to Oust Top Editor — Arthur Sulzberger Jr., the publisher of The New York Times, released a statement Saturday afternoon detailing his decision to fire the newspaper's executive editor, Jill Abramson. He was responding to a growing controversy …

Discussion: Pat Dollard, Gawker, Mediaite, Mashable, Capital New York, Guardian, The Huffington Post and Poynter, more at Mediagazer »

Jon Prior / Politico:

Castro to be tapped for HUD secretary — San Antonio Mayor Julian Castro, a rising star in Democratic national politics, is expected to be nominated to the post of secretary of housing and urban development, according to a source familiar with the plan. — Current HUD secretary Shaun Donovan …

Discussion: Booman Tribune, Washington Post, ABC News, CNN and Outside the Beltway

Byron York / Washington Examiner:

Would Democrats amend Constitution to stop the Koch brothers? — HARRY REID CAMPAIGN FINANCE 2014 ELECTIONS FREEDOM OF SPEECH KOCH BROTHERS CONSTITUTION — It's no longer news when Majority Leader Harry Reid takes to the floor of the Senate to denounce the Koch brothers.

Discussion: his vorpal sword, Power Line and Independent Journal Review

Kevin Robillard / Politico:
GM suggested engineers avoid ‘judgment words’ like ‘death trap,’ ‘grenademaker’

Discussion: The Hill, Hot Air and Mediaite

Erica Martinson / Politico:
EPA carbon crackdown set to launch

Discussion: Hot Air and The PJ Tatler

John Bresnahan / Politico:

911 call released in Monica Wehby saga — Andrew Miller, the ex-boyfriend of Oregon GOP Senate candidate Monica Wehby, told Portland police in a 911 call in April 2013 that Wehby was “very, very upset and angry” with him and he was going to file a restraining order against her.

Discussion: NewsBusters and The Huffington Post

Washington Post:

Federal health-care subsidies may be too high or too low for more than 1 million Americans — The government may be paying incorrect subsidies to more than 1 million Americans for their health plans in the new federal insurance marketplace and has been unable so far to fix the errors …