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6:05 PM ET, March 5, 2015

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Gabriel Debenedetti / Politico:
Hillary Clinton breaks silence on email controversy  —  She calls on the State Department to release her emails.  —  After two days of silence, Hillary Clinton weighed in on the controversy surrounding her use of a personal email address during her tenure as secretary of state late on Wednesday night …
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Mark Hemingway / Weekly Standard:
Clinton State Department Ousted Ambassador Using Private Email  —  In 2012, U.S. Ambassador to Kenya Scott Gration abruptly stepped down from his post.  According to a Foreign Policy report by Josh Rogin (now a reporter for Bloomberg), Gration was the subject of a whithering evaluation from the State Department:
Sam Biddle / Gawker:
How Unsafe Was Hillary Clinton's Secret Staff Email System?  —  When Hillary Clinton ditched government email in favor of a secret, personal address, it wasn't just an affront to Obama's vaunted transparency agenda—security experts consulted by Gawker have laid out a litany of potential threats …
Discussion: Hot Air and VodkaPundit
David Weigel / Bloomberg Business:
Democrats See a Familiar Pattern in the Clinton E-mail Story  —  Reports of Democrats fretting about Hillary's future have been overstated.  —  “You're not going to be the sixteenth writer who asks me about Hillary, are you?” says Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders.  “I know you would not do that.
Sean Davis / The Federalist:
SCOOP: Hillary's State Dept. Forced The Resignation Of An Ambassador For Using Private E-Mail
Martin Matishak / The Hill:
House Dem suggests Clinton is raising the bar for transparency
Discussion: Politico and National Review
Lauren French / Politico:
Trey Gowdy: Not backing off subpoena of Hillary Clinton emails
Discussion: The Right Scoop and Mediaite
Katie Glueck / Politico:
Hillary Clinton email flap creates awkward GOP silence
Brent Budowsky / The Hill:
Roberts will uphold ObamaCare  —  In this “friend of the court” column, I suggest with 90 percent confidence that Chief Justice John Roberts, who remained virtually silent during oral arguments before the Supreme Court on Wednesday, will join a majority of justices to uphold the subsidy provision of the Affordable Care Act.
Discussion: RedState
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Jeffrey Toobin / New Yorker:
Did John Roberts Tip His Hand?  —  The Supreme Court oral argument on Wednesday in King v. Burwell featured thousands of words, dozens of provocative questions, two engaged and skillful lawyers—and one very striking silence.  Chief Justice John Roberts, usually among the most active questioners …
Scott Pruitt / Wall Street Journal:
A State Reply to Justice Kennedy  —  We are not children who must be protected by the federal government from making choices.  —  By  —  The Supreme Court heard oral arguments Wednesday in King v. Burwell, a challenge to ObamaCare.  At issue is wording in the 2010 Affordable Care Act stipulating …
Facebook:
Dear Dzhokhar Tsarnaev,  —  My name is Rebekah Gregory.  We don't really know each other and never will.  But over the last two years, I have seen your face not only in pictures, but in almost every one of my nightmares.  Moments before the first blast, your stupid backpack even brushed up against my arm …
Quinnipiac News + Events:
Release Detail  —  March 5, 2015 - Walker, Bush In Tight Race Among U.S. Republicans, Quinnipiac University National Poll Finds; Clinton Sweeps Dem Field, With Biden In The Wings  —  Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, with 18 percent, and former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush with 16 percent …
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Washington Post:
Wealthy fans could lift Marco Rubio in 2016 campaign
Discussion: Political Wire
Mike Allen / Politico:
Kathleen Matthews likely to run for Van Hollen's seat  —  Kathleen Matthews, Marriott International's executive vice president and chief global communications and public affairs officer, and wife of MSNBC's Chris Matthews, is planning to run for the seat of Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.).
Reuters:
Islamic State torches oil field east of Tikrit: witness  —  (Reuters) - Islamic State militants have set fire to oil wells in the Ajil field east of the city of Tikrit to try to hinder aerial attacks aimed at driving them from the oilfield, a witness and military source said.
Discussion: The Daily Banter
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Benjamin Weiser / New York Times:
Christie's Office Drove Exxon Settlement, Ex-Official Says  —  For more than a decade, the New Jersey attorney general's office conducted a hard-fought legal battle to hold Exxon Mobil Corporation responsible for decades of environmental contamination in northern New Jersey.
Discussion: Wall Street Journal and The Week
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Bradley M. Campbell / New York Times:
Chris Christie's Exxon Settlement is Bad for New Jersey
Jim Salter / Associated Press:
Michael Brown's parents announce civil lawsuit in death  —  3 photos  —  ST. LOUIS (AP) — Lawyers for the parents of an unarmed, black 18-year-old who was fatally shot by a white police officer in the St. Louis suburb of Ferguson said Thursday that they would file a civil lawsuit in Michael Brown's death.
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Charles M. Blow / New York Times:
The Feds vs. Ferguson
Discussion: CNN, Washington Post and Hullabaloo
Bloomberg Business:
Who's to blame when fraudsters use TurboTax to steal refunds?  —  When Jeff Parish signed on to his TurboTax account recently, he was surprised to see that the popular online filing service had already calculated a federal refund — to the tune of more than $5,000.  But there was a problem.
Discussion: Bloomberg View and FOX News Radio
Politico:
Mitch McConnell postpones Iran vote  —  Mitch McConnell is postponing a vote on the Senate's Iran legislation in the face of an expected Democratic filibuster.  —  The Senate majority leader has decided to delay a Tuesday vote on legislation that would allow Congress to approve or reject …
Discussion: Daily Kos and Wall Street Journal
Kira Lerner / ThinkProgress:
Cities Are Quietly Reviving A Jim Crow-Era Trick To Suppress Latino Votes  —  Pasadena City Councilman Ornaldo Ybarra talks about the district lines in his community in Pasadena, Texas.  Pasadena is preparing to change the makeup of its city council in a way that city fathers hope fosters new development …
Tamara Lush / Associated Press:
Ringling Bros. Circus to give up elephant acts in 3 years  —  12 photos  —  POLK CITY, Fla. (AP) — The Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus will phase out the show's iconic elephants from its performances by 2018, telling The Associated Press exclusively that growing public concern …
Yasser Okbi / Jerusalem Post:
Speculation over successor after Iran's Khamenei reportedly hospitalized in serious condition  —  Media blitz on Khamenei's health raises questions abo...  Khamenei on Twitter: No cure for barbaric Israeli reg...  Iran's Khamenei: 'Increasing global hatred of Israel ...
ProPublica:
How Much Is Your Arm Worth?  Depends On Where You Work  —  Insult to Injury  —  How Much Is Your Arm Worth?  Depends On Where You Work  —  Each state determines its own workers' compensation benefits, which means workers in neighboring states can end up with dramatically different compensation for identical injuries.
 
 
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Robert D. McFadden / New York Times:
Cardinal Edward M. Egan, Former Archbishop of New York, Dies at 82
Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton:
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Richard Fausset / New York Times:
Gay Rights Groups Find Unlikely Ally in Georgia Fight
Tracybloomktla / KTLA:
Nail Polish Triggers Brawl Between Manicurist and Customer at Salon in Lancaster
Discussion: fox13now.com and fox8.com
Trevor Hughes / USA Today:
Sheriffs sue Colorado over legal marijuana
Discussion: Hit & Run and Hot Air
Politico:
The Outsider  —  Elizabeth Warren wants to be the most powerful …
Gallup:
Story Highlights  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — The uninsured rate …
Discussion: Daily Kos
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Applebee's not liable for N.J. man burned while praying over fajita skillet
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Dr. Ben Carson / Facebook:
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