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5:15 AM ET, May 1, 2015

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Brad Bell / WJLA-TV:
Law enforcement sources say Freddie Gray suffered head injury in police transport van  —  BALTIMORE, Md. (WJLA) — An investigation into the death of Baltimore resident Freddie Gray has found no evidence that his fatal injuries were caused during his videotaped arrest and interaction with police officers …
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Marlow Stern / The Daily Beast:
Morgan Freeman on Baltimore Protest Coverage: ‘F-ck the Media’  —  The screen icon discussed police brutality and the televised news media's coverage of the Baltimore protests in the wake of Freddie Gray's death while in police custody.  —  “F-ck the media.”
Guardian:
Police van carrying Freddie Gray made previously undisclosed stop after his arrest
Discussion: BBC and Shakesville
Maya Rhodan / TIME:
Watch This 6th Grader Cut Off President Obama for Talking Too Much  —  Somebody get this kid a talk show.  —  “Mr. President, let's move on to the next question,” is not something you hear that often in Washington, especially not on friendly panel discussions.
Discussion: Mediaite, Twitchy, Politico and Mashable
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Deborah Gates / Delmarva Daily Times:
Wicomico 6th-grader to interview Obama  —  A Bennett Middle School student will get the chance to interview President Obama on Thursday about books and reading.  —  Osman Yahya, a sixth-grader at the school, traveled to Washington for the 10:40 a.m. interview at the Anacostia Neighborhood Library.
Discussion: Associated Press and Jezebel
Andrew Prokop / Vox:
What Bernie Sanders thinks about the issues: a comprehensive primer  —  Sen. Bernie Sanders talks money in politics at his campaign announcement press conference (C-SPAN).  —  Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont, now a presidential candidate, is the only socialist in Congress.
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Annie Linskey / BostonGlobe.com:
Clinton charity never provided foreign donor data
Charlie Spiering / BREITBART.COM:
Obama Says He Wants To Go Back To Community Organizing After Presidency  —  President Obama spoke about his post-presidency during an event with school children today, saying he wants to go back to his life as a community organizer.  —  “I'll be done being president in a couple years …
Discussion: American Spectator
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Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Obama hints at return to community organizing  —  President Obama on Thursday dropped some hints about what he'll do after his time in office, saying he could return to his roots as a community organizer.  —  Speaking to a group of schoolchildren at the Anacostia Library in Washington …
Rachael Bade / Politico:
House passes final budget deal  —  The House on Thursday passed a final budget deal, bringing Republicans one step closer to enacting a spending blueprint that sets the stage for this summer's spending bills.  —  The chamber passed the framework, 226-197.  It would balance the budget …
Discussion: Wall Street Journal
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Cristina Marcos / The Hill:
GOP delays vote on first spending bill
Dexter Filkins / New Yorker:
Zarif in New York  —  “The devil is in the details.”  —  So said Javad Zarif, Iran's foreign minister, at an event at the New York University Center on International Cooperation on Wednesday.  Zarif is in New York for another round of talks aimed at finishing an agreement designed to stop …
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Louis Charbonneau / Reuters:
Exclusive: Britain told U.N. monitors of active Iran nuclear procurement - panel
Discussion: Hot Air and The Daily Caller
Paul Waldman / American Prospect:
Indulging the Lunatics on the Right  —  Ask a Republican about the elaborate conspiracy theories that are so popular with many on the far right, and she's likely to respond that, sure, those people are there, but liberals have their wackos, too.  But there is a difference …
Washington Post:
Koch brothers make push to court Latinos, alarming many Democrats  —  LAS VEGAS — For Republicans, the road to warming the hearts and winning the votes of Latinos may begin at a Las Vegas flea market.  —  On a recent morning, inside the Eastern Indoor Swapmeet Las Vegas …
Discussion: RedState
Machine Learning:
Fun with ML, Stream Analytics and PowerBI - Observing Virality in Real Time  —  This post is authored by Corom Thompson and Santosh Balasubramanian, Engineers in Information Management and Machine Learning at Microsoft  —  This is a fun story of how we were expecting perhaps 50 users for a test but …
Tom LoBianco / Indianapolis Star:
Democrat Gregg enters governor's race, hits Pence on RFRA  —  Democrat John Gregg announced Thursday that he will run for governor, setting up a likely rematch with Gov. Mike Pence, who he narrowly lost to in 2012.  —  Democrat John Gregg is running again for governor …
Burgess Everett / Politico:
Ted Cruz: ‘Absence is the equivalent of a no vote’ on Loretta Lynch  —  Ted Cruz has an explanation for why he missed Loretta Lynch's confirmation vote last Thursday: “Absence is the equivalent of a no vote.”  —  The Texas senator and Republican presidential candidate offered …
Ta-Nehisi Coates / The Atlantic:
The Clock Didn't Start With the Riots  —  On Thursday, April 30, Ta-Nehisi Coates spoke at Johns Hopkins University in his native city of Baltimore, at the inaugural Forum on Race in America.  This article is an edited transcript of his remarks.  —  About a year ago, I published …
Discussion: Democratic Strategist
The Fiscal Times:
The Stagnant Economy Spells Trouble for Democrats  —  The Fiscal Times  —  So much for economic momentum.  And perhaps, so much for Democratic hopes for a third straight term in the White House.  —  The Obama administration had made the argument just before last year's midterms that a spike …
Discussion: Hot Air
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Chico Harlan / Washington Post:   After U.S. economy slows to crawl, analysts hope the reason is the season
 
 
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Nick Gillespie / The Daily Beast:
Trigger Warning: College Kids Are Human Veal
Discussion: Hot Air, EconLog and Hit & Run
Washington Post:
John Roberts says people want the ‘democratic process’ to decide gay marriage. He's wrong.
BuzzFeed:
The Fight For Pitbull's Political Soul: Republicans Want Pitbull To Join Them
Pam Key / BREITBART.COM:
New Black Panther Head: Like Founding Fathers, We Are Willing to Kill for Black Nation
Kristen Holloway / WATE-TV:
Hawkins County Schools launch new procedures after serving years-old meat to students
Discussion: WBIR-TV, The Daily Caller and ABC News
 Earlier Items: 
Ben S. Bernanke / Brookings Institute:
WSJ Editorial Page Watch: The Slow-Growth Fed?
Jake Sherman / Politico:
John Boehner: ‘thousands of jobs’ at risk if Ex-Im Bank expires
Discussion: Cafe Hayek
Jon Seidel / Chicago Sun Times:
Lawyer suing Aaron Schock says he can't find former Instagram star
Kpns / The Kolkata Post:
Outrage in Nepal As Pakistan Sends Beef Meat Product in Relief Material