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5:00 PM ET, May 7, 2015

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Charlie Savage / New York Times:
N.S.A. Phone Data Collection Illegal, Appeals Court Rules  —  WASHINGTON — A federal appeals court in New York on Thursday ruled that the once-secret National Security Agency program that is systematically collecting Americans' phone records in bulk is illegal.
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Devlin Barrett / Wall Street Journal:
Appeals Court Rules NSA Phone Program Not Authorized by Patriot Act  —  ACLU lawsuit argued the data collection should be stopped because it violates Americans' privacy rights  —  A federal appeals court ruled Thursday the National Security Agency's controversial collection of millions …
Julian Hattem / The Hill:
Top federal court rules against NSA's phone records program
Discussion: ABC News and Hit & Run
Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
McCain weighs in on NSA ruling: ‘People seem to have forgotten 9/11’
Discussion: Mediaite
Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:   BREAKING: Federal Appeals Court Rules That The NSA's Massive Surveillance Program Is Illegal
USA Today:
Appeals court strikes down government's phone surveillance program
Tom Ley / Deadspin:
The Cavaliers Should Have Thought A Little Harder About This Promo  —  During last night's playoff game against the Chicago Bulls, the Cleveland Cavaliers showed the video below, which was removed from the team's Vimeo page this morning, on the in-arena jumbotron.
Discussion: Mediaite, FOX31 Denver and fox13now.com
Washington Post:
One of Jeb Bush's top advisers on Israel: George W. Bush  —  When asked this week at an exclusive Manhattan gathering about who advises him on U.S.-Israel policy, Jeb Bush surprised many of the 50-plus attendees by naming his brother, former president George W. Bush, as his most influential counselor.
Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Bernie Sanders brings in $3 million in four days  —  Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) announced Wednesday his 2016 presidential campaign had pulled in $3 million over the last four days.  —  Sanders's campaign had received approximately 75,000 contributions at an average amount of $43, according to The Huffington Post.
Discussion: Political Wire
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Sam Stein / The Huffington Post:
Bernie Sanders Raises $3 Million In Four Days
Discussion: Washington Post
Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Senate overwhelmingly approves Iran review bill in 98-1 vote  —  The Senate voted overwhelmingly Thursday to approve legislation allowing Congress to review a nuclear deal with Iran in a 98-1 vote.  —  Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) was the only senator to oppose the bill.
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Burgess Everett / Politico:
Senate overwhelmingly passes Iran bill
Discussion: NPR
Quinnipiac News + Events:
Release Detail  —  What Trouble?  Clinton Has Early Lock On Iowa Caucus, Quinnipiac University Poll Finds; Sanders, Biden Are Only Dems Over 3%  —  Sample and Methodology detail  —  With 60 percent of the vote among Iowa likely Democratic Caucus participants, former Secretary …
Science:
Exposure to ideologically diverse news and opinion on Facebook  —  1Facebook, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA.  —  2School of Information, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.  —  ↵† These authors contributed equally to this work.  —  Exposure to news, opinion …
Scott Daugherty / Virginian-Pilot:
Woman claims Verizon Wireless gave her a heart attack  —  Angela Hawkins called Verizon Wireless last year to straighten out a problem with her bill.  —  The grandmother of four hoped to talk to a helpful customer service representative.  —  Instead, according to a lawsuit …
Discussion: Associated Press
James Franco / Washington Post:
McDonald's was there for me when no one else was  —  Before stardom, James Franco was just a fast-food employee eating fries straight from the hopper.  —  McDonald's sales have slumped.  Maybe the public wants healthier food.  Maybe there's too much competition.  Maybe people aren't into the chipotle barbecue snack wrap.
Sarah Maslin Nir / New York Times:
The Price of Nice Nails  —  Manicurists are routinely underpaid and exploited, and endure ethnic bias and other abuse, The New York Times has found.  —  The women begin to arrive just before 8 a.m., every day and without fail, until there are thickets of young Asian and Hispanic women …
Brendan James / Talking Points Memo:
Piers Morgan Causes Mika Brzezinski To Roll Off ‘Morning Joe’ Set (VIDEO)  —  Former CNN personality Piers Morgan's opinions led to an Irish exit from co-host Mika Brzezinski on the set of MSNBC's “Morning Joe” on Thursday morning.  —  The moment came during a segment about paid paternity leave …
Discussion: Mediaite
Nathaniel Cary / Greenville News:
Stephen Colbert funds $800,000 in grants for South Carolina public school teachers  —  Stephen Colbert spoke to S.C. Supt.  Molly Spearman at Alexander Elementary School to announce he, along with ScanSource and Share Fair Nation, would fund all 1,000 classroom projects South Carolina teachers asked for on DonorsChoose.org.
John DiStaso / WMUR:
Bush leads, Rubio up, Christie down in new WMUR poll  —  Tightly packed field continues with 9 months to go  —  Nine months is an eternity in politics, particularly in late-deciding New Hampshire.  And so not surprisingly, the Republican presidential primary field remains crowded with no true frontrunner …
Andrew Cooper / EW.com:
THIS WEEK'S COVER: INSIDE QUENTIN TARANTINO'S BLOODY, BRUTAL NEW WESTERN THE HATEFUL EIGHT  —  Somebody's dying today—you can hear it in Samuel L. Jackson's voice.  On a soundstage in Hollywood this April, the actor who plays Major Marquis Warren in Quentin Tarantino's The Hateful Eight …
Discussion: Screen Rant and Comicbook.com
Jeff Kaufmann / Politico:
It's Time to Change the Iowa Straw Poll  —  Much has changed since 1979 and sometimes cherished traditions—like the Iowa GOP Straw Poll—must change too.  What is supposed to be a fun opportunity for Iowans and presidential candidates has turned into a high-stress and expensive endeavor.
Dylan Byers / Politico:
The media's real role in 2016  —  Let's be honest with ourselves for a second: This is Hillary Clinton's election to lose.  —  On Nov. 8, 2016, Clinton will start — start — with a minimum 247 of the 270 electoral votes she needs to win.  If you give her Colorado and Virginia …
Scottie Thomaston / Equality On Trial:
Federal lawsuit against all gay people dismissed  —  Yesterday, we noted that a Nebraska woman filed a lawsuit in federal district court against all gay people.  The complaint listed some quotes from the Bible, and appeared to discuss the woman's own personal views on homosexuality and gay people.
Jeryl Bier / Weekly Standard:
EPA Commits $100K to ‘Addressing Bed Bugs in Rural Alaska’  —  Rural Alaska is well known for its wolves, bears, and moose, but the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has set its sights on a considerably smaller creature: the bed bug.  The EPA is prepared to award a grant of up to $100,000 …
Discussion: The PJ Tatler
Bethany Barnes / Las Vegas Review-Journal:
CITY OF NORTH LAS VEGAS WANTS TO DUMP ‘INTEGRITY’ FROM CORE VALUES  —  The City of North Las Vegas wants to eliminate integrity from its core values.  —  Also on their way out: Respect, creativity, quality service and leadership.  —  The move to edit the city's statement of core values …
Discussion: Fox News
The White House / Medium:
Behind the Lens: Photographing the President in 50 States … This was not as easy as I thought it would be.  With help from photo editor Phaedra Singelis, I tried to depict a variety of situations.  Some are more lighthearted; some are sad, and some are poignant.
 
 
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Alicia A. Caldwell / Associated Press:
US to add second layer of steel spikes to White House fence
Dennis Wagner / Arizona Republic:
Helman faces a legal battle in lawsuit to regain VA job
Discussion: BarbWire.com
Billy Hallowell / TheBlaze.com:
He Was a Staunch Agnostic Who Laughed at Christianity. …
New York Times:
Syria Is Using Chemical Weapons Again, Rescue Workers Say
Discussion: JustOneMinute
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Rick Snyder not running for president
Discussion: Washington Monthly
 Earlier Items: 
Shane Harris / The Daily Beast:
CIA's Ex-No. 2 Says ISIS ‘Learned From Snowden’
Discussion: Lawfare, Poynter. and Hullabaloo
Stephanie Ballesteros / WAVY-TV:
Bank robbery suspect Instagrams crime video, robbery note
Discussion: abc7chicago.com and abc11.com
Mary Katharine Ham / Hot Air:
Heh: Carly Fiorina answers Seth Meyers question about domain snafu by buying SethMeyers.org
Cathy O'Neil / mathbabe:
Nick Kristof is not Smarter than an 8th Grader
Discussion: Washington Center …
Conor Friedersdorf / The Atlantic:
Mystery Planes in the Skies Above Baltimore
Christine Byers / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Dorian Johnson, figure in Michael Brown case, arrested in St. Louis
Marianne LeVine / Politico:
Chris Christie faces another blow
Discussion: New Jersey News …
 

 
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New York Times:
The NBC News-Ronna McDaniel saga highlights the perks and perils of partisan talk TV; a source says McDaniel is now seeking $600K+ for her two year deal

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