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2:30 PM ET, February 13, 2016

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William Kristol / Weekly Standard:
He's Beatable  —  We seem to be at a point in the election season where, to quote George Orwell, “restatement of the obvious is the first duty of intelligent men.”  So to restate the obvious: Choosing Donald Trump as the Republican party's nominee would be a mistake.
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New York Times:
With a Slur for Ted Cruz, Donald Trump Further Splits Voters  —  CHARLESTON, S.C. — Donald J. Trump has defied conservative orthodoxy on policy, shunned traditional politicking and even insulted prisoners of war and the disabled, sacrosanct constituencies that other candidates would no more slur …
Discussion: Prairie Weather and Hullabaloo
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
How Cruz rescued Carson  —  It would take a miracle for Ben Carson to win the Republican nomination.  Fortunately for him, he can afford to wait for one.  —  The retired neurosurgeon's campaign says it has raised about $2 million since the Feb. 1 Iowa caucuses, a startling windfall …
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Gingrich calls on pro-Bush super PAC to take down Kasich attack
Kenneth P. Vogel / Politico:
GOP mega-donors frozen in frustration
Discussion: Washington Monthly and The State
Sean Sullivan / Washington Post:
Talking to Marco Rubio: A scripted candidate suddenly gets chatty
Discussion: Althouse
Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
Bewildered by 2016 race, George W. Bush returns to the trail to boost Jeb
Discussion: Mediaite
Keith BieryGolick / USA Today:
Regulating sex: Uncharted waters in the suburbs … WEST CHESTER TOWNSHIP, Ohio — The chairman of West Chester Township's Board of Zoning Appeals cleared his throat.  He asked anyone leaving the January zoning meeting to do so quietly.  —  Melissa Warren stood up.  She didn't say a word.
Laurie Mason Schroeder / Morning Call:
Jamie Silvonek: ‘I was a monster’  —  PHOTO GALLERY: It was one of the most shocking homicides the Lehigh Valley has ever seen; 14-year-old eighth-grader Jamie Silvonek plotted her mother's death.  Her 20-year-old soldier boyfriend was charged with helping her carry out the brutal slaying.
Deborah Yetter / Courier-Journal:
Want Viagra?  Not without a note from the wife  —  Kentucky men would have to visit a doctor twice and have signed permission from their wives before obtaining a prescription for Viagra or other such drugs for erectile dysfunction, according to a bill filed by a state legislator Thursday.
NBC News:
FBI Looked at Ohio Machete Attacker Four Years Ago  —  An Ohio man who slashed four restaurant patrons with a machete and was later killed by police had come to the attention of the FBI four years ago for radical comments, law enforcement officials said.  —  Agents took a brief look at Mohamed Barry but moved on, the officials said.
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Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
Albright: ‘Special place in hell’ comment came at ‘wrong time’  —  Former secretary of State Madeline Albright is softening her controversial comment that there's a “special place in hell for women who don't help each other” in a New York Times opinion piece released Friday afternoon.
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Megan R. Wilson / The Hill:
DNC rolls back restrictions on lobbyist donations  —  The Democratic National Committee (DNC) has dismantled the last of its prohibitions on receiving donations from lobbyists and political action committees.  —  The ban has been in place since 2008, when President Obama became the party's presumptive nominee.
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Matea Gold / Washington Post:
Super PAC moves to ramp up financial firepower for Clinton
Bloomberg Business:
Russia's Medvedev: We Are in ‘a New Cold War’  —  Russian premier accuses U.S.-led alliance of confrontation  —  NATO chief warns of tension spurring risk of ‘accidents’  —  Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said his country is in a new cold war with the U.S. and its allies …
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New York Daily News:
KING: Peyton Manning's squeaky-clean image was built on lies, as detailed in explosive court documents showing ugly smear campaign against his alleged sex assault victim  —  Thirteen years ago, USA Today obtained 74 pages of explosive court documents on Peyton Manning, Archie Manning …
Stephen Dinan / Washington Times:
15 percent of latest Clinton emails marked classified; 551 released Saturday  —  More than 15 percent of the latest batch of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's emails released Saturday contain classified information, with three of the messages being labeled “secret” …
Sabrina Tavernise / New York Times:
Prepare for ‘Guerrilla Warfare’ With Zika-Carrying Mosquitoes, Experts Warn  —  SAVANNAH, Ga. — It was standing room only at the annual conference of the American Mosquito Control Association this week.  —  In a chilly convention center ballroom here, the leading lights of mosquito control gathered …
Margaret Dawson / ABC News:
Columbine Killer's Mother Sue Klebold on Relationship with Her Son, Warning Signs She Missed, What She Went Through After the Tragedy
Discussion: addictinginfo.org and The Week
Chris Spargo For / Daily Mail:
NO TOUCHING: Huma Abedin caught on camera shoving a woman away who tries to give her a hug and then uttering a few stern words before walking away  — The unidentified woman shook Hillary's hand and then went to hug Huma, who seemed upset and later said some stern words to the individual
Christopher Brito / New York's PIX11:
Brooklyn teen tries to steal Air Jordans, loses arm in Craigslist robbery gone wrong: police  —  CANARSIE, Brooklyn — A Brooklyn teenager lost his arm in a Craigslist robbery gone horrifically wrong in Brooklyn Friday afternoon, authorities said.  —  Police say the 17-year-old boy connected …
Texas / Raw Story:
Texas A&M students taunt black high schoolers with N-word: ‘Go back where you came from’  —  DON'T MISS STORIES.  FOLLOW RAW STORY!  —  Texas A&M University is conducting an investigation after a group of students visiting campus from an inner-city Dallas high school were harassed Tuesday …
Discussion: Daily Kos
 
 
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Adminweb / ARA News:
ISIS extremists stone four women to death on charges of ‘committing adultery’
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
John Nolte / Breitbart:
Trump Jumps to 44% Nationally, Rubio Drops to 10%
Associated Press:
AFTER OREGON STANDOFF, SOME SAY: RIGHT FIGHT; WRONG TACTICS
Discussion: Associated Press
Julie Hirschfeld Davis / New York Times:
U.S. Plans to Resume Commercial Flights to Cuba This Year
Discussion: Outside the Beltway
Robby Soave / Hit & Run:
Zero Tolerance: 2 Teens Face Expulsion, Jail for Fishing Knives, Advil in Their Cars
Sean Martin / Daily Express:
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David Robson / BBC:
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Judy Kurtz / The Hill:
Hillary wore yellow debate jacket when meeting Goldman Sachs CEO
Erica Garner:
Erica Garner's Commercial Endorsing Bernie Sanders for President
Gary Ridley / MLive.com:
Flint water switch approved despite DEQ health warnings a year earlier
Gary J. Bass / Politico:
Henry Kissinger Feels the Bern
Discussion: Power Line and Liberal Values
Scot Lehigh / BostonGlobe.com:
Slow and steady won Clinton the debate