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2:10 AM ET, February 18, 2016

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Mark Murray / NBC News:
Surprise: Trump Falls Behind Cruz in National NBC/WSJ Poll  —  Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump has fallen behind Ted Cruz in the national GOP horserace, according to a brand-new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll.  —  In the poll, Cruz is the first choice of 28 percent …
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Andrew Shain / The State:
Exclusive: Gov. Haley endorsing Rubio for president  —  Florida senator wins coveted support from SC governor  —  Haley is state's most popular GOP politician after handling of Charleston shooting  —  Jeb Bush was considered the other likely endorsement choice
Eli Stokols / Politico:
Bush struggles to mask mounting frustration  —  SUMMERVILLE, S.C. — Jeb Bush is having a rough day.  —  Fighting for his political life in the final days of this primary battle, Bush took the stage intent on showing toughness and drawing a sharp contrast between himself and Marco Rubio.
James Pindell / BostonGlobe.com:
John Kasich will not be in South Carolina on primary night  —  South Carolina Republicans will vote Saturday in a critical, first-in-the-South presidential primary.  —  But Ohio Governor John Kasich, fresh off his strong second-place finish in New Hampshire, doesn't plan to be there when the results roll in.
Mike Zapler / Politico:
Rubio holds ‘town halls’ — with no audience questions  —  AIKEN, South Carolina — Marco Rubio's campaign events here have been billed as “town halls.”  But if you're a South Carolina voter, don't expect to ask him a question.  —  On Tuesday and Wednesday, the Florida senator's campaign held four events …
Isaac Chotiner / Slate:
MSNBC's Town Hall With Donald Trump Was Disgraceful
Discussion: Mother Jones
Tom LoBianco / CNN:
Ted Cruz promises military no ‘gluten-free’ MREs
Associated Press:
The Latest: Bush Told: 'Your Message Isn't Resonating'
Discussion: Politico, abc11.com and ABC News
Valerie Bauerlein / Wall Street Journal:
South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley to Endorse Marco Rubio
John McCormick / Bloomberg Business:
Trump Dominates in Bloomberg Poll Before South Carolina Primary
Rudolph Bell / Greenville News:
Cruz denies Gowdy claim of Facebook deception
Eliza Collins / Politico:
Obama to skip Scalia's funeral  —  President Barack Obama is preparing for a fierce battle with the Senate over the Supreme Court vacancy, but he's not planning to attend Justice Antonin Scalia's funeral — a decision that puzzled even some of his allies and incensed conservative media.
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Washington Post:
Why Justice Scalia was staying for free at a Texas resort … Justice Antonin Scalia's sudden death over the weekend at a West Texas ranch raised questions about the nature of his travel, who paid for the trip and whether justices are subject to the same disclosure guidelines as other judges or federal officials.
Kate Hudson / CBS News:
Ranch owner clarifies how he found Scalia amid conspiracy theories  —  For the second time this week, Donald Trump expressed skepticism about how Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia died, alluding to conspiracy theories suggesting he was the victim of foul play.
Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
White House: Obama ‘regrets’ his filibuster of Supreme Court nominee  —  President Obama “regrets” filibustering the nomination of Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito in 2006, his top spokesman said Wednesday, though he maintains that the Republican opposition to his effort to replace Justice Antonin Scalia is unprecedented.
Discussion: Power Line, CNBC, The Week and CNN
New York Times:   Blacks See Bias in Delay on a Scalia Successor
Josh Gerstein / Politico:   Scalia's absence could shape election rules
Brent Budowsky / The Hill:   The GOP's SCOTUS mega-mistake
Halimah Abdullah / NBC News:
White House: Obama Will Not Attend Justice Scalia's Funeral
Discussion: AOL, Hot Air and addictinginfo.org
Dan Guido / Trail of Bits Blog:
Apple can comply with the FBI court order  —  Earlier today, a federal judge ordered Apple to comply with the FBI's request for technical assistance in the recovery of the San Bernadino gunmen's iPhone 5C.  Since then, many have argued whether these requests from the FBI are technically feasible given …
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Shane Harris / The Daily Beast:
Apple Unlocked iPhones for the Feds 70 Times Before
Jim Avila / ABC News:
President Obama Will Visit Cuba in Historic Trip Next Month, Sources Say
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Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
White House rips Schumer's ‘credibility’ on national security
Discussion: Weasel Zippers, ABC News and Moe Lane
Olivier Knox / Yahoo Politics:
Obama to travel to Cuba in March
Discussion: Washington Post and Politico
Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:
Graham: GOP will get ‘slaughtered’ if Trump nominee  —  Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) argued Wednesday that if Donald Trump is the GOP nominee, Republicans will get “slaughtered” in the November election.  —  Lambasting the outspoken Republican front-runner as an “opportunist,” …
Discussion: Political Wire
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Jenna Johnson / Washington Post:
Trump says ‘torture works,’ backs waterboarding and ‘much worse’
Discussion: Political Wire
Emily Smith / Page Six:
'Don't f-k with me': Hear Kanye's uncensored ‘SNL’ meltdown  —  Kanye West blasted Taylor Swift as a “fake ass” and called NBC staffers “white m—  s” during his epic meltdown backstage at “Saturday Night Live.  In an audio clip exclusively obtained by Page Six, Kanye can be heard repeatedly yelling at …
Christopher Brito / New York's PIX11:
Stranger mails hilarious letter to man who lost wallet, keeps cash and Metrocard  —  FLATBUSH, Brooklyn - The person who found a young man's wallet at King's Theater during a Wilco concert likely shares the same taste in music, fondness for the wallet and cold-hard cash.
Discussion: KTLA, fox8.com and KFOR-TV
Peter Sterne / Politico:
The ax falls at Yahoo  —  Yahoo is shutting down a number of its content verticals, Yahoo global editor in chief Martha Nelson confirmed on Wednesday.  —  “On our recent earnings call, Yahoo outlined out a plan to simplify our business and focus our effort on our four most successful content areas …
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Yahoo:
Focusing Our Digital Content Efforts
Charles C. W. Cooke / National Review:
What Has Conservatism Ever Done for Us?  A Great Deal, Actually  —  From the February 29, 2016, issue of NR  —  We're a funny bunch on the right, prone inexorably to depression and eschatology.  Since the Democratic sweeps of 2006 and 2008 launched a thousand Leftnik cries of “At long last …
Discussion: Occidental Dissent
 
 
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Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Trump: I'll be ‘neutral’ on Israel and Palestine
The Intercept:
Hedge Fund Billionaires Fund Super PAC Ad Against Bernie Sanders and Minimum Wage Hike
Discussion: addictinginfo.org
Patty Wight / news.mpbn.net:
LePage Jeered by Crowd After Saying Asylum Seekers Bring ‘Ziki Fly’ to ‘Our Land’
Washington Post:
Former Marine, AU student says he was beaten in racially motivated attack
Allison Yang / New York's PIX11:
NYPD wants you to stop leaving your cellphone under your pillow
Discussion: fox8.com and The Daily Caller
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Elspeth Reeve / New Republic:
That feeling when you hit a million followers, make more money than your mom, push a diet pill scheme …
Discussion: New York Magazine and Hit & Run
Travis Gettys / Raw Story:
Iowa mom buys semiautomatic rifle for teen son — and his friend is accidentally killed by it the next day
 

 
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Alex Sherman / CNBC:
Sources: Paramount Global's board is preparing to fire CEO Bob Bakish as soon as Monday, after he lost the trust of controlling shareholder Shari Redstone

Jeff Jarvis / BuzzMachine:
The New York Times is broken, shown by its entitled, petulant reaction to Politico's report on its tense relationship with Biden

Reggie Ugwu / New York Times:
A look at the rise in video podcasts, as YouTube leads in podcast consumption in the US and companies invest in video to gain new audiences and boost ad revenue
 
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