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7:10 PM ET, March 4, 2016

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TMZ.com:
O.J. Simpson — Buried Knife Found at O.J.'s Estate  —  A construction worker found a knife buried on the perimeter of the former O.J. Simpson estate ... and it's currently being tested by the LAPD in a top secret investigation ... law enforcement sources tell TMZ.  —  The story is incredible.
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Myung J. Chun / Los Angeles Times:
Knife found on O.J. Simpson property being tested by LAPD  —  O.J. Simpson reacts as he is found not guilty of murdering his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ronald Goldman.  With him are members of his defense team, F. Lee Bailey, left, and Johnnie Cochran Jr.
Damian Paletta / Wall Street Journal:
Trump Reverses His Stance on Torture  —  Leading GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump said he wouldn't order the U.S. military to break international laws, addressing criticism from military and legal experts that his policies regarding torture and killing the family members of terrorists would violate the Geneva Convention.
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Ryan Browne / CNN:
Donald Trump reverses position on torture, killing terrorists' families
Alice Ollstein / ThinkProgressPage Array:
Trump Suddenly Backpedals On Torture
Discussion: The Hill and TIME
Chico Harlan / Washington Post:
The debilitating economic disaster Louisiana's governor left behind  —  BATON ROUGE, La. — Already, the state of Louisiana had gutted university spending and depleted its rainy day funds.  It had cut 30,000 employees and furloughed others.  It had slashed the number of child services staffers …
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Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:
Bobby Jindal Blames President Obama For Donald Trump's Rise
Nick Gass / Politico:
Trump pulls out of CPAC  —  Donald Trump has pulled out of the Conservative Political Action Conference on Saturday, opting to campaign in Kansas and Florida instead. … The Trump campaign released a statement to reporters announcing that it would be in “Witchita, Kanasas [sic] for a major rally on Saturday prior to Caucus.”
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Guy Benson / Townhall.com:
Vanity, Fear: Why Trump Dropped Out of CPAC  —  As Christine noted, Donald Trump has abruptly bailed on his Saturday morning CPAC appearance.  Why?  Despite having a sizable contingent of supporters here, this crowd seems to overwhelmingly support Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio, in that order.
Kendall Breitman / Bloomberg Business:
Romney Would Support Play to Stop Trump at Convention  —  Republican nominee from 2012 might donate to stop Trump  —  Given choice of Trump and Clinton, he'll write in third name  —  Mitt Romney, the 2012 Republican presidential nominee, said he would support an effort to deny Donald Trump …
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Eliza Collins / Politico:
Jim Webb: I won't vote for Clinton, but I may for Trump  —  Former Democratic presidential candidate Jim Webb won't be voting for Hillary Clinton, but he hasn't ruled out casting his ballot for Donald Trump.  —  Webb, who briefly flirted with an independent bid before deciding against it …
David Brooks / New York Times:
Donald Trump, the Great Betrayer
Gawker:
Voicemails Appear to Reveal Donald Trump's Cozy Relationship With the Liberal Media  —  Early Thursday morning, Gawker received an anonymous email with an attachment that purported to contain recordings from Donald Trump's voicemail inbox.  Among the recordings were messages that appear …
Tal Kopan / CNN:
Ben Carson to lead Christian voter group  —  Ben Carson: ‘I do not see a political path forward’  — The retired neurosurgeon effectively ended his presidential bid earlier this week, citing no “political path forward”  —  Washington (CNN)Ben Carson on Friday announced his next move …
Discussion: The Atlantic and KLFY-TV
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Allegra Kirkland / Talking Points Memo:   Carson Finally Says ‘I Am Leaving The Campaign Trail’
Eliza Collins / Politico:
Carson lands new job as national chairman of My Faith Votes
Gregory Krieg / CNN:
Donald Trump defends size of his penis  —  (CNN)Donald Trump assured American voters Thursday night that despite what Marco Rubio had suggested, there was “no problem” with the size of his hands — or anything else.  —  “Look at those hands, are they small hands?” the front-runner …
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Jennifer Bendery / The Huffington Post:
Marco Rubio Not Sorry For Bringing Dick Jokes Into Presidential Race
Keri Blakinger / New York Daily News:
Sorry, Donald! Scientists say finger size really does correlate to penis size
Discussion: Fusion, ABC News and addictinginfo.org
Christian Datoc / The Daily Caller:
During a monologue Friday about Donald Trump's Thursday night debate performance, radio host Glenn Beck said that if he “had a knife, the stabbing just wouldn't stop.”  —  Beck's co-host, Stu Burguiere, told The Daily Caller Friday — after this article's publication — that …
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit and Politico
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J.D. Durkin / Mediaite:
No, Glenn Beck Did Not Say He Would Have Stabbed Trump at Last Night's GOP Debate
Discussion: Infowars and Joe.My.God.
Jamie Feldman / The Huffington Post:
Whole Foods Sells Peeled Oranges In Plastic Containers, World Revolts  —  This is pretty bad, any way you peel it.  —  Whole Foods encourages shoppers to bring their own shopping bags and prides itself on an ability to provide healthy options to shoppers in the best possible way.
Dan Balz / Washington Post:
One clear loser in Thursday's debate: the Grand Old Party  —  It's highly questionable whether anyone emerged as the winner in Thursday's Republican presidential debate in Detroit, though the candidates' spinmeisters would all quibble with that.  There was one clear loser: the Grand Old Party.
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Tarini Parti / BuzzFeed:   Major GOP Donors Are Turning Their Hopes Toward A Contested Convention
Hot Air:
Cruz tries to take out Rubio in Florida, opens 10 campaign offices across the state  —  The Texas senator has opened 10 campaign offices in the Sunshine State ahead of the March 15 primary, volunteers told the Miami Herald.  The campaign confirmed the new offices Friday …
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Patricia Mazzei / Naked Politics:
Ted Cruz makes play for Florida
Discussion: The Right Scoop
Joe Schoffstall / Washington Free Beacon:
Hillary Paid Herself $250,000 From Campaign Funds  —  The campaign of Democratic presidential frontrunner Hillary Clinton has made payments totaling six figures to Clinton this election cycle, according to a review of its expenditures.  —  Federal campaign finance records reviewed …
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Daily Mail:
Hillary Clinton promises to ‘get to the bottom of UFO mystery’ …
Benjy Sarlin / MSNBC:
Only the voters can judge Donald Trump's horror show of a debate  —  Donald Trump's rivals and Fox News' debate moderators laid out a clear and factual case on Thursday that Trump's policies were unworkable; that he regularly shifted his positions; and that he had engaged in business practices …
Discussion: NBC News
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Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:
Clinton has most retweeted tweet of GOP debate  —  's campaign mocking the shouting matches between Republican candidates became the most retweeted moment of the Thursday GOP debate.  —  The tweet showed a clip of Donald Trump  —  jawing at each other with subtitles stating " …
Nate Cohn / New York Times:
If Super Tuesday Voting Pattern Continues, Donald Trump Will Reach Delegate Target  —  Donald Trump did not amass a majority of delegates on Super Tuesday.  But he could soon.  —  If the people in the rest of the nation vote as the Super Tuesday results suggest they would …
Dan Snierson / EW.com:
PRESIDENT OBAMA THANKS MYTHBUSTERS FOR PROVING THAT AMERICA DID ACTUALLY LAND ON THE MOON  —  Exclusive video: The President pays tribute to the Discovery series in its post-finale reunion speical  —  Discovery will unleashes the final episode on Saturday at 8 p.m., but the show will not go gently into the night.
Discussion: Comicbook.com and Raw Story
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Clash of Republican Con Artists  —  So Republicans are going to nominate a candidate who talks complete nonsense on domestic policy; who believes that foreign policy can be conducted via bullying and belligerence; who cynically exploits racial and ethnic hatred for political gain.
South Florida / Sun-Sentinel:
Why we can't endorse Trump, Rubio, Cruz or Kasich  —  Editorial Page Editor Rosemary O'Hara announced Friday that the Sun-Sentinel Editorial Board will not endorse any of the GOP candidates in Florida's March 15 presidential primary.  —  Sun Sentinel Editorial Board … Privacy Policy
Discussion: Florida Politics
Kimberly Veklerov / San Francisco Chronicle:
Suit: Black passenger insulted, ordered off Greyhound in Oakland  —  A Greyhound bus driver ordered a San Francisco woman to the back of the bus, called her a racial epithet and had a security guard escort her off, according to a lawsuit filed Wednesday in Alameda County Superior Court.
Jerry Markon / Washington Post:
Can a 3-year old represent herself in immigration court?  This judge thinks so.  —  A senior Justice Department official is arguing that 3- and 4-year-olds can learn immigration law well enough to represent themselves in court, staking out an unconventional position in a growing debate …
 
 
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Shannon Pettypiece / Bloomberg Business:
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Discussion: Raw Story
New York Times:
Turkey Seizes Newspaper, Zaman, as Press Crackdown Continues
Jeremy B. Merrill / New York Times:
Michael Bloomberg Moved His Website as Speculation About Intentions Grew
Discussion: Political Wire
Katherine Krueger / Talking Points Memo:
GOPer Who Made Muslims Renounce Terrorism Loses Primary By 118 Votes
Discussion: Trail Blazers Blog and Molly White
Sophie Jamieson / Telegraph:
Rupert Murdoch and Jerry Hall marry on Friday …
Brookings Institute:
Does the United States have a productivity slowdown or a measurement problem?
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Paul Schwartzman / Washington Post:
Psychologists and massage therapists are reporting ‘Trump anxiety’ among clients
Associated Press:
Carson Spent Heavily On Consultants, Lightly On Campaigning
Discussion: Right Wing Watch and CBS Baltimore
Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Anger Over Supreme Court Vacancy Could Expand 2016 Senate Map
Katherine Krueger / Talking Points Memo:
Local Cops: Trump Camp Told Us To Kick Black Students Out Of Rally
Discussion: MSNBC, Gawker and Daily Kos
Leda Reynolds / Daily Express:
Mob of 30 migrants chase girls through shopping centre before clashing with police
Discussion: Jihad Watch
Janie Velencia / The Huffington Post:
Fewer Democrats Are Voting This Year In (Surprise!) States With Strict New Voter Laws