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4:05 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.
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.
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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.”
CNN:
Donald Trump backs out of CPAC
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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Frank Bruni / New York Times:
Five Big Questions After a Vulgar Republican Debate  —  Does the size of Donald Trump's penis matter?  —  I'm not being cheeky.  I'm not being shocking.  I'm noting something that we cannot lose track of, should not shrug our shoulders about and must not gloss over: Trump has succeeded …
Patricia Mazzei / Naked Politics:
Ted Cruz makes play for Florida
Discussion: The Right Scoop
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
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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Alice Ollstein / ThinkProgressPage Array:
Trump Suddenly Backpedals On Torture
Discussion: The Hill and TIME
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
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.
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.
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
Discussion: Wall Street Journal
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 …
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: Raw Story and Comicbook.com
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 …
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 …
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 …
Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Anger Over Supreme Court Vacancy Could Expand 2016 Senate Map  —  New Public Policy Polling surveys in Arizona, Iowa, Missouri, and North Carolina find that voter anger over their Republican Senators' unwillingness to consider a replacement for Antonin Scalia on the Supreme Court could help …
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
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 " …
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.
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 …
Fox News Insider:
Luntz Focus Group's Winner of GOP Debate, Low Point of Night  —  What did Michigan voters think about tonight's GOP debate in Detroit?  —  Frank Luntz shared the reactions of his focus group on a special post-debate edition of The Kelly File.  —  The voters had some very negative things …
Brookings Institute:
Does the United States have a productivity slowdown or a measurement problem?  —  ABSTRACT  —  After 2004, measured growth in labor productivity and total-factor productivity (TFP) slowed.  We find little evidence that the slowdown arises from growing mismeasurement of the gains from innovation in IT-related goods and services.
Discussion: Equitable Growth
Janie Velencia / The Huffington Post:
Fewer Democrats Are Voting This Year In (Surprise!)  States With Strict New Voter Laws  —  But Republicans don't appear to be hurt.  —  Associate Polling Editor, The Huffington Post Visuals Editor, The Huffington Post  —  As voting rights advocates predicted loud and often …
Charlie Nash / Breitbart:
Pitt Students ‘In Tears’ and Feeling ‘Unsafe’ After Milo Yiannopoulos Event  —  The University of Pittsburgh's Student Government Board held a public meeting on Tuesday to discuss the traumatizing visit the night before from “dangerous” homosexual and Breitbart Tech Editor Milo Yiannopoulos …
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Trump kills GOP autopsy  —  Reeling from a second straight loss to Barack Obama, a flailing Republican Party in 2013 found its culprit: Mitt Romney's callous tone toward minorities.  Instead of being doomed to irrelevance in a changing America, the party would rebrand as a kinder, more inclusive GOP.
Eliza Collins / Politico:
Carson lands new job as national chairman of My Faith Votes  —  Ben Carson has a new job.  —  During his Conservative Political Action Conference address today, the retired neurosurgeon will announce he will serve as national chairman of My Faith Votes, a nonpartisan organization focused …
 
 
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Ashe Schow / Washington Examiner:
More women voted Republican than Democratic on Super Tuesday
Ben Poston / Associated Press:
Egyptian student will be allowed to leave U.S. voluntarily after Facebook threat against Trump
Discussion: Politico, LAist and KTLA
Sophie Jamieson / Telegraph:
Rupert Murdoch and Jerry Hall marry on Friday …
Guardian:
El Chapo entered US twice while on the run after prison break, daughter claims
Jane Mayer / New Yorker:
Is This the End of Big-Money Politics?
Paul Schwartzman / Washington Post:
Psychologists and massage therapists are reporting ‘Trump anxiety’ among clients
Discussion: The Daily Caller and The Week
Kimberly Veklerov / San Francisco Chronicle:
Suit: Black passenger insulted, ordered off Greyhound in Oakland
Discussion: theGrio and Raw Story
 Earlier Items: 
Brian Faler / Politico:
Report: Sanders proposes $15T in tax increases, hitting most taxpayers
Discussion: Newsalert
Associated Press:
Carson Spent Heavily On Consultants, Lightly On Campaigning
Discussion: Political Wire
Ralph Vartabedian / Los Angeles Times:
New bullet train plan delays opening of the first leg by three years
Discussion: Mother Jones and Newsalert
Leda Reynolds / Daily Express:
Mob of 30 migrants chase girls through shopping centre before clashing with police
Discussion: Jihad Watch
Jeff Stein / Vox:
Bernie Sanders fans insist he's more electable than Hillary Clinton. Are they right?
Discussion: New York Magazine
Marc Caputo / Politico:
Rubio scrambles to undo Trump in Florida
 

 
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Kate Kelly / New York Times:
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