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3:15 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.
Alex Pareene / Gawker:
Donald Trump Was Set Up  —  The word came in from our best-sourced Fox News Kremlinologists: Fox News had settled for Donald Trump.  Roger Ailes had given up on the hapless Marco Rubio.  Megyn Kelly was sounding conciliatory, granting that Trump appeared more and more presidential.
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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 …
Nick Gass / Politico:
Trump pulls out of CPAC
CNN:
Donald Trump backs out of CPAC
Guy Benson / Townhall.com:   Vanity, Fear: Why Trump Dropped Out of CPAC
Keri Blakinger / New York Daily News:
Sorry, Donald! Scientists say finger size really does correlate to penis size
Discussion: ABC News, Fusion and addictinginfo.org
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.
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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 …
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 …
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
David Weigel / Washington Post:
Jim Webb: I'd vote for Trump, but not Clinton
Discussion: Instapundit and Balloon Juice
Robert F. Bukaty / Los Angeles Times:
GOP elites have a new strategy to stop Donald Trump, but it carries a big risk
Discussion: Shakesville
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.
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 …
Discussion: addictinginfo.org
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Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:   Bobby Jindal Blames President Obama For Donald Trump's Rise
Bobby Jindal / Wall Street Journal:
President Obama Created Donald Trump
Discussion: New York Magazine
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.
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 …
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 …
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
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
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 …
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
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 …
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.
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 …
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.
Discussion: theGrio and Raw Story
Catherine Rampell / Washington Post:
Political correctness devours yet another college, fighting over mini-sombreros  —  On Saturday, two members of Bowdoin College's student government will face impeachment proceedings.  What heinous transgression did they commit?  Theft, plagiarism, sexual assault?  —  Nope.
Brian Faler / Politico:
Report: Sanders proposes $15T in tax increases, hitting most taxpayers  —  Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders has proposed $15.3 trillion in tax increases, according to a new report, and would raise rates on virtually everyone, including the politically all-important middle class.
Discussion: Newsalert
 
 
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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?
Ryan Cooper / The Week:
Who's afraid of John Maynard Keynes?
Discussion: Equitable Growth
Associated Press:
Carson Spent Heavily On Consultants, Lightly On Campaigning
Discussion: Political Wire
Jerry Markon / Washington Post:
Can a 3-year old represent herself in immigration court? This judge thinks so.
 Earlier Items: 
Ralph Vartabedian / Los Angeles Times:
New bullet train plan delays opening of the first leg by three years
Discussion: Mother Jones and Newsalert
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
Jeff Stein / Vox:
Bernie Sanders fans insist he's more electable than Hillary Clinton. Are they right?
Discussion: New York Magazine
Janie Velencia / The Huffington Post:
Fewer Democrats Are Voting This Year In (Surprise!) States With Strict New Voter Laws
Plain Dealer:
Cleveland seeking to buy riot gear for Republican National Convention