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Daily Mail:
Toughen up! The video of Donald Trump's campaign manager ‘assaulting’ a female reporter is ridiculous. A man would have been condemned as a laughing stock for complaining — A few years ago, I was punched in the head three times at the British Press Awards in London.
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Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
Greta Van Susteren: In My Wildest Dreams I Don't See How a Jury Convicts Lewandowski (VIDEO) — Greta Van Susteren and her “On the Record” panel discussed the battery charges against Campaign Manager Corey Lewandowski today by a Florida court. — Greta started the segment …
Daily Mail:
‘Can I press charges?’ …
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ABC News, Mike Cernovich Presents …, Guardian, Mediaite, The Gateway Pundit and The Last Refuge, more at Mediagazer »
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
GOP panelists eager to scrap rule that helps Trump — All four early appointees of the rules committee for this year's Republican convention told POLITICO they're prepared to weaken or scrap a rule that could limit the convention's alternatives to Donald Trump.
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Trump takes back pledge to support GOP nominee
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Cruz says Kasich wouldn't make ballot at contested convention
Cruz says Kasich wouldn't make ballot at contested convention
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Althouse and The Atlantic
Stephen Collinson / CNN:
New GOP rift as candidates refuse to pledge support for nominee
New GOP rift as candidates refuse to pledge support for nominee
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Talking Points Memo, Hit & Run and New York Magazine
KTUU-TV:
Anchorage school suspends 1st-graders for plotting to poison classmate — Three first-grade students at Winterberry Charter School in Anchorage have been suspended after plotting to poison and kill a classmate, the school principal says. — In a bizarre case, Anchorage police …
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fox8.com and FOX6Now.com
Aamer Madhani / USA Today:
Teen girl pepper-sprayed, groped outside Wisconsin Trump rally — JANESVILLE, Wis. — As GOP front-runner Donald Trump prepared to speak to supporters in Wisconsin on Tuesday, a 15-year-old girl outside the venue was pepper-sprayed by another bystander, police said.
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Oliver Willis, CBS New York, KRON4.com, AOL, BizPac Review, WGN-TV, WCMH-TV and Guardian
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New York Daily News:
Teen girl groped, pepper sprayed in face during protest outside Donald Trump event in Wisconsin
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Washington Post, Infowars and Raw Story
Myra Sanchick / FOX6Now.com:
Dozens protest outside Trump event in Janesville: “We don't stand for what he believes in”
Dozens protest outside Trump event in Janesville: “We don't stand for what he believes in”
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The Gateway Pundit and GazetteXtra
Wall Street Journal:
GOP Establishment in Wisconsin Unites Against Trump — Next week's primary there will be biggest test yet for New York businessman's presidential campaign — ROTHSCHILD, Wis.—Wisconsin's presidential primary next Tuesday represents the biggest test yet of Donald Trump's ability to overthrow …
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Political Wire
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Emily Kirschenheuter / KRON4.com:
Viral video prompts investigation at SFSU — SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — Campus police at San Francisco State University have launched an investigation into a viral video that shows a female student confronting a male student on campus about his dreadlocks. — Campus officials confirmed …
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Althouse, WKRN-TV, KXAN-TV and The American Conservative
Betsy Woodruff / The Daily Beast:
Glenn Beck's Lie Could Blow Up Ted Cruz — Glenn Beck has been one of Ted Cruz's most high profile surrogates—but Beck's support could become a little less desirable when he heads to court this summer for allegedly defaming a victim of the Boston Marathon bombing.
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Nick Corasaniti / New York Times:
Donald Trump vs. Ted Cruz Creates a Headache for Talk Radio Hosts
Donald Trump vs. Ted Cruz Creates a Headache for Talk Radio Hosts
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No More Mister Nice Blog, Althouse and Washington Post
Annie Karni / Politico:
Clinton takes aim at Trump in N.Y. ad — Hillary Clinton is locked in a contested New York primary with Bernie Sanders — but the first television ad she plans to run here is all about Donald Trump. — The 30-second TV spot that will begin airing ahead of the April 19 primary …
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Greg Margason / Fox 59:
Muncie man arrested for stabbing brother with fork over pot roast — MUNCIE, Ind. (March 29, 2016)- Police arrested a Muncie man after he allegedly stabbed his brother with a fork over a pot roast. — On Monday, police say Rodney Gilliam and his brother Randy Gilliam were drinking alcohol and got into an argument.
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WGN-TV
Dina Bass / Bloomberg Business:
Clippy's Back: The Future of Microsoft Is Chatbots — Predictions about artificial intelligence tend to fall into two scenarios. Some picture a utopia of computer-augmented superhumans living lives of leisure and intellectual pursuit. Others believe it's just a matter of time before software coheres …
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Business Insider and The Verge
Katie Bo Williams / The Hill:
Israeli firm helped FBI hack iPhone — The Israeli mobile forensics firm Cellebrite helped the FBI hack into the iPhone of San Bernardino shooter Syed Rizwan Farook, NBC reports, citing industry sources. — The firm has been rumored to be behind the FBI's newfound ability to access the device …
Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
How To Make Sense Of The Baffling Order The Supreme Court Just Handed Down On Birth Control — The biggest birth control case to reach the Supreme Court in 40 years just got a whole lot more confusing. — On Tuesday, the Supreme Court handed down an unusual order seeking more briefing in Zubik v. Burwell …
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Wall Street Journal, Talking Points Memo, CNN, Slate, Daily Kos, USA Today, CitiesSpeak and Mother Jones
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Greg Stohr / Bloomberg Business:
High Court Contraceptive Order Hints at Possible Compromise
High Court Contraceptive Order Hints at Possible Compromise
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SCOTUSblog, Associated Press, Bloomberg View, Politico and Reuters
David S. Bernstein / Politico:
Why Hillary Clinton Should Be Worried About Ross Perot — As the Clinton camp looks ahead to the November election, it's not clear whether this is a time to celebrate or panic. Its leading opponent isn't the kind of conventional Republican it has been gearing up to run against …
Phil Plait / Slate:
Jupiter Got Whacked by Yet Another Asteroid/Comet! — On March 17, Gerrit Kernbauer, an amateur astronomer in Mödling, Austria, was taking video of Jupiter using a 20 cm telescope. This is a common technique to capture thousands of frames of an object, so that the best parts of each frame …
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Boing Boing, The Daily Caller, The Verge, Mashable, The Atlantic and Engadget
The Hill:
Trump angst pours in from overseas — Lobbyists in Washington say they are being flooded with questions and concerns from foreign governments about the rise of Donald Trump — Officials around the globe are closely following the U.S. presidential race, to the point where some have asked …
Heather Holeman / KFOR-TV:
Man invents gun that looks exactly like a cell phone — Good idea or bad? — Kirk Kjellberg from Minnesota says he came up with the “Ideal Conceal” pocket gun, designed to look identical to a smartphone, after a little boy pointed out Kjellberg's own larger, not-so-concealed gun at a restaurant.
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Fox 59, Q13 FOX News and FOX31 Denver
Brandon Darby / Breitbart:
National Border Patrol Council Endorses Trump for President — In an official statement first obtained by Breitbart Texas, the National Border Patrol Council (NBPC) endorsed Donald Trump for President of the United States. The unusually bold statement comes just days after a senior policy adviser …
KRON4.com:
Dad dies after rescuing kids from pool electrocution — BURLINGAME (KRON) — A Burlingame man is dead and his daughter is fighting for her life after an electrical shock in the family swimming pool. — It happened in Palm Springs on Easter Sunday. — The man's 9-year-old daughter is still in intensive care.
Edward-Isaac Dovere / Politico:
White House maps out next phase of Court fight — With small cracks emerging in the Republican Supreme Court blockade — and private indications from some GOP senators that they'd likely back Merrick Garland if he ever did come up for a vote — the White House is preparing to press …
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The Hill, Washington Post, New York Times and No More Mister Nice Blog
