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7:00 AM ET, April 22, 2016

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Associated Press:
Trump team tells GOP he has been ‘projecting an image’  —  HOLLYWOOD, Fla. (AP) — Donald Trump's chief lieutenants told skeptical Republican leaders Thursday that the GOP front-runner has been “projecting an image” so far in the 2016 primary season and “the part that he's been playing is now evolving” …
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Bloomberg:
Trump to Hone Image, Raise Funds for Republican Candidates, Adviser Says  —  The front-runner dispatched Paul Manafort to the party's final meeting ahead of the Republican convention.  —  McCormickJohn  —  tdopp  —  Outsider candidate Donald Trump sent emissaries to soothe tensions …
Discussion: Politico and TalkLeft
Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
Trump is playing ‘a part’ and can transform for victory, campaign chief tells GOP leaders
Discussion: Mediaite
New York Times:
Donald Trump to Reshape Image, New Campaign Chief Tells G.O.P.
Discussion: New York Post and Political Wire
Matea Gold / Washington Post:
As Trump moves to soften his image, Democrats seek to harden it
Discussion: miamiherald and Politico
Marc Caputo / Politico:
Rick Scott to RNC: No ‘monkey business’
Discussion: ABC News
TMZ.com:
Dead at 57  —  The artist known as Prince has died ... TMZ has learned.  He was 57.  —  Prince's body was discovered at his Paisley Park compound in Minnesota early Thursday morning.  —  Multiple sources connected to the singer confirmed he had passed.  We've obtained the emergency dispatch call for a “male down, not breathing.”
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Peter Willis / mirror:
Inside Prince's bizarre life at Paisley Park: This is what happened when we visited the music icon  —  When the Daily Mirror's Peter Willis went to interview the music legend at his Paisley Park mansion in 2010 it was even weirder than he could have imagined
Andrew R. Lewis / FiveThirtyEight:
Trump Doesn't Have A Monopoly On Intolerant Supporters  —  Many of Donald Trump's supporters are intolerant — racist, sexist and xenophobic.  Indeed, some high-profile work has highlighted Trump's populism and his appeal to less-educated authoritarians — a potent witch's brew challenging democratic norms.
Discussion: Politico and Hullabaloo
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Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
HANNITY: There Will Be No Contested Convention - Things Are Happening Behind the Scenes (VIDEO)  —  Sean Hannity went on Your World with Neil Cavuto today to discuss his dust up with Senator Ted Cruz.  —  During the interview Hannity dropped this bomb — There won't be a contested convention …
Shane Goldmacher / Politico:
Poll: Trump winning big in California
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Emily Schultheis / CBS News:
Ted Cruz, Donald Trump spar over North Carolina transgender bathroom law
Travis / Uber Global:
Growing and growing up  —  Today we announced a settlement in two important class-action lawsuits: O'Connor (California) and Yucesoy (Massachusetts).  The key issue at stake in both cases is whether drivers using the Uber app should be classified as independent contractors or employees.
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New York Times:
Uber Settles Cases With Concessions, but Drivers Stay Freelancers  —  SAN FRANCISCO — Uber has long been embroiled in a debate over the status of its drivers: Should they be independent contractors or full-time employees?  —  Uber says that as independent contractors, its drivers get flexibility.
Discussion: Forbes, New York Magazine and The Verge
Michelle Boorstein / Washington Post:
Raunchy Prince was actually a conservative Christian who reportedly opposed gay marriage  —  (Kristian Dowling/Getty Images for Lotusflow3r.com)  —  With the death Thursday of Prince Rogers Nelson, you may see a strange mix on your Facebook feed of sex and religion.
Ben Collins / The Daily Beast:
Hillary PAC Spends $1 Million to ‘Correct’ Commenters on Reddit and Facebook  —  FEC loopholes mean Correct the Record can openly coordinate with Clinton's campaign.  —  Citing “lessons learned from online engagement with ‘Bernie Bros,’” a pro-Hillary Clinton Super PAC is pledging to spend $1 million to …
Discussion: The Verge and Raw Story
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James Pindell / BostonGlobe.com:
Five women Hillary Clinton could pick for VP
Perry Stein / Washington Post:
Kasich on D.C. voting rights: 'That's just more votes in the Democratic Party.'  —  When asked his position on D.C. voting rights, Republican presidential contender John Kasich didn't pretend to draw on any constitutional clause or existing law to explain his stance against it.
Discussion: Mediaite
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Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
John Kasich says DC residents can't vote because they vote for Democrats
Telegraph:
As your friend, let me tell you that the EU makes Britain even greater  —  In 1939, President Franklin D Roosevelt offered a toast to King George VI in the White House.  “I am persuaded that the greatest single contribution our two countries have been enabled to make to civilisation …
Steven Hayward / Power Line:
Leftists Lose Their Lunch Over the Tubman 20  —  After years of complaining that America's paper money featured only dead white guys, a lot of folks on the Left are in a snit that Harriet Tubman is going to replace Andrew Jackson on the face of the twenty-dollar bill.
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Bryce Covert / ThinkProgress:
Conservatives Aren't Taking The Harriet Tubman News Well
Betsy McKay / Wall Street Journal:
Suicides in the U.S. Climb After Years of Declines  —  Rate increased 24% between 1999 and 2014, continued to rise in first half of 2015  —  The U.S. suicide rate has risen sharply over the past decade and a half, according to a federal report released on Friday, prompting new concerns …
Discussion: USA Today, New York Times and The Week
Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
Screaming Black Lives Matter Protesters Bust Up Milo Yiannopoulous Speech - Chaos Ensues (VIDEO)  —  Outspoken conservative Milo Yiannopoulos brought his “Most Dangerous Faggot” speaking tour to American University in Washington DC on Thursday.  —  The young leftists ripped up his signs before he got there.
Rebecca Savransky / The Hill:
Cruz ad imagines Clinton war room cheering on Trump  —  A new ad for Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz  —  imagines a war room with Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton  —  to be the GOP nominee.  —  The ad highlights reasons why Clinton could beat Trump in a general election.
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Alister Doyle / Reuters:
Child brides sometimes tolerated in Nordic asylum centers despite bans  —  Some child brides are living with older husbands in asylum centers in Scandinavia, triggering a furor about lapses in protection for girls in nations that ban child marriage.  —  Authorities have in some cases …
Katherine Peralta / The Charlotte Observer:
NBA's Silver: LGBT law must change to keep 2017 All-Star Game in Charlotte  —  NBA Commissioner Adam Silver addressed NC's House Bill 2 Thursday at the APSE commissioner meetings  —  On ESPN's ‘Mike & Mike’ morning radio show Thursday, NBA Commissioner Adam Silver addressed 2017 All-Star Game controversy
 
 
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Nick Squires / Telegraph:
Mona Lisa based on Da Vinci's gay lover, art detective claims
Discussion: PinkNews and Towleroad
Indianapolis Star:
Child, 2, kills self with gun from mom's purse
The Local:
Teen ‘Salafists’ arrested over bomb attack on Sikh temple
Discussion: Vlad Tepes and Jihad Watch
Steven Zeitchik / Los Angeles Times:
What's old is new: MTV plots a major return to music
Rush Limbaugh:
Changing Trump Confounds Everyone
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Koch-linked group scores legal victory over California AG
Cortney O'Brien / Townhall.com:
Watch: Hillary Thinks Highest Soda Tax in America Will Fund Preschool
Discussion: RedState and Washington Times
Mark Berman / Washington Post:
Homicides were up last year in some major U.S. cities. Just three cities saw most of the increase.
 Earlier Items: 
Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Donald Trump Blamed The Victim In Mike Tyson's Rape Case
Discussion: Hot Air
Chicago Tribune:
Video shows bystanders didn't help assault victim before he was run over
Rebecca Jeschke / Electronic Frontier Foundation:
Ruling Unsealed: National Security Letters Upheld As Constitutional
Discussion: Common Dreams
Aaron Halbert / Washington Post:
My wife and I are white evangelicals. Here's why we chose to give birth to black triplets.
Discussion: theGrio
Julia Edwards / Reuters:
FBI paid more than $1.3 million to break into San Bernardino iPhone
Discussion: Mashable, Engadget and The Verge
Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
With Uncertainty at Top of Ticket, Republicans Back Off in Some States
 

 
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