Friday, March 4, 2016

Trump snubs CPAC, cancels appearance so he can campaign in ... and other top stories.

  • Trump snubs CPAC, cancels appearance so he can campaign in ...

    Trump snubs CPAC, cancels appearance so he can campaign in ...
    Donald Trump speaks during a rally at Macomb Community College in Warren, Mich., on Friday. (Carlos Osorio/AP) Donald Trump has canceled a scheduled Saturday speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference, snubbing a gathering of dedicated activists while possibly averting an ugly media scene. The American Conservative Union, CPAC’s sponsors, announced the snub with a short tweet, following a morning of rumors that Trump would dodge the conference. In a statement minutes later, Trump..
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  • The debilitating economic disaster Louisiana's governor left behind

    The debilitating economic disaster Louisiana's governor left behind
    Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards speaks during the opening of a special legislative session in the state House chamber in Baton Rouge, La., last month. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, Pool) 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, including those devoted to foster family recruitment, and young abuse victims for the first ..
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  • One clear loser in Thursday's debate: the Grand Old Party

    One clear loser in Thursday's debate: the Grand Old Party
    Insult after insult flew during the Fox News GOP debate on March 3. Here's a look at some of the choice words rivals Marco Rubio, Ted Cruz and Donald Trump had for each other, while John Kasich stayed out of the fray. (Jenny Starrs/The Washington Post) 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. The 11th ..
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  • 'I need a beer,' abandoned 3-year-old tells police before her mother ...

    'I need a beer,' abandoned 3-year-old tells police before her mother ...
    Lubbock Police arrested Shauna Lee Bennett, 42, for abandonment of a child after her 3-year-old daughter was found covered in filth and wandering alone in an apartment complex. (Wes Rapaport/ KAMC News) When police in Lubbock, Tex., were called to investigate a report of a 3-year-old girl wandering alone in an apartment complex, they weren’t sure what they might find. The girl was “extremely dirty,” according to police, with red bumps from bedbug bites covering her skin. A neighbor who so..
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  • Autopsy: Unclear if Bobbi Kristina's death was accidental

    Autopsy: Unclear if Bobbi Kristina's death was accidental
    ATLANTA — An autopsy determined Bobbi Kristina Brown had a mix of drugs in her body when she went underwater in a bathtub, but a medical examiner couldn’t tell whether her death was a homicide, making the criminal investigation tougher. The medical examiner’s report released Friday showed that Brown had morphine, cocaine, alcohol and prescription drugs in her body came after months of speculation about how she died. The medical examiner’s office said it couldn’t figure out if it was a suicide, ..
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  • LAPD confirms bizarre story about knife found on OJ Simpson's ...

    LAPD confirms bizarre story about knife found on OJ Simpson's ...
    A knife allegedly found buried at O.J. Simpson's former home stayed hidden in a retired police officer's possession for years. Police are now testing it for evidence in the 1994 murders of Nicole Brown-Simpson and Ron Goldman. (Gillian Brockell/The Washington Post) The Los Angeles Police Department on Friday confirmed the existence of a knife found years ago on the Brentwood property that once belonged to former NFL great O.J. Simpson, who in 1995 was acquitted in the stabbing death of ex..
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  • Goaltending fraternity split over Lundqvist's outburst

    Goaltending fraternity split over Lundqvist's outburst
    New York Rangers goalie Henrik Lundqvist (30) gestures to an official after pushing over the goal cage to cause a stoppage of play after being shaken up in a collision with teammate Ryan McDonagh during the second period an NHL hockey game against the Pittsburgh Penguins in Pittsburgh, Thursday, March 3, 2016. The Rangers were issued a delay-of-game penalty for the action. (Gene J. Puskar/Associated Press) By Stephen Whyno | AP March 4 at 3:50 PM ARLINGTON, Va. — Henrik Lundqvist was fli..
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  • Clinton emails continue to be non-scandal, disappointing Republicans

    Clinton emails continue to be non-scandal, disappointing Republicans
    MINNEAPOLIS, MN – On Super Tuesday morning, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton meets voters at Mapp’s Cafe in Minneapolis, Minnesota on Tuesday March, 1, 2016. (Photo by Melina Mara/The Washington Post) While we were all busy laughing about how insecure Donald Trump is about the size of his manhood, the New York Times released this story, the latest development in the case of Hillary Clinton’s emails: A former aide to Hillary Clinton has turned over to the F.B.I. computer security lo..
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  • A Zika breakthrough: Scientists detail how virus can attack fetal brain

    A Zika breakthrough: Scientists detail how virus can attack fetal brain
    U.S. researchers say they have discovered how the Zika virus can cause microcephaly, a rare birth defect in which babies are born with abnormally small heads and brain problems. (Florida State University) This post has been updated. A team of U.S. researchers announced Friday that they believe they have discovered a mechanism for how the Zika virus can cause the rare birth defect known as microcephaly, in which babies are born with abnormally small heads and underdeveloped brains. Working ..
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  • The top 10 Senate races of 2016

    The top 10 Senate races of 2016
    Even before they were forced to reconcile whether to support Donald Trump and whether to consider President Obama's Supreme Court nominee, Senate Republicans had their work cut out for them to keep control of the chamber they won in 2014. They're defending 24 of the 34 seats up in 2016, and seven of those are in states that voted for Obama not once but twice. The latest complications on the national level have only made Republicans' job more difficult. Eight of the top 10 Senate races we list he..
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