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Robert Gibbs Tells Morning Joe Why He Doesn’t Read Maureen Dowd: ‘Same Column’ For ‘Last 8 Years’

mediaite.com — New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd is out with her latest patented concern-trolling column about how once-favorite nephew Barack Obama is now a big disappointment to her, and isn't living up to the stories she watches on the TV. Former White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs isn't trying to hear it.

DAYBREAK DAILY: Virginia GOP throws a grand tea party

wjla.com — ABC7 WEATHER: Mostly overcast with a 40 percent chance of rain and highs in the low 80s. http://wj.la/72e8x6 'GOOD MORNING WASHINGTON': Among the stories - Tornado talk; More on the two FBI agents killed in a training exercise off Virginia Beach; much more, beginning at 4:30 a.m. M-F.

GOP Seeks to Avoid Scandal Backlash

politicalwire.com — Taegan D. Goddard is the founder of Political Wire, one of the earliest and most influential political web sites. Goddard spent more than a decade as managing director and chief operating officer of a prominent investment firm in New York City. Previously, he was a policy adviser to a U.S.

DAYBREAK DAILY: Ex-NASCAR driver Dick Trickle kills himself

wjla.com — ABC7 WEATHER: Partly cloudy with highs in the upper 70s. http://wj.la/72e8x6 'GOOD MORNING WASHINGTON': Among the stories - Continuing coverage of the IRS "scandal;" D.C. Mayor Gray and the flooding problems for Bloomingdale and LeDroit Park; bicycles and work; much more, beginning at 4:30 a.m.

Virginia governor poll: Terry McAuliffe takes slight lead

politico.com — Democrat Terry McAuliffe has opened up a lead over Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli in the race to become Virginia’s next governor, according to a poll ThursdayMcAuliffe is grabbing 43 percent of the vote to Cuccinelli’s 38 percent in the Quinnipiac University poll, a contrast with recent polls that had shown either a small lead for the...

Man Finds Explosive In His Mailbox

wbal.com — Thursday, May 16, 2013 Ashley Michelle Williams A Carroll County man found something quite alarming in his mailbox Wednesday. State Fire Marshals say around 4:15 p.m., James A. Sandel went to the mailbox at his home located on McMullen Road in Taneytown to get his mail when he found a pipe bomb inside of it.

DAYBREAK DAILY: Prince William's Corey Stewart sparks Tea Party unrest

wjla.com — ABC7 WEATHER: Partly cloudy, highs in the lower 80s, slight chance of thunderstorms. http://wj.la/72e8x6 'GOOD MORNING WASHINGTON': Among the stories - The one-year anniversary of the death of Chuck Brown, famed D.C. musician; murder-suicide in Clinton; much more, beginning at 4:30 a.m. NEWSTALK: Among today's guests ( 10 a.m., NewsChannel 8) is D.C.

White House 'scandals' may nix McAuliffe's momentum

wjla.com — Various polls have Terry McAuliffe gaining ground on the ultra-conservative Ken Cuccinelli the past couple of weeks in the Virginia governor race, but one has to wonder whether the revelations of the past several days that have put President Obama on the defensive will do likewise for McAuliffe.

Miles Davis and Jimi Hendrix tried to recruit Paul McCartney

wjla.com — Fans of the late trumpet and guitar masters have long known that Miles Davis and Jimi Hendrix had been making plans to record together in the year before Hendrix's sudden death in 1970. But less attention has been paid to the bass player they were trying to recruit: Paul McCartney, who was busy with another band at the time.