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	Thanks, Internet: Crowdsourcing Effort Means Research Vessel Could Get Stuck With This Name by J.D. Durkin Other names that the web farmed included Clifford the Big Red Boat, Ice Ice Baby, Notthetitanic, and some more normal ones like Endeavour. Read More »

	Man Now Facing Murder Charges After Shooting Alleged Car Thief by Rachel Stockman Georgia’s “stand your ground law” could come into play after a man shot and killed a suspected car thief who was trying to take his car from a gas station. Read More »

	Say It Ain't So: Bernie Sanders Will Happily Poach Hillary Clinton's Superdelegates by Tommy Christopher Despite having a clear distaste for the Democratic Party's use of unelected "Superdelegates" in choosing their presidential nominee, upstart Democratic candidate and Independent Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders has said that he will look to eat into rival Hillary Clinton's lead by flipping as many of the Superdelegates as he can. Read More »

	Video Released of 60 Minutes Film Crew Being Attacked in Sweden by Migrants by Alex Griswold 60 Minutes Australia finally aired its footage three weeks after an incident in which its film crew was attacked by a group of masked men in Sweden. Read More »

	John Oliver Absolutely Destroys Donald Trump With Deep Dive on Border Wall by Tommy Christopher Oliver examines the ballooning cost of the wall, the many obstacles that have already surfaced from past efforts to build a border fence, and, true to form, offers a creative solution to the immigration problem that somehow involves small appliances. Read More »

	WATCH LIVE: Hillary, Trump, Cruz, Kasich Set to Speak on Day 2 of AIPAC Conference by Mediaite TV It's day two of the AIPAC Policy Conference in Washington, D.C., and all but one of the presidential candidates are set to deliver speeches. Read More »

	Joe Biden Indirectly Bashes Trump at AIPAC by Alex Griswold Vice President Joe Biden got in a not-so-subtle dig at Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump during his speech on the opening night of AIPAC's Policy Conference, saying the world needed "bridge-builders" not "wall-builders." Read More »

	ESPN's SportsCenter Deletes Tweet Praising Fidel Castro's Love of Sports by Alex Griswold The Twitter account for ESPN's SportsCenter sent out a tweet Sunday about Fidel Castro's love of sports that was criticized for painting the Cuban dictator in a positive light. Read More »

	Notre Dame Basketball Coach Ribs Christie: He'll Attend Our Game 'If Trump Will Let Him' by Alex Griswold Notre Dame men's basketball coach Mike Brey made a joke Sunday at New Jersey governor Chris Christie's expense, saying the former Republican presidential candidate planned to attend their next game "if Trump will let him." Read More »

	Woman Charged For Striking Police Horse in the Face During Trump Protest by Christopher White Read More »

	WATCH LIVE: President Obama Arrives in Cuba by Mediaite TV President Obama will be landing in Cuba shortly for a historic visit by a sitting U.S. president almost 90 years. Read More »

	Man Trump Blamed for Grabbing Protester Instead of Campaign Manager Also Works for Trump by Alex Griswold The man that the Donald Trump campaign blamed for grabbing a protester at one of his rallies instead of campaign manager Corey Lewandowski also works for Trump. Read More »

	WATCH: Biden Set to Speak to AIPAC Policy Conference by Mediaite TV The annual AIPAC Policy Conference is starting tonight in Washington, D.C., and Vice President Joe Biden is set to speak later tonight. Read More »

	Trump Whines He Can’t ‘Fight Back’ Against Megyn Kelly. Sad! by Josh Feldman Donald Trump has a pretty sick obsession with Megyn Kelly and he doesn't seem to understand the reasons people have a problem with it. Read More »

	Kasich Walks Back Remarks About Maybe Considering Merrick Garland for SCOTUS Too by Josh Feldman In two separate Sunday show interviews, John Kasich indicated he would consider Merrick Garland for the Supreme Court too if he wins the election, but he quickly walked that back. Read More »

	NY Post Predicts MSNBC President Phil Griffin Soon to be Fired by Jon Nicosia It's not news that many presume MSNBC's top dog Phil Griffin is in a perilous spot, but the New York Post's Claire Atkinson is offering some specific speculation on Griffin's demise. Read More »

	READ: All of Fox News' Statements to Date Defending Megyn Kelly from Donald Trump by Josh Feldman As we reported earlier, Fox News has received criticism for not being aggressive enough in defending Megyn Kelly from Donald Trump's attacks. Well, in the interest of fairness... Read More »

	A Flasher Crashes Live Local News Report on Post-St. Patrick’s Day Revelry by Josh Feldman During a local news report about a post-St. Patrick's Day pub crawl in Virginia last night, a passer-by exposed her, er, shamrocks to the camera. Read More »

	The Anti-Defamation League Is Redirecting Trump Donations to Anti-Bias Groups by Josh Feldman Ahead of Donald Trump's planned speech to AIPAC tomorrow, the Anti-Defamation League has announced that it will be giving the total sum of all of Trump's donations to anti-bias and anti-bullying programs. Read More »

	Chris Wallace to Kasich: Why Did You Skip Out on the Debate Fox Planned? by Josh Feldman John Kasich appeared on Fox News Sunday this morning and Chris Wallace made sure to ask him why he dropped out of the debate Fox had planned for tomorrow. Read More »

	Fox Slamming Trump on Megyn Kelly's Behalf Is a Good Step; Here's What Should Happen Next by Joe Concha It was scathing. It was warranted. And yes, as far as communication between a network and presidential candidate is concerned, it was also unprecedented... Read More »

	Media Critic: Tough Defense of Megyn Kelly 'Really Late Coming by Fox' by Josh Feldman Media critic David Zurawik criticized Fox News on CNN this morning for not being strong enough in its defense of Megyn Kelly. Read More »

	Judge Smacks Down Trump’s Ted Cruz Birther Claims, and Hardly Anyone Covers It by Rachel Stockman Read More »

	Lindsey Graham: Trump Would Destroy the GOP for Generations to Come by Josh Feldman Lindsey Graham appeared on Face the Nation and declared today, "I believe Donald Trump would be an absolute disaster for the Republican party." Read More »

	Roland Martin: Trump Has 'A Desire to Be Thug-in-Chief' by Josh Feldman TV One anchor Roland Martin appeared on ABC's This Week today to talk about how Donald Trump never ever likes to "backtrack" on anything. Read More »

	Stephanopoulos to Trump: Will You Discourage Supporters from Rioting at Convention? by Josh Feldman George Stephanopoulos confronted Donald Trump this morning over his declaration there would be riots at the Republican National Convention if he's denied the nomination at a brokered convention. Read More »