Thursday, April 28, 2016

Evening Edition: Sanders is outspending his rivals — generating millions for consultants

Rubio's delegates — he has more than Kasich even now — could be pivotal at GOP convention; The Fix: John Boehner just called Ted Cruz 'Lucifer in the flesh'; Cruz hits back at Boehner: ‘He allowed his inner Trump to come out’; I sat next to Donald Trump at the infamous 2011 White House correspondents' dinner; In the housing market's uneven recovery, 80 miles separate two Californias; Airstrike destroys Syrian hospital amid fears of 'catastrophic' turn in fighting; Birth rate among teens, once at crisis levels, falls to all-time low; How the transgender community is fighting bathroom laws; FDA's role in Silicon Valley gets complicated as money pours into health-related start-ups ; House committee takes unexpected step toward making women register for the draft; Curt Schilling: ESPN employs 'some of the biggest racists in sports commentating'; FBI arrests brother and other relatives of San Bernardino attacker; Teacher claims she was fired for saying 'vagina' in discussing Georgia O'Keeffe's art; These 7 emergency surgeries account for 80 percent of deaths and costs; The real reasons you procrastinate — and how to stop; Donald Trump's real foreign policy: A clash of civilizations; PowerPost: 10 reasons Cruz's Fiorina gambit will likely flop; Bobby Knight calls Trump the 'most prepared man in history' to run for president;
 
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Sanders is outspending his rivals — generating millions for consultants
By the end of March, the democratic socialist senator from Vermont had spent nearly $166 million on his campaign. The campaign's wealth has been a surprising boon for vendors across the county who signed on to his long-shot bid.
Rubio's delegates — he has more than Kasich even now — could be pivotal at GOP convention
Marco Rubio's 171 delegates give him leverage and could be crucial, should Donald Trump fall short of the 1,237 delegates that he needs to take the nomination on the first ballot.
 
The Fix: John Boehner just called Ted Cruz 'Lucifer in the flesh'
The man is not a Cruz fan. At all.
 
Cruz hits back at Boehner: ‘He allowed his inner Trump to come out’
The riposte comes after the former speaker referred to the Texas senator as "Lucifer in the flesh."
 
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I sat next to Donald Trump at the infamous 2011 White House correspondents' dinner
Did the mogul's decision to run for president have its roots in a humiliating experience as a Post guest at the dinner, as some commentators have suggested? A Post reporter who was there tells what she knows.
 
In the housing market's uneven recovery, 80 miles separate two Californias
The nation's biggest housing winners and losers live only 80 miles apart. The miraculous boom in San Francisco and Silicon Valley helped fuel a similar bubble in Stockton. But when the market collapsed, only families in Stockton were left suffering — and still do today.
 
Airstrike destroys Syrian hospital amid fears of 'catastrophic' turn in fighting
The aid group Doctors without Borders said at least three doctors were among the 14 patients and medical workers killed in the direct hit on the hospital Wednesday.
 
Birth rate among teens, once at crisis levels, falls to all-time low
The decline of the past decade has occurred in all regions of the U.S. and among all races, but the most radical changes have been among Hispanic and black teens, whose birth rates have dropped nearly 50 percent since 2006.
 
How the transgender community is fighting bathroom laws
A new wave of transgender people is stepping out of the shadows to fight a surge in state bills requiring people to use the bathrooms, locker rooms and dressing rooms that differ from their gender identity — measures they consider unnecessary, dangerous and rooted in offensive stereotypes.
 
FDA's role in Silicon Valley gets complicated as money pours into health-related start-ups
Total start-up funding is approaching levels of the last dot-com bubble — a development that has some industry observers worried that pseudoscience is being confused with innovation.
 
House committee takes unexpected step toward making women register for the draft
In a surprise vote, the House Armed Services Committee voted to include women in the draft, backing a test measure proposed by an opponent of women in combat.
 
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Curt Schilling: ESPN employs 'some of the biggest racists in sports commentating'
The former pitcher and baseball analyst, known for his controversial online commentary, fires back at the network that recently let him go.
 
FBI arrests brother and other relatives of San Bernardino attacker
Authorities in California arrested three people on Thursday with ties to one of the San Bernardino attackers, charging them with lying under oath and participating in a fraudulent marriage.
 
Teacher claims she was fired for saying 'vagina' in discussing Georgia O'Keeffe's art
Allison Wint said she is no longer a substitute teacher at Harper Creek Middle School in Battle Creek, Mich., following an eighth-grade art lecture.
 
These 7 emergency surgeries account for 80 percent of deaths and costs
In an analysis of 421,476 patient records from a national database of hospital inpatients, researchers found a surprising pattern.
 
The real reasons you procrastinate — and how to stop
While some researchers see it as a lack of self-control, others say there are deeper forces at work in our brains that keep us from getting stuff done.
 
Donald Trump's real foreign policy: A clash of civilizations
Many pundits swiftly observed that the GOP front-runner's scripted address on foreign policy was littered with contradictions. But perhaps the most curious tension he presented centered on his rejection of the "dangerous idea that we could make Western democracies" in the Middle East.
 
PowerPost: 10 reasons Cruz's Fiorina gambit will likely flop
The clips are brutal
 
Bobby Knight calls Trump the 'most prepared man in history' to run for president
The legendary Hoosiers coach gave the GOP candidate a rousing endorsement at a campaign rally in Indianapolis.
 
 
     
 
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