Cruz, Kasich team up to stop Trump

The Morning Email
Monday April 25th, 2016
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CRUZ, KASICH TEAM UP TO STOP DONALD TRUMP The two candidates announced they will coordinate their resources in Indiana, New Mexico and Oregon’s primaries in order to stop Donald Trump from reaching the 1,237 delegates needed to win the Republican nomination. [Marina Fang, HuffPost]

OBAMA TO SEND MORE TROOPS TO SYRIA "President Obama outlined plans Monday to nearly quadruple the size of U.S. Special Operations forces in Syria to up to 300 troops, saying it was needed to keep up pressure on the Islamic State." [WaPo]

BEYONCE'S ALBUM IS ON ITUNES You can now buy the devastatingly brilliant "Lemonade" through iTunes, and the accompanying visual album will be for sale on iTunes and Amazon shortly. Beyonce's brutally honest look at her alleged marital strife has set the Internet ablaze. [CNN]

THE 2016 QUESTIONS NO ONE CAN REALLY ANSWER Least of all, us. [Howard Fineman, Jason Linkins and Lauren Weber, HuffPost]

U.S. DEPLOYS CYBER ATTACKS AGAINST ISIS "The effort reflects President Obama’s desire to bring many of the secret American cyberweapons that have been aimed elsewhere, notably at Iran, into the fight against the Islamic State -- which has proved effective in using modern communications and encryption to recruit and carry out operations." [NYT]

INSIDE THE NIGHT OF 'TERROR' A recent report from international investigators reveals the full horror the university students who went missing in Mexico in September 2014 faced. They have yet to be found. [NYT]

EVEN CHARLES KOCH THINKS HILLARY IS PROBABLY A BETTER CANDIDATE THAN DONALD TRUMP Sayanora, campaign funds. [Reuters]

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WHAT’S BREWING

'GAME OF THRONES' RETURNED We still basically know nothing about Jon Snow. Cool guys. [HuffPost]

'THE AMERICAN WOMEN OF ISIS' "Shannon Conley met a guy online. She was 19, a normal Colorado teen with glasses and a big, toothy smile. He was 32." [Marie Claire]

YOU NEED THIS BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN COVER OF 'PURPLE RAIN' We all do. [HuffPost]

WHEN LIFE IS ONE BIG UPGRADE TO FIRST CLASS From cruises to cutting lines, the New York Times takes a look at the "velvet rope economy." [NYT]

YOU ONLY HAVE FIVE MORE DAYS To appreciate peak Harrison Ford in "Blade Runner" before it's gone from Netflix. [HuffPost]

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WHAT'S WORKING

THIS JUDGE SERVED TIME WITH A VET HE SENTENCED "The two spent the night speaking about their military service. 'It was more of a father-son conversation as opposed to a judge talking to someone and sentencing them,' [Joseph] Serna told WRAL. 'It was personal.'” [HuffPost]

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BEFORE YOU GO

~ This astronaut ran a marathon in space, making us all feel guilty about lounging around all Sunday afternoon.

~ The whole police force in this Colorado town just quit.

~ In oil companies won't be happy about this news, this plane just flew across the Pacific Ocean using solar power.

~ The Wall Street Journal chronicled the "rise and fall of ISIS' oil tycoon."

~ Uber tipping could be closer than you think.

~ The daytime drama continues: Kelly Ripa will return to work Tuesday.

~ Michelle McNamara, a crime writer and wife of Patton Oswalt, has died. She was 46.

~ Clay Aiken talks to "Candidate Confessional" about the guilt he feels over his primary opponent's death.

~ Want to sue Ashley Madison? That'll take using your real name.


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