By Lauren Weber
Friday April 1st, 2016
TOP STORIES
UNDERSTANDING DONALD TRUMP'S LIKABILITY NUMBERS "If he wins the GOP nomination, Trump wouldn’t be the first nominee to enter a general election with negative ratings. He would, however, be the least popular major party nominee in modern times. " And here's a breakdown of how delegates could end up voting for someone else at the convention. [Ariel Edwards-Levy, HuffPost]
THE BRIGHT SPOTS OF THE AMERICAN ECONOMY "Here in the Mountain West -- but also in places as varied as Seattle and Portland, [Oregon], in the Northwest, and Atlanta and Orlando, [Florida], in the Southeast -- employers are hiring at a steady clip, housing prices are up and consumers are spending more freely." [NYT]
LEAD POISONING IN THE BIG APPLE A look into the lead paint that's causing irreparable damage to New York City's kids, which some landlords see as the cost of doing business. [HuffPost]
AFGHANS HAUNTED SIX MONTHS AFTER U.S. HOSPITAL BOMBING "A bullet through the head didn’t kill 9-year-old Amina. Her father, Abdel Qadir, had managed to carry her limp body to the trauma hospital in Kunduz, praying that she would live. But on Oct. 3, less than a week after surviving a firefight between Afghan forces and Taliban insurgents that had surrounded her home, Amina burned to death in a hospital bed as her father watched helplessly." [Sophia Jones, HuffPost]
ABUSED WOMAN ACCUSED OF MURDER GOES FREE AFTER 3 YEARS IN PRISON The jury determined she was not guilty after hearing the circumstances of the domestic violence Cherelle Baldwin had faced. [Melissa Jeltsen, HuffPost]
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WHAT’S BREWING
FACEBOOK IS TAKING OVER Be ashamed, America, at how much time we all spend on the site. [HuffPost]
'DRUGS YOU DON'T NEED FOR DISORDERS YOU DON'T HAVE' "Inside the pharmaceutical industry's campaign to put us all to sleep." [HuffPost]
EVER WANT TO MAKE AN ATTACK AD? Go nuts, everyone, with this ad-libs style ad-o-matic, complete with a fantastic voiceover. [National Constitution Center]
EVERYONE'S HAPPY ABOUT CHRISTIAN LOUBOUTIN'S NUDE SHOE LINE With shades of nude for every skin tone. Now if only they were affordable... [Brit + Co]
FBI ALLEGES HOSPICE PROVIDER BOSS TEXTED EXECUTION ORDERS Such as: "You need to make this patient go bye-bye." [Daily Beast]
US WEEKLY: WENDI DENG DATING VLADIMIR PUTIN Rupert Murdoch's ex-wife was also rumored to have had an affair with the former U.K. Prime Minister Tony Blair. [Us Magazine]
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WHAT'S WORKING
NEW YORK TO RAISE MINIMUM WAGE "Governor Andrew Cuomo and state legislative leaders reached a deal on Thursday to raise New York state’s minimum wage towards $15 per hour, but fell short of a uniform statewide increase." [Reuters]
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BEFORE YOU GO
~ A Virginia state trooper was killed after a suspect opened fire at a Richmond Greyhound bus stop.
~ Top black staffers are leaving the RNC.
~ Inside the university lab ISIS is using to build its bombs.
~ Zaha Hadid, the legendary female architect who was the first to win the Pritzker prize, has died. She was 65.
~ Why you should be watching "Girls."
~ And in case you've had a rough week, Chris Bosh has got you with his blog post about beers for the bbq you need to plan. This is not a drill.
~ It's gotten bad enough for 2016 that you can filter your dating apps by political party. And bad enough that we feel obligated to tell you that.
~ All of the feels over the final days of the Barack Obama-Joe Biden bromance.
~ Set your watches, Beyonce's Ivy Park workout apparel is almost here.
~ Living through five days on a Zumba cruise.
~ In case you needed another reason to head to Baskin-Robbins, they now have a Sour Patch Kids ice cream.
~ How to know if you're dating a sociopath (who hopefully won't know you clicked on this link).
~ Snow White has a sister, and Disney is making a movie about her.
~ This slow-mo video of laser hair removal is downright mesmerizing.
~ The "So That Happened" team talks about the time that Donald Trump "accidentally articulated the GOP abortion stance a little too loudly."
~ The CIA left explosive material on a school bus because that makes so much sense.
~ Most red food dye is made up of crushed bugs. So many things will never be the same.
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