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Published 1:39 pm Friday, April 22, 2016

The Washington Post News Service with Bloomberg News budget for Wednesday, April 20, 2016. The editors are Tom Lachman and John Romero. All stories have moved unless otherwise noted. For questions about stories, photos or graphics, please call 202-334-7666.

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FIRST 16 STORIES ARE ADDED STARTERS SINCE 5 P.M.

MARYLAND-EDWARDS – Hoping to become Maryland’s first African American senator, Democrat Donna F. Edwards says her voice is needed. 1,882 words, by Paul Schwartzman (Post). With one photo.

CAMPAIGN-KASICH – The Ohio governor and GOP candidate says: “My Republican party doesn’t like ideas.” 715 words, by David Weigel (Post).

NY-VOTERS – Susan B. Anthony would be proud to see her grave covered with New Yorkers’ ‘I voted’ stickers. 496 words, by Colby Itkowitz (Post).

BRITAIN-LGBT – England issues warning for LGBT travelers visiting North Carolina and Mississippi. 300 words, by Peter Holley (Post).

MITSUBISHI-VW – Mitsubishi admits to faking gas mileage; VW is said to be settling for its deceptions. 736 words, by Jim Tankersley (Post).

VIRGINIA-EXECUTIONS – Legislature approves plan to buy execution drugs from secret physicians. 1,130 words, by Laura Vozzella (Post).

TRUMP-INDIANA – The GOP front-runner brings complaints of ‘rigged,’ ‘phony’ nominating process to Indiana debut. 408 words, by Sean Sullivan (Post).

SCOTUS-ALCOHOL – Justices hear arguments on laws requiring blood-alcohol tests. 746 words, by Robert Barnes (Post).

SHENANDOAH-WILDFIRE — Wildfire in Shenandoah National Park grows to 5,600 acres. 865 words, Joe Heim (Post). With one photo.

SHOOTING-ANALYSIS – A look at how ‘damaged masculinity’ may help explain Columbine and other mass shootings. 897 words, by Michael Rosenwald (Post). caution: explicit language

CANADA – The nation is set to introduce a bill to allow marijuana sales. 690 words, by Alan Freeman (Post).

FIDELITY – Company invests $55 million in talent agency WME-IMG. 240 words, by Scott Soshnick and Lucas Shaw (Bloomberg).

HAMAS — Hamas claims one of its own was responsible for Jerusalem bus bomb that hurt more than 20 people and stirred dark memories. 335 words, by William Booth (Post).

PRIMARY-ANALYSIS — Clinton, Trump get their mojo back with huge wins in New York primary. 885 words, by James Hohmann (Post).

VIRGINIA-VETOES – The Virginia General Assembly fails to override any of McAuliffe’s 32 vetoes’. 815 words, by Jenna Portnoy (Post).

EDWARDS-LABOR — Labor union that supported Rep. Donna Edwards, D-Maryland, in 2008 is spending heavily to stop her Senate bid. 850 words, by Rachel Weiner (Post). One photo.

END OF ADDED STARTERS FOR 9 P.M.

FIRST 30 STORIES ARE ADDED STARTERS SINCE 2 P.M.

National

SLEEP-ESSAY – What a year of working the graveyard shift taught me about sleep. 1,520 words, by Sarah Kaplan (Post).

LAWYERS-DEAF – In a historic moment, 12 deaf or hard-of-hearing lawyers became members of Supreme Court bar this week. 530 words, by Colby Itkowitz (Post).

OFFSHORE — U.S. launches ‘criminal investigation’ involving Panama Papers. 525 words, by Matt Zapotosky (Post).

FLINT-CHARGES-1stld-writethru — More criminal charges to come, Michigan attorney general vows, in Flint water crisis .

Politics

ENERGY-BILL-1STLD-WRITETHRU – The Senate just passed – overwhelmingly – an actually bipartisan energy bill. 485 words, by Chris Mooney (Post).

TRUMP-NAMES – ” Little Marco,” “Lying Ted,” “Crooked Hillary”: How Donald Trump makes name calling stick. 580 words, by Colby Itkowitz (Post).

Tech

YAHOO-MAYER — If a Yahoo sale takes place and she and the company part ways, CEO Marissa Mayer now seems assured to walk away with a payout, thanks to a recent change in the company’s corporate documents. 500 words, by Jena McGregor (Post).

SANDERS-TECH – Tech-company workers are among Bernie Sanders’s biggest fans. 385 words, by Brian Fung (Post).

XBOX – After a little more than a decade of gaming excellence, Microsoft’s Xbox 360 gets its official death notice. 435 words, by Hayley Tsukayama (Post).

Business

DOUBLE-CHIN _ The next fat profit center in the pharmaceutical industry may be the double chin. 715 words, by Kyle Stock (Bloomberg).

FORD-TESLA _ Ford pays $199,950 — $55,000 more than the sticker price — to buy one of the first sport utility vehicles made by Tesla so it could test and examine the electric SUV. 750 words, by Dana Hull and Keith Naughton (Bloomberg). One photo.

AIRLINES _ Despite cheap fuel and financing, almost no new, well-capitalized airlines with national aspirations have appeared since the wave of bankruptcies and consolidations of the past decade. 1050 words, by Justine Bachman (Bloomberg).

BRAVES _ The Atlanta Braves have their problems, but plunging stock isn’t one of them. 725 words, by Oliver Renick (Bloomberg).

CURRENCY-PLAY – After runaway success of the Broadway hit “Hamilton”, former president will keep his spot on currency. 493 words, by David Francis (Foreign Policy).

CURRENCY-HIP-HOP – A look at how politics and hip-hop saved the Hamilton $10 bill – and put Harriet Tubman on the $20 1050 words, by Amber Phillips (Post).

TRUCKER-LGBT _ Activist investors press J.B. Hunt Transport Services to explicitly protect gay and transgender workers from discrimination, saying the Arkansas trucker is among just a few large companies not to do so. 600 words, by Laura Colby (Bloomberg).

Commentary

DRUNKEN-COMMENT _ Even drunken drivers have constitutional rights. 800 words, by Noah Feldman (Bloomberg).

CAMPAIGN-ECON-COMMENT _ Trump and Sanders have proposed policies that run counter to literally centuries of economic thought. But in an environment of extremely low interest rates and low inflation, they might make sense. 560 words, by Narayana Kocherlakota (Bloomberg).

CARLSON _ Victory brings back Clinton the happy warrior. 950 words, by Margaret Carlson (Bloomberg).

TRUMP-GOP-COMMENT _ The unusual public spat between Trump and the RNC comes as party leaders meet for the last time before a convention that’s shaping up to be the most volatile and competitive in a generation. 1500 words, by John McCormick (Bloomberg).

SANDERS-ANALYSIS – After New York comes the question: What does Bernie want? 2,550 words, by John Wagner and Dan Balz (Post).

SCHOOL-RACE — A black professor offers advice ‘For White Folks Who Teach in the Hood’. 1244 words, by Emma Brown (Post).

Foreign

NORWAY – Norway’s Most Notorious Mass Murderer Convinced a Judge Norway Is Violating Human Rights. 520 words, by Siobhan O’Grady (Foreign Policy).

IRAN – Iran’s President Has Had Enough of Its ‘Morality Police.’ 400 words, by Henry Johnson (Foreign Policy).

SYRIA-TROOPS — Russian artillery, Syrian troops shifting back to northern Syria, defense officials say. 450 words, by Thomas Gibbons-Neff (Post).

RUSSIA-OIL — The decade-long battle to get compensation for the illegal seizure of Yukos will continue well into the future after an unexpected court ruling in the Netherlands. 635 words, by Keith Johnson (Foreign Policy).

SAUDI-LOBBY – Saudi government has vast network of PR, lobby firms in U.S. 1,355 words, by Catherine Ho (Post).

Energy, environment

REEF – Scientists say 93 percent of the Great Barrier Reef now bleached. 680 words, by Chris Mooney (Post).

CANCER-BIDEN — NEW ORLEANS – Vice President Joe Biden calls on the nation’s leading cancer researchers to accelerate progress in the fight against the disease by sharply boosting their efforts to collaborate and share data and by giving him advice on how to make the federal government a forceful ally in the anti-cancer effort. 620 words, by Laurie McGinley (Post).

OFFICE-BACTERIA – A distinctive forest of microscopic life coats the building that surrounds you, and it changes depending on where you work. 535 words, by Sarah Kaplan (Post).

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Politics

PRIMARIES – PHILADELPHIA – Emboldened by dominant victories in New York, Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump plunge into the next batch of primaries in five states along the Northeast Corridor. 1,135 words, by Sean Sullivan and Anne Gearan (Post).

TRUMP-SPEECH – Analysis: Donald Trump goes for a more presential tone – for now. 920 words, by Amber Phillips (Post). One video.

TRUMP-TV – Analysis: All that TV time isn’t helping Donald Trump. 440 words, by Jim Tankersley (Post).

NEWYORK-CRUZ – Ted Cruz’s crushing defeat in New York further narrows his path to the Republican nomination. 1,135 words, by Sahil Kapur (Bloomberg). One photo.

GOP-CONVENTION – To go or not to go: many Republican lawmakers are skipping the GOP convention. 980 words, by Laura Litvan (Bloomberg). One photo.

National

SCOTUS-ARIZONA – WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court rule unanimously that an independent redistricting commission in Arizona did not improperly favor Democrats when drawing the state’s legislative districts. 600 words, by Robert Barnes (Post).

FLINT-CHARGES — Three state and city officials facing criminal charges in Flint water crisis. 849 words, by Brady Dennis and Mark Berman (Post). One video.

ZIKA-POLICY – Senate Republicans are preparing to relent on a major portion of President Barack Obama’s emergency request to respond to the Zika virus. 690 words, by Steven P. Dennis (Bloomberg).

PREGNANCY – It’s a retirement account, but for pregnancy. 840 words, by Danielle Paquette (Post).

TRANSGENDER — Virginia Republican demands opinion on transgender issues from attorney general. 386 words, by Jenna Portnoy (Post).

TRANSGENDER-COMPANY – Target: Customers welcome in fitting rooms, bathrooms corresponding with ‘gender identity.’ 380 words, by Yanan Wang (Post).

BYU – Brigham Young University is under fire for disciplining sexual assault victim for ‘honor code’ breach. 795 words, by Yanan Wang (Post).

FLORIDA-PRIEST – Police suspect a Florida priest is killed by ex-prisoner he was trying to help. 800 words, by Yanan Wang (Post).

LIBRARY-CONGRESS – WASHINGTON – Librarian of Congress nominee Carla D. Hayden to testify before Senate. 760 words, by Peggy McGlone (Post).

WHOLE-FOODS – Did this gay pastor fake a cake with an anti-gay decoration? Whole Foods thinks so. 1,110 words, by Justin Wm. Moyer (Post). One video.

FIREFIGHTER – Lori Franchina filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the city of Providence, R.I., claiming that she suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder as a result of the harassment. 650 words, by Elahe Izadi (Post).

International

MIGRANTS – ROME – UN says up to 500 migrants may have drowned on their way to Italy. 300 words, by Sudarsan Raghavan (Post).

GERMANY-TRIAL – Germany confronts its growing right-wing movement in court. 600 words, by Rick Noack (Post).

EUROPE-DEFAME – Europe’s blasphemy and defamation laws threaten democratic values, critics say. 765 words, by Rick Noack (Post).

SAUDI-OBAMA-ANALYSIS – RIYADH, Saudi Arabia – President Obama has visited Saudi Arabia more often than any of his predecessors, but his fourth trip to the kingdom seems less a sign of the strength of the relationship than of its perilous nature. 1,095 words, by Greg Jaffe (Post). With MIDEAST-OBAMA (Bloomberg).

MIDEAST-VIOLENCE – SAER, West Bank – After six months of violence, Palestinians wonder: What was gained? 1,250 words, by William Booth (Post).

AFGHAN – KABUL, Afghanistan – Afghan security officials say the death toll from a Taliban attack in Kabul a day earlier had jumped to 64, with an additional 347 people injured, amid signs militants could be acquiring more powerful explosives. 820 words, by Tim Craig and Sayed Salahuddin (Post).

AFGHAN-ROAD – DRIVING FROM JALALABAD TO KABUL, Afghanistan – My terrifying plunge in a car from one of the Afghanistan’s dangerous roads. 1,555 words, by Tim Craig (Post). One video.

RUSSIA-EUROPE – Officials from Berlin to London are warning about the potential impact of Russia’s propaganda machine in elections. 1,150 words, by Arne Delfs and Henry Meyer (Bloomberg).

PHILIPPINES – Analysis: After shocking rape joke, Filipino politician could still become country’s next president. 915 words, by Ishaan Tharoor (Post).

SKOREA-YOUTH – Youthful disillusionment goes a long way toward explaining the electoral drubbing voters gave President Park Geun-hye’s ruling party in last week’s parliamentary election. 1,150 words, by David Tweed and Cynthia Kim (Bloomberg). One photo.

JAPAN-QUAKE – Rescuers shift efforts toward aiding survivors of the temblors that claimed 46 lives and displaced almost 100,000. 725 words, by Monami Yui, Takashi Amano and Emi Urabe (Bloomberg).

HUNGARY – Protests intensify against Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban as school teachers go on strike. 575 words, by Zoltan Simon (Bloomberg).

GREECE-ANALYSIS – The crazy reason we might be facing a huge crisis in Greece again. 1,330 words, by Matt O’Brien (Post).

BRITAIN-QUEEN – LONDON – Queen Elizabeth’s 90th birthday: Lunch with President Obama and 1,000 bonfires. 460 words, by Karla Adam (Post).

NATO – NATO scolds Russia for aggressive behavior that undermines Ukraine and magnifies the risk of accidental military confrontations elsewhere in Europe. 585 words, by James G. Neuger (Bloomberg).

NORWAY -A court rules that Norway is in violation of Europe’s conventions on human rights regarding its treatment of the right-wing extremist who is serving a 21-year sentence for a 2011 massacre. 545 words, by Mikael Holter and Jonas Cho Walsgard (Bloomberg).

JAPAN-PIXAR – TOKYO – An exhibition marking the 30th anniversary of Pixar Animation Studios, underway at the Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, offers a unique opportunity to see how the studio’s films are conceptualized, planned and produced. 575 words, by Yasuko Onda (Japan News/Yomiuri). One photo.

Financial

CURRENCY – U.S. to keep Hamilton on front of $10 bill, put portrait of Harriet Tubman on $20 bill. 300 words, by Ana Swanson and Abby Ohlheiser (Post).

PENSION – Truckers’ pensions, one of the nation’s largest, could soon cut benefits for retirees. 1,200 words, by Jonnelle Marte (Post). One photo and one video.

ECB-COMMENT _ Negative rates should prompt German action, not angst. 640 words, by Jean-Michel Paul (Bloomberg).

CHINA-ECON-COMMENT _ Chinese leaders have good reason to go slow on reform. 830 words, by Tom Orlik (Bloomberg).

SERBIA-COPPER – Serbia’s Bor copper pit, once the pride of Socialist Yugoslavia, is at the center of a struggle to retool a $38 billion economy that missed out on the transformation that has lifted much of eastern Europe. 890 words, by Gordana Filipovic and Michael Winfrey (Bloomberg). One photo.

GOOGLE-EUROPE-POST – European regulators announce antitrust charges against Google, accusing the tech giant of using Android to push its own mobile services over those of its rivals. 500 words, by Andrea Peterson (Post). Also moved: GOOGLE-EUROPE (Bloomberg).

AIRTRAVEL – Transatlantic air travel is about to change in a big way. 780 words, by Max Bearak (Post). One photo.

NETFLIX – Netflix discovers that going global isn’t so easy. 895 words, by Lucas Shaw (Bloomberg).

CHINA-PBOC – The People’s Bank of China steps up efforts to avoid a seasonal cash squeeze. 515 words (Bloomberg).

DIETCOKE – Coca-Cola to do away with Diet Coke’s distinctive silver can – as diet soda sales continue to slip. 775 words, by Travis M. Andrews (Post).

HOUSING — Purchases of previously owned homes rise more than projected in March. 680 words, by Shobhana Chandra (Bloomberg).

FED – The Federal Reserve’s inspector general says the central bank’s board should beef up safeguards for releasing market-sensitive economic data and policy statements. 670 words, by Craig Torres (Bloomberg).

MILLENNIALS — Millennials are looking forward to buying a home, but many have grossly underestimated just how much they’ll need for that all-important down payment. 680 words, by Zachary Tracer (Bloomberg).

UNITEDHEALTH (1STLD) — UnitedHealth Group Inc. will drop out of government-organized health insurance markets in at least 22 states. 975 words, by Zachary Tracer (Bloomberg).

MITSUBISHI (1STLD) – Mitsubishi Motors’s disclosure that it manipulated fuel economy tests risks putting the Japanese carmaker in need of help to stay in business. 715 words, by Ma Jie, Yuki Hagiwara and Craig Trudell (Bloomberg). One photo.

SYNGENTA — Syngenta is still aiming to complete a takeover by China National Chemical Corp. by the end of the year. 605 words, by Andrew Noël and Alice Baghdjian (Bloomberg).

RUSSIA-STOCKS — A turnaround in the earnings prospects of Russian companies is putting a two-year equity rally on a firmer foundation. 815 words, by Ksenia Galouchko and Maria Levitov (Bloomberg).

HONEYWELL – After a proposed acquisition flops, Honeywell struggles to get back on track. 1,000 words, by Thomas Black (Bloomberg). One photo.

STAPLES – The fate of the Staples-Office Depot merger is in the hands of a federal judge who has been critical of the FTC effort to block the deal. 1,010 words, by David McLaughlin (Bloomberg).

MATTEL – ‘Hello Barbie’ pleads ‘buy me’ as Mattel’s doll fails to catch fire. 520 words, by Matt Townsend (Bloomberg).

Health, science and environment

CLIMATE-NATIONS – Analysis: As nations prepare to sign climate accord, planet reaches new warming heights. 1,165 words, by Chris Mooney and Brady Dennis (Post).

SHORTER-LIVES – Life expectancy dips for white females, CDC says. 530 words, by Joel Achenbach (Post). One photo.

CANCER-ORAL – NEW ORLEANS — Researchers have long known that poor oral health is associated with a higher risk of getting pancreatic cancer. Now they are finding that bacteria linked to periodontal disease may be behind the connection. 400 words, by Laurie McGinley (Post).

CHIMPS – Many “retired” NIH research chimps are seriously ill, government report says. 610 words, by Karin Brulliard (Post). Four photos. Moved on feature wire.

Features

BOOK-MILLENNIALS – Are you a millennial disappointed with life? There could be a book deal in that. 1,360 words, by Jessica Contrera (Post). One photo.

PULITZER-POET – What you need to know about Peter Balakian, the new Pulitzer Prize-winning poet. 980 words, by Ron Charles (Post). One photo.

Commentary

PRIMARIES-COMMENT _ Parties, not voters, should choose their nominees. 860 words, by Jonathan Bernstein (Bloomberg).

DECLASSIFED _ Why Obama invests in the Saudi ally he disdains. 820 words, by Eli Lake (Bloomberg).

CZECHIA-COMMENT _ The rebranding of the Czech Republic as Czechia could be a model for other nations. 830 words, by Leonid Bershidsky (Bloomberg).

HUNT _ Candidates, please stop whining. 775 words, by Albert Hunt (Bloomberg).

OVERSPEND-COMMENT _ Parents could go bankrupt trying to appear simply adequate. 1,370 words, by Megan McArdle (Bloomberg).

CRIMEA-COMMENT _ Russia’s proposed bridge to Crimea is an old plan with a new twist. 1330 words, by Leonid Bershidsky (Bloomberg).

GOLD-APPRECIATE _ What makes Rabbi Ben-Zion Gold’s life most distinctive, and his passing so noteworthy, is his complex connection to the lost world of the pre-war European yeshivas and the way he tried to reconfigure his religious worldview after the Holocaust. 930 words, by Noah Feldman (Bloomberg).

CYBER-COMMENT – Box CEO: Why the latest attempt by Congress on cybersecurity is already outdated. 745 words, by Aaron Levie (Post special).

SANDERS-NY-COMMENT -New York douses the Bern. 400 words, by Jonathan Capehart (Post).

HOUSEOFCARDS-CLINTONS-ESSAY – Twenty-five years after the Clintons became national political figures, people are still confused by black voters’ and lawmakers loyalties to them – and vice versa. 1,320 words, by Alyssa Rosenberg (Post). Moved on Entertainment wire.

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