A.M. Links: Obama to Nominate Bush DOJ #2 to FBI, Wrestler Kane May Run for Senate in Tennessee, Disneyland Employee Arrested for Allegedly Planting Dry Ice Bomb

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    President Obama is expected to nominate former Bush DOJ number two James Comey to head the FBI.

  • Tea Party groups in Tennessee are hoping WWE Champion Kane will be able to defeat Senator Lamar Alexander in next year's Republican primary.
  • More than 20,000 inmates in New Jersey mistakenly received almost $24 million in government benefits, according to a state audit.
  • Ibragim Todashev, a friend of the suspected Boston bomber, was unarmed when he was shot and killed by the FBI during an interview in his Florida apartment.
  • Sheriff Joe Arpaio will appeal a federal court ruling that his department racially profiled Hispanic drivers in an effort to crack down on illegal immigrants.
  • A Disneyland employee was arrested for allegedly planting a dry ice bomb that went off in the theme park last week.
  • Ghana's president warns Islamic militants are threatening the stability of West Africa while the leader of Boko Haram says the Nigerian government's offensive against the Islamist extremist group is failing.

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