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Robert D. McFadden / New York Times:
Edward Koch, Former Mayor of New York, Dies at 88 — Edward I. Koch, the master showman of City Hall, who parlayed shrewd political instincts and plenty of chutzpah into three tumultuous terms as mayor of New York with all the tenacity, zest and combativeness that personified his city of golden dreams, died Friday morning at age 88.
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Associated Press:
Ed Koch, mayor who became a symbol of NYC, dies at 88 — NEW YORK (AP) — Ed Koch's favorite moment as mayor of New York City, fittingly, involved yelling. — Suddenly inspired to do something brash about the rare transit strike that crippled the city in 1980, he strode down to the Brooklyn Bridge …
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New York Post:
Former New York City Mayor Ed Koch dead at age 88: sources — Former Mayor Ed Koch died early this morning, sources told The Post. He was 88. — Koch had been in and out of the hospital in recent months, and was admitted Monday at New York Presbyterian Medical Center.
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NY Daily News:
Ed Koch dead: Mayor who became a symbol of New York City passes away at 88
Ed Koch dead: Mayor who became a symbol of New York City passes away at 88
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Joel Siegel / ABCNEWS:
Ed Koch Dies: Former New York City Mayor Dead at 88
Ed Koch Dies: Former New York City Mayor Dead at 88
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Jeremy Herb / The Hill:
Hagel delivers shaky performance — Former Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-Neb.) delivered a shaky performance at his confirmation hearing to lead the Pentagon while enduring a difficult day of grilling by his former Republican colleagues. — Hagel stumbled over some answers — describing Iran as having a …
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Sen. Ted Cruz / Politico:
Chuck Hagel's confirmation-day conversion
Chris Cillizza / The Fix:
Chuck Hagel was bad. And it doesn't matter.
Chuck Hagel was bad. And it doesn't matter.
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Michael Hirsh / NationalJournal.com:
Is Chuck Hagel Failing?
Is Chuck Hagel Failing?
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Rebecca Berg / BuzzFeed:
Chuck Hagel's Ill-Received Performance Puts Confirmation In Flux
Chuck Hagel's Ill-Received Performance Puts Confirmation In Flux
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Suzan Fraser / Associated Press:
POLICE: SUICIDE BOMBING AT US EMBASSY, 2 DEAD … ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — A suspected suicide bomber detonated an explosive device at the entrance of the U.S. Embassy in the Turkish capital on Friday, killing himself and one other person, officials said. — U.S. Ambassador Francis Ricciardione …
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Jonathon Burch / Reuters:
Suicide bomber kills guard at U.S. embassy in Turkey — (Reuters) - A suicide bomber killed a Turkish security guard at the U.S. embassy in Ankara on Friday, blowing the door off a side entrance and sending smoke and debris flying into the street. — Ankara Governor Alaaddin Yuksel …
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Wall Street Journal:
Economy Adds 157,000 Jobs — WASHINGTON—The job market plodded along in January, signaling slow economic growth to start the year. — Employers added 157,000 jobs last month, the Labor Department said Friday. The unemployment rate, obtained by a separate survey of U.S. households …
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Justin Sink / The Hill:
Boehner: Report shows Obama wrong to scrap president's jobs council
Boehner: Report shows Obama wrong to scrap president's jobs council
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Catherine Rampell / New York Times:
U.S. Adds 157,000 Jobs; Jobless Rate Edges Up to 7.9%
U.S. Adds 157,000 Jobs; Jobless Rate Edges Up to 7.9%
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Matt Cover / CNSNews:
IRS: Cheapest Obamacare Plan Will Be $20,000 Per Family — (CNSNews.com) - In a final regulation issued Wednesday, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) assumed that under Obamacare the cheapest health insurance plan available in 2016 for a family will cost $20,000 for the year.
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McAllister / Addicting Info:
Paranoid NRA Releases Enemy List - Are YOU On It? — Enemy lists...They go back as far as politics have been a part of our culture. Nixon, Joseph McCarthy, Pol Pot, Stalin, Lenin, Hitler, Saddam Hussein, and Generalissimo Francisco Franco, who is, we believe, still dead.
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Matthew Lee / Associated Press:
AP Interview: Clinton raps Benghazi critics — WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is leaving office with a slap at critics of the Obama administration's handling of the September attack on a U.S. diplomatic mission in Libya. She told The Associated Press that critics …
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David Weigel / Slate:
Ted Cruz's Bogus Attack on Hagel — Senate Armed Services Committee member Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) (L) talks with committee Chairman Carl Levin (D-MI) (R) as they and former U.S. Senator Chuck Hagel (R-NE) arrive for Hagel's confirmation hearing to become the next secretary of defense on Capitol Hill January 31, 2013 in Washington, DC.
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Lori Ziganto / Twitchy:
‘Cruzed’! Senator Cruz crushes Hagel; Chuck Todd, other lapdogs try to save Hagel, slam Cruz
‘Cruzed’! Senator Cruz crushes Hagel; Chuck Todd, other lapdogs try to save Hagel, slam Cruz
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Rosie Gray / BuzzFeed:
Ted Cruz Grills Chuck Hagel With Out-Of-Context Al-Jazeera Clip
Ted Cruz Grills Chuck Hagel With Out-Of-Context Al-Jazeera Clip
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Reuters:
Yahoo News interview: Mitch McConnell on immigration, guns, bourbon and Sen. Ashley Judd — Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell this week expressed firm support for a guest worker program to help bring in more low-skilled workers for farm labor and other industries.
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Tom Maguire / JustOneMinute:
“Gun Violence” And Still More Violence To The Truth At The Times — The NY Times is now fretting that focusing on the link between mental health and gun violence may not be “fair”. What is striking is that when the Times opines on “gun violence” and the need for policies including …
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Agoldberg / The Smoking Gun:
Pastor Apologizes For Snide Remark On Meal Receipt — St. Louis woman says she got waitress fired for online leak — The St. Louis pastor responsible for the credit card receipt heard 'round the Internet termed her snide scribblings a “lapse in my character and judgment,” …
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Chris Morran / The Consumerist:
Waitress Who Posted No-Tip Receipt From “Pastor” Customer Fired From Job
Waitress Who Posted No-Tip Receipt From “Pastor” Customer Fired From Job
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ABCNEWS:
Obama Campaign, DNC End Year in Debt — President Barack Obama's re-election campaign and the Democratic National Committee ended 2012 with large debts. — Campaign finance reports filed Thursday show Obama's campaign ended the year with $5.8 million in debt while his party's political arm, the DNC, owed $21.4 million.
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Reuters:
‘Steven Tyler Act’ proposed in Hawaii — HONOLULU (AP) - More than two-thirds of Hawaii's state senators have signed onto a bill to protect celebrities from paparazzi, giving famous faces power to sue over unwanted beach photos and other snapshots on the islands.
Frank Newport / Gallup:
Alabama, North Dakota, Wyoming Most Conservative States — Americans slightly less conservative, slightly more liberal — PRINCETON, NJ — Alabama, North Dakota, and Wyoming were the most conservative states in the union in 2012, with between 49% and 50% of residents in each identifying their ideology as conservative.
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New York Times:
Senator Has Long Ties to Donor Under Scrutiny — Dr. Salomon E. Melgen, a wealthy Florida eye surgeon, has always been happy to help out his friend, Senator Robert Menendez of New Jersey. — He rushed to the senator's side when Mr. Menendez's mother died, flew him around on his private jet …