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LAPD Had “No Idea” Who They Were Shooting At In Dorner Pursuit, Says Victims' Attorney — “It's 100 percent clear that they had no idea who was in that vehicle and just lit it up,” says attorney Christopher Driscoll. — Driscoll is representing Maggie Carranza, 47, and her mother …
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Heather / Crooks and Liars:
Bill Maher Blasts Donald Trump for Suit Over Orangutan Joke — Anyone who is a regular reader of this site is probably already familiar with Donald Trump's threat to sue Bill Maher over his joke where he asked flame thrower and birther for proof that he was not the result of his mother having sex with an orangutan.
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New York Times:
Mr. Menendez's Ethics Problem — Senator Robert Menendez was never a distinguished choice for chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, the position he ascended to this month by virtue of seniority. Concerns about that quality gap have sharply escalated amid new disclosures …
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The Hill, Hot Air, Washington Monthly and Feeds
Andy Borowitz / Borowitz Report:
U.S. Cancels Regular Drone Strikes on Saturdays — WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report)—Citing budgetary concerns, the United States announced today that it would discontinue regular Saturday drone strikes on U.S. citizens, beginning in 2014. — In announcing the decision …
Reuters:
Egypt court suspends YouTube over anti-Islam film — (Reuters) - An Egyptian court ordered the suspension of online video service YouTube for a month on Saturday for broadcasting a film insulting the Prophet Mohammad, state media reported. — The country's administrative court ordered …
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Mediaite, AllThingsD and Jihad Watch, more at Mediagazer »
CNN:
Perry to visit California, recruit business for Texas — (CNN) - Texas Gov. Rick Perry is hitting the road to drum up business. — But he isn't on a tour of the Lone Star State. — Follow @politicalticker — Instead, Perry set off for California on Sunday, where he will spend four days trying …
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Cameron Joseph / The Hill:
Cummings: Postal Service cuts would hurt minority groups, single mothers — The U.S. Postal Service's decision to eliminate Saturday delivery could disproportionally hurt minority groups, according to Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.), the ranking member on the House Oversight Committee.
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BREITBART.COM:
EXCLUSIVE: ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT TO TESTIFY IN SENATE NEXT WEEK—WITH ICE AGENT WHO CANNOT ARREST HIM — Breitbart News has learned that one of the witnesses at the Senate Judiciary Committee hearings on immigration next week will be outspoken illegal immigrant Jose Antonio Vargas …
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Little Green Footballs, The PJ Tatler and Washington Examiner
Jenna Wortham / New York Times:
A Growing App Lets You See It, Then You Don't — LOS ANGELES — The ephemeral now has value, at least for users of cellphones. — More than 60 million photos or messages are sent each day through an app called Snapchat and then, after they are viewed for a few seconds, the missives vanish.
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TechCrunch, Business Insider and AllThingsD
New York Times:
Heavy Snow and Winds Batter Northeast — A ferocious storm system pummeled the Northeast on Saturday, burying some parts of region in more than two feet of snow and leaving more than 650,000 homes and businesses without power, mostly in New England. — After a day of pelting wet snow …
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Los Angeles Times, Business Insider and Washington Monthly
The White House:
Fact Sheet: Examples of How the Sequester Would Impact Middle Class Families, Jobs and Economic Security — Unless Congress acts by March 1st, a series of automatic cuts—called a sequester—that threaten thousands of jobs and the economic security of the middle class will take effect.
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Speaker.gov, americanthinker.com, Prairie Weather, The Plum Line, Mediaite, Twitchy, Red Alert Politics, The Maddow Blog and Post Politics
Susan Jones / CNSNews:
Mold? Leaky Roof? Obama Administration Says All Americans Must Have ‘Healthy Housing’ — (CNSNews.com) - Under the broad banner of “health,” the federal government not only is telling Americans what to eat, it's also telling us to make our homes safer. — This week, the Obama …
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Michelle Malkin and The Lonely Conservative