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Meteorite hits central Russia, more than 500 people hurt — (Reuters) - More than 500 people were injured when a meteorite shot across the sky and exploded over central Russia on Friday, sending fireballs crashing to Earth, shattering windows and damaging buildings.
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Meteorite hits Russian Urals: Fireball explosion wreaks havoc, over 900 injured (PHOTOS, VIDEO) — Screenshot from YouTube user Gregor Grimm — (12.5Mb) embed video — Russia's Urals region has been rocked by a meteorite explosion in the stratosphere.
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New York Times:
Meteor Fragments Rain Down on Siberia; Hundreds of Injuries Reported
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Politico:
Why President Obama went all-in on Chuck Hagel — President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden have fiercely defended the nomination of Chuck Hagel, despite advisers and Hill Democrats who questioned the move and predicted a firestorm, according to Democratic sources.
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Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:
Separate Vacations for Barack and Michelle Obama — The White House confirms today that President Barack Obama will be vacationing in Florida this weekend. His wife, First Lady Michelle Obama, will be in Colorado. The two daughters will be with Michelle. — From the White House press gaggle aboard Air Force One:
Ruth Marcus / Washington Post:
Ted Cruz, making quite an entrance
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Luke Johnson / The Huffington Post:
Elizabeth Warren's Aggressive Questioning Prompts Anger From Wall Street — Sen. Elizabeth Warren's (D-Mass.) meeting with bank regulators Thursday left bankers reeling, after the politician questioned why regulators had not prosecuted a bank since the financial crisis.
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Elizabeth Warren Embarrasses Hapless Bank Regulators At First Hearing (VIDEO) — Elizabeth Warren, Video, Financial Regulation, Senate Banking Committee, Elizabeth Warren Bank Regulators, Elizabeth Warren Banking Committee, Elizabeth Warren Occ, Elizabeth Warren Sec, Elizabeth Warren Wall Street, Politics News
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Politico:
Jesse Jackson Jr. to plead guilty to federal charges — Former Rep. Jesse L. Jackson Jr. (D-Ill.) will plead guilty to conspiring with his wife to illegally spend $750,000 in campaign funds on personal expenses, including a $43,000 Rolex watch, fur coats and memorabilia associated with Michael Jackson …
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Katherine Skiba / Chicago Tribune:
Federal charges filed against Jesse Jackson Jr., wife
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Mike Ramsey / CBS Chicago:
Jesse Jackson Jr. Plea Deal Could Be Filed As Soon As Friday
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Travis Waldron / ThinkProgress:
OOPS: GOP Rep. Inadvertently Makes The Case For Nearly Doubling The Minimum Wage — President Obama's State of the Union proposal to raise the minimum wage to $9 an hour and index it to inflation so that it keeps up with growth in the economy was quickly rebuked by top Republicans like Speaker John Boehner …
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Gallup:
LGBT Percentage Highest in D.C., Lowest in North Dakota — All states are within two percentage points of the overall national average of 3.5% — PRINCETON, NJ — The percentage of U.S. adults who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender (LGBT) ranges from 1.7% in North Dakota …
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Protecting People On Facebook — Facebook, like every significant internet service, is frequently targeted by those who want to disrupt or access our data and infrastructure. As such, we invest heavily in preventing, detecting, and responding to threats that target our infrastructure …
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Matt Wilstein / Mediaite:
So Long, Sarah, Hello Herman: Cain Officially Joins Fox News As Contributor — Fox News continued its talent overhaul this week when they announced they were officially hiring former GOP presidential primary candidate Herman Cain as a paid contributor for the network.
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Herman Cain Joins Fox News as Contributor
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Aviva Shen / ThinkProgress:
Fox News: Obama Proposed ‘Free’ Preschool To Toddlers So They Can Vote For Him ‘In The Future’ — In his State of the Union address, President Obama made the case for universal early childhood education — an idea that isn't sitting well with conservatives.
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David Edwards / The Raw Story:
Fox Business host: Preschool is just Obama ‘handing out goodies’ to the poor
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David Brooks / New York Times:
When Families Fail — Today millions of American children grow up in homes where they don't learn the skills they need to succeed in life. Their vocabularies are tiny. They can't regulate their emotions. When they get to kindergarten they've never been read a book …
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Geoff Brumfiel / Nature:
Russian meteor largest in a century — Explosion rivalled nuclear blast, but rock was still too small for advance-warning networks to spot. — A meteor that exploded over Russia this morning was the largest recorded object to strike the Earth in more than a century, scientists say.
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David Taintor / Talking Points Memo:
Controversial Preacher Bradlee Dean Kicked Off High School Campus In Florida — Controversial preacher Bradlee Dean has demanded a Florida high school that kicked him off campus on Wednesday allow him to return and speak at the school. — Dean, who last year sparked outrage …
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Jennifer Jacobs / Des Moines Register:
BREAKING: Vilsack will not seek U.S. Senate seat in 2014 — Tom Vilsack has ruled out running U.S. Senate in 2014, clearing the way for the early Democratic frontrunner, U.S. Rep. Bruce Braley, to press forward and raise money for what's expected to be one of the most fiercely competitive races in the country.
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Jake Sherman / Politico:
Behind closed doors, House GOP tries to find its way — It's simple: House Republicans say that if they spend the next two years like they spent the last two, they'll become irrelevant. — So for the last few days, GOP leaders have met behind closed doors to both craft an agenda that confronts …
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Thomas Kaplan / New York Times:
Cuomo Spokeswoman Quits After Four Months — Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo's new communications director is leaving her post after just four months to reunite with her former boss, Jeffrey Zucker, the new president of CNN Worldwide. — The aide, Allison Gollust, informed Mr. Cuomo of her resignation on Friday …
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Christopher Rosen / The Huffington Post:
Harrison Ford In ‘Star Wars: Episode VII’? Han Solo Reportedly Back For New Film — Video, Harrison Ford, Harrison Ford Han Solo, Harrison Ford Star Wars, Harrison Ford Star Wars Episode 7, Star Wars Episode 7 Harrison Ford, Star Wars Episode VII, Star Wars Harrison Ford, Entertainment News
Jennifer Medina / New York Times:
Over a Decade, Maureen O'Connor Spent $1 Billion on Bets — LOS ANGELES — A former mayor of San Diego spent the last decade wagering more than a billion dollars at casinos across the country, eventually liquidating her savings, auctioning her belongings, selling off real estate …
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