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Thomas Ott / Plain Dealer:
Berry, DeJesus, Knight found alive, police source confirms — Cheers as Amanda Berry, Gina Dejesus, MIchelle Knight found alive — CLEVELAND, Ohio — Long-missing Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus and Michelle Knight have been found alive. — Berry called police Monday afternoon and frantically told …
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Jen Steer / WEWS-TV:
Cleveland police: Missing teens Amanda Berry and Gina DeJesus found alive, appear to be OK — CLEVELAND - Cleveland police said missing teens Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus and a third woman were found in a west side house on Monday. — “This isn't the ending we usually get,” said MetroHealth Medical Center Dr. Gerald Maloney.
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New York Post:
Christie reveals secret stomach surgery to lose weight — New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie secretly underwent lap-band stomach surgery to aggressively slim down for the sake of his wife and kids, he revealed to The Post last night. — The Garden State governor agreed to the operation …
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Associated Press:
Newspaper: NJ gov. had secret weight loss surgery — TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Gov. Chris Christie secretly underwent gastric band surgery in February to try to lose weight at the urging of his family. — The father of four agreed to the surgery, in which a tube was placed around his stomach …
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Arlington County Newsroom:
Crime Report: May 6, 2013 — SEXUAL BATTERY, 05/05/13, 500 block of S. 23rd Street. On May 5 at 12:35 am, a drunken male subject approached a female victim in a parking lot and grabbed her breasts and buttocks. The victim fought the suspect off as he attempted to touch her again and alerted police.
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Arlington, Va.:
Air Force Officer Accused of Sexual Battery — The Chief of the Sexual Assault Prevention and Response branch of the U.S. Air Force was arrested and charged with sexual battery in Arlington over the weekend. — Lt. Col. Jeff Krusinski is accused of fondling a woman in a Crystal City parking lot early Sunday morning.
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Erik Wasson / The Hill:
Reid calls Sen. Cruz a ‘schoolyard bully’ — Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) called freshman GOP Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) a “schoolyard bully” during a contentious exchange Monday on the Senate floor. — The two senators bickered as Cruz rose to object to Reid's motion …
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Sharyl Attkisson / CBS News:
Diplomat: U.S. Special Forces told “you can't go” to Benghazi during attacks — The deputy of slain U.S. Ambassador Christopher Stevens has told congressional investigators that a team of Special Forces prepared to fly from Tripoli to Benghazi during the Sept. 11, 2012 attacks was forbidden …
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The Lead with Jake Tapper:
Former deputy chief of mission in Libya: U.S. military assets told to stand down
Former deputy chief of mission in Libya: U.S. military assets told to stand down
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Jamie Dettmer / The Daily Beast:
Al Qaeda Headquarters in Libya
Al Qaeda Headquarters in Libya
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Mackenzie Weinger / Politico:
Huckabee: Benghazi will drive Obama from office — Mike Huckabee on Monday predicted that President Barack Obama won't finish out his second term in light of the “cover-up” of the deadly attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi and the former Arkansas governor called the affair “more serious than Watergate.”
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Cameron Joseph / The Hill:
Sanford reaches for comeback — The House race in South Carolina has turned back into a toss-up, giving Republican Mark Sanford a shot at an incredible political comeback in Tuesday's special election. — Polls put the race against Elizabeth Colbert Busch (D) in a dead heat despite …
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Peter Beinart / The Daily Beast:
Yes, Democrats Can Be Racist
Yes, Democrats Can Be Racist
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Andrew Kirell / Mediaite:
Mediaite Learns: 'Vast Majority Of National Advertisers Now Refuse To Air Ads During Limbaugh's Show' — As we reported earlier this morning, Rush Limbaugh is allegedly in the midst of a battle with Cumulus Media, the distributor of his radio show. The company's CEO has blamed ad revenue losses …
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The Times:
David Cameron's attempts at renegotiation will be inconsequential - we must leave — David Cameron has promised that in four years time the British people will be given the opportunity to decide in a referendum whether this country should leave the European Union.
David Brown / Washington Post:
Linguists identify 15,000-year-old ‘ultraconserved words’ — You, hear me! Give this fire to that old man. Pull the black worm off the bark and give it to the mother. And no spitting in the ashes! — It's an odd little speech. But if you went back 15,000 years and spoke these words …
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Paul Mirengoff / Power Line:
Hillary Clinton — culpable for Benghazi from beginning to end — When it first became clear that the CIA's Benghazi talking points had been altered, many of us viewed the White House as the prime suspect. After all, it served President Obama's political purposes to claim …
Dr Christopher Kent / rba.gov.au:
Statement by Glenn Stevens, Governor: Monetary Policy Decision — At its meeting today, the Board decided to lower the cash rate by 25 basis points to 2.75 per cent, effective 8 May 2013. — The global economy is likely to record growth a little below trend this year, before picking up next year.
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FBI:
Suspect Buford Rogers Arrested in Montevideo … special agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, in conjunction with the Montevideo Police Department; the Chippewa County Sheriff's Office; the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives; the Minnesota State Highway Patrol …
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Sara Fischer / CNN:
NRA has record conference turnout, new president — Washington (CNN) - The National Rifle Association said Monday they saw a record number of attendees at their annual meeting in Houston last weekend with 86,228 attending, up almost 15,000 from last year's annual meeting in St. Louis …
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Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Chambliss sinks hole-in-one during golf round with Obama — Sen. Saxby Chambliss (R-Ga.) hit a rare hole-in-one while golfing with President Obama and two other senators on Monday. — Chambliss's office said the shot happened on the 11th hole at the Joint Base Andrews course in Maryland.
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ag.ny.gov:
A.G. Schneiderman To Sue Wells Fargo & Bank Of America For Violating National Mortgage Settlement — Attorney General Has Documented Hundreds Of Cases Of Homeowners Put At Risk By Banks' Violations Of Settlement Terms — Schneiderman: The Terms Of The Settlement Are Clear And They Will Be Enforced In New York State
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Talking Points Memo:
World's First 3D-Printed Gun Successfully Fired In Texas (VIDEO) — A new age of warfare appears to be upon us. — The world's first 3D-printed gun, called “the Liberator,” was successfully fired in Texas this weekend, according to Fox News. — Defense Distributed, an Austin …
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Rebecca Morelle / BBC:
Working gun made with 3D printer
Working gun made with 3D printer
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David E. Sanger / New York Times:
U.S. Directly Blames China's Military for Cyberattacks — WASHINGTON — The Obama administration on Monday explicitly accused China's military of mounting attacks on American government computer systems and defense contractors, saying one motive could be to map “military capabilities that could be exploited during a crisis.”
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@NCCapitol:
House votes to relax gun laws in NC — State House lawmakers voted late Monday night to allow concealed weapons on college campuses, state property, greenways, bike trails, at sporting events and in businesses that serve alcohol. — Proponents of House Bill 937 says it protects and expands …
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Glenn Harlan Reynolds / USA Today:
Where are the start-ups? Column — A country that celebrates achievement and risk-taking is likely to see more economic success than one that does not. — When the economy was last this bad for this long — back in the dreaded Jimmy Carter era — there was one upside …
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