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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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Shakesville and Riehl World News
Dan Merica / CNN:
Christie reveals weight loss surgery
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 police: Missing teens Amanda Berry and Gina DeJesus found alive, appear to be OK
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Dana Bash / CNN:
Flake willing to support background checks, with changes to internet sales — Washington (CNN) - Republican Sen. Jeff Flake told CNN he is willing to reverse his opposition to expanding background checks for guns if the Senate sponsors change on the bill's provision dealing with internet sales.
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Senator Kelly Ayotte / Amherst Patch:
Ayotte: I Voted to Improve Background Checks
Ayotte: I Voted to Improve Background Checks
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Reuters
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Manchin ‘frustrated’ with the NRA
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
Air Force Officer Accused of Sexual Battery
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Jennifer Hlad / Stars & Stripes:
Air Force sex assault prevention chief charged in sex assault
Air Force sex assault prevention chief charged in sex assault
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Crooks and Liars, defense.gov and Shakesville
CNN:
Illinois GOP chair resigns, cites support for same-sex marriage as a reason — Washington (CNN) - Illinois Republican Party Chairman Pat Brady resigned Tuesday, citing a handful of reasons including an ongoing struggle with several members of the state GOP over his support for same-sex marriage.
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Rick Pearson / Chicago Tribune:
Brady resigns as Illinois GOP chairman amid gay marriage controversy
Brady resigns as Illinois GOP chairman amid gay marriage controversy
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Applesauce, Outside the Beltway and Towleroad News #gay
Kerry Lester / Daily Herald:
Illinois GOP's Brady to resign Tuesday morning
Illinois GOP's Brady to resign Tuesday morning
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ThinkProgress and Joe. My. God.
Susan Ferrechio / Washington Examiner:
House hits brakes on Internet tax passed by Senate … The House was in no rush to take up an internet tax bill that senators approved Monday night. And even if the House takes up the issue, lawmakers said, it will be a bill very different from the Senate's.
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Wake up America
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Melanie Hicken / CNNMoney.com:
Senate approves Internet sales tax proposal
Senate approves Internet sales tax proposal
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Alan Colmes' Liberaland, americanthinker.com and Outside the Beltway
Sen. Ted Cruz / Real Clear Politics:
Why I Oppose the Internet Tax Bill
Why I Oppose the Internet Tax Bill
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Taking Note, Weasel Zippers, The Lonely Conservative and The World's Greatest …
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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Alan Colmes' Liberaland and Guardian
Jackie Calmes / New York Times:
G.O.P. Is Readying a New Offensive Over Health Care Law — WASHINGTON — As the administration struggles to put in place the final, complex piece of President Obama's signature health care law, an endeavor on a scale not seen since Medicare's creation nearly a half-century ago …
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The Plum Line, Scared Monkeys, National Republican … and Booman Tribune
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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Kate Knable / ArkansasBusiness.com:
Mike Huckabee Talks TV, Radio Career, Mulls Political Future
Mike Huckabee Talks TV, Radio Career, Mulls Political Future
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Politico and The Daily Caller
Anne McNamara / FOX43tv.com:
Boy who held pencil like gun suspended — School has “zero tolerance” weapons policy — SUFFOLK, Va. (WAVY) - A Suffolk school suspended a second grader for pointing a pencil at another student and making gun noises. — Seven-year-old Christopher Marshall says he was playing …
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Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Weasel Zippers, americanthinker.com, The Daily Caller and The Gateway Pundit
Tim Flach / The State:
Chapin teacher got $85,000 in flag stomping deal — CHAPIN, SC — Lexington-Richland 5 paid former Chapin High teacher Scott Compton √ $85,000 to avoid a legal challenge, part of a settlement that led to his resignation after he stomped on an American flag during a class lesson.
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The Daily Caller, americanthinker.com and Weasel Zippers
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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Business Insider and ParaPundit
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Julian E. Barnes / Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Says China's Government, Military Used Cyberespionage
U.S. Says China's Government, Military Used Cyberespionage
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VentureBeat and The Verge
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 …
Des Moines Register:
Former U.S. Attorney Matt Whitaker pursues open Senate seat — Two other GOP hopefuls express interest in the 2014 race for Tom Harkin's position. — Former U.S. Attorney Matt Whitaker is taking steps to run for the U.S. Senate, saying he would vote only for legislation that's constitutional …
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Ballot Box
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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