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Julian Pecquet / The Hill:
New Benghazi probe evidence puts spotlight back on Clinton — New revelations about the terrorist attack in Benghazi, Libya, are pulling Hillary Clinton back into a political firestorm that the presumptive 2016 candidate had so far managed to escape unscathed.
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Firedoglake, Washington Monthly, No More Mister Nice Blog, Wake up America, Hot Air, CNN, Taylor Marsh and Rush Limbaugh
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Daily Mail:
Dick Cheney slams Obama administration's Benghazi performance as 'a failure of leadership ... I cannot understand why they weren't ready' — Former Vice President Dick Cheney criticized the Obama administration on Tuesday for its handling of the September 11, 2012 terror attack on the U.S. Consulate …
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The Gateway Pundit, Balloon Juice, The Raw Story and The Dish
Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Benghazi Witness Says State Dept. Told Him Not To Meet With Congressional Investigators — Deputy chief of mission for the U.S. in Libya Gregory Hicks testified Wednesday that he was told not to meet with a congressman sent to investigate the attack on the American consulate in Benghazi.
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Washington Free Beacon and Weasel Zippers
Lindsey Boerma / CBS News:
Benghazi “whistleblowers” head to House committee — Hoping to funnel into one chronological timeline the rampantly varying accounts of how President Obama's administration responded last Sept. 11 in the wake of an attack on a U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, the House Oversight Committee …
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Fox News, TIME, Mediaite, Applesauce, American Spectator, FP Passport, ViralRead and The Lonely Conservative
Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
Sharyl Attkisson of CBS News, a persistent voice of media skepticism on Benghazi
Sharyl Attkisson of CBS News, a persistent voice of media skepticism on Benghazi
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Althouse and The Hugh Hewitt Show
Neil Munro / The Daily Caller:
Obama administration officials are finally letting the attorney …
Obama administration officials are finally letting the attorney …
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Weasel Zippers
Daniel Strauss / The Hill:
Graham: Benghazi shows ‘light footprint’ approach isn't working
Graham: Benghazi shows ‘light footprint’ approach isn't working
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Politico
Michelle Malkin / Townhall.com:
Operation Smear Benghazi Whistleblowers
Operation Smear Benghazi Whistleblowers
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Yahoo! News, Fox News and National Review
Cameron Joseph / Ballot Box:
Sanford victory could spell trouble for House GOP leadership — Former South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford (R) is heading back to Congress — and that may not be good news for House GOP leadership. — Sanford owes party leaders nothing, as they refused to spend money on his campaign …
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The Impolitic, The Daily Caller, americanthinker.com, NationalJournal.com, Power Line and Jammie Wearing Fools
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Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Behind Mark Sanford's turnaround
Behind Mark Sanford's turnaround
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Salon, Conservatives4Palin, Politicker, National Review, Hot Air, Althouse, Scared Monkeys, Outside the Beltway and Ballot Box
Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Sanford and the Electoral Effect of Sex Scandals
Sanford and the Electoral Effect of Sex Scandals
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Yahoo! News, Firedoglake, No More Mister Nice Blog, Daily Kos and Hot Air
Dylan Byers / Politico:
The Post's Sharyl Attkisson piece — The Washington Post's Paul Farhi has written a glowing profile of Sharyl Attkisson, the Emmy award-winning CBS correspondent who has been the mainstream media's most persistent investigator of the events surrounding last year's attack in Benghazi, Libya.
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Hot Air, NewsBusters, his vorpal sword and Riehl World News
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The Commentator:
Prof. Hawking trip NOT cancelled due to Israel boycott — Professor Hawking's spokesperson has confirmed that he will not miss the conference in Israel due to a boycott, but rather because of health reasons — New details about the cancellation of Professor Stephen Hawking's trip to Israel …
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BBC, Algemeiner.com, Israel Matzav and Guardian
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Harriet Sherwood / Guardian:
Stephen Hawking joins academic boycott of Israel — Physicist pulls out of conference hosted by president Shimon Peres in protest at treatment of Palestinians — Professor Stephen Hawking is backing the academic boycott of Israel by pulling out of a conference hosted by Israeli president Shimon Peres …
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Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Alan Colmes' Liberaland, Algemeiner.com, The Dish, Sky Dancing and The Daily Caller
cms.gov:
Medicare Provider Charge Data — As part of the Obama administration's work to make our health care system more affordable and accountable, data are being released that show significant variation across the country and within communities in what hospitals charge for common inpatient services.
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Sarah Kliff / Wonkblog:
One hospital charges $8,000 — another, $38,000 — Consumers on Wednesday will finally get some answers about one of modern life's most persistent mysteries: how much medical care actually costs. — For the first time, the federal government will release the prices that hospitals charge for the 100 most common inpatient procedures.
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Dylan Matthews / Wonkblog:
Heritage study co-author opposed letting in immigrants with low IQs — Robert Rector (center), one of the study's co-authors. (Heritage) — The Heritage Foundation made something of a splash with its study suggesting that immigration reform will cost the public trillions.
Numbers / Pew Research Center for the People …:
Obama Maintains Approval Advantage, but GOP Runs Even on Key Issues — Two-Thirds Say Obama ‘Fights Hard’ for His Policies — OVERVIEW — President Obama continues to hold a substantial advantage over congressional Republicans in public regard. Obama's job approval is back in positive territory …
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msnbc.com, The Fix, Political Capital and Washington Free Beacon
Peter Schroeder / The Hill:
Sen. Warren calls for giving student borrowers the same loan rate as banks — Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) wants students to be able to borrow at the same rates as the nation's biggest banks. — Speaking on the Senate floor Wednesday, Warren said she was introducing legislation …
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Daily Kos and The Raw Story
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Ed O'Keefe / Post Politics:
House to vote again on repealing ‘Obamacare’ next week
House to vote again on repealing ‘Obamacare’ next week
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Politico, ThinkProgress, Outside the Beltway and thenation.com/blogs/163255
USA Today:
Reports of sex abuse, beatings inside Cleveland house — THREE MISSING CLEVELAND WOMEN FREED — Three women who had been held captive for 10 years were found Monday in a Cleveland neighborhood, barely a mile from where they had been abducted. Amanda Berry was able to escape and alert authorities …
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Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry / Forbes:
The Jobs Of The Future Don't Require A College Degree — We're all talking about the “jobs of the future” and “winning the future” and transitioning to a “knowledge economy.” Since predictions are hard, especially about the future, it's a good idea to look at some data.
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Hit & Run and Maggie's Farm
Brian Skoloff / Associated Press:
Jury Reaches Verdict in Jodi Arias Trial in Ariz. — Jurors reached a verdict Wednesday in the trial of Jodi Arias after deliberating about 15 hours over four days on whether the former waitress should be convicted of murder in the 2008 fatal stabbing and shooting of her one-time boyfriend.
Discussion:
CNN and Taylor Marsh
Frank Newport / Gallup:
Americans Give Guns, Immigration Reform Low Priority — Creating jobs and growing the economy get highest priority — PRINCETON, NJ — Americans put reforming immigration and reducing gun violence — the focus of much of the attention on Capitol Hill in recent weeks …
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The Daily Caller, The Hill, Hot Air, Weasel Zippers, Politico, msnbc.com, Jammie Wearing Fools, Weekly Standard and Outside the Beltway
Carlo Muñoz / The Hill:
GOP chairman denied Benghazi files — Pentagon officials have denied a request from a House Republican chairman for access to documents on last year's terrorist attack in Benghazi. — “I am deeply disappointed in the Department's response and am committed to continuing …
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Washington Free Beacon
Scott Keyes / ThinkProgress:
On Day Stock Market Sets New Record, Conservative Group Floats Impeaching Obama For ‘Wrecking The Stock Market’ — Today, the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed at 15,056, an all-time record. For one conservative group, this can only mean one thing: it's time to impeach President Obama.
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Daily Kos, Alan Colmes' Liberaland and The Hinterland Gazette
Aisha Harris / Slate:
The Troubling Viral Trend of the “Hilarious” Black Neighbor — Charles Ramsey, the man who helped rescue three Cleveland women presumed dead after going missing a decade ago, has become an instant Internet meme. It's hardly surprising—the interviews he gave yesterday provide plenty of fodder …
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