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Rachel Weiner / Washington Post:
Obama puts Marines on umbrella duty, irking conservatives — Slogging through a drizzly Rose Garden news conference Thursday with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, President Obama took a break to ask for some rain protection. — “I am going to go ahead and ask folks …
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New York Times:
White House Sharpens Focus on Path Forward After Troubles — BALTIMORE — President Obama, struggling to find his footing after one of his most turbulent weeks in office, will try to push past the moment's political furor with a focus on the few pieces of legislation he believes have a chance …
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Andres Jauregui / The Huffington Post:
Anastasia Adair, Colorado Woman, Dies After Assault Rifle Accidentally Discharges — A Denver-area woman died Tuesday night after an assault rifle she was handling accidentally fired and shot her in the head. — Witnesses told ABC Denver affiliate KMGH that Anastasia Adair, 22 …
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New York Post:
Gay man shot dead in Village after gunman shouted homophobic slurs: authorities — A gay man was gunned down in Greenwich Village early today by an armed bigot who hurled homophobic slurs at him — and claimed to be the Newtown, Conn. killer before the murder, police said today.
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Ian Austen / New York Times:
Mountain of Petroleum Coke From Oil Sands Rises in Detroit — WINDSOR, Ontario — Assumption Park gives residents of this city lovely views of the Ambassador Bridge and the Detroit skyline. Lately they've been treated to another sight: a three-story pile of petroleum coke covering …
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BBC:
France gay marriage: Hollande signs bill into law — France's president has signed into law a controversial bill making the country the eighth in Europe, and 14th globally, to legalise gay marriage. — On Friday, the Constitutional Council rejected a challenge by the right-wing opposition …
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Jordy Yager / The Hill:
Romney: Benghazi talking points had no bearing on presidential election — The Obama administration's talking points on the terror attack in Benghazi had no bearing on Mitt Romney's defeat last year, the former Republican presidential nominee told Jay Leno.
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Michael Stephens / Dallas Voice:
Judge says lesbian mom's partner must go — Collin County's John Roach Jr. enforces ‘morality clause’ in divorce papers saying woman can't have roommate unless they're married — ANNA WAUGH | News Editor — MCKINNEY — Page Price and Carolyn Compton have been together for almost three years …
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Washington Post:
At Cincinnati IRS office, surprise over claims of partisan villainy — CINCINNATI — The fog of scandal hangs over a boxy, modernist, 10-story building that looks like a monument to paperwork. Shrubs and chain smokers flank its front entrance here on Main Street, in the heart of downtown.
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The Boston Globe:
Markey's aides bridle after Gomez calls him invisible — As campaign pace quickens, GOP Senate hopeful asks: Where's Markey? — Gabriel E. Gomez autographed a sign for Jerry Isaac, a Quincy Republican, in Quincy on Thursday. Representative Edward J. Markey joined the House Homeland Security Committee …
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Jonathan Martin / Politico:
Bobby Jindal: IRS officials deserve prison time — Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal will use a Saturday speech to Virginia Republicans to suggest the IRS officials who targeted conservative political organizations for scrutiny be sent to prison. — “You cannot take the freedom of law-abiding Americans …
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AllThingsD:
Yahoo Board to Meet Sunday to Consider $1.1 Billion, All-Cash Deal to Acquire Tumblr — According to sources close to the situation, the Yahoo board plans to meet Sunday night to decide whether to approve a $1.1 billion all-cash offer for New York-based blogging site Tumblr.
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