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WESH-TV:
Orlando man killed by FBI agent was questioned in Boston Marathon bombings, friend says — Man knew Boston bombing suspect, friend says — An FBI agent was involved in a deadly shooting overnight that could have ties to the Boston Marathon bombings. — Officials said the special agent …
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Who is Ibragim Todashev? Chechen friend of Boston bomber, planning to fly back to Chechnya, killed by FBI agent — Via WESH this morning, check out the story of a fatal shooting involving an FBI agent and a man who knew Boston marathon jihad bomber Tamerlan Tsarnaev. … Here's video of Todashev on YouTube:
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The Moderate Voice, The Jawa Report, The Gateway Pundit, Riehl World News and Twitchy
U.S. News:
FBI agent kills man linked to Boston bombing suspects — An FBI agent was involved in a deadly shooting connected to the Boston Marathon bombing case. — The man who was shot, Ibragim Todashev, had been interviewed about his connections to the bombing suspects before by the FBI and started out cooperative, NBC sources said.
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WXIX-TV, The Times of Israel, msnbc.com, Mediaite and The Hill
U.S. News:
Man with ties to Boston bombing suspect shot during FBI questioning
Man with ties to Boston bombing suspect shot during FBI questioning
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The Week, Lawfare, Outside the Beltway, emptywheel and Taylor Marsh
CBS News:
Boston bombing suspect's friend Ibragim Todashev killed in FBI shootout
Boston bombing suspect's friend Ibragim Todashev killed in FBI shootout
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The Raw Story and Daily Kos
Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Breaking: FBI shoots, kills person of interest in Boston bombing after man attacks agent …
Breaking: FBI shoots, kills person of interest in Boston bombing after man attacks agent …
Wall Street Journal:
Associate of Boston Bombing Suspects Is Killed
Associate of Boston Bombing Suspects Is Killed
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New York Times and americanthinker.com
Natalie Tolomeo / cfnews13.com:
Friend says man killed by FBI agent knew Boston bombing suspect
Friend says man killed by FBI agent knew Boston bombing suspect
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BBC
New York Times:
Another Chilling Leak Investigation — With the decision to label a Fox News television reporter a possible “co-conspirator” in a criminal investigation of a news leak, the Obama administration has moved beyond protecting government secrets to threatening fundamental freedoms of the press to gather news.
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Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
In AP, Rosen investigations, government makes criminals of reporters — There are various reasons you might not care about the Obama administration's spying on journalist James Rosen and labeling him a “co-conspirator and/or aider and abettor” in an espionage case.
Quinnipiac News + Events:
Release Detail — May 22, 2013 - Quinn At 25% In New York City Dem Primary, Quinnipiac University Poll Finds; Little Support For Kelly For Mayor — City Council Speaker Christine Quinn leads the pack for the Democratic nomination for New York City mayor with 25 percent …
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Kevin Robillard / Politico:
Anthony Weiner announces N.Y.C. mayoral run
Anthony Weiner announces N.Y.C. mayoral run
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Guardian, CNN, NBC 10 Philadelphia, Yahoo! News, Riehl World News and The Reaction
NY Daily News:
Anthony Weiner makes it official: He's running for mayor
Anthony Weiner makes it official: He's running for mayor
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The Moderate Voice, Hit & Run, The Daily Caller and The Hinterland Gazette
Michael Barbaro / New York Times:
Weiner Announces Candidacy for Mayor in Video
Weiner Announces Candidacy for Mayor in Video
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Politico:
Heads won't roll at the IRS — Lawmakers pressing for more heads to roll at the Internal Revenue Service are going to be disappointed. — “Why weren't more people fired?” Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) demanded at a hearing Tuesday on the IRS's targeting of conservative groups …
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Townhall.com:
Taking the Fifth — What It Does (& Doesn't Do) for Lerner
Taking the Fifth — What It Does (& Doesn't Do) for Lerner
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Power Line, The Hugh Hewitt Show and Reaganite
Barnini Chakraborty / Fox News:
Top IRS official to invoke Fifth Amendment, decline to testify at House hearing
Top IRS official to invoke Fifth Amendment, decline to testify at House hearing
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Taylor Marsh and The Gateway Pundit
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
She Has To Go — Yesterday we noted that Lois Lerner, the IRS official in charge of the unit overseeing tax exempt groups, would apparently plead the fifth at today's hearings (here's video of her testimony today). Rick Hasen said he thinks the issue is that she's the person who is most likely …
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Weekly Standard and The PJ Tatler
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Aaron Blake / Post Politics:
The House's IRS hearing: Live updates
The House's IRS hearing: Live updates
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The Gateway Pundit and American Spectator
Michael D. Shear / New York Times:
A Sleeper Scandal Awakens for Obama, Post-Election — WASHINGTON — The allegations had all the makings of a perfect election-year scandal that might threaten President Obama's chances for a second term and re-energize a listless Tea Party movement: an activist president …
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Prairie Weather and No More Mister Nice Blog
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Bill Keller:
Bring Back Ken Starr
Bring Back Ken Starr
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Yahoo! News, Lawfare, Lawyers, Guns & Money and americanthinker.com
Sarah Palin / BREITBART.COM:
EXCLUSIVE — PALIN: GOING ROGUE IN THE WRONG DIRECTION — As more information about the IRS scandal trickles out daily, the White House's involvement is becoming clearer. Those of us who've been warning about the demise of freedom with Barack Obama's efforts to “fundamentally transform” …
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PoliticusUSA, The Hill, Politico and Conservatives4Palin
Washington Post:
Petraeus's role in drafting Benghazi talking points raises questions — The controversy over the Obama administration's response to the Benghazi attack last year began at a meeting over coffee on Capitol Hill three days after the assault. — It was at this informal session …
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ThinkProgress, Yahoo! News, Foreign Policy, First Read, Mother Jones, WJLA-TV, emptywheel and National Review
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Michael Hastings / BuzzFeed:
Advisers Urged Obama Early On To Release Comprehensive Benghazi Timeline
Advisers Urged Obama Early On To Release Comprehensive Benghazi Timeline
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Washington Post, Main Justice, Hot Air and National Review
Emily Smith / New York Post:
Mike unleashes a ‘hail’ storm — Mayor Bloomberg went on a spitting-mad rant against a city cab-fleet boss who won a court victory over Hizzoner's planned “Taxi of Tomorrow” — vowing to “destroy your f—king industry” when he leaves office, The Post has learned.
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Reaganite, Jammie Wearing Fools and Business Insider
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
Biden Praises Jews, Goes Too Far, Accidentally Thrills Anti-Semites — What? What'd I say? — Joe Biden spoke last night in honor of Jewish American Heritage Month. Biden has long, deep ties to the Jewish community — Obama actually picked him in 2008 in part to reassure skittish Jewish Democrats.
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Politico, Weasel Zippers, The Times of Israel and Post Politics
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Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:
Biden: 'Barack's Learning to Speak Without a Teleprompter'
Biden: 'Barack's Learning to Speak Without a Teleprompter'
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Taegan Goddard's …, Conservatives4Palin and Jammie Wearing Fools
Robert Costa / National Review:
Paul Ryan to Write Book — Paul Ryan is writing a book. — But don't expect Game Change. — According to a source close to Ryan, the Wisconsin Republican is working with attorney Bob Barnett to release his first major book next year, and it'll feature a mix of autobiography, political analysis, and policy prescriptions.
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The Hill and Post Politics
Rosa Silverman / Telegraph:
‘Soldier beheaded’ in street by men with machete — Two men were shot by armed police after attacking a pedestrian, believed to be a soldier, with a machete-style knife close to military barracks, eyewitnesses have said. — Local MP Nick Raynsford said he had been told the man attacked …
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BBC, Spectator, Blazing Cat Fur and The Raw Story
Sahil Kapur / Talking Points Memo:
GOP Nominee In Virginia Called Three-Fifths Clause An ‘Anti-Slavery Amendment’ — The Republican nominee for lieutenant governor in Virginia has called the Constitution's original clause to count blacks as three-fifths of a person an “anti-slavery amendment.”
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Booman Tribune and Daily Kos
Matthew Hendley / Valley Fever:
Atheist State Lawmaker Quotes Carl Sagan Instead of Doing Prayer Before House Session — An atheist state lawmaker tasked with delivering the opening prayer for this afternoon's session of the House of Representatives asked that people not bow their heads. — Democratic Representative Juan Mendez …
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David Edwards / The Raw Story:
Atheist Arizona lawmaker quotes Carl Sagan for House opening prayer
Atheist Arizona lawmaker quotes Carl Sagan for House opening prayer
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Dave Zirin / The Nation:
Rahm Emanuel's Zombie Pigs vs. Chicago's Angry Birds — My kids are into Angry Birds, a game they love for the same reason I once obsessively played Super Mario Brothers: its appeal is incomprehensible to the adults around them. This inscrutable game, however, has one essential truth …
Tennessean.com:
Vanderbilt poll finds growing support for same-sex marriage — About half of Tennesseans support legal recognition of same-sex couples, an apparent shift in their views as states across the country have moved toward allowing gay marriage. — A poll conducted this month for Vanderbilt University found …
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Taegan Goddard's …, Joe. My. God. and ThinkProgress