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NTSB:
NTSB statement on erroneous confirmation of crew names — The National Transportation Safety Board apologizes for inaccurate and offensive names that were mistakenly confirmed as those of the pilots of Asiana flight 214, which crashed at San Francisco International Airport on July 6.
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NY Daily News:
San Francisco plane crash: TV station duped into giving racist, false names of pilots by NTSB intern — Oakland's KTVU apologizes for saying ‘Captain Sum Ting Wong,’ ‘Wi Tu Lo,’ ‘Ho Lee Fuk,’ and ‘Bang Ding Ow’ flew the plane - but says NTSB had confirmed the names.
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KTVU-TV:
KTVU Apology for Friday Noon report — Sponsored Links — On Friday evening, KTVU Channel 2 issued the following on-air apology. — On Friday, July 12, during the KTVU Channel 2 Noon newscast, we misidentified the pilots in the Asiana Airlines crash. — We made several mistakes when we received this information.
Barry Petchesky / Deadspin:
Pranked TV Station Reports “Ho Lee Fuk,” “Wi Tu Lo” As SF Crash Pilots — Bay Area Fox affiliate KTVU purportedly learned the names of the flight crew of Asiana flight 214, which crashed last Saturday at San Francisco International Airport, killing two. These—"Sum Ting Wong," “Wi Tu Lo …
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Nick Gass / Politico:
NTSB confirmed fake pilot names of Flight 214 — The NTSB said late Friday that an intern had confirmed to a California news station the fake names of the pilots aboard the crashed Asiana flight in San Francisco, sparking an outcry in the national media and prompting an on-air apology from the station.
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Cord Jefferson / Gawker:
KTVU Reports Asiana Air Pilots Were “Sum Ting Wong” and “Ho Lee Fuk”
KTVU Reports Asiana Air Pilots Were “Sum Ting Wong” and “Ho Lee Fuk”
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No More Mister Nice Blog, Balloon Juice and Sense of Events
The Huffington Post:
Tampons Confiscated, Guns Still Allowed At Texas Capitol Ahead Of Abortion Vote [UPDATE] — UPDATE — 4:43 p.m.: According to a tweet from Stand With Texas Women, the Department of Public Safety has stopped confiscating tampons and maxi pads. According to Burnt Orange Report …
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KETK NBC:
Jars of urine, feces confiscated at TX capitol as abortion bill voting takes place
Jars of urine, feces confiscated at TX capitol as abortion bill voting takes place
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Shefali Luthra / The Texas Tribune:
Protesters Question Report on Confiscations
Protesters Question Report on Confiscations
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The Texas Tribune:
Abortion Bill Finally Passes Texas Legislature
Abortion Bill Finally Passes Texas Legislature
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Tara Culp-Ressler / ThinkProgress:
You're Allowed To Carry A Gun Into The Texas Senate Gallery, But Not A Tampon
You're Allowed To Carry A Gun Into The Texas Senate Gallery, But Not A Tampon
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Chris Tomlinson / Associated Press:
Tampons Seized In Security Checks At Texas Abortion Debate
Tampons Seized In Security Checks At Texas Abortion Debate
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Matt Gouras / Daily Journal:
APNewsBreak: Former Democratic Mont. Gov. Schweitzer won't run for open US Senate seat — HELENA, Montana — Popular former Gov. Brian Schweitzer says he will not run for Montana's open U.S. Senate seat in 2014. — The Democrat tells The Associated Press on Saturday he doesn't want to leave Montana and go to Washington, D.C.
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Manu Raju / Politico:
Brian Schweitzer gives GOP Senate hopes new life — Former Democratic Gov. Brian Schweitzer said Saturday he won't run for the Senate in Montana — a surprise development that imperils Democrats' chances of holding the seat in 2014. — He told the Associated Press that he wants to stay …
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Daniel Beekman / NY Daily News:
Eliot Spitzer sued for defamation by Wall Street titan Hank Greenberg — Lawsuit charges Spitzer has kept up 'a long-standing malicious campaign ... to discredit Mr. Greenberg and damage Mr. Greenberg's reputation and career, while attempting to bolster Mr. Spitzer's own reputation and career.'
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David Bauerlein / Associated Press:
State Attorney Angela Corey fires information techonology director who raised concerns in Trayvon Martin case — State Attorney Angela Corey fired her office's information technology director Friday after he testified last month about being concerned prosecutors did not turn over information …
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Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Scared Monkeys and Weasel Zippers
Gail Collins / New York Times:
The House Just Wants to Snack — And, now, the Tasty Bites theory of government. — You may have heard that the House of Representatives passed a farm bill this week. Or possibly not. I have found that many Americans can go for a very long time without mentioning the farm bill.
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Slate and Prairie Weather
Janegalt / Megan McArdle:
Should the Senate end the filibuster? — As it happens, I like the filibuster. I'm fine with its broad use against as many laws as the minority likes. I like minorities being able to hold the majority back. — That said, I don't like what the Republicans are doing with it against presidential nominees.
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Janegalt / Megan McArdle:
Why I Think the GOP Will Have Control in 2017
Why I Think the GOP Will Have Control in 2017
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Booman Tribune, National Review, The Hill, A plain blog about politics, New Republic and The Monkey Cage
Jonathan Bernstein / Salon:
Wendy Davis can't lose in 2014 — no matter the outcome — Yes, she's a Democrat in a very red state — but regardless of the result, here's why she should run for Governor — It's not the job of outsiders to tell people what to do with their political careers.
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New York Times
John Schwartz / New York Times:
Texas Senate Vote Puts Bill Restricting Abortion Over Final Hurdle — AUSTIN, Tex. — The Texas Senate gave final passage on Friday to one of the strictest anti-abortion measures in the country, legislation championed by Gov. Rick Perry, who rallied the Republican-controlled Legislature late …
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Alan Colmes' Liberaland, Gawker and Outside the Beltway
Jessica Chasmar / Washington Times:
‘Justice for Trayvon’: Audio released of DOJ member urging action against George Zimmerman — The legal watchdog Judicial Watch released an audio recording Thursday of a Department of Justice staffer urging Sanford, Fla., city officials and the minority advocacy group Dream Defenders …
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The PJ Tatler, americanthinker.com, Rule of Law, Jammie Wearing Fools and Scared Monkeys
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Adam Weinstein / Gawker:
This, Courtesy of MSNBC, Is Trayvon Martin's Dead Body. Get Angry.
This, Courtesy of MSNBC, Is Trayvon Martin's Dead Body. Get Angry.
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Taylor Marsh, Mediaite, The Week, The PJ Tatler, Lawyers, Guns & Money, Poynter and The Dish