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Five Revelations From Rolling Stone's Boston Bomber Cover Story — Janet Reitman delivers a riveting account of how Jahar Tsarnaev became a monster — In the new issue of Rolling Stone, contributing editor Janet Reitman delivers a deeply reported account of the life and times of Boston bomber Jahar Tsarnaev.
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Jahar's World — He was a charming kid with a bright future. But no one saw the pain he was hiding or the monster he would become. … Peter Payack awoke around 4 a.m. on April 19th, 2013, and saw on his TV the grainy surveillance photo of the kid walking out of the minimart.
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Rolling Stone Boston bomber cover sparks outrage
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Guardian, The Daily Caller and Twitchy

‘Rolling Stone’ Tsarnaev cover stirs firestorm
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FishbowlDC and Guardian


Rachel Jeantel: ‘I Believe Trayvon Hit First’ (VIDEO) — Trayvon Martin's friend and George Zimmerman trial witness, Rachel Jeantel recently sat down with HuffPost Live's Marc Lamont Hill during a candid interview to discuss her perception on the confrontation between the former neighborhood watchman and the late 17-year-old.
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The PJ Tatler and Weasel Zippers
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Black Dems ready racial profiling bill in response to Florida verdict — Members of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) are readying a flurry of bills in response to George Zimmerman's acquittal on charges in last year's fatal shooting of Trayvon Martin. — The lawmakers are drafting …
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Post-Zimmerman verdict details — (CNN) — The George Zimmerman murder trial is over, but details from the case continue to emerge at a dizzying pace. — Several jurors have spoken out after the verdict. The prosecution's key witness has been offered a full ride to college.
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DOJ trolling for email tips in Zimmerman probe
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Jimmy Carter: George Zimmerman jury ‘right’
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Blacks benefit from Florida ‘Stand Your Ground’ law at disproportionate rate

Plurality Agrees With Zimmerman Verdict
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Rasmussen Reports and Right Turn


Health Plan Cost for New Yorkers Set to Fall 50% — Individuals buying health insurance on their own will see their premiums tumble next year in New York State as changes under the federal health care law take effect, state officials are to announce on Wednesday.
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Here's why health insurance premiums are tumbling in New York — Nearly all stories about the health-care overhaul and insurance premiums tend to be about the cost of health insurance rising. That's what makes this front page story in the New York Times all the more unexpected …
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Yahoo! News and Alan Colmes' Liberaland


Liz Cheney's Fatal Career Move? — As near as I can tell, besides her father and Erick Erickson, virtually every Republican I can think of came out crapping on Liz Cheney's decision to carpet bag into Wyoming and trying to unseat resolutely boring sitting Sen. Mike Enzi.
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Liz Cheney to Challenge Senator Michael Enzi of Wyoming
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Daily Caller questioner of Carney is high schooler — The Daily Caller reporter who asked White House press secretary Jay Carney about the Zimmerman family's security is a junior at the Potomac School in Maryland. — Gabe Finger, who told POLITICO he's 16, tweeted a photo …
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House GOP Sponsor Wants New Voting Rights Law — A key House Republican says Congress should pass a new voting rights law before the 2014 midterm elections. — Wisconsin Republican James Sensenbrenner told a Senate panel on Wednesday that the Supreme Court commanded Congress to update …
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Politico and Associated Press
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Sebelius: Obamacare Opponents Like Those Who Opposed Civil Rights
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House Republicans Face Decision On Fighting Gay Veterans' Spousal Benefits — A federal judge has set a Thursday deadline for parties to tell him why he shouldn't side with gay service members and veterans and their spouses in an ongoing challenge to benefits statutes.
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Does President Obama have a second-term strategy?
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Local family's emergency trip to hospital interrupted by demonstrators — The coordinator of the protest says he gave specific instructions to participants not to break any laws and not to touch or harm anyone … HOUSTON - — Hundreds of people marched in protest to the George Zimmerman verdict on Monday.
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Weasel Zippers, The PJ Tatler, National Review, The Gateway Pundit and The Daily Caller


IRS chief counsel's office involved in targeting controversy — The chief counsel's office for the Internal Revenue Service, headed by a political appointee of President Obama, helped develop the agency's problematic guidelines for reviewing “tea party” cases, according to a top IRS attorney.
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IRS Scandal Hearings Put Inspector General In The Spotlight
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ThinkProgress and The Raw Story


The Banality of Richard Cohen and Racist Profiling — Yesterday Richard Cohen wrote this: … It is very important to understand that no one is asking the NYPD to “ignore race.” If an officer is looking for an specific suspect, no one would ask that the NYPD not include race as part of the description.
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PLEASE STOP THIS FIGHT BEFORE SOMEBODY GETS HURT — The gang at CNBC's Wall Street House Of Carnal Delights, Squawk Box, invited that silly faux-Indian woman from Massachusetts on to talk about her new bill to bring the Glass-Steagall Act back for the 21st Century.
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The Raw Story


Pennsylvania Republicans Looking to Push Out Their Governor — Tom Corbett is one of the most unpopular politicians in the country. Now his own party is turning on him. — The biggest question in Pennsylvania politics right now isn't whether Gov. Tom Corbett will win reelection.
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Cuccinelli looks to go on offense against McAuliffe over Virginia anti-sodomy law — When Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli II challenged a federal appeals court ruling that deemed the state's anti-sodomy law unconstitutional, Democrats pounced, accusing the Republican of pursuing an anti-gay agenda.
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Labor secretary nominee narrowly survives Senate vote — The Senate voted 60-40 Wednesday, narrowly ending debate on the controversial nomination of Tom Perez to be secretary of Labor. — Republicans agreed to hold an up-or-down vote on his nomination as part of a deal …
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Driving somewhere? There's a gov't record of that — WASHINGTON (AP) — Chances are, your local or state police departments have photographs of your car in their files, noting where you were driving on a particular day, even if you never did anything wrong.
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