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John Wolfson / Boston Magazine:
The Real Face of Terror: Behind the Scenes Photos of the Dzhokhar Tsarnaev Manhunt — In response to the controversial Rolling Stone cover, new photos of Tsarnaev's capture emerge. — The Rolling Stone cover featuring the suspected Boston Marathon bomber, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev has, of course …
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New York Times:
Judging Rolling Stone by Its Cover — Maybe the hysteria about Rolling Stone's August issue is heat-wave induced. That's the only charitable explanation for the stampede of critics who have been accusing Rolling Stone editors of trying to turn Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the man accused …
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Matt Smith / CNN:
‘Real Boston bomber’ photos released — (CNN) — The backlash over Rolling Stone's cover photo of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev led to the release of new photos of his capture Thursday, images a police photographer said show “the real Boston bomber.”
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New York Times:
Detroit Files for Bankruptcy — By MONICA DAVEY and MARY WILLIAMS WALSH — DETROIT — Detroit, the cradle of America's automobile industry and once the nation's fourth-most-populous city, has filed for bankruptcy, an official said Thursday afternoon, the largest American city ever to take such a course.
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Brad Plumer / Wonkblog:
Detroit just filed for bankruptcy. Here's how it got there.
Detroit just filed for bankruptcy. Here's how it got there.
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Walter Russell Mead / Via Meadia:
Obama to Detroit: Drop Dead
Obama to Detroit: Drop Dead
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detroitnews.com:
Detroit files largest municipal bankruptcy case in U.S. history
Detroit files largest municipal bankruptcy case in U.S. history
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Matthew Dolan / Wall Street Journal:
Detroit Files Biggest U.S. Municipal Bankruptcy
Detroit Files Biggest U.S. Municipal Bankruptcy
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Nancy Kaffer / USA Today:
Detroit files for bankruptcy protection
Detroit files for bankruptcy protection
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Charles Barkley / RealClearPolitics:
The Media Doesn't Have a Pure Heart on Race — The Latest Politics, News & Election Videos — Charles Barkley On Zimmerman Trial: “I Agree With The Verdict” — CHARLES BARKLEY: Well, I agreed with the verdict. I feel sorry that young kid got killed. But they didn't have enough evidence to charge him.
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Andrea Drusch / Politico:
Pols face recall over gun control — For the first time in Colorado history, two state lawmakers will face recall elections for their support of tougher gun control measures. — Colorado's Democratic Gov. John Hickenlooper signed an executive order on Thursday setting the date …
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Kurtis Lee / Denver Post:
Sens. John Morse, Angela Giron recall elections set for Sept. 10 — A Denver judge on Thursday ruled petitions submitted to oust a pair of Democratic senators from office are valid, a pivotal ruling that sets in motion Colorado's first-ever recall election of state lawmakers.
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Chris Geidner / BuzzFeed:
House Republicans Cave On Marriage Fight — “[T]he House now seeks leave to withdraw as a party defendant.” House Republicans stop defending statutes similar to the Defense of Marriage Act that ban recognition of same-sex couples' marriages. — Via: J. Scott Applewhite / AP
Pete Kasperowicz / The Hill:
GOP lawmaker: The Obamas use Air Force One as ‘personal toy’ — Rep. Howard Coble (R-N.C.) said Thursday morning that President Obama and first lady Michelle Obama are using Air Force One and other official aircraft as their “personal toys.” — “I'm not suggesting …
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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Hitting China's Wall — All economic data are best viewed as a peculiarly boring genre of science fiction, but Chinese data are even more fictional than most. Add a secretive government, a controlled press, and the sheer size of the country, and it's harder to figure out what's really happening …
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Peggy Noonan / Wall Street Journal:
A Bombshell in the IRS Scandal — A higher office is implicated. — The IRS scandal was connected this week not just to the Washington office—that had been established—but to the office of the chief counsel. — That is a bombshell—such a big one that it managed to emerge in spite of an unfocused …
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USA Today:
Obama nominee gets second chance after DUI arrest — WASHINGTON — President Obama nominated campaign fundraiser Timothy Broas on Thursday to be his next ambassador to the Netherlands, one year after the Washington lawyer withdrew himself from consideration for the same post following a DUI arrest.
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Sam Baker / The Hill:
Obama vows to ‘blow through’ GOP criticism of ObamaCare — President Obama said Thursday his administration will “blow through” GOP criticism to implement his signature healthcare law. — “I recognize there's still a lot of folks in this town who are rooting for this law to fail …
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CBS News:
DNA shows Rep. Cohen not model's father: “I loved her” — (CBS News) Rep. Steve Cohen (Dem., Tenn.) admitted Thursday that the woman he believed for three-and-a-half years was his out-of-wedlock daughter is not related to him. — In an exclusive interview with CBS News correspondent Jan Crawford, Cohen said, “I was totally stunned.
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Daniel Strauss / The Hill:
Axelrod: Hillary will likely be ‘the candidate’ for Democrats in 2016 — Former senior White House official David Axelrod said Friday he believes Hillary Clinton will likely be “the candidate” for Democrats in 2016 if she decides to run for president. — And Axelrod said that Vice President Biden …
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Alexandra Jaffe / Ballot Box:
GOP Senate fortunes get boost with Cassidy's Louisiana fundraising haul — Republicans' efforts to regain control of the Senate improved this week amid signs the party's preferred candidate in Louisiana, Rep. Bill Cassidy (R-La.), is beginning to shore up support and establish himself …
Gabriela Baczynska / Reuters:
Russian opposition leader freed on bail after protests — (Reuters) - Russia unexpectedly freed opposition leader Alexei Navalny on bail on Friday, bending to the will of thousands of protesters who denounced his five-year jail sentence as a crude attempt by President Vladimir Putin to silence him.
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Peter Baker / New York Times:
Obama May Cancel Moscow Trip as Tensions Build Over Leaker
Obama May Cancel Moscow Trip as Tensions Build Over Leaker
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Manu Raju / Politico:
Brian Schweitzer's challenge: Montana Democrats — Or he could make political life difficult for his fellow Democrats, particularly for Baucus during the health care debate when the governor endorsed a more liberal insurance option as the senator was being demonized by the left for deal-cutting.
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David Martosko / Daily Mail:
Justice Department places ‘hold’ on Trayvon Martin trial evidence, including George Zimmerman's gun - which Florida law says must be returned to him — The U.S. Department of Justice, overseen by Attorney General Eric Holder, has ordered the Sanford, Florida police department to keep possession …
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