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12:45 AM ET, September 17, 2013

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Jonah Spangenthal-Lee / SPD Blotter:
Suspect In Navy Yard Attack Previously Arrested In Seattle For “Anger-Fueled” Shooting  —  Aaron Alexis, the man identified by Washington D.C. police as a suspect in this morning's tragic attack on a US Navy Yard, was previously arrested by Seattle police in 2004 for shooting out the tires …
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Washington Post:
Police search for active shooter on grounds of Washington Navy Yard in Southeast D.C.  —  A D.C. police officer is among the people shot at the Washington Navy Yard on Monday morning.  —  A police spokesman confirmed at 9:20 a.m. that the officer was shot near the room where a lone gunman …
Deanna Boyd / Fort Worth Star-Telegram:
Fort Worth man, 34, accused of shootings in Navy Yard  —  FORT WORTH — The man suspected of killing 12 people at the Washington Navy Yard, identified as Aaron Alexis of Fort Worth, left the Navy in 2011.  —  Alexis, 34, was fatally shot after a gunbattle with police at the site …
Zack Beauchamp / ThinkProgress:
One Conservative's Provocative Rules For Covering Mass Shootings  —  David Frum is a former Bush Administration speechwriter and one of the loudest conservative voices arguing in favor of new laws targeted at reducing gun violence.  When the news of the Navy Yard shooting broke Monday morning …
Los Angeles Times:
Navy Yard shooter ‘had a pattern of misconduct’  —  This post has been corrected.  See below for details.  —  WASHINGTON — The 34-year-old former Navy electrician's mate identified as the gunman who killed 12 people at the Washington Navy Yard had been discharged from the service in 2011 …
New York Times:
Gunman and 12 Victims Killed in Shooting at D.C. Navy Yard  —  WASHINGTON — At least 13 people, including one gunman, were killed, and the police were looking for other potential suspects, in a shooting Monday morning at a naval office building not far from Capitol Hill and the White House, police officials said.
Agoldberg / The Smoking Gun:
Aaron Alexis, Suspect In Washington Navy Yard Shooting, Was Once Arrested For Shooting Bullet Into Neighbor's Home  —  Buster  —  The suspect in today's deadly shooting at the Washington Navy Yard was once arrested for discharging a firearm into the ceiling of his Texas residence, according to police records.
Discussion: Mediaite and The Gateway Pundit
Theresa Vargas / Washington Post:
Aaron Alexis, 34, is dead gunman in Navy Yard shooting, authorities say  —  Aaron Alexis lived for a time in a bungalow in the woods near a Buddhist temple in Fort Worth, where he occasionally joined Thai immigrants in meditation.  Aaron Alexis died Monday in a gun battle with police …
Daily Mail:
REVEALED: Gunman, 34, who murdered TWELVE in Washington Navy Yard rampage claimed he had 'anger issues …
ABC News:
Navy Yard Shooting Suspect Identified as Aaron Alexis
Discussion: Politico and CNN Political Ticker
USA Today:
Shooting rampage at Navy Yard in D.C. leaves 13 dead
Discussion: Politico, Mediaite and Business Insider
nbcwashington.com:
Four Dead Among 10 Shot at D.C. Navy Yard; At Least 1 Shooter Still At Large
Barbara Starr / CNN:
Shooting at D.C. Navy Yard
Seung Min Kim / Politico:
Navy Yard shooting update: Senate lockdown ‘partially’ lifted
Discussion: ABC News and WJLA-TV
Noam Scheiber / The New Republic:
This Time There Really Will Be a Government Shutdown  —  And that's not all bad  —  Suffice it to say, it's hard to do a deal when the only thing the other guy wants is the one thing you can't give him.  This null set scenario is, unfortunately, precisely where we find ourselves in the debate …
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Erik Wasson / The Hill:
House GOP moves forward with $40 billion cut to food stamps  —  House Republicans on Monday introduced a food stamp reform bill that they say will cut $40 billion from the program over 10 years.  —  The move sets up a dramatic debate and vote on the bill on Thursday, with the fate …
Discussion: Politico and Hot Air
Reuters:
Obama says he will not negotiate with Congress on debt ceiling
Discussion: Weasel Zippers and ABC News
Julian Zelizer / CNN:   GOP strategy on shutdown courts doom
Ryan Broderick / BuzzFeed:
A Lot Of People Are Very Upset That An Indian-American Woman Won The Miss America Pageant  —  Sunday night Nina Davuluri, Miss New York, was crowned the winner the 2014 Miss America Pageant.  She is the first contestant of Indian descent to be crowned Miss America.  —  Lucas Jackson / Reuters
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Scott Kaufman / The Raw Story:
Fox News host: new Miss America, Nina Davuluri, doesn't ‘represent American values’  —  The crowning of Miss New York, Nina Davuluri, as Miss America should have been, to paraphrase her platform, a celebration of diversity through cultural competency.  But in the hours after her victory …
Rick Pearson / Chicago Tribune:
Exclusive: Bill Daley drops bid for Illinois governor  —  In this raw Sept. 16, 2013 interview, Bill Daley explains to Chicago Tribune reporter Rick Pearson why he is dropping out of the Illniois governor's race.  (WGN-TV)  —  Bill Daley abruptly ended his bid for the Democratic nomination …
Alicia A. Caldwell / Associated Press:
MAN ARRESTED IN FRONT OF WHITE HOUSE  —  You are here  —  Home » United States government » Man arrested in front of White House  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Secret Service has arrested a man for tossing firecrackers over a fence at the White House.
Discussion: Associated Press, Mediaite and The Hill
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Aimee Parnes / The Hill:
Obama phones Navy secretary to offer his condolences
Discussion: Politico and ABC News
Marc A. Thiessen / Washington Post:
Obama's ‘unbelievably small’ presidency  —  If you have any doubts that President Obama's handling of Syria is an utter debacle, witness the embarrassing spectacle this morning as his top aides scramble to place blame for it at their boss's feet.  —  In today's Wall Street Journal …
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Wall Street Journal:
Shiite Militiamen From Across the Arab World Train at a Base Near Tehran to Do Battle in Syria
Burgess Everett / Politico:
Dianne Feinstein: Congress ‘shirking’ duty on guns  —  The fatal shootings at the Washington Navy Yard are evidence that Congress is “shirking its responsibility” on the gun debate, Sen. Dianne Feinstein said Monday.  —  The California Democrat said the type of guns allegedly used by the shooter …
Discussion: The Raw Story
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Laurie Kellman / Associated Press:
Senate Officials Shut Complex While Shooter Sought
Discussion: Associated Press
New York Times:
U.N. Implicates Syria in Using Chemical Arms  —  A United Nations report released on Monday confirmed that a deadly chemical arms attack caused a mass killing in Syria last month and for the first time provided extensive forensic details of the weapons used, which strongly implicated the Syrian government.
 
 
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Associated Press:
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