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Associated Press:
Declassified document: US narrowly escaped nuclear blast in 1961 H-bomb accident — LONDON — A U.S. hydrogen bomb nearly detonated on the nation's east coast, with a single switch averting a blast which would have been 260 times more powerful than the device that flattened Hiroshima, a newly published book says.
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US plane in 1961 ‘nuclear bomb near-miss’ — A four-megaton nuclear bomb was one switch away from exploding over the US in 1961, a newly declassified US document confirms. — Two bombs were on board a B-52 plane that went into an uncontrolled spin over North Carolina - both bombs fell and one began the detonation process.
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Ed Pilkington / Guardian:
US nearly detonated atomic bomb over North Carolina - secret document — Exclusive: Journalist uses Freedom of Information Act to disclose 1961 accident in which one switch averted catastrophe — A secret document, published in declassified form for the first time by the Guardian today …
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Guardian:
Goldsboro revisited: account of hydrogen bomb near-disaster over North Carolina - declassified document — This document was written on 22 October 1969 by Parker F Jones, the supervisor of the nuclear weapons safety department at Sandia national laboratories.
Joe Picard / The Hill:
Obama calls Boehner, says he won't negotiate on debt ceiling — President Obama phoned Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) on Friday to tell him he will not negotiate with Republicans on the debt ceiling, according to a readout provided by the Speaker's office. — Boehner told the president he was …
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Politico:
Obama calls Boehner, rules out debt negotiations — President Barack Obama is once again warning House Republicans that he will not negotiate over a debt-ceiling increase, even as the U.S. government moves closer to its borrowing limit. — Obama called Speaker John Boehner Friday night to reiterate his hard-line stance.
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Steve Benen / The Rachel Maddow Show:
Elections used to have consequences — If you listen to congressional Republicans defend their shutdown scheme and crusade to destroy the federal health care system, they'll routinely use the same phrase. The “American people,” the GOP claims, are on their side.
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CNN:
At least 20 killed when gunmen attack Nairobi shopping mall, Red Cross says — (CNN) — Gunmen attacked an upscale shopping mall in the Kenyan capital on Saturday, leading to a fierce gunbattle with police and leaving at least 20 people dead, the Kenyan Red Cross said.
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Jason Straziuso / Associated Press:
Gunmen Open Fire at Nairobi's Most Upscale Mall — Gunmen threw grenades and opened fire Saturday at Nairobi's most upscale mall, witnesses and police said. — Large pockets of people trapped in the mall came streaming out over the course of an hour. At least a half dozen were bloodied and were grabbed by first responders.
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Avik Roy / National Review:
Myths of the Obamacare Shutdown Soap Opera — There are a number of misperceptions of the internecine dispute taking place among conservatives, and within the Republican Party, around the effort by some to use the continuing resolution and the possibility of a government shutdown, to attempt to defund Obamacare.
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Niels Lesniewski / Roll Call:
Filibuster the House CR? Cruz, Other Conservatives Say ‘Yes’ (Updated)
Ezra Klein / Wonkblog:
John Boehner is being even more irresponsible than Ted Cruz
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Tom Jackman / Washington Post:
Rollie Chance, misidentified as Navy Yard shooter, demands media accountability — Rollie Chance was home in Stafford, about 40 miles south of Washington, when he began watching the news about the shootings at the Washington Navy Yard Monday morning. A retired Navy lieutenant …
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Chet / NorthDecoder.com:
(ND-ALL) Congressman Kevin Cramer To People Who Can't Find Jobs or Aren't Able To Work: Don't Eat — Earlier today, a constituent of North Dakota Congressman Kevin Cramer posted a comment on Cramer's Facebook wall. The constituent apparently wanted to make sure that …
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Alex Pareene / Salon:
The final triumph of welfare reform — The Third Way was supposed to end welfare politicking as we knew it, but no one told Republicans — House Republicans voted yesterday to cut $40 billion in funding for SNAP — the anti-poverty program commonly known as “food stamps” — because …
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TIME:
Spread Your Legs for Uncle Sam — The real meaning of the creepy new anti-Obamacare ads — For all of the political fighting in Washington over defunding the Affordable Care Act, a pair of jarring new anti-Obamacare ads shows that some leading opponents have shifted their focus to sabotaging the law once it's in place.
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Sarah Kliff / Wonkblog:
A guide to freaking out about the newest Obamacare glitch
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