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Ellie Buchdahl / Daily Mail:

‘All Muslims leave... we only want to kill non-Muslims’: Gunmen massacre at least 22 in Kenyan shopping mall after releasing anyone who could prove they were Islamic by reciting a prayer — Kenyan police and soldiers have pinned down the remaining gunmen who opened fire at a shopping centre earlier today …

Discussion: Atlas Shrugs, Weasel Zippers, The Gateway Pundit and Vox Popoli

New York Times:

Gunmen Kill Dozens in Terror Attack at Kenyan Mall — NAIROBI, Kenya — Masked gunmen stormed into a fancy, crowded mall in Nairobi on Saturday and shot dead at least 39 people and wounded more than 150 in one of the most chilling terrorist attacks in East Africa since Al Qaeda blew up two American embassies in 1998.

Discussion: Gawker, The Hill and NPR

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

Discussion: Jihad Watch and Alan Colmes' Liberaland

Jason Straziuso / Associated Press: KENYA RED CROSS: 22 DEAD IN UPSCALE MALL ATTACK

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 …

Discussion: Weasel Zippers and The Impolitic

Adam Sneed / Politico:

Rand Paul: GOP 'probably can't defeat' Obamacare — Sen. Rand Paul conceded Saturday that congressional Republicans have little chance of stopping Obamacare. — “We probably can't defeat or get rid of Obamacare,” the Kentucky senator told reporters at a gathering of Michigan Republicans, according to the Associated Press.

Discussion: CNN

Politico:

Obama to Boehner: No debt talks — 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.

Discussion: The White House, Hot Air, Washington Post, The Gateway Pundit, Real Clear Politics, The PJ Tatler, New York Times, Right Wing News and White House Dossier

Mark Knoller / CBS News:
Republicans “trying to mess with me” on budget, Obama says

Discussion: Liberal Values

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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BBC:
US plane in 1961 ‘nuclear bomb near-miss’

Discussion: CANNONFIRE, The Verge, Gawker, Making Light, Guardian and U.S. News

Paul Krugman:

More SNAP Judgments — Thanks to the commenter who suggested this title. I want to say some more about the SNAP program, and how utterly unjustified the attack on the program really is. — First, another look at trends in the program over time, this time in terms of spending as a share of GDP:

Discussion: Marginal Revolution

Los Angeles Times:

Transgender teen crowned homecoming queen at O.C. high school — Cassidy Lynn Campbell, 16, of Huntington Beach was named homecoming queen on Friday night at Marina High School. (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times / September 20, 2013) — Cassidy Lynn Campbell broke down in tears Friday night …

Discussion: Jezebel, The Raw Story and Joe. My. God.

Rebecca J. Rosen / The Atlantic Online:

The Time a Cleveland Newspaper Divulged the Manhattan Project — Before Woodward and Bernstein, before Glenn Greenwald, there was John W. Raper, a columnist for the Cleveland Press, who stumbled across something very odd while on vacation in New Mexico. — The Manhattan Project was …

Discussion: Moe Lane and Boing Boing

Anna Palmer / Politico:

Perry bids for 2016 relevancy — Rick Perry doesn't want to be forgotten. — The Texas governor, whose 2012 presidential bid famously flamed out after a series of verbal blunders, is making moves to try to keep his name on the radar for a potential national comeback.

Discussion: Associated Press and The Reaction

Josh Feldman / Mediaite:

Hugh Hewitt Goes Off on ‘Whiny’ Republicans Trashing Ted Cruz: ‘Get In The Game!’ — There's currently a war brewing in the Republican party over defunding Obamacare, with many in the conservative media pushing Republicans to take the plunge. Hugh Hewitt went off on “whiny” …

Discussion: The Daily Caller, The Hugh Hewitt Show, Outside the Beltway, Politico and msnbc.com