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Kevin Donovan Investigations / Toronto Star:
Rob Ford caught in video rant — Mayor Rob Ford has been caught on a new video staggering around an unknown living room ranting gibberish and acting wildly. … The Star has obtained video of Mayor Rob Ford where he appears to be in a state of extreme agitation.
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Joe Warmington / Toronto Sun:
“I need f—in 10 minutes to make sure he's dead': New Rob Ford video surfaces — A new video has surfaced showing Mayor Rob Ford acting wildly and belligerent and using threatening words including “kill” and “murder” with reference to an unidentified person.
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Glenn Kessler / The Fact Checker:
The White House effort to blame insurance companies for lost plans — “The provision in the law was the manifestation of the assurance that if you have a plan you want to keep, you can keep it. Insurance companies that chose to strip away benefits from existing plans in the interim …
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Ron Fournier / NationalJournal.com:
White House Making Life Miserable for Democratic Lawmakers, Reformers — If you support Obamacare, you can't be happy with President Obama's team. — Rather than implementing the Affordable Care Act, a law with the noble goal of helping millions of uninsured Americans secure health insurance, the White House is dissembling.
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Associated Press, Conservative Intelligence …, New York Times and The Lonely Conservative
Ben Domenech / The Federalist:
How The Republican Donor Class Gave Us Terry McAuliffe
How The Republican Donor Class Gave Us Terry McAuliffe
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Maxim Lott / Fox News:
White House website at odds with latest Obama statement
White House website at odds with latest Obama statement
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New York Times:
G.O.P. Weighs Limiting Clout of Right Wing — Leaders of the Republican establishment, alarmed by the emergence of far-right and often unpredictable Tea Party candidates, are pushing their party to rethink how it chooses nominees and advocating changes they say would result in the selection of less extreme contenders.
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FDA Consumer Health Information Updates:
FDA Targets Trans Fat in Processed Foods — On this page: — More than decade ago, a sea change began in the American diet, with consumers starting to avoid foods with trans fat and companies responding byreducing the amount of trans fat in their products.
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Jim Bequette / Guns & Ammo:
Our Response to the December 2013 Backpage Column — From Jim Bequette, editor, “Guns & Ammo” Magazine: — As editor of “Guns & Ammo,” I owe each and every reader a personal apology. — No excuses, no backtracking. — Dick Metcalf's “Backstop” column in the December issue has aroused unprecedented controversy.
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Andrew Kirell / Mediaite:
Guns & Ammo Fires Editor After Publishing Editorial Calling for Gun Control
Guns & Ammo Fires Editor After Publishing Editorial Calling for Gun Control
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Catherine Thompson / Talking Points Memo:
Post-Plagiarism Restructuring, Rand Paul's Opinion Column Moves To Breitbart — Following allegations of plagiarism that caused a shake-up in the senator's office, Rand Paul's (R-KY) opinion column has found a new home at Breitbart News. — “Paul is pleased to partner with Breitbart News …
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James R. Carroll / USA Today:
Can Sen. Rand Paul handle the heat? Some wonder
Can Sen. Rand Paul handle the heat? Some wonder
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The Moderate Voice, Erik Wemple, ABC News and Taylor Marsh
Evan McMorris-Santoro / BuzzFeed:
Republican Senate Candidate Jokes About Obama Being From Kenya (AUDIO) — Colorado state Sen. Owen Hill considered telling a Kenyan kid, “Well, you know what, we already have someone from Kenya as president of the United States.” Update: Hill says it was an “obvious joke.” — Source: OwenHillForSenate.com
Sarah Posner / Mother Jones:
George W. Bush to Raise Money for Group That Converts Jews to Bring About Second Coming of Christ — The former president follows in the footsteps of Glenn Beck, who addressed the group last year. — Courtesy of Messianic Jewish Bible Institute — Next week, former President George W. Bush …
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Mark Urban / BBC:
Saudi nuclear weapons ‘on order’ from Pakistan — Saudi Arabia has invested in Pakistani nuclear weapons projects, and believes it could obtain atomic bombs at will, a variety of sources have told BBC Newsnight. — While the kingdom's quest has often been set in the context …
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Charles S. Johnson / Billings Gazette:
Bohlinger runs for Senate — HELENA — Former Lt. Gov. John Bohlinger said Wednesday he decided to run for the U.S. Senate after the receiving considerable support and encouragement from Montanans in the past four months. — Bohlinger, 77, a Democrat from Helena, also said he was motivated …
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Associated Press:
Delaware health insurance exchange off to slow start, with only 4 enrollments reported — WILMINGTON, Del. — More than a month after the launch of Delaware's health insurance exchange, officials report only four Delawareans enrolled for insurance coverage under the Affordable Care Act.
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Hot Air, Michelle Malkin, The Daily Caller, Weasel Zippers, Hit & Run, Conservative Intelligence … and Capitol City Project
The Atlantic Online:
The Surveillance State Puts U.S. Elections at Risk of Manipulation — Imagine what Edward Snowden could have accomplished if he had a different agenda. — Did the Obama Administration ever spy on Mitt Romney during the recent presidential contest? Alex Tabarrok, who raised the question …
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Byron York / Washington Examiner:
The simple question that will determine Obamacare's fate — BELTWAY CONFIDENTIAL OBAMACARE HEALTH CARE HEALTHCARE.GOV — The key to Obamacare's success or failure — provided the administration can actually learn to operate the system — is whether it helps more people than it hurts, or hurts more people than it helps.
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Charlie Savage / New York Times:
C.I.A. Is Said to Pay AT&T for Call Data — WASHINGTON — The C.I.A. is paying AT&T more than $10 million a year to assist with overseas counterterrorism investigations by exploiting the company's vast database of phone records, which includes Americans' international calls, according to government officials.
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Greg Bluestein / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Jason Carter to challenge Gov. Deal next year — Democratic state Sen. Jason Carter will challenge Gov. Nathan Deal next year in a move that catapults the gubernatorial contest into the national spotlight and tests whether Georgia's changing demographics can loosen the Republican Party's 12-year grip on the state's highest office.
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Ari Fleischer / Politico:
Why the House must pass ENDA — On Thursday, the U.S. Senate passed legislation to protect gay employees from job discrimination with an overwhelming bipartisan vote. Republicans should support these protections, and I hope the GOP leadership in the House schedules the bill for a vote.
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KOB.com:
4 On Your Side reveals another traffic stop nightmare — It's a story that has left the entire country wondering about the state of law enforcement in New Mexico. — 4 On Your Side revealed how David Eckert rolled through a stop sign in Deming. — A K-9 named Leo alerted that it sniffed drugs on Eckert's driver's seat.
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Sharyl Attkisson / CBS News:
Departing Obamacare security official didn't sign off on site launch — Tony Trenkle, the Obamacare official in charge of HealthCare.gov security efforts announced his resignation Wednesday, effective next week. — CBS News has learned that Trenkle, the Chief Information Officer for the Centers …
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Bryan Koenig / CNN:
Pro-immigration attack ads to target House Republicans — (CNN) - A new union-backed ad buy will look to drum up support for passing comprehensive immigration reform in the House of Representatives by targeting vulnerable chamber Republicans, according to a statement.
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ESPN:
Dorsett, others show signs of CTE — BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — Pro Football Hall of Famers Tony Dorsett and Joe DeLamielleure, and former NFL All-Pro Leonard Marshall have been diagnosed as having signs of chronic traumatic encephalopathy, a degenerative condition many scientists say is caused …
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