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Byron Tau / Politico:
Kerry won't talk about Kennedy conspiracy — Secretary of State John Kerry is declining to further elaborate on his belief that the assassin of President John F. Kennedy was part of a broader conspiracy. — Pressed in an interview aired Sunday on NBC's “Meet the Press” …
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Jason Seher / CNN:
Kerry ‘not blind’ to Rouhani's past
CBS News:
No deal reached in Iran nuke talks
No deal reached in Iran nuke talks
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Talking Points Memo, The Other McCain, The Daily Caller, National Review and Weasel Zippers
Chris Gentilviso / The Huffington Post:
Republicans Just Changed The Rules AFTER A Virginia Election To Change The Outcome — Already shaping up to be one of the closest races in state history, a last-minute rule change is stirring up the recount to decide who will become Virginia's next attorney general.
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The Impolitic, Little Green Footballs and Hullabaloo
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WTOP.com:
Provisional-ballot voters in Va. face new obstacle — WASHINGTON - A last-minute change means Fairfax County voters who cast provisional ballots may face troubles getting them counted. — Nearly 500 voters cast provisional ballots in the county, many more across Virginia, in Tuesday's election.
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Esther Yu-Hsi Lee / ThinkProgress:
40 Armed Gun Advocates Intimidate Mothers Against Gun Violence In A Restaurant Parking Lot — CREDIT: https://www.facebook.com/MomsDemandActi on — On Saturday, nearly 40 armed men, women, and children waited outside a Dallas, Texas area restaurant to protest a membership meeting …
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The Impolitic and The Raw Story
Ross Douthat / New York Times:
Dear Governor Christie — I KNOW, governor, I know: It's still too early for presidential speculation, you're just focused on the job at hand and any talk of 2016, while flattering, is purely hypothetical. — But just in case you do have some faint, slight, extremely modest interest …
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The Hill:
Donors plot against GOP rebel — Business leaders are plotting to take down Rep. Justin Amash (R-Mich.) as part of a broader effort to punish lawmakers over the government shutdown. — In a letter obtained by The Hill, prominent Michigan donors request financial backing for Amash's primary challenger, Brian Ellis.
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ThinkProgress, Hot Air and Hit & Run
Molly K. Hooper / The Hill:
In shift, GOP wants O-Care fix — Republicans have shifted their strategy on ObamaCare. — Weeks ago, many Republicans said ObamaCare — including Speaker John Boehner (Ohio) — was too broken to fix. But now, the GOP is drafting legislation that aims to do just that.
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Mark Memmott / NPR:
‘60 Minutes’ Apologizes For Benghazi Report: ‘We Were Wrong’ … “The truth is that we made a mistake,” CBS News correspondent Lara Logan said Friday as she apologized for an Oct. 27 report on 60 Minutes in which a State Department security contractor claimed he had been on the scene of the Sept. 11 …
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And Hayley O'Keeffe / Daily Mail:
Man dies after accidentally drinking £34,000 of crystal meth thinking it was a HEALTH DRINK — A man has died after drinking a massive overdose of liquid crystal meth after mistaking it for a health drink. — Romano Dias, 55, had been given a bottle of what appeared to be a fruit-based drink …
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Michael Goodwin / New York Post:
New York Times' Obama cheerleading harms the nation — Poor Barack Obama. Ending his fifth year as the world's most powerful man, he is running out of scapegoats and fairy tales. Blaming George W. Bush has lost its punch, and the ObamaCare debacle is shredding the myths he is competent and honest.
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Reuters:
Survivors ‘Walk Like Zombies’ After Philippine Typhoon Kills Estimated 10,000 — TACLOBAN, Philippines — One of the most powerful storms ever recorded killed at least 10,000 people in the central Philippines, a senior police official said on Sunday, with huge waves sweeping away coastal villages …
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NY Daily News:
Bryant Park skating rink shooting leaves two injured, including 14-year-old avid skater; shooter at large — A gunman shot a 20-year-old man in the arm and 14-year-old Adonis Mera in the back — and the teen's family fears he may never walk again. Police are searching for the suspected shooter …
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CBS New York, The Hinterland Gazette, Scared Monkeys, Gothamist and New York Times