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Ann Hornaday / Washington Post:
In a final videotaped message, a sad reflection of the sexist stories we so often see on screen — Police were examining this video posted on YouTube in which a man who identifies himself as Elliot Rodger says he is planning an attack in Isla Vista because he had been snubbed by women.
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Kara Swisher / Re/code:
Rap Genius Co-Founder Moghadam Fired Over Tasteless Comments on Santa Barbara Shooting — Rap Genius co-founder Mahbod Moghadam has been fired from the annotation service after posting appalling comments on the memoir of mass murderer Elliot Rodger, who killed six people in a shooting spree earlier this week.
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Alan Duke / CNN:
Five revelations from the ‘twisted world’ of a ‘kissless virgin’
Five revelations from the ‘twisted world’ of a ‘kissless virgin’
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Daniel Beekman / NY Daily News:
Woman ‘devastated’ to be named by Santa Barbara shooter Elliot Rodger as motivation for killing spree, dad says
Woman ‘devastated’ to be named by Santa Barbara shooter Elliot Rodger as motivation for killing spree, dad says
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Mike Allen / Politico:
HILLARY CLINTON: Book is not for 'followers of Washington's long-running soap opera ... I'm proud of what we accomplished ... America remains the “indispensable nation"' — GOP SENATE CONTRACT '14? — EXCLUSIVE: The initial printing of Hillary Rodham Clinton's “Hard Choices,” …
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Niall Stanage / The Hill:
Hillary leaves left cold — Liberal Democrats feel the wind is at their backs, making it all the more irksome for them that Hillary Clinton could be their presidential nominee in 2016. — For many on the left, Clinton is the woman who supported the Iraq war, ran to the right of President Obama …
Ken Thomas / Associated Press:
Clinton Proud Of Diplomatic Accomplishments — WASHINGTON (AP) — Hillary Rodham Clinton writes in new excerpts from her upcoming book that she wishesshe could go back and reconsider some of her past decisions but she is “proud of what we accomplished” during her time as secretary of state.
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Manu Raju / Politico:
GOP pols press for 2014 ‘Contract with America’
GOP pols press for 2014 ‘Contract with America’
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Joan Walsh / Salon:
GOP's post-Obama problem: Why they're lost without him — and with the electorate he helped create — The establishment vanquished the Tea Party by drinking its poison — but has no plan for life after this president — With the 2014 congressional primary season almost behind us …
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Agence France-Presse:
Germany's first far-right NPD deputy in European Parliament — Berlin (AFP) - Udo Voigt, the first member of Germany's far-right anti-immigrant party to enter the European Parliament, has faced legal action in the past with comments such as Hitler was “a great man”.
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Reuters:
Eurosceptic election surge gives EU a headache
Eurosceptic election surge gives EU a headache
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Andrew Higgins / New York Times:
Populists' Rise in Europe Vote Shakes Leaders
Populists' Rise in Europe Vote Shakes Leaders
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Coral Davenport / New York Times:
Governments Await Obama's Move on Carbon to Gauge U.S. Climate Efforts — WASHINGTON — President Obama is expected to announce on Monday an Environmental Protection Agency regulation to cut carbon pollution from the nation's fleet of 600 coal-fired power plants, in a speech that government analysts …
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Dean Obeidallah / The Daily Beast:
How I Made Sure a Texas Tea Party Candidate Accepted ‘Dirty’ Muslim Money — In a GOP runoff today, candidate T.J. Fabby has attacked his foe for accepting Muslim money. But now Fabby has too. I know. I sent it. — Sometimes you have to taunt the bigots. It's often more fun and satisfying than getting angry with them.
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Mark Follman / Mother Jones:
Gun Activists Flaunting Assault Rifles Get Booted From Chili's and Sonic — As a backlash grows, open-carry groups in Texas beat a retreat. — It would be an understatement to say that the tactics of gun rights activists have been backfiring of late. The showdown has taken place foremost in Texas …
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Fred Kaplan / Slate:
Did Peace Just Break Out in Ukraine? — Why the standoff with Vladimir Putin may have ended. — The crisis in Ukraine appears to be over. Not that Ukraine itself is cruising toward democracy and prosperity. That road is littered with obstacles: The country is crippled with debt, mired in corruption, and quaking with instability.
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Michelle Faul / Associated Press:
NIGERIAN DEFENSE CHIEF SAYS ABDUCTED GIRLS LOCATED — ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria's military has located nearly 300 school girls abducted by Islamic extremists but fears using force to try to free them could get them killed, the country's chief of defense said Monday.
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Glenn Harlan Reynolds / USA Today:
Justice Department shuts down porn money: Column — ‘Operation Choke Point’ unfairly targets businesses it doesn't like. — They told me if I voted for Mitt Romney, our moralistic Department of Justice would be trying to shut down porn stars. And they were right: I voted for Romney …
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