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Tony Cook / The Indianapolis Star, Indystar:
Richard Mourdock says nation going way of Hitler's Nazi Germany — FORT WAYNE - Reaction ranged from anger to shock to befuddlement after Indiana Treasurer Richard Mourdock compared the nation's direction to Hitler's Nazi Germany during a farewell speech at the Indiana Republican Convention on Saturday.
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Talking Points Memo and The Raw Story
CNN:
Actor Tracy Morgan in critical condition after six-vehicle accident in New Jersey — (CNN) — Actor Tracy Morgan is in critical condition after a six-vehicle accident in New Jersey early Saturday, authorities said. — The former “Saturday Night Live” cast member and “30 Rock” …
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Vince Lattanzio / Philadelphia News …:
Tracy Morgan Critically Hurt in NJ Turnpike Crash
Tracy Morgan Critically Hurt in NJ Turnpike Crash
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The Raw Story, New York Times, The Huffington Post and The Daily Caller
Stephanpastis / Pearls Before Swine:
Ever Wished That Calvin and Hobbes Creator Bill Watterson Would Return to the Comics Page? Well, He Just Did. — Bill Watterson is the Bigfoot of cartooning. — He is legendary. He is reclusive. And like Bigfoot, there is really only one photo of him in existence.
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Jeremy Herb / Politico:
Kerry: ‘Offensive’ to leave an American behind — Secretary of State John Kerry is defending President Barack Obama's prisoner swap, saying it would be “offensive and incomprehensible” to consciously leave behind an U.S. soldier. — In an interview aired Sunday on CNN's “State of the Union …
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Dan Balz / Washington Post:
Clinton's book sets foundation for 2016 run — Are you ready for Hillary? If not, this is a week to turn off the television, put aside your morning paper, get off the Internet, never look at your Twitter feed, avoid Facebook and stay out of bookstores. — Even then you probably won't be able …
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New York Times and Politico
Reuters:
Sisi sworn in as Egypt's president, cool reception from West — (Reuters) - Former army chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi was sworn in as president of Egypt on Sunday in a ceremony with low-key attendance by Western allies concerned by a crackdown on dissent since he ousted Islamist leader Mohamed Mursi last year.
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Perla Trevizo / Arizona Daily Star:
Condition ‘good, improving’ of hundreds of Central American minors held in Nogales — About 750 immigrant children were being held at a detention center in Nogales as of Saturday, officials said, the result of an influx of border crossers in South Texas that has the federal government scrambling to keep up.
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Associated Press, Blazing Cat Fur and Fox News
Benjamin Goad / The Hill:
Feds propose chemical safety overhaul — A federal taskforce on Friday proposed a sweeping plan to shore up safety at the nation's chemical plants. — The Chemical Facility Safety and Security Working Group final report to President Obama comes in response to last year's fertilizer plant explosion …
Washington Post:
How Bill Gates pulled off the swift Common Core revolution — The pair of education advocates had a big idea, a new approach to transform every public-school classroom in America. By early 2008, many of the nation's top politicians and education leaders had lined up in support. — But that wasn't enough.
Frank Bruni / New York Times:
Dear Millennials, We're Sorry — AMONG Americans age 40 and older, there's a pastime more popular than football, Candy Crush or HBO. — It's bashing millennials. — Oh, the hours of fun we have, marveling at their self-fascination and gaping at their sense of entitlement!
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Firedoglake and Daily Kos
New York Times:
Starting Out Behind — Today's young people, ages 18 to 24, should have been the lucky ones. They were preteens or teenagers when the recession hit in late 2007, with high school and college still ahead. Unlike those who had to enter the work force in the depths of the downturn …
The Times of Israel:
Netanyahu ‘loathes’ Obama, Israel's opposition leader charges — PM's hostility to president is 'endangering Israel's security,' claims Labor's Isaac Herzog, in rare confirmation of long-rumored strained ties between ‘Bibi’ and ‘Barack’ — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu “loathes” …
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