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Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
John Walsh, Democrat, Confronts Questions of Plagiarism — WASHINGTON — Democrats were thrilled when John Walsh of Montana was appointed to the United States Senate in February. A decorated veteran of the Iraq war and former adjutant general of his state's National Guard …
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ABC News:
Senator Says He Had PTSD When He Wrote Thesis — Sen. John Walsh of Montana said Wednesday his failure to attribute conclusions and verbatim passages lifted from other scholars' work in his thesis to earn a master's degree from the U.S. Army War College was an unintentional mistake caused in part by post-traumatic stress disorder.
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Kendall Breitman / Politico:
Ted Cruz hits back at State Department — Sen. Ted Cruz is slamming the State Department after a spokeswoman called his claim that the Federal Aviation Administration made a politically motivated decision to halt U.S. airlines' flights to Israel “ridiculous and offensive.”
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Did President Obama Just Launch an Economic Boycott of Israel? — SEN. CRUZ RELEASES STATEMENT REGARDING FAA'S FLIGHT SUSPENSIONS TO ISRAEL — WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, today questioned the Obama Administration's decision to ban flights to Israel while, at the same time …
Bart Jansen / USA Today:
FAA extends flight ban to Israel for another 24 hours
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Associated Press:
ARIZONA INMATE DIES 2 HOURS AFTER EXECUTION BEGAN — FLORENCE, Ariz. (AP) — A condemned Arizona inmate gasped and snorted for more than an hour and a half during his execution Wednesday before he died in an episode sure to add to the scrutiny surrounding the death penalty in the U.S.
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Mark Berman / Washington Post:
Arizona execution lasts nearly two hours, witness says Joseph Wood was ‘gasping and struggling to breathe’
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Ed Pilkington / Guardian:
Joseph Wood: Arizona murderer dies almost two hours after execution begins
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Michael Kiefer / Arizona Republic:
Arizona court allows execution to proceed today
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Wall Street Journal:
The Solution to Border Disorder — The best antidote to illegal immigration is a functioning system of legal immigration.
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Guy Benson / Townhall.com:
CNN Poll: Twice As Many Americans Were Hurt By Obamacare Than Helped — 1.6K — SHARES — Not an unusual data point at all, based on the polling trend — but a timely reality check for the delusional “people love Obamacare!” propagandists. CNN's latest national survey includes a number …
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Oliver Darcy / TheBlaze.com:
Video: Woman in Labor ‘Not Allowed’ to Cross Street to Hospital Over Obama's Impending Motorcade — Witnesses say a pregnant woman in labor was prevented by authorities from crossing a Los Angeles street to a hospital Wednesday because the road had been closed for President Barack Obama's impending motorcade.
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Investor's Business Daily:
IRS Lawlessness: 20 Hard Drives, Six Unanswered Questions — Scandal: An internationally accredited information-technology asset-management firm says the IRS has some explaining to do as our patience is taxed with tales of even more convenient computer crashes.
Ron Fournier / NationalJournal.com:
Senator Manchin: What My Daughter Did Should Be Illegal — West Virginia senator vows to support legislation that would stop CEOs like his daughter from renouncing firms' U.S. citizenship. — You're a United States senator from a state struggling to compete in the world economy.
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Elizabeth Green / New York Times:
Why Do Americans Stink at Math? — Photo illustratIon by Andrew B. Myers. Prop stylIst: Randi Brookman HarrIs. Calculator icons by Tim Boelaars. — When Akihiko Takahashi was a junior in college in 1978, he was like most of the other students at his university in suburban Tokyo.
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Paul Ryan / USA Today:
An opportunity to cut poverty — Let's re-conceive the federal government's role in providing a safety net for the poor. — This week, our economy received some bad news: The International Monetary Fund revised its projection for U.S. economic growth this year to just 1.7%. Working families will pay the price.
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Des Moines Register:
Editor who used ‘gaystapo’ claims religious discrimination — An Iowa newspaper editor fired after publishing his views on homosexuals is claiming he was the victim of religious discrimination by his former employer. — Bob Eschliman, former editor of the Newton Daily News …
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Richard L. Hasen / Slate:
The judges who ruled against Obamacare are following Scalia down a terrible path of interpretation. — Unless you are a lawyer or a glutton for punishment, you probably want to avoid reading the new D.C. Circuit and 4th Circuit opinions reaching conflicting results on the legality of key provisions …
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Janet Van Huysse / The Twitter Blog:
Building a Twitter we can be proud of — At Twitter, we have a goal to reach every person on the planet. We believe that goal is more attainable with a team that understands and represents different cultures and backgrounds. — It makes good business sense that Twitter employees …
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New York Times, The Hill, The Verge and Business Insider
wgnsradio.com:
Woman allegedly pulls out gun in the Walmart parking lot after being asked to “Slow Down” — A 37-year old woman by the name of Angela Scruggs has been arrested after she allegedly pulled out a gun during what has been described as an “Aggravated Assault.” The incident unfolded in the Rutherford Blvd. Walmart parking lot on Tuesday.
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Talking Points Memo and The Raw Story
The Intercept:
The Secret Government Rulebook For Labeling You a Terrorist — The Obama administration has quietly approved a substantial expansion of the terrorist watchlist system, authorizing a secret process that requires neither “concrete facts” nor “irrefutable evidence” to designate an American …
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Thomas E. Ricks / Politico:
Why Am I Moving Left? — I used to be right down the middle. But America's changed, and so have I. — In my late 50s, at a time of life when most people are supposed to be drifting into a cautious conservatism, I am surprised to find myself moving steadily leftward. — This is unexpected.
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Simone Wilson / Jewish Journal:
IDF lone soldier Max Steinberg's funeral, shiva in Jerusalem draw 30,000 — including John Kerry — Story has been updated to include additional information. — The mother, father, sister and brother of 24-year-old Woodland Hills native and fallen IDF soldier Max Steinberg …
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