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Video shows ISIS beheading U.S. journalist James Foley — (CNN) — A video released by ISIS shows the beheading of U.S. journalist James Foley and threatens the life of another American if President Barack Obama doesn't end military operations in Iraq. — In the video posted Tuesday on YouTube …
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White House Knew of Recent ISIS Threat to Kill US Journalist — ISIS had recently threatened to kill U.S. journalist James Foley to avenge airstrikes the United States has conducted in Iraq, a senior U.S. official told ABC News. — The White House had been aware of the threat prior …
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CBS DC, The Daily Caller and The Huffington Post

A message from Jim's mom, Diane Foley: — We have never been prouder of our son Jim. He gave his life trying to expose the world to the suffering of the Syrian people. — We implore the kidnappers to spare the lives of the remaining hostages. Like Jim, they are innocents.


Video shows ISIL beheading of photojournalist James Foley — Men claiming to be part of terrorist group ISIL posted a video allegedly showing the beheading of freelance photojournalist James Wright Foley, who disappeared in northwest Syria on November 22, 2012.
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ISIS Appears To Behead American Photojournalist In YouTube Video — Updated: Family grieved Tuesday for James Wright Foley, who was kidnapped in November 2012 in Syria. In the video, the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, or ISIS, indicates the killing is a response to recent American operations in Iraq.
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'Spare the lives of the remaining hostages. …
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BREAKING: ISIS Beheads American Journalist James Foley — THREATENS TO MURDER SECOND JOURNALIST!
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ISIS Video Purports to Show Beheading of James Foley
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Islamic State claims it executed American photojournalist James Foley
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ISIS Reportedly Beheads U.S. Journalist James Wright Foley on Camera
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A message to the people of Ferguson — Since the Aug. 9 shooting death of Michael Brown, the nation and the world have witnessed the unrest that has gripped Ferguson, Mo. At the core of these demonstrations is a demand for answers about the circumstances of this young man's death …
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Shooting Accounts Differ as Holder Schedules Visit to Ferguson — FERGUSON, Mo. — As a county grand jury prepared to hear evidence on Wednesday in the shooting death of a black teenager by a white police officer that touched off 10 days of unrest here, witnesses have given investigators sharply conflicting accounts of the killing.
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BREAKING REPORT: Officer Darren Wilson Suffered “Orbital Blowout Fracture to Eye Socket” During Mike Brown Attack

Kansas City officer faces review for Michael Brown Facebook posts
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Perry booked, gets mug shot — Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R) was booked at a courthouse in Austin on Tuesday, getting his fingerprints taken and a mug shot, following his indictment by a grand jury on abuse of power charges. — “I'm here today because I believe in the rule of law …
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Rick Perry's flimsy indictment: Our view — Let voters, not jurors, judge Texas governor's politics. — Politics as usual should not be a violation of criminal law. This ought to be obvious to anyone in a democratic society. But it does not seem to be well understood in Texas …
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Dershowitz: Perry Indictment ‘What Happens in Totalitarian Societies’
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Why Rick Perry May Be Out of Luck
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McConnell's plan to ‘shutdown’ Obama — HENDERSON, Ky. — Mitch McConnell has a game plan to confront President Barack Obama with a stark choice next year: Accept bills reining in the administration's policies or risk a government shutdown. — In an extensive interview here …
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Why Obama can't go there — It's a paradox of Barack Obama's presidency: The first African-American to run the country finds himself in the tensest racial confrontation of his tenure, but is constrained from addressing the nation's original sin in anything but the loftiest, most dispassionate terms.
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Fareed Zakaria rebuts plagiarism charges — Fareed Zakaria sought to dismiss new plagiarism allegations on Tuesday after an anonymous report cited 12 instances in which the veteran foreign policy journalist appeared to lift passages from other news outlets and websites.
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Mitt Romney: Obama worse than even I expected … BECKLEY, W.Va. — When Mitt Romney stumped here Tuesday for a trio of Republican candidates for Congress, the event had all the trappings of a “Romney for President” rally. — The crowd chanted, “Mitt! Mitt! Mitt!”
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Why the Media Is Siding With the Protesters — It isn't simply because of tear gas and rubber bullets. — Anyone tuning in to the nightly coverage of the protests in Ferguson has seen the reporters on the ground becoming part of the story. On Monday night, they could watch …
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Left-wing teacher groups launch sexist crusade — The “war on women” isn't just for Republicans. Left-wing organizations in New York City have launched their own misogynist crusade against former CNN anchor turned education advocate Campbell Brown. — Brown is running the Partnership …
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