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New York Times:
U.S. Mobilizes Allies to Widen Assault on ISIS — WASHINGTON — The United States has begun to mobilize a broad coalition of allies behind potential American military action in Syria and is moving toward expanded airstrikes in northern Iraq, administration officials said on Tuesday.
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NBC News:
‘Islam Over Everything’: American Extremist Killed Fighting for ISIS — Douglas McAuthur McCain, 33, of San Diego, was killed over the weekend while fighting for ISIS, according to the Free Syrian Army.
David Harsanyi / The Federalist:
The Left's Ridiculous Burger King Freakout — Burger King plans to merge with Canuck coffee-and-doughnut chain Tim Hortons and base the company's headquarters in Canada where it will enjoy the kind of reasonable corporate tax structure that Democrats continue to obstruct here in the United States.
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Capitol Report, Bloomberg, Daily Signal, Daily Kos, The Huffington Post, Gawker and ThinkProgress
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Mike Snider / Associated Press:
Burger King, Tim Hortons merge into whopper-sized firm
Burger King, Tim Hortons merge into whopper-sized firm
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Joe. My. God., The Gateway Pundit and MichelleMalkin.com
Jim Puzzanghera / Los Angeles Times:
Burger King swallows Tim Hortons; new firm is Canada-bound
Burger King swallows Tim Hortons; new firm is Canada-bound
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Business Insider, Associated Press, Daily Kos, The Daily Banter, Progress Illinois and Wall Street Journal
Coral Davenport / New York Times:
Obama Pursuing Climate Accord in Lieu of Treaty — WASHINGTON — The Obama administration is working to forge a sweeping international climate change agreement to compel nations to cut their planet-warming fossil fuel emissions, but without ratification from Congress.
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Business Insider, Roger L. Simon, The Gateway Pundit and Washington Times
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Justin Gillis / New York Times:
U.N. Draft Report Lists Unchecked Emissions' Risks
U.N. Draft Report Lists Unchecked Emissions' Risks
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BillMoyers.com, The Dish and Gawker
Dave Hawkins / Las Vegas Review-Journal:
Shooting instructor dies after being accidentally shot by girl — The entrance to Bullets and Burgers enterprise at the Last Stop, about 25 miles south of Las Vegas, is shown. A shooting instructor at the outdoor range died Monday night after being accidentally shot by a 9-year-old girl using an automatic 9mm Uzi earlier in the day.
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Casey Newton / The Verge:
This is Uber's playbook for sabotaging Lyft — ‘Brand ambassadors’ with burner phones and credit cards attempt to #shavethestache — Uber is arming teams of independent contractors with burner phones and credit cards as part of its sophisticated effort to undermine Lyft and other competitors.
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Craig / Uber Blog:
Uber's Marketing Program to Recruit Drivers: Operation SLOG — There's been a lot of discussion - and a lot of misinformation - about Uber's driver recruitment and the ridesharing industry's at large. We'd like to set the record straight and demystify our recruiting efforts …
Jill Drury / WDTN-TV:
Dueling demands in Walmart shooting case — Related Coverage — Grass roots group calls for DOJ to look at Walmart shooting — Police release dispatch audio, video of Walmart shooting — Officer involved in Walmart shooting back on the job — BEAVERCREEK, Ohio (WDTN) …
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Travis Gettys / The Raw Story:
Video shows police shot Ohio man ‘on sight’ as he leaned on toy gun in Walmart, attorney says
Video shows police shot Ohio man ‘on sight’ as he leaned on toy gun in Walmart, attorney says
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Reuters, addictinginfo.org, WLWT-TV and Booman Tribune
Paul Mirengoff / Power Line:
College board mandates left-wing narrative for AP U.S. History — The College Board, the private company that produces the SAT test and the various Advanced Placement exams, is effectively requiring that AP U.S. History be taught from a hard-left perspective.
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Talking Points Memo and US News
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Marco Rubio's course correction on immigration — BELTWAY CONFIDENTIAL IMMIGRATION BARACK OBAMA MARCO RUBIO — Marco Rubio's office got in touch this week to say the Florida senator and possible 2016 GOP presidential hopeful wanted to discuss immigration.
Eddie Scarry / Mediaite:
Romney on 2016 Run: ‘Circumstances Can Change’ — Former Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney has denied he's not going to make a third bid for the White House but on Tuesday he left open a very small window. — “I know you're going to press, but you know, this is something we gave …
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Talking Points Memo
James Hohmann / Politico:
Florida Democrats nominate Charlie Crist — Florida Democrats nominated Charlie Crist for governor on Tuesday, an unsurprising but nonetheless remarkable victory for the former Republican. — The 58-year-old's easy win over former state Sen. Nan Rich in Tuesday's primary caps a stunning turnaround.
Kara Brown / Jezebel:
Sofia Vergara Got to Participate in the Sexist Portion of the Emmys — Well, the Emmys are still on an hour after they should have ended, so perhaps it's fitting that they started scraping the bottom of the barrel. We have now entered the unfunny, sexist part of the program.
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The PJ Tatler, Inside TV, Mediaite and US News
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James Hibberd / Inside TV:
Sofia Vergara blasts critics of ‘sexist’ Emmy pedestal
Sofia Vergara blasts critics of ‘sexist’ Emmy pedestal
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Mediaite, The Federalist, Salon, TheBlaze.com, The Huffington Post, Taylor Marsh, ABC News, ThinkProgress, The PJ Tatler and The Gateway Pundit
Ian Burrell / The Independent:
The Times' newsroom set to ring with the sounds of typewriters once more — Almost as if the digital revolution never happened, the newsroom of The Times once again resounds to the clatter of the old-fashioned typewriter. — Nearly three decades after Rupert Murdoch's UK newspaper publisher revolutionised …
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New York Times:
Governor Cuomo's Failure on Ethics Reform Hinders an Endorsement — More than four years ago, while announcing his campaign for governor of New York, Andrew Cuomo stood in front of the Tweed Courthouse in downtown Manhattan and said Albany's antics “could make Boss Tweed blush.”
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Politico, Capital New York, Talking Points Memo, Firedoglake, CNN and NY State of Politics
Daily Mail:
Revealed: How fear of being seen as racist stopped social workers saving up to 1,400 children from sexual exploitation at the hands of Asian men in just ONE TOWN — The sexual abuse of about 1,400 children at the hands of Asian men went unreported for 16 years because staff feared they would be seen as racist, a report said today.
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Vox Popoli
Kevin Drum / Mother Jones:
Obama's Iraq Policy Has Been Pretty Masterly — I'm not a diehard supporter of Barack Obama's foreign policy. Some of his actions I just plain disagree with: the surge in Afghanistan, the enormous increase in drone use, his almost inhuman patience in putting up with Bibi Netanyahu's nearly open contempt for him.
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The Reality-Based Community
Andy Cush / Gawker:
World's Greatest Two-Year-Old Drops F-Bomb After Ice Bucket Challenge — We have seen have seen more ice buckets dropped on heads than we care to remember. We have seen superheroes and wanted criminals, former presidents and wisdom teeth patients who are obviously faking it.
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Mediaite and BizPac Review
Alec MacGillis / The New Republic:
This One Congressional Race Epitomizes the GOP's Increasing Extremism — There's been so much talk of late about the transformation of the Republican Party over the course of the last few decades that it is easy to become inured to reports of ideologically extreme new arrivals in the party's ranks.
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Prairie Weather and Washington Monthly