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Video Appears to Show ISIS Execution of Second American Steven Sotloff … A new video appears to show the execution of Steven Sotloff, the second American killed by a self-professed member of the Islamist terror group ISIS. — In the video, which appeared online today, Sotloff addresses the camera …
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Lawmakers to Obama: Hit ISIS — Lawmakers from both parties on Tuesday exhorted President Obama to broaden the military campaign against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) after the group released a second video that appeared to show the beheading of an American journalist.

The Death of Steven Sotloff — In the final moments before an ISIS executioner beheaded the American journalist Steven Sotloff, the masked man offered up, in an English accent, a message to his viewers: “We take this opportunity to warn those governments that enter this evil alliance of America …
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Source: Obama given detailed intelligence for a year about rise of ISIS
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Steven Sotloff ‘beheaded by Islamic State’ - latest
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The Hill, John Hawkins' Right Wing News and Hot Air

A Briton will be next warns ‘Jihadi John’ as second hostage Steven Sotloff beheaded
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The Gateway Pundit and The Huffington Post

ISIS Says It Killed Steven Sotloff After U.S. Strikes in Northern Iraq
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The Daily Banter, Crime and Consequences Blog and RedState, more at Mediagazer »

Islamic State issues video of beheading of U.S. hostage
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ISIS video shows beheading of American journalist Steven Sotloff
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Steven Sotloff, American Journalist, Allegedly Beheaded By ISIS
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The Summer of Obama's Disconnect
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Why Glenn Beck Said Hillary Clinton ‘Will Be the Next President of the United States’ — Glenn Beck said on his radio program Tuesday that “Hillary Clinton will be the next president of the United States.” — Beck said he received information from a friend of his, who is also friends with the …
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Capitol Report, Booman Tribune, Politico, CNN and Talking Points Memo


Russian bank hires two former U.S. senators — U.S. sanctions against Russia are becoming a boon for Washington's lobbyists — Gazprombank GPB (OJSC), a Russian bank targeted with sanctions by President Obama over the Ukraine crisis, has hired two former U.S. senators to lobby against those sanctions …
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Missing Libyan Jetliners Raise Fears of Suicide Airliner Attacks on 9/11 — Islamist militias in Libya took control of nearly a dozen commercial jetliners last month, and western intelligence agencies recently issued a warning that the jets could be used in terrorist attacks across North Africa.
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The Gateway Pundit, Scared Monkeys and Independent Journal Review


Ted Cruz's Dad: “The Average Black Does Not” Understand The Minimum Wage Is Bad — “And then I said, ‘Did you know that every member of the Ku Klux Klan were Democrats from the South?’ 'Oh I didn't know that.' You know, they need to be educated.” — View Video ›
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My students pay too much for college. Blame Reagan. — This fall, I'll be teaching some of the most financially distressed students in America. — At my employer, Ohio State University, student loan debt reportedly rose 23 percent faster than the national average between 2010 and 2012.
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Power Line


Mitt Romney: Raise the minimum wage — Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney on Thursday morning said he supports an increase in the minimum wage, breaking with many Republicans who have stood against it. — “I, for instance, as you know, part company with many of the conservatives in my party on the issue of the minimum wage.
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Fox News, The Nation and The White House


What ISIS's Leader Really Wants — The longer he lives, the more powerful he becomes — On June 29, 2014—or the first of Ramadan, 1435, for those who prefer the Islamic calendar to the Gregorian—the leaders of the Islamic State of Iraq and Sham (ISIS) publicly uttered for the first time a word …
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Hot Air, The Dish, Hullabaloo and Washington Monthly


Columbia Student Will Carry a Mattress Everywhere Until Her Alleged Rapist Is Expelled — Emma Sulkowicz staged the piece of performance art as a protest against Columbia's handling of her sexual-assault case. — 1.9k — Shares — 1.8k — Emma Sulkowicz says she was raped …
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The Raw Story, Guardian and Inside Higher Ed

Ready, Aim, Fire. Not Fire, Ready, Aim. — President Obama has been excoriated for declaring that “we don't have a strategy yet” for effectively confronting the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, or ISIS. In criticizing Obama for taking too much time, Representative Mike Rogers …
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JustOneMinute


A Labor Chart For Labor Day: U.S. Has Gained 9.2 Million Jobs Since Recession's Lowest Point — Labor Day was created to honor American workers, and this year — despite the Great Recession — there are more of them than ever. — Total U.S. employment topped 139 million workers as of August 1 …
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Daily Kos


Screw Politics, Obama Should Act On Deportations as Soon as Possible — If the trial balloons the White House floated late last week reflect President Obama's true thinking, then Senate Democrats have frightened him out of his pledge to curb deportations of unauthorized immigrants with deep roots in the United States this month.
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The Daily Beast and Hullabaloo


Gov. Cuomo Is Running for a 2nd Term, but He Doesn't Have Much to Say About It — Next Tuesday, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo's name will appear on the Democratic primary ballot across New York State. — But in the meantime, he seems determined to avoid discussing his re-election much at all.
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NY Daily News, Runnin' Scared and Capital New York


Obama authorizes 350 more troops for Iraq — President Barack Obama has authorized the Pentagon to send about 350 more troops to Iraq, the White House announced this evening. — The Defense Department had been considering a request from the State Department for the additional forces to protect …
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Mediaite


Cantor joins Wall Street bank — Former House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) has joined the global investment bank Moelis & Co. as vice chairman and managing director, the company announced Tuesday. — Cantor, who resigned from Congress during the August recess after losing his primary in June …
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