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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Bill Maher announced he's targeting Rep. John Kline. He picked the wrong guy. — Comedian Bill Maher announced Friday night that he will personally target Republican Rep. John Kline (Minn.) for defeat in the November election — the culmination of his longstanding “Flip a District” …
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Alexandra Jaffe / The Hill:
GOP congressman's campaign slams opponent for ‘promoting’ Bill Maher — Rep. John Kline's (R-Minn.) campaign slammed his Democratic opponent for welcoming support from liberal comedian Bill Maher, who named Kline the target of his “Flip a District” campaign Friday night.
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Chuck Ross / The Daily Caller:
Nancy Pelosi: Civilization ‘In Jeopardy’ If GOP Takes Senate [VIDEO] — On the one hand, California U.S. Rep. Nancy Pelosi claims that Democrats are not “fear-mongers;” on the other hand, she believes civilization is doomed if Republicans take control of the Senate from Democrats in November.
Rachel Huggins / The Hill:
Bill Maher targets House chairman for midterms: He's a ‘silent threat’
Bill Maher targets House chairman for midterms: He's a ‘silent threat’
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Greg Botelho / CNN:
ISIS executes British aid worker David Haines; Cameron vows justice — (CNN) — British aid worker David Haines has been executed by ISIS militants, according to a video posted Saturday to a website associated with the group, making him the third Western captive to be killed by the Islamist extremist group in recent weeks.
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Drew Karedes / KHOU-TV:
Chemistry teacher allegedly brought “date rape recipes” to school — An Oak Ridge teacher and her husband were arrested on drug charges — An Oak Ridge High chemistry teacher is in big trouble, and her students know it because she was arrested at school. — CONNECT
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Ken Belson / New York Times:
Brain Trauma to Affect One in Three Players, N.F.L. Agrees — The National Football League, which for years disputed evidence that its players had a high rate of severe brain damage, has stated in federal court documents that it expects nearly a third of retired players to develop long-term cognitive problems …
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Jim Miller / Sacramento Bee:
Six Californias initiative fails to make 2016 ballot — A proposed ballot measure to carve California into six states failed to qualify for the November 2016 ballot Friday after election officials determined that backers did not collect enough valid signatures.
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Peter Baker / New York Times:
Paths to War, Then and Now, Haunt Obama — WASHINGTON — Just hours before announcing an escalated campaign against Islamic extremists last week, President Obama privately reflected on another time when a president weighed military action in the Middle East — the frenzied weeks leading up to the American invasion of Iraq a decade ago.
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Charlie Savage / New York Times:
Obama Sees Iraq Resolution as a Legal Basis for Airstrikes, Official Says — WASHINGTON — The White House believes that Congress's 2002 authorization of the Iraq war — and not just the 2001 authorization to fight Al Qaeda — provides a legal justification for President Obama's air campaign …
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Ian Horswill / DailyTelegraph:
Why Travis McIntosh and Matt McCormick's wedding angers gay groups — TRAVIS McIntosh and Matt McCormick will get married tomorrow yet the matrimonial union has horrified gay rights groups. — Heterosexual best mates McIntosh and McCormick, who have known each other since the age of six …
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Alexandra Jaffe / The Hill:
Voter fraud probe roils Ga. Senate race — A group helmed by a major donor and policy adviser to Democratic Senate candidate Michele Nunn is under investigation by the Georgia secretary of State for alleged voter fraud. — Secretary of State Brian Kemp (R) said in a memo, reported by WSB-TV …
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Webbiegh / CBS Houston:
UPDATED: EXCLUSIVE Details On Adrian Peterson Indictment Charges — Update: September 13, 9 am - Adrian Peterson has been booked and released following his indictment for negligent injury to a child charges. — Peterson was booked into the Montgomery County Texas Jail around 1:15am Saturday morning.
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