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2:50 AM ET, September 14, 2014

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David Cameron / Mirror.co.uk:
Chilling: ISIS militants threatened to kill David Haines if their demands were not met  —  Islamic State militants have released footage claiming to show the beheading of British hostage David Haines.  —  The aid worker, 44, was captured by ISIS in Syria in March 2013.
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.
Discussion: Mediaite and The Raw Story
Rachel Huggins / The Hill:
Bill Maher targets House chairman for midterms: He's a ‘silent threat’
Discussion: The Raw Story
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
Discussion: abc13.com, Liberaland and The Raw Story
Amanda Marcotte / Salon:
7 women working tirelessly to attack equal rights for women  —  Sadly, these women find it personally advantageous to reject feminism and continue perpetuating sexist social norms  —  A lot of people assume the term “female misogynist” is an oxymoron.  How can a woman be opposed to the fight to help women achieve equality?
Discussion: American Power and protein wisdom
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.
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 …
Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
Building Legacy, Obama Reshapes Appellate Bench  —  WASHINGTON — Democrats have reversed the partisan imbalance on the federal appeals courts that long favored conservatives, a little-noticed shift with far-reaching consequences for the law and President Obama's legacy.
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.
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.
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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Federal Appeals Court Permits Wisconsin Voter ID Law
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Anti-war crowd stunningly silent on ISIS plan
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Why Travis McIntosh and Matt McCormick's wedding angers gay groups
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Trump appoints Mark Burnett, the British TV executive who created and produced the reality show The Apprentice, as a special envoy to the UK

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