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Carrie Johnson / NPR:
Eric Holder To Step Down As Attorney General — Eric Holder Jr., the nation's first black U.S. attorney general, is preparing to announce his resignation Thursday after a tumultuous tenure marked by civil rights advances, national security threats, reforms to the criminal justice system …
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Attorney General Eric Holder to Resign … Attorney General Eric Holder will resign, a Justice Department official tells ABC News. — Holder was the nation's first African-American attorney general. — According to the official, “Attorney General Holder has discussed his plans personally …
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Jim Acosta / CNN:
Breaking: Holder to resign — Washington (CNN) — Attorney General Eric Holder will announce Thursday that he will resign after six years at the Justice Department helm. The attorney general has agreed to remain in his post until the confirmation of his successor, a Justice Department official has confirmed to CNN.
Economist:
Mission relaunched — The fight against Islamic State will help define America's role in the world — FOR more than three years, Barack Obama has been trying to avoid getting into a fight in Syria. But this week, with great tracts of the Middle East under the jihadist's knife, he at last faced up to the inevitable.
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Richard Grenell / Fox News:
Obama's condemnation of Ferguson, Missouri, during UN talk was a mistake
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Obama's exceptional U.N. address
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John Monk / The State:
VIDEO RELEASED: SC trooper charged with felony in shooting at traffic stop over seat belt violation — COLUMBIA, SC — An S.C. trooper who stopped a man for a seat belt violation outside Columbia and then shot him - apparently without provocation - was arrested Wednesday and charged with assault …
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Yep, We Need Dashcams — This video will blow your mind. — On the plus side, the officer in question was fired from the South Carolina Highway Patrol and has now been charged with aggravated assault. But here's the story (with video). White Highway Patrol officer stops a black man for a seat belt violation outside Columbia, SC.
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Romney 2016 is for real — BELTWAY CONFIDENTIAL 2016 ELECTIONS MITT ROMNEY — Is Mitt Romney, who ran for the Republican presidential nomination and lost in 2008, ran again and won the nomination but lost the general election in 2012, really thinking about running yet again for president in 2016?
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Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
Jeb Bush Returns to Fray and Finds Going Rough — GREENSBORO, N.C. — In one of his first public appearances of the 2014 campaign, former Gov. Jeb Bush of Florida had a vivid preview Wednesday of the challenges he would face with his party's conservative base should he seek the Republican nomination for president in 2016.
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Nate Cohn / New York Times:
Kay Hagan's Surprising Strength
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New York Post:
Zoo in coverup after groundhog dropped by de Blasio dies — Mayor Bill de Blasio couldn't hold onto the Staten Island Zoo's squirming groundhog. — Mayor Bill de Blasio has groundhog blood on his hands! — A week after Hizzoner dropped Staten Island Chuck in front of a crowd of spectators on Feb. 2 …
Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
The Clinton team is following reporters to the bathroom. Here's why that matters. — Amy Chozick is the reporter tasked with covering the Clintons — and the runup to the now-almost-inevitable Hillary Clinton presidential bid — for the New York Times. Sounds like a plum gig, right?
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Karen Tumulty / Washington Post:
Iraq looms large again for Hillary Clinton as she weighs another White House bid
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Catherine Thompson / Talking Points Memo:
Fox Hosts Dub Female Fighter Pilot Who Bombed ISIL ‘Boobs On The Ground’ (VIDEO) — Two male co-hosts of Fox News' “The Five” cracked sexist jokes Wednesday about the United Arab Emirates' first female fighter pilot. — Kimberly Guilfoyle took a moment to salute Major Mariam Al Mansouri …
Rob Davis / Oregonian:
Forest Service says media needs photography permit in wilderness areas, alarming First Amendment advocates — The U.S. Forest Service has tightened restrictions on media coverage in vast swaths of the country's wild lands, requiring reporters to pay for a permit and get permission before shooting …
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Leslie SalzilloFollow / Daily Kos:
Rush Limbaugh Must Be Terrified - He's Releasing Secret ‘Facts’ About StopRush — Rush Limbaugh, bless his cold little heart, claims he has cracked a major mystery. As he spews, he basically acknowledges the power of what some would call his strongest nemesis - a grassroots organization called StopRush.
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Theodore Dalrymple / City Journal:
The Reeducation of Dinesh D'Souza — Crime is not disease. — Reading the New York Times account this morning of the sentence passed on Dinesh D'Souza—the filmmaker, writer, and outspoken critic of President Obama—for violating the laws relating to campaign finance …
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Franklin Doloquee / allAfrica.com:
Liberia: Dead Ebola Patients Resurrect? — Two Ebola patients, who died of the virus in separate communities in Nimba County have reportedly resurrected in the county. The victims, both females, believed to be in their 60s and 40s respectively, died of the Ebola virus recently …
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Dave Nagle / ESPN MediaZone:
ESPN Statement on Bill Simmons — “Every employee must be accountable to ESPN and those engaged in our editorial operations must also operate within ESPN's journalistic standards. We have worked hard to ensure that our recent NFL coverage has met that criteria.
Ashe Schow / Washington Examiner:
This Democrat likes spending your taxes, but doesn't like paying hers — BELTWAY CONFIDENTIAL TAXES NEW HAMPSHIRE CAMPAIGNS — Marilinda Garcia, a GOP millennial candidate for Congress in New Hampshire, accuses incumbent Rep. Ann Kuster, D-N.H., of spending constituents' taxes while avoiding paying her own.
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Mike Hayes / BuzzFeed:
Missouri Police Wear “I Am Darren Wilson” Bracelets To Ferguson Protest — Missouri Highway Patrol Commander calls bracelet “an individual statement” by the officers. — An Instagram photo posted by MediaBlackOutUSA appears to show a “I Am Darren Wilson” bracelet worn by police …
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