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Parliament Hill attack: 1 gunman dead after soldier shot at National War Memorial — Police sources tell CBC there is more than 1 suspect, downtown remains in lockdown … Parliament Hill has come under attack today after a man with a rifle shot a soldier standing guard at the National War Memorial …
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One shooter dead in Canada — The Canadian government has informed the United States that one shooter is dead in Ottawa, a senior U.S. official said. So far, there is “no indication the shooter has ties to violent Islamic extremism,” but it is still extremely early in the investigation, the source said.
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Attack on Ottawa: Police in pursuit of multiple shooters — OTTAWA AND TORONTO — The Globe and Mail — Video: Footage from Globe reporter Josh Wingrove captures gunfire inside Parliament Hill — Buildings in Ottawa's downtown core are under lockdown after the crack of gunshots rang through …
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Gunmen open fire at Canadian Parliament building; soldier down, 1 shooter possibly on loose — Multiple gunmen stormed the Canadian Parliament complex Wednesday, shooting at least one soldier and spraying as many as 30 shots inside the government building in Ottawa and leaving the nation's capital …


Young rattles Wasilla High students with ‘hurtful’ remark about suicide — WASILLA — At a Wasilla High School assembly Tuesday morning, U.S. Rep. Don Young didn't temper his notoriously abrasive personality for his young audience. — Numerous witnesses say Young, 81 …
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Official autopsy shows Michael Brown had close-range wound to his hand, marijuana in system — • By Christine Byers cbyers@post-dispatch.com 314-340-8087 and Blythe Bernhard bbernhard@post-dispatch.com 314-340-8129 — ST. LOUIS COUNTY • The official autopsy on Michael Brown shows …


James O'Keefe Strikes Again — Many liberals are adamant there is no threat of voter fraud that justifies efforts to improve the integrity of elections. “There is no real concrete evidence of voter fraud,” tweeted Donna Brazile, former acting chair of the Democratic National Committee, this week.
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Renée Zellweger to PEOPLE: 'I'm Glad Folks Think I Look Different' — Renée Zellweger has responded to Internet chatter about her appearance. In an exclusive statement to PEOPLE, the Oscar winner says she looks different because she is healthier and happier than ever - and she's fine with people taking notice.
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Christie says GOP gubernatorial candidates need to win so they control ‘voting mechanisms’ — Governor Christie pushed further into the contentious debate over voting rights than ever before, saying Tuesday that Republicans need to win gubernatorial races this year so that they're the ones controlling …
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Gov. Christie slams low-pay woes: 'I'm tired of hearing about minimum wage'
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Chris Christie Previews 2016 Campaign: 'It's Time to Start Offending People'
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Senate Democratic Officials Start Lashing Out at White House — “The ineptitude of the White House political operation has sunk from annoying to embarrassing,” said one Democratic Senate strategist. — The relationship between the White House and Senate Democrats hit a new low Tuesday evening …
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White House Chief Of Staff Negotiating Redaction Of CIA Torture Report
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Investigators: Secret Service Use ‘Problematic’
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Is Martha Coakley About To Blow Another Major Race In Massachusetts? — National Democrats are haunted by memories of Martha Coakley's unforced stumbles and missteps in 2010, which cost them a U.S. Senate seat in one of the country's bluest states. — Four laters later …
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WBUR Poll: Baker Edges Ahead Of Coakley
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Exclusive: DSCC going back up with ads for Alison Lundergan Grimes in Ky. — The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee plans to go back on the air in Kentucky after the party has been encouraged by new polls suggesting the race against Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell is within reach.
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BP Oil Spill 'Didn't Ruin The Gulf,' Says Politico Article Written By BP — An oil slick sits on the surface of the water a few miles from the site of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico Saturday, July 17, 2010. — CREDIT: AP Photo/Dave Martin
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Author Wants Southern States To Secede Over Gay Rights, Name New Country ‘Reagan’ — Conservative columnist and former Reagan administration aide Douglas MacKinnon is out with a new book calling for Southern states to secede...again. — While speaking yesterday with Janet Mefferd about his book …
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Raw Story and Joe. My. God.


California Orders Churches To Fund Abortions—Or Else — For the past four years, the Obama administration and its friends on the Left were careful to claim that they still strongly support religious liberty while arguing that Hobby Lobby's Green family, Conestoga Wood Specialties' Hahn family, and others like them must lose.
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Postscript: Benjamin C. Bradlee (1921-2014) — Benjamin Crowninshield Bradlee, the most charismatic and consequential newspaper editor of postwar America, died at the age of ninety-three on Tuesday. Among his many bequests to the Republic was a catalogue of swaggering anecdotes rich enough to float a week of testimonial dinners.
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Ben Bradlee, legendary Washington Post editor, dies at 93
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Elizabeth Warren: I've been treated differently — Denver (CNN) — Sen. Elizabeth Warren told CNN she has been treated differently as a woman in the clubby upper chamber — echoing the general sentiments of her colleague Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, who wrote about sexism in the Senate in a recent book.
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