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2:25 PM ET, October 22, 2014

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Dean Beeby / CBC News:
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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CNN:
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.
Globe and Mail:
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 …
BBC:
Ottawa lockdown after shootings
Discussion: The PJ Tatler and abc7chicago.com
National Post:
Soldier shot outside of Parliament, one gunman ‘killed,’ but ‘multiple shooters’ suspected
Anchorage Daily News:
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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Catherine Thompson / Talking Points Memo:   GOP Rep. Gives Profane Speech To High Schoolers On Bull Sex And Suicide
Lee Enterprises / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
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 …
JD Heyman / People.com:
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.
John Fund / National Review:
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.
Sahil Kapur / Talking Points Memo:
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 …
Discussion: WBUR and Lawyers, Guns & Money
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Asma Khalid / WBUR:
WBUR Poll: Baker Edges Ahead Of Coakley
David Remnick / New Yorker:
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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Robert G. Kaiser / Washington Post:
Ben Bradlee, legendary Washington Post editor, dies at 93
Ed Kilgore / Washington Monthly:
RIP Ben Bradlee
Discussion: Booman Tribune
The Huffington Post:
White House Chief Of Staff Negotiating Redaction Of CIA Torture Report  —  WASHINGTON — White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough is personally negotiating how much of the Senate's so-called torture report, a probe into the CIA's post-9/11 detention and interrogation program, will be redacted …
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Erica Werner / Associated Press:
Investigators: Secret Service Use ‘Problematic’
Discussion: Hot Air
NorthJersey.com:
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 …
Discussion: Election Law Blog
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Tim Alberta / National Journal:
Chris Christie Previews 2016 Campaign: 'It's Time to Start Offending People'
Casey Mattox / The Federalist:
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.
CNN:
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.
Ahiza Garcia / Talking Points Memo:
The Palin Brawl Police Tapes - Annotated Edition  —  Amid the crackle and chaos of audio released by the Anchorage Police Department on Tuesday, an unmistakable voice could be heard.  —  “Did you find your necklace?” the woman could be heard saying.  “Track, that is such a God thing.  See?”
Discussion: Joe. My. God. and Raw Story
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Alexandra Jaffe / The Hill:
Tea Partyers fall in line  —  Tea Partyers have learned to play nice after a cycle of knockdown, drag-out fights with the Republican establishment that have gotten them nowhere.  —  Sensing a GOP majority in the Senate is within reach, conservative groups have put down their bombs …
Brian Tashman / Right Wing Watch:
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 …
Discussion: Raw Story and Joe. My. God.
Peter Nicholas / Wall Street Journal:
How Monica Lewinsky Could Complicate Hillary Clinton's Likely 2016 Bid  —  Monica Lewinsky isn't going away.  —  The ex-White House intern whose affair with Bill Clinton nearly sank his presidency has emerged from seclusion and is tweeting, writing and delivering speeches.
Discussion: Mediaite
 
 
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Joe Dolinsky / Philly.com:
Corbett in Phila. signs ‘Mumia bill’
Discussion: ThinkProgress and The PJ Tatler
Adrian Carrasquillo / BuzzFeed:
Pollster: Most People Are Getting The Critical Latino Vote Wrong In Colorado
Adrienne Cutway / Orlando Sentinel:
Officials want South Florida to break off into its own state
Discussion: ThinkProgress and UPROXX
Geoff Morrell / Politico:
No, BP Didn't Ruin the Gulf
Discussion: New York Magazine and Mediaite
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Dark Money and Our Looming Oligarchy
Michael Allen / opposingviews.com/homepage.xml:
Candidate For Texas Lt. Gov. Claims God Speaks Through Phil Robertson (Video)
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New York Times:
Alison Lundergan Grimes, Kay Hagan and Other Candidates Avoid Obama
Discussion: Hot Air and National Review
Adam Ciralsky / Vanity Fair:
Did Israel Avert a Hamas Massacre?
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Heather Mac Donald / City Journal:
Infected by Politics
Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Cooperated Secretly with Syrian Kurds in Battle Against Islamic State
Discussion: Fox News and BillMoyers.com
 

 
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