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5:50 PM ET, November 22, 2014

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Ferguson: A city on edge and waiting  —  Ferguson, Missouri (CNN) — [Breaking news update, 3:13 p.m.]  —  The grand jury deciding whether to indict Ferguson Police officer Darren Wilson in the August 9 shooting death of unarmed teen Michael Brown will not reconvene until Monday, local and federal law enforcement sources told CNN.
Kellan Howell / Washington Times:
Ferguson grand jury fails to reach decision on Darren Wilson indictment  —  'Just don't burn my shop down.  Don't destroy it'
Discussion: Liberaland
Lee Enterprises / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Jennings closes schools next week in expectation of grand jury decision
Ken Dilanian / Associated Press:
House intel panel debunks many Benghazi theories  —  1 photo  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — A two-year investigation by the Republican-controlled House Intelligence Committee has found that the CIA and the military acted properly in responding to the 2012 attack on a U.S. diplomatic compound in Benghazi …
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Felicia Schwartz / Wall Street Journal:
House Report Finds No Attempt to Mislead Public Over Benghazi  —  GOP-Led Panel Says Administration ‘Talking Points’ Were Flawed; Military, CIA Responded Properly  —  A House report on the 2012 terrorist attacks in Benghazi, Libya, concludes that the Central Intelligence Agency …
Discussion: Hinterland Gazette and Time
Lauren French / Politico:   House Intel Committee dismisses some Benghazi myths
James Freeman / Wall Street Journal:
Standards, Fallen  —  There is so much that is deeply strange in a New York Times story reported Friday by Jason Horowitz.  —  Assuming the article is factually correct, and it certainly appears to be well reported, the president of the United States phoned the majority leader …
Danny Vinik / The New Republic:
Inflation Paranoia Will Never Die, No Matter What the Evidence Says  —  Peter Schiff is one of the most famous investors in America.  He might also be the person most wrong about America's economic struggles.  In 2009, Schiff not only warned of impending inflation but said it was already upon us.
Discussion: New York Times
Devlin Barrett / Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Marshals Service Personnel Dressed as Mexican Marines Pursue Cartel Bosses  —  Members of U.S. Marshals Service Join Military Operations in Mexico Against Drug Gangs  —  U.S. Justice Department personnel are disguising themselves as Mexican Marines to take part in armed raids …
Discussion: emptywheel, Fox News and TalkLeft
New York Times:
In a Shift, Obama Extends U.S. Role in Afghan Combat  —  WASHINGTON — President Obama signed a classified order in recent weeks authorizing a more expansive mission for the military in Afghanistan in 2015 than originally planned, a move that ensures American troops will have a direct role …
Discussion: Hot Air, Outside the Beltway and Time
New York Times:
Mr. Obama's Wise Immigration Plan  —  President Obama's speech Thursday night on immigration ended on a high, hopeful note.  Mr. Obama, quoting Scripture's admonition to welcome and protect the stranger, told millions who have lived and worked here for years, many of them Americans in all but name …
Reuters:
West seen easing demands on Iran atom bomb ‘mea culpa’ in deal  —  (Reuters) - World powers will press Iran to cease stonewalling a U.N. atomic bomb investigation as part of a wider nuclear accord, but will likely stop short of demanding full disclosure of any secret weapon work by Tehran to avoid killing an historic deal.
Taylor Berman / Gawker:
Disturbing Video Shows NYPD Officer Smashing Fare-Beater's Face  —  Yesterday evening, Donovan Lawson allegedly tried to fare-beat at the Myrtle Avenue-Broadway JMZ station.  An NYPD officer at the station responded by smashing Lawson's face in with a nightstick, causing blood to gush down the 20-year-old's face.
Discussion: New York Magazine
 
 
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Republicans Are All Over The Place On Senate Filibuster Reform
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Rebecca Shabad / The Hill:
GOP lawmaker: Obama has ‘gone rogue’
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Prime Video users will be able to watch local PBS stations and PBS Kids for free in coming months, and two new free PBS channels with ads starting November 26

John Koblin / New York Times:
NBC names Craig Melvin as Hoda Kotb's successor on Today, teaming up with Savannah Guthrie, starting January 13; Melvin has been Today's news anchor since 2018

Katie Kilkenny / The Hollywood Reporter:
On Fox News, LA Times owner Patrick Soon-Shiong discussed his new approach to publish “views from both sides”, and said the paper had conflated news and opinion
 
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