memeorandum: G.O.P.-Led Benghazi Panel Bolsters Administration (Michael S. Schmidt/New York Times)

11:10 AM ET, November 23, 2014

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Marion Barry dies at 78; 4-term D.C. mayor was the most powerful local politician of his generation — Marion Barry Jr., the Mississippi sharecropper's son and civil rights activist who served three terms as mayor of the District of Columbia, survived a drug arrest and jail sentence …

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Ben Nuckols / Associated Press:
Former DC Mayor Marion Barry dies at 78

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Michael S. Schmidt / New York Times:

G.O.P.-Led Benghazi Panel Bolsters Administration — WASHINGTON — A report released late Friday about the fatal 2012 attacks in Benghazi, Libya, left Republicans in the same position they have been in for two years: with little evidence to support their most damning critiques …

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Rebecca Shabad / The Hill:

Graham: House GOP Benghazi report ‘full of crap’ — Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) on Sunday blasted a House GOP-led investigation that recently debunked myths about the 2012 Benghazi attack. — “I think the report is full of crap,” Graham said on CNN's “State of the Union.”

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Blake Chenault / WOIO-TV:

12-year-old shot in officer-involved shooting at Cleveland rec center — Posted by 19 Action News Digital Team — Although reports that the 12-year-old has died as a result of his injuries are circulating across social media this Sunday morning, 19 Action News has not confirmed this information.

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Cory Shaffer / Plain Dealer:

Cleveland police officer shoots 12-year-old boy carrying BB gun — CLEVELAND, Ohio — A rookie Cleveland police officer shot a 12-year-old boy outside a city recreation center late Saturday afternoon after the boy pulled a BB gun from his waistband, police said.

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Catherine Thompson / Talking Points Memo:

Newspaper ‘Erred’ In Publishing Cartoon Of Immigrants Crashing Thanksgiving — The Indianapolis Star on Saturday said it “erred” in publishing a cartoon that depicted undocumented immigrants crashing a white family's Thanksgiving dinner. — The cartoon by Gary Varvel showed …

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Jeff Taylor / The Indianapolis Star, Indystar:
We erred in publishing cartoon

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Politico:

The anxieties of the GOP majority — Even after a historic midterm win, Republican confusion over how to respond to Obama on immigration is evidence of a changing party. — It was a quiet meeting on the eve of a political explosion. — At 4 p.m. on Wednesday, 30 or so members …

Matt Rourke / ABC News:

President Obama: American People Want ‘New Car Smell’ in 2016 Campaign — President Obama, acknowledging he's taken some political “dings” during his time in the White House, said in an exclusive interview with ABC News that the American people will want that “new car smell” …

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Michael Wilner / Jerusalem Post:

Exclusive: Cornered but unbound by nuclear pact, Israel reconsiders military action against Iran — IAEA to discuss Iranian offer to allow 'managed acces... With three days left on clock, ‘significant gaps’ sti... Israeli official cites “sunset clause” in proposed comprehensive deal …

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Reuters:
West seen easing demands on Iran atom bomb ‘mea culpa’ in deal

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Chelsia Rose Marcius / NY Daily News:

EXCLUSIVE: Ex-NBC employee Frank Scotti claims Bill Cosby paid off women, invited young models to dressing room as he stood guard — Veteran NBC employee Frank Scotti says he helped Bill Cosby deliver thousands of dollars to eight different women in 1989-90 - including Shawn Thompson …

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Milo Yiannopoulos / BREITBART.COM:

GAME DEVELOPERS' ASSOCIATION CALLS 10,000 TWEETERS 'HARASSERS'-INCLUDING KENTUCKY FRIED CHICKEN — In a sign of how frenzied, panicky and intolerant the games industry establishment has become over the legitimate concerns of ordinary gamers, the International Game Developers' Association branded …

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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'

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CNN:
Ferguson: A city on edge and waiting

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Daniel Wallis / Reuters:
FBI arrests two would-be Ferguson bomb suspects: law enforcement source

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Jonathan Gruber / Boston Herald:

House panel to quiz Gruber on health law ‘deceptions’ — Photo by: — The controversy over Obamacare architect Jonathan Gruber's “stupidity of the American voter” comments reignited yesterday, as a powerful Congressional panel summoned the embattled MIT professor to testify in Washington next month.

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Washington Post:

Afghan mission for U.S. to continue under new authorities — The American military will have an expanded response to insurgents even after combat operations end. — The United States will remain in an armed conflict in Afghanistan — essentially at war — after the end of this year under rules …

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