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Washington Post:
Ferguson police officer won't be charged in fatal shooting — Barbara Jones, joined by other protesters, raises her hands, on Nov. 24, in Ferguson, Mo., more than three months after an unarmed black 18-year-old man was shot and killed there by a white policeman.
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Jim Hoft / The Gateway Pundit:
LEAKED>>> Prosecutor's Office: NO INDICTMENT in #MikeBrown Case — NO INDICTMENT IN MIKE BROWN CASE— From a source inside the Prosecutor's Office - NO INDICTMENT in the Michael Brown case. — Heard from a SEPARATE NEWS SOURCE same news - No Indictment.
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Mediaite and Vox Popoli
New York Times:
Grand Jury Does Not Charge Darren Wilson in Ferguson Case — CLAYTON, Mo. — A St. Louis County grand jury has brought no criminal charges against Darren Wilson, a white police officer who fatally shot Michael Brown, an unarmed African-American teenager, more than three months ago in nearby Ferguson.
Manny Fernandez / New York Times:
Live Updates From Ferguson on the Grand Jury Decision in Michael Brown Shooting — Journalists with The New York Times in Ferguson, Mo., and around the country are following the work of the grand jury in the shooting death of Michael Brown, an unarmed black teenager who was fatally shot Aug. 9 by Darren Wilson, a white police officer.
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Gawker and Riehl World News
Lee Enterprises / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Darren Wilson issues statement reacting to grand jury decision — • By Christine Byers cbyers@post-dispatch.com 314-340-8087 — FERGUSON • Lawyers for Darren Wilson issued a public statement Monday night after learning he would not be indicted, saying, in part, that Wilson …
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The Gateway Pundit, Washington Post and The PJ Tatler
Ben Casselman / FiveThirtyEight:
It's Incredibly Rare For A Grand Jury To Do What Ferguson's Just Did — A St. Louis County grand jury on Monday decided not to indict Ferguson, Missouri, police Officer Darren Wilson in the August killing of teenager Michael Brown. The decision wasn't a surprise — leaks from the grand jury …
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Washington Post, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Raw Story, Hit & Run and US News
Dylan Scott / Talking Points Memo:
Michael Brown's Mother: 'They Still Don't Care—They Ain't Never Gon' Care' — Part of Michael Brown's mother Lesley McSpadden's reaction to the news that a St. Louis County grand jury would not indict Ferguson, Mo., police officer Darren Wilson for shooting her son Michael Brown was caught on tape.
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Raw Story
Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:
Prosecutor a Democrat — The prosecutor that announced Darren Wilson …
Prosecutor a Democrat — The prosecutor that announced Darren Wilson …
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The Daily Caller
Joe Concha / Mediaite:
Concha: Announcing Grand Jury Decision at Night a Needlessly Reckless One
Concha: Announcing Grand Jury Decision at Night a Needlessly Reckless One
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FOX News Radio and Viking Pundit
Eric Bradner / CNN:
Poll finds racial divide over Wilson charges
Poll finds racial divide over Wilson charges
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Washington Post, Hot Air and Liberaland
Erin McClam / NBC News:
Ferguson Erupts: Shots Fired After Grand Jury Decision Sparks Rage
Ferguson Erupts: Shots Fired After Grand Jury Decision Sparks Rage
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Gawker
Meghan Keneally / ABC News:
Ferguson Grand Jury Does Not Indict Officer Darren Wilson in Death of Michael Brown
Ferguson Grand Jury Does Not Indict Officer Darren Wilson in Death of Michael Brown
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abc7news.com
Lee Enterprises / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Darren Wilson has married his girlfriend
Darren Wilson has married his girlfriend
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Gawker, Philly.com and New York's PIX11
Kevin Cirilli / The Hill:
Giuliani: Ferguson debate misdirected
Giuliani: Ferguson debate misdirected
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Talking Points Memo and Daily Kos
Brian Stelter / CNNMoney.com:
Exclusive: Why TV anchors met secretly with Ferguson officer who shot Michael Brown
Exclusive: Why TV anchors met secretly with Ferguson officer who shot Michael Brown
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Politico, Time, theGrio, New York Magazine and Mediaite
Helene Cooper / New York Times:
Hagel Said to Be Stepping Down as Defense Chief Under Pressure — WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel is stepping down under pressure, the first cabinet-level casualty of the collapse of President Obama's Democratic majority in the Senate and a beleaguered national security team …
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Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
With Chuck Hagel's departure, Obama is turning into George W. Bush — When Barack Obama looks in the mirror these days, he must see a terrifying visage staring back at him: that of George W. Bush. — In a cruel echo of history, Obama is morphing into the president whose foreign policy he campaigned to overturn.
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Hot Air and The Moderate Voice
Kevin Lamarque / The Daily Beast:
Hagel Takes a Bullet for Obama: Inside the Defense Secretary's Sudden Firing — The Secretary of Defense is stepping down after less than two lackluster years inside the Pentagon walls and disastrous developments around the world. — From practically the day he took office as the 24th Secretary …
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Mark Landler / New York Times:
A Shake-Up Stops at One — WASHINGTON — Shortly after President Obama announced the resignation of Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel at the White House on Monday, he went to a meeting of his entire National Security Council staff, where he told the embattled group that they were critical to an ambitious foreign policy agenda.
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Wall Street Journal, JustOneMinute and Political Wire
Max Boot / Commentary Magazine:
Is a National-Security Shakeup Coming?
Is a National-Security Shakeup Coming?
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New York Times, Hot Air, National Review, Power Line, BuzzFeed and Washington Post
BBC:
Turkey president Erdogan: Women are not equal to men — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said women cannot be treated as equal to men, and has accused feminists of rejecting motherhood. — “You cannot put women and men on an equal footing,” he told a meeting in Istanbul. “It is against nature.”
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Political Wire and New York Magazine
David Carr / New York Times:
Calling Out Bill Cosby's Media Enablers, Including Myself — Amid the public revulsion at the news that Bill Cosby, a trailblazing black entertainer, allegedly victimized women in serial fashion throughout his career, the response from those in the know has been: What took so long?
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George Packer / New Yorker:
The Quiet German — The astonishing rise of Angela Merkel, the most powerful woman in the world. … “We're finding that the ones we tested perfume and makeup on are extremely attractive to me.” — BUY OR LICENSE » … “All right, buddy, that'll be a ten-dollar corkage fee.”
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