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Meghan Keneally / ABC News:
Exclusive: George Stephanopoulos Interviews Police Officer Darren Wilson … In an exclusive interview with ABC News' George Stephanopoulos, police officer Darren Wilson breaks his silence about the shooting of Michael Brown. — Wilson told ABC News that he did not execute Brown on August 9 …
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Meghan Keneally / ABC News:
Exclusive: Police Officer Darren Wilson Explains How He Feared for His Life … Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson has spoken out to ABC News for the first time publicly since fatally shooting a black teenager, Michael Brown, and he said that he would not do anything differently.
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David Edwards / Raw Story:
‘Fanciful and not credible’: CNN legal analyst destroys Darren Wilson's testimony — DON'T MISS STORIES. FOLLOW RAW STORY! — CNN legal analyst Sunny Hostin ripped St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney Robert McCulloch for asking Ferguson Police Officer Darren Wilson “softball” …
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Kendall Breitman / Politico:
Peter King: President Obama should invite Officer Darren Wilson to the W.H. — Rep. Peter King has a suggestion for the White House in dealing with the latest developments in Ferguson — invite Officer Darren Wilson over. — “I think it would be very helpful if President Obama went and met …
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New York Times:
Amid Conflicting Accounts, Trusting Darren Wilson — FERGUSON, Mo. — In the end, it seems, it all came down to Officer Darren Wilson himself. — In four hours of vivid testimony before the St. Louis County grand jury in September describing his shooting of Michael Brown, the officer said Mr. Brown …
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Eric Tucker / Associated Press:
Holder: ‘Disappointed’ by Violence in Ferguson — Attorney General Eric Holder said Tuesday he was “disappointed” by the violence in Ferguson, Missouri, that followed a grand jury's decision not to indict Police Officer Darren Wilson for killing 18-year-old Michael Brown.
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Conor Friedersdorf / The Atlantic Online:
Witnesses Saw Michael Brown Attacking-and Others Saw Him Giving Up
Witnesses Saw Michael Brown Attacking-and Others Saw Him Giving Up
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Wbastone / The Smoking Gun:
Michael Brown's Stepfather Urged Protesters To “Burn This Bitch Down” After Grand Jury Announcement
Michael Brown's Stepfather Urged Protesters To “Burn This Bitch Down” After Grand Jury Announcement
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Josh Feldman / Mediaite:
GOP Rep. Peter King: Obama Should Invite Darren Wilson to White House
GOP Rep. Peter King: Obama Should Invite Darren Wilson to White House
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Igor Volsky / ThinkProgress:
Congress Poised To Eliminate Key Tax Breaks For Middle Class, Provide Permanent Tax Breaks For Corporations — Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) has reached a compromise with House Republicans on a package of tax breaks that would permanently extend relief for big multinational …
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Jonathan Weisman / New York Times:
Obama Threatens to Veto $440 Billion Tax Deal — WASHINGTON — With negotiators nearing an accord on permanent tax breaks for businesses worth $440 billion over 10 years, President Obama rallied Democratic opposition and promised a veto. — “The president would veto the proposed deal …
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Brian Faler / Politico:
White House threatens to veto tax deal
Minneapolis Star Tribune:
Car plows through protesters during Ferguson rally in south Minneapolis — Star Tribune videographer Mark Vancleave shot video of the altercation during a solidarity rally Tuesday near the Minneapolis Police's 3rd Precinct building at Lake Street and Minnehaha Avenue S.
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Kathleen Hunter / Bloomberg.com:
Democrats Erred by Acting on Health Care in 2010, Schumer Says — Nov. 25 (Bloomberg) — Democrats made a mistake by passing President Barack Obama's health-care law in 2010 instead of focusing more directly on helping the middle class, third-ranking U.S. Senate Democrat Charles Schumer said today.
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Sahil Kapur / Talking Points Memo:
Schumer: Democrats Screwed Up By Passing Obamacare In 2010
Schumer: Democrats Screwed Up By Passing Obamacare In 2010
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Sen. Rand Paul / TIME:
Rand Paul: The Politicians Are To Blame in Ferguson — The failure of the War on Poverty has created a culture of violence and put police in a nearly impossible situation. — We are witnessing a tragedy in Ferguson. This city in Missouri has become a focal point for so much.
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Betty Cracker / Balloon Juice:
Witness #40 — I've been reading through the Ferguson grand jury doc dump released by Mr. McCullough; the documents are housed at the St. Louis public radio station here. The oddest thing I've seen so far is the account of Witness #40, who just happened to set out on a journey …
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Coral Davenport / New York Times:
Obama to Introduce Sweeping New Controls on Ozone Emissions — WASHINGTON — The Obama administration is expected to release on Wednesday a contentious and long-delayed environmental regulation to curb emissions of ozone, a smog-causing pollutant linked to asthma, heart disease and premature death.
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Jack Conte / Medium:
Pomplamoose 2014 Tour Profits — Pomplamoose just finished a 28-day tour. We played 24 shows in 23 cities around the United States. It was awesome: Nataly crowd surfed for the first time ever, we sold just under $100,000 in tickets, and we got to rock out with people we love for a full month.
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Catherine Thompson / Talking Points Memo:
Ferguson Library Sees ‘Staggering’ Spike In Donations After Grand Jury Decision — The Ferguson, Mo. Public Library saw a “staggering” spike in donations Tuesday in the wake of widespread unrest in the St. Louis suburb. — While area schools cancelled classes for the day following …
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Judd Legum / ThinkProgress:
Legal Experts Explain Why The Ferguson Grand Jury Was Set Up For Failure
Legal Experts Explain Why The Ferguson Grand Jury Was Set Up For Failure
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