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James Hohmann / Politico:
Dems' final insult: Landrieu crushed — Cassidy trounces incumbent with Republicans set to control 54 Senate seats in the next Congress. — AP Photo — In the final insult of a devastating 2014 election for Democrats, Sen. Mary Landrieu, the party's last remaining statewide officeholder …
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Power Line, Outside the Beltway and Weekly Standard
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Alexandra Jaffe / CNN:
New Orleans, Louisiana (CNN) — Democratic Sen. Mary Landrieu lost her Senate runoff race Saturday night, felled by the red tide that's swept the South and ties to an unpopular President that she couldn't shake. — CNN called the race for her Republican opponent Rep. Bill Cassidy a little over a half hour after the polls closed.
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Raw Story
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
GOP group seizes on Landrieu's ‘I did not vote for Obama’ remark — Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-La.) slipped and told a conservative radio host on Friday that she did not vote for President Obama. — It was a heated exchange and a source close to the Landrieu campaign said the Louisiana Democrat meant …
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ABC News
Melinda Deslatte / Associated Press:
Louisiana's Senate Race Down to Runoff Saturday — In the last election of the 2014 midterms, Louisiana voters Saturday decide the political fate of Democratic Sen. Mary Landrieu, who is struggling to win a fourth term against a wave of GOP gains across Southern states.
Harry Enten / FiveThirtyEight:
Senate Forecast: Landrieu Headed Toward Historic Defeat In Louisiana Runoff
Senate Forecast: Landrieu Headed Toward Historic Defeat In Louisiana Runoff
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Power Line, Scared Monkeys and The PJ Tatler
Cassandra Rules / The Free Thought Project:
Arizona Cop Caught on Cam Brutally Attacking Teen Girl While Mother Begs Them to Stop — Mesa, AZ- A video was uploaded to Facebook on Friday of a Mesa, Arizona police officer repeatedly punching and attacking a 15 year old girl as her mother begged them to stop.
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Raw Story and Addicting Info
The White House:
Statement by the President on the Death of Luke Somers — The United States strongly condemns the barbaric murder of Luke Somers at the hands of Al-Qa'ida terrorists during a rescue operation conducted by U.S. forces in Yemen in partnership with the Yemeni government.
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Washington Post, BBC and Washington Monthly
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Washington Post:
Hagel: U.S. hostage ‘murdered’ in Yemen
Hagel: U.S. hostage ‘murdered’ in Yemen
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New York Times, Mashable and The PJ Tatler
ABC News:
American Hostage Luke Somers Killed in US Rescue Attempt
American Hostage Luke Somers Killed in US Rescue Attempt
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DoD, abc7chicago.com, Mediaite and The Gateway Pundit
Mohammed Ghobari / Reuters:
U.S., South African hostages in Yemen killed in rescue attempt
U.S., South African hostages in Yemen killed in rescue attempt
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Scared Monkeys, Hot Air and NO QUARTER USA NET
Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:
NYTimes Fails to Disclose Clinton Paid for Interviews About Administration — In a five year span, the William J Clinton Foundation gave five grants totaling $851,250 to the University of Virginia's Miller Center. One year in particular, 2007, the Clinton gift was specifically marked: “Oral history project of Clinton presidency.”
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Alan Pyke / ThinkProgress:
Los Angeles Police Shoot, Kill Man Amid Crowd Of Tourists On Hollywood Walk Of Fame — Police taped off the scene of a fatal shooting on Los Angeles' Walk of Fame on Friday night. — CREDIT: KTLA — Los Angeles police officers shot and killed a man Friday night at a busy intersection …
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Liberal Values and KTLA
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Jim Dalrymple II / BuzzFeed:
Police Shoot Man In Front Of Tourists On Busy Hollywood Street Corner — Police shot the man at the busy intersection of Hollywood Boulevard and Highland Avenue. — instagram.com — LOS ANGELES — Police in Hollywood shot a man Friday night. — The shooting occurred about 7 p.m …
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Los Angeles Times and Raw Story
Associated Press:
Arizona county mulls not hiring smokers — Associated Press 3 hrs ago — TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Pima County will consider later this month whether to no longer hire smokers and put a price on workers who do smoke. — The Pima County Board of Supervisors is scheduled to vote Dec. 16 …
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Funeral held for man shot by cop in NYC stairwell — Associated Press 6 hrs ago — NEW YORK (AP) — Friends and family members of a man shot by police in a New York City housing project stairwell have recited poems and said prayers at his funeral. — Akai (uh-KY') Gurley's loved ones …
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Liberaland and NY Daily News
Zerlina Maxwell / Washington Post:
No matter what Jackie said, we should generally believe rape claims. — Incredulity hurts victims more than it hurts wrongly-accused perps. — In last month's deep and damning Rolling Stone report about sexual assault at UVA, a reporter narrated the story of “Jackie,” …
Phil Stewart / Reuters:
U.S. to keep more troops in Afghanistan as violence spikes — (Reuters) - The United States will keep up to 1,000 more soldiers than previously planned in Afghanistan into next year, outgoing U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said on Saturday, in a recognition of the still formidable challenge from Taliban insurgents.
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