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New York Times:
2 Hostages Killed in Yemen as U.S. Rescue Effort Fails — SANA, Yemen — United States commandos stormed a village in southern Yemen early Saturday in an effort to free an American photojournalist held hostage by Al Qaeda, but the raid ended badly with the kidnappers killing the American …
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Mohammed Ghobari / Reuters:
U.S., South African hostages in Yemen killed in rescue attempt — (Reuters) - A U.S. journalist and a South African teacher held by al Qaeda militants in Yemen were killed alongside 10 of their captors during a rescue attempt by U.S. and Yemeni forces, senior officials said on Saturday.
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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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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,” …
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Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
Rolling Stone's disastrous U-Va. story: A case of real media bias — On Slate's DoubleX Gabfest podcast last month, reporter Sabrina Rubin Erdely explained why she had settled on the University of Virginia as the focus for her investigative story on a horrific 2012 gang rape of a freshman named Jackie …
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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Political Wire
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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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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New York Times:
Hillary Clinton's History as First Lady: Powerful, but Not Always Deft — WASHINGTON — As a young lawyer for the Watergate committee in the 1970s, Hillary Rodham caught a ride home one night with her boss, Bernard Nussbaum. Sitting in the car before going inside, she told him she wanted to introduce him to her boyfriend.
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National Review
Elise Viebeck / The Hill:
HHS asks GOP: Keep us away from Gruber — The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is asking lawmakers not to seat ObamaCare consultant Jonathan Gruber next to Medicare's top official when the two testify on Capitol Hill next week. — HHS Assistant Secretary for Legislation Jim Esquea wrote …
Harry Enten / FiveThirtyEight:
Senate Forecast: Landrieu Headed Toward Historic Defeat In Louisiana Runoff — William Thompson of Kansas and Wesley Jones of Washington are former U.S. senators — you get a pass for not recognizing them, they've been dead for more than 80 years. But if you'll be watching Saturday's Senate …
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National Journal:
John Kerry Is Trying to Stall the Release of the CIA Torture Report — The secretary of State is reportedly asking the Senate to wait to release its report on the Bush-era use of “enhanced interrogation” techniques. — Secretary of State John Kerry is pleading with the Senate to delay …
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