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Charlie Hebdo Office Hit in Terror Attack; 12 Dead — PARIS — Masked gunmen burst into the Paris offices of a French satirical newspaper on Wednesday and killed 12 people, including top journalists and two police officers, before fleeing in a car. The gunmen were still at large at dusk …
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Guardian:
Charlie Hebdo shooting: eleven dead at Paris offices of satirical magazine - live updates — Eleven dead and four critically injured — Attackers on the run after firing on staff and police — ‘France in state of shock,’ says President Hollande from scene of attack
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BBC:
Charlie Hebdo: Gun attack on French magazine kills 11 — Gunmen have attacked the Paris office of French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, killing 11 people and injuring 10, French officials say. — Witnesses spoke of sustained gunfire at the office as the attackers opened fire with assault rifles before escaping.
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Rosie Gray / BuzzFeed:
Some Outlets Are Censoring Charlie Hebdo's Satirical Cartoons After Attack — News outlets shy away from publishing the controversial images of the paper's satirical cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad. — Updated with more comment from an AP spokesperson — The cartoon of Muhammad that appeared on a 2011 cover of Charlie Hebdo.
Kim Willsher / Guardian:
Paris terror attack: huge manhunt under way after gunmen kill 12 — French president calls for national unity after men storm offices of satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo — A huge manhunt is under way in Paris for three masked and hooded men armed with a Kalashnikov and a shotgun who stormed …
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Kate Nocera / BuzzFeed:
Ted Cruz: Censoring Charlie Hebdo Cartoons “Unfortunate,” “Inconsistent” With Free Debate — “The First Amendment is designed to ensure a robust debate and refusing to publish the cartoons that are the alleged reason for this brutal act of murder and terror is inconsistent with the spirit of a free debate.”
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TIME:
Paris Police Say 12 Dead After Shooting at Charlie Hebdo
Paris Police Say 12 Dead After Shooting at Charlie Hebdo
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Juan Cole / Informed Comment:
Sharpening Contradictions: Why al-Qaeda attacked Satirists in Paris
Sharpening Contradictions: Why al-Qaeda attacked Satirists in Paris
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Tony Barber / Financial Times:
The gunmen in Paris attacked more than a Muslim-baiting magazine
The gunmen in Paris attacked more than a Muslim-baiting magazine
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Amanda Taub / Vox:
Charlie Hebdo and its biting satire, explained in 9 of its most iconic covers
Charlie Hebdo and its biting satire, explained in 9 of its most iconic covers
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Daily Mail:
12 DEAD IN PARIS MASSACRE: Islamic gunmen execute French police officer as he pleads for his life …
12 DEAD IN PARIS MASSACRE: Islamic gunmen execute French police officer as he pleads for his life …
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BBC:
Charlie Hebdo and its place in French journalism
Charlie Hebdo and its place in French journalism
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Amir Taheri / New York Post:
Terror in Paris — the limits of appeasement
Holly Watt / Telegraph:
Terrorists shouted they were from al-Qaeda in the Yemen before Charlie Hebdo attack
Terrorists shouted they were from al-Qaeda in the Yemen before Charlie Hebdo attack
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Nicholas Vinocur / Reuters:
At least 11 dead in Paris shooting: police
At least 11 dead in Paris shooting: police
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Agence France-Presse:
Paris shooting - live report
Paris shooting - live report
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Index on Censorship:
Freedom of expression is non-negotiable
Freedom of expression is non-negotiable
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Daniel Strauss / Talking Points Memo:
Sen. Warren Blasts GOP Social Security Scheme — Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) is outraged by House Republicans' move to block a routine Social Security budgeting move to use as a bargaining chip in future entitlement reform negotiations. — On social media platforms Warren, in very clear terms …
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Roger Friedman / Showbiz411:
Exclusive: Bill Cosby Co-Star Tony Winner Phylicia Rashad Speaks Out for First Time, Defends Her Friend — EXCLUSIVE It was just happenstance: I ran into Tony winner Phylicia Rashad today at Paramount's super elegant lunch for the movie “Selma” at the Metropolitan Club.
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Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Rove: Common Core is Jeb's ‘biggest challenge’ — Karl Rove says Jeb Bush's support for Common Core education standards will be the biggest obstacle he faces as he seeks the Republican presidential nomination. — “Common Core is, I think, the biggest challenge he faces,” Rove said Tuesday on the Fox News show “America's Newsroom.”
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Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
Chris Christie's Chances Are Overrated
Chris Christie's Chances Are Overrated
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
McConnell promises dramatic change — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) told colleagues on the first full day of the new Congress to expect a dramatic change from his predecessor, Democratic leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.). — He pledged he would decentralize power in the Senate …
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Rep. Mick Mulvaney / Facebook:
There was an attempt to oust John Boehner as Speaker of the House today. I didn't participate in it. That may make some people back home angry. I understand that, but I've got some experience with coup attempts against the Speaker, and what I learned two years ago factored heavily in my decision today not to join the mutiny.
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Politico:
Boehner takes revenge
Boehner takes revenge
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New York Times:
No Justice, No Police — Mayor Bill de Blasio has been in office barely a year, and already forces of entropy are roaming the streets, turning their backs on the law, defying civil authority and trying to unravel the social fabric. — No, not squeegee-men or turnstile-jumpers. We're talking about the cops.
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Jenna Levy / Gallup:
In U.S., Uninsured Rate Sinks to 12.9% — Story Highlights — WASHINGTON, D.C. — The uninsured rate among U.S. adults for the fourth quarter of 2014 averaged 12.9%. This is down slightly from 13.4% in the third quarter of 2014 and down significantly from 17.1% a year ago.
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Tara Culp-Ressler / ThinkProgress:
Congress Introduces A National Abortion Ban On Its Very First Day Back — House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio administers a re-enactment of the House oath to Rep. Trent Franks (R-AZ) — Republicans in Congress are wasting no time following through on the anti-abortion agenda the GOP laid …
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Elise Viebeck / The Hill:
GOP relaunches push to ban late-term abortions
Catherine E. Shoichet / CNN:
1795 time capsule opened, centuries after Revere and Adams buried it — Time capsule buried by Paul Revere contains ... 01:16 — Story highlights — (CNN)More than 200 years after Samuel Adams and Paul Revere first buried it in Boston, it took an hour to remove all the objects crammed inside a tiny time capsule.
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David Shepardson / The Detroit News:
Exclusive interview: Obama says cheap gas won't last — Washington - — President Barack Obama is warning Americans that cheap gas prices won't last indefinitely, and he's standing by his support of small, fuel-efficient vehicles. — “I would strongly advise American consumers to continue …
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