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Prosecutors Said to Recommend Charges Against Former Gen. David Petraeus — WASHINGTON — The F.B.I. and Justice Department prosecutors have recommended bringing felony charges against retired Gen. David H. Petraeus for providing classified information to his former mistress while he was director …
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Beth Reinhard / Wall Street Journal:
Romney Tells Donors He Is Considering 2016 White House Bid — Former Massachusetts Governor and 2012 Nominee Didn't Give Timetable for Decision — Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney , the Republican presidential nominee in 2012, told a meeting of donors Friday that he is considering …
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Maggie Haberman / Politico:
Mitt Romney says he's considering a 2016 run — Mitt Romney told a group of longtime supporters on Friday that he is considering running for president in 2016, POLITICO has learned. — “Everybody in here can go tell your friends that I'm considering a run,” the 2012 Republican presidential nominee …
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Daniel Strauss / Talking Points Memo:
Reports: Mitt Romney Told Donors He's Considering Running For President. Again. — Former Gov. Mitt Romney (R) told a group of donors on Friday that he's considering running for president in 2016, according to The Wall Street Journal, which cited “people present” for the former 2012 Republican presidential nominee's comments.
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Agence France-Presse:
Al-Qaeda in Yemen threatens France with new attacks: SITE — Washington (AFP) - A top sharia official from Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) threatened France with fresh attacks following those at the Charlie Hebdo magazine and at a Jewish supermarket, SITE monitoring group said Friday.
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Michel Euler / ABC News:
Paris Terror Attack: 4 Hostages Killed Before Police Staged Final Assault
Paris Terror Attack: 4 Hostages Killed Before Police Staged Final Assault
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Guy Faulconbridge / Reuters:
Britain's MI5 chief warns al Qaeda in Syria planning mass attacks on West
Britain's MI5 chief warns al Qaeda in Syria planning mass attacks on West
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USA Today:
Gunman killed, 4 hostages feared dead at Paris market
Gunman killed, 4 hostages feared dead at Paris market
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Alexandra Topping / Guardian:
Charlie Hebdo attack: new hostage situation at Paris shop - live updates
Charlie Hebdo attack: new hostage situation at Paris shop - live updates
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Owen Jones / Guardian:
Charlie Hebdo: Norway didn't give in to Islamophobia, nor should France
Charlie Hebdo: Norway didn't give in to Islamophobia, nor should France
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Susie Madrak / Latest from Crooks and Liars:
Juan Cole: Paris Suspects Radicalized By Iraq War, Abu Ghraib Torture
Juan Cole: Paris Suspects Radicalized By Iraq War, Abu Ghraib Torture
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Mohammed Ghobari / Reuters:
Exclusive: Paris attack suspect met prominent al Qaeda preacher in Yemen - intelligence source
Exclusive: Paris attack suspect met prominent al Qaeda preacher in Yemen - intelligence source
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Kansas City Star:
Four people shot during robbery-gone-bad at Shawnee gun store — › — ‹ — Four people were shot and another was punched in the face Friday afternoon during an attempted robbery of a Shawnee gun store, police said. — The gunfight broke out after four robbers entered She's A Pistol …
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Karoli / Latest from Crooks and Liars:
3 Injured, 1 Dead In Kansas Gun Store Robbery — More guns did not equate to a win for anyone. — KMBC.com: … There's a video on KMBC's site with more details, but this piece of the transcript was interesting: … Whenever guns are part of the interaction, the entire calculus changes.
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Kisha Henry / kmbc:
Owner of Shawnee gun shop killed in robbery, suspects also shot — The owner of a Shawnee, Kan. gun shop was killed and several suspects were shot during a robbery at his business on Friday afternoon. — Images from the scene — Police were called to Johnson Drive and Nieman Road …
Dylan Byers / Politico:
Dean Baquet calls N.Y. Times critic ‘a—hole’ — New York Times executive editor Dean Baquet called an associate professor at the USC Annenberg School an “a**hole” on Facebook today after the professor took a shot at Baquet for not running Charlie Hebdo's Muhammed cartoons.
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Josh Margolin / ABC News:
EXCLUSIVE: Chris Christie Was Interrogated By Feds Over Bridge Scandal … Gov. Chris Christie, a potential presidential contender, was interrogated recently by federal investigators probing the 2013 lane-closure scandal that has threatened his political future, officials confirmed to ABC News.
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Dylan Scott / Talking Points Memo:
Report: Christie Interviewed By Feds Investigating BridgeGate
Report: Christie Interviewed By Feds Investigating BridgeGate
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Associated Press:
Amnesty: Nigeria massacre deadliest in history of Boko Haram — 2 photos — YOLA, Nigeria (AP) — Hundreds of bodies — too many to count — remain strewn in the bush in Nigeria from an Islamic extremist attack that Amnesty International suggested Friday is the “deadliest massacre” in the history of Boko Haram.
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Ben Miller / Talking Points Memo:
Yes, Free Community College Is Major, But Not Just For The Reason You Think — The Obama Administration made waves last night with its announcement of a proposal to make two years of community college free nationwide. The idea is being called ambitious and a “potential game-changer.” And it is.
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FACT SHEET - White House Unveils America's College Promise Proposal: Tuition-Free Community College …
FACT SHEET - White House Unveils America's College Promise Proposal: Tuition-Free Community College …
Christi Parsons / Los Angeles Times:
Obama plan for free community college: U.S. would pay 75%, states 25%
Obama plan for free community college: U.S. would pay 75%, states 25%
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Ashley Parker / New York Times:
Expansive House G.O.P. Immigration Bill Undercuts the President — WASHINGTON — House Republicans introduced legislation Friday that would roll back President Obama's executive actions on immigration, undoing a provision that would allow five million undocumented immigrants to remain …
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BBC:
Saudi blogger Badawi ‘flogged for Islam insult’ — A Saudi Arabian blogger has been publicly flogged after being convicted of cybercrime and insulting Islam, reports say. — Raif Badawi, who was sentenced to 1,000 lashes and 10 years in jail, was flogged 50 times. The flogging will be carried out weekly, campaigners say.
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David Brooks / New York Times:
I Am Not Charlie Hebdo — The journalists at Charlie Hebdo are now rightly being celebrated as martyrs on behalf of freedom of expression, but let's face it: If they had tried to publish their satirical newspaper on any American university campus over the last two decades it wouldn't have lasted 30 seconds.
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Nicole Carr / abc11.com:
Fayetteville woman accidentally shoots husband — A Fort Bragg soldier was shot in the chest Friday morning after his wife thought he was a home intruder. — The shooting happened around 10:15 a.m. in the 1100 block of Christina Street. — Fayetteville Police say Zia Segule, 28, left for work.
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Daniel Strauss / Talking Points Memo:
FBI Releases New Details About NAACP Bombing — Law enforcement officials on Friday announced the composite sketch of a person suspected to have been closely involved in the bombing of the NAACP office in Colorado Springs, though they are still reluctant to ascribe a motive to the incident.
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