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New York Times:
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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Daily Signal, ABC News and Weasel Zippers
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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The Other McCain, No More Mister Nice Blog, Talking Points Memo and The Gateway Pundit
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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 …
Jeremy Scahill / The Intercept:
Al Qaeda Source: AQAP Directed Paris Attack — UPDATED — A source within al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula has provided The Intercept with a full statement claiming responsibility for the attack against the offices of Charlie Hebdo in Paris: … Arabic-language excerpts from the statement are being circulated widely on Twitter.
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Agence France-Presse:
Al-Qaeda in Yemen threatens France with new attacks: SITE
Al-Qaeda in Yemen threatens France with new attacks: SITE
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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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Hot Air and Weasel Zippers
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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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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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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Chuck Ross / The Daily Caller:
In Story About Colorado NAACP Attempted Bombing, MSNBC Uses Image From FRANCE [VIDEO] — On his MSNBC show Thursday, host Chris Hayes ran a segment about an attempted bombing which took place outside of the building housing the Colorado Springs NAACP that used images from a completely unrelated incident which occurred in France.
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Michel Euler / ABC News:
Paris Terror Attack: 4 Hostages Killed Before Police Staged Final Assault — Police killed three terror suspects today in twin terror attacks in the suburbs of Paris that left four hostages dead and a nation on edge. — Some hostages were seen fleeing the site of one standoff …
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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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The White House:
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 …
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Daily Signal, St. Louis Public Radio, White House.gov Blog, Hit & Run, The Daily Caller, Weekly Standard, Forbes, NOLA River, Fusion and Washington Post
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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The PJ Tatler, Forbes, Gawker, Hot Air and The Dish
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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