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Glenn Greenwald / The Intercept:
France Arrests a Comedian For His Facebook Comments, Showing the Sham of the West's “Free Speech” Celebration — Forty-eight hours after hosting a massive march under the banner of free expression, France opened a criminal investigation of a controversial French comedian for a Facebook post …
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Associated Press:
New issue of Charlie Hebdo sells out quickly — PARIS (AP) — Parisians lined up Wednesday to empty the newsstands of the first issue of Charlie Hebdo, a week after Islamic extremists attacked the satirical newspaper's office, and French justice officials began cracking down by arresting dozens …
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Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:
Ron Paul Institute: Charlie Hebdo Massacre, Like 9/11, Was a False Flag Operation — An institue named for the father of possible presidential candidate Rand Paul has published a piece saying the Charlie Hebdo massacre, like 9/11, was a false flag operation.
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Margaret Sullivan / New York Times:
With New Charlie Hebdo Cover, News Value Should Have Prevailed
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Sarah Begley / TIME:
Where to Buy the New Charlie Hebdo
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Matt ViserGLOBE / BostonGlobe.com:
Romney crafting a rationale for 2016 run — Focus on poor, foreign policy
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Brendan James / Talking Points Memo:
Romney Advisor: 'There Wouldn't Be An ISIS At All' If Mitt Was Prez
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Katie Glueck / Politico:
Mitt Romney backlash intensifies
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ABC News:
Ohio Man Arrested for Alleged ISIS-Inspired Plot on US Capitol, FBI Says … The FBI has arrested an Ohio man for allegedly plotting an ISIS-inspired attack on the U.S. Capitol, where he hoped to set off a series of bombs aimed at lawmakers, whom he allegedly considered enemies.
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WRAL-TV:
Muslim call to prayer to sound at Duke University — DURHAM, N.C. — A weekly call to prayer for Muslims will be heard at Duke University starting Friday, school officials said. — Members of the Duke Muslim Students Association will chant the call, known as adhan or azan …
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Cavan Sieczkowski / The Huffington Post:
Duke Chapel To Allow Muslim Call To Prayer
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Catherine Thompson / Talking Points Memo:
Jimmy Carter Defends Obama Letting Daughters Listen To Beyoncé — Former President Jimmy Carter defended Barack Obama's parenting skills Wednesday, after former Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee expressed dismay that the President would let his teenage daughters listen to singer Beyoncé.
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TMZ.com:
Jimmy Carter — Huckabee's Wrong on Everything ... Not Just Obamas' Parenting Skills — HUCKABEE'S WRONG ON EVERYTHING — Not Just Obamas' Parenting Skills — EXCLUSIVE — Jimmy Carter slammed Mike Huckabee Tuesday for criticizing the Obamas' parenting skills.
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Carol D. Leonnig / Washington Post:
4 top Secret Service executives told to leave their posts in agency shake-up — Members of the Secret Service follow President Obama as he arrives at Northwestern University on Oct. 2, 2014, in Evanston, Ill. (Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images) — The Secret Service has decided …
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Mike Clary / Sun-Sentinel:
Arrested teen hailed as hero after helping cop who collapsed … Get unlimited digital access. 99¢ for 4 weeks.
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Ezra Klein / Vox:
Paul Ryan isn't running for president. He's after something even bigger. — Most politicians who can gin up presidential speculation do (see Gingrich, Newt). It means more reporters covering their speeches, more money for their PAC, more invitations to the Sunday shows.
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Ali Akbar Dareini / Associated Press:
REPORT: DETAINED WASHINGTON POST JOURNALIST INDICTED IN IRAN — TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — A Washington Post journalist detained in Iran for months has been indicted and will stand trial, Iran's state news agency reported Wednesday, without elaborating on what charges he faced.
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House votes to overturn Obama immigration actions, bill heads to Senate — House Republicans voted Wednesday to overturn President Obama's immigration actions from last November — and to unravel a directive from 2012 affecting immigrants who came to the U.S. illegally as children …
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Jerusalem Post:
A sausage saga: UK publisher bans pork references in children's books — In an attempt to make educational books more friendly to practicing Jews and Muslims, Oxford University Press publishers are banning any mention of pigs, bacon, or sausage in their youth books.
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Victor Paul Alvarez / Boston Globe:
Bartender's Threat against John Boehner Thwarted — The FBI says an Ohio bartender planned to kill House Speaker John Boehner last October by poisoning his drink at a country club. — The question is: Would anyone have noticed? Stories about Boehner's drinking have circulated for years.
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John Branch / New York Times:
El Capitan's Dawn Wall Climbers Reach Top at Yosemite — YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. — On the 19th day, Tommy Caldwell and Kevin Jorgeson, both now bearded, reached the summit of El Capitan's Dawn Wall on Wednesday, completing a quest that included years of planning and that many considered …
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Anniepotasznik / CBS Dallas:
Gun Owners Participate In Simulation Of Paris Massacre — PLANO (CBSDFW.COM) - A group called The Truth About Guns organized a simulation of last week's terrorist attack in Paris. They hoped to learn how things may have played out differently at Charlie Hebdo, or any other mass shooting.
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Julian Hattem / The Hill:
Obama's calls for government-run Internet service stoke GOP ire — President Obama's call for more cities and towns to create their own broadband Internet services to compete with private companies like Comcast is meeting stiff opposition from many Republicans.
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Elahe Izadi / Washington Post:
Yes, you can pay someone to ship glitter to your enemies — Glitter is the worst. Come within 50 feet of it and you'll never be rid of the stuff. — So for those of you with large “I've got a lot of problems with you people” Festivus lists, there is a new method of revenge …
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Jason Silverstein / NY Daily News:
Donald Trump suing Florida county for $100 million for allegedly flying planes over his oceanside mansion — A Jan. 6 lawsuit says the Palm Beach County airport is deliberately rerouting planes over Trump's Mar-a-Lago mansion as revenge for past legal squabbling.
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Numbers / Pew Research Center for the People …:
Obama Job Rating Ticks Higher, Views of Nation's Economy Turn More Positive — But Most Still Say They Are ‘Falling Behind’ Financially — President Obama enters the seventh year of his presidency in a familiar position when compared with his recent predecessors.
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