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Paris mayor: We intend to sue Fox News — Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo told CNN Tuesday she intends to sue Fox News in the wake of the channel's coverage of supposed “no-go zones” for non-Muslims. — Hidalgo said the channel had “insulted” her city. — “When we're insulted …
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Igor Volsky / ThinkProgress:
CNN Correspondent Confronts Bobby Jindal Over False Comments About Muslims — Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal (R) struggled to substantiate his claims that European cities have been taken over by Muslim extremists during an interview with CNN correspondent Max Foster on Monday in London.
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Doreen Carvajal / New York Times:
Fox News Becomes the Unwilling Star of a French TV Satire — PARIS — Mockery is a national weapon in France, so when an American cable news channel raised false alarms about rampant lawlessness in some Paris neighborhoods — proclaiming them “no-go zones” for non-Muslims, avoided even by the police …
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Dylan Byers / Politico:
City of Paris to sue Fox News — Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo is planning to sue Fox News for its inaccurate reports on Muslim “no go zones,” she told CNN's Christiane Amanpour on Tuesday. — “When we're insulted, and when we've had an image, then I think we'll have to sue …
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Ron Fournier / National Journal:
Is Obama More Interested in Progress or Politics? — From his State of the Union address, five ways to judge the president's motives. — Republicans just seized control of Congress. President Obama's job-approval ratings just jumped. Gas prices and the unemployment rate are down.
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Charles P. Pierce / Esquire:
RON FOURNIER IN EXCELSIS: ADVICE FOR THE PRESIDENT AND TONIGHT'S STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS
New York Times:
In State of the Union Speech, Obama Is to Urge a Skeptical Congress to Back Initiatives
In State of the Union Speech, Obama Is to Urge a Skeptical Congress to Back Initiatives
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Michael Waldman / The Daily Beast:
The State of the Union Ain't What It Used to Be, But Obama Can Still Command a Bully Pulpit
The State of the Union Ain't What It Used to Be, But Obama Can Still Command a Bully Pulpit
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Eleanor Clift / The Daily Beast:
SOTU Sneak Peek: Obama to Hit Citizens United
SOTU Sneak Peek: Obama to Hit Citizens United
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Numbers / Pew Research Center for the People …:
Obama in a Word: ‘Good,’ ‘Incompetent’ — Fewer See This Year's State of the Union as More Important — As public perceptions of Barack Obama have changed over the course of his presidency, so too have the words used to describe him. — The national survey by the Pew Research Center …
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Stephen Dinan / Washington Times:
Obama has worst State of the Union record since Ford, study shows
Obama has worst State of the Union record since Ford, study shows
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Laura Barron-Lopez / The Hill:
Senate Dems push Keystone amendments — Senate Democrats are pressing amendments to legislation that would approve the Keystone XL pipeline, arguing their proposals would “actually make it an American jobs bill.” — “We have some suggestions on how to make the bill better and actually make it an American jobs bill.
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Obama tries to steal GOP thunder
Obama tries to steal GOP thunder
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Paul Waldman / American Prospect:
Mike Huckabee Is Your Candidate Of Cultural Resentment — I'm going to confess an unpopular opinion (among liberals at least) and say that as much as I enjoy The Daily Show, Jon Stewart is usually not that good an interviewer when it comes to political figures.
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Emily Atkin / ThinkProgress:
Pope Francis Says Humans Cause Climate Change. These Catholic Members Of Congress Disagree. — Clockwise from top left: Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-AK), Rep. John Boehner (R-OH), Rep. Bruce Poliquin (R-ME), Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL), Rep. Steve King (R-IA) , Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI), Rep. Mick Mulvaney (R-SC), and Sen. Patrick Toomey (R-PA).
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Philip Pullella / Reuters:
Pope says birth control ban doesn't mean breed ‘like rabbits’
Pope says birth control ban doesn't mean breed ‘like rabbits’
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Brad Heath / USA Today:
New police radars can ‘see’ inside homes — At least 50 U.S. law enforcement agencies quietly deployed radars that let them effectively see inside homes, with little notice to the courts or the public. — WASHINGTON — At least 50 U.S. law enforcement agencies have secretly equipped …
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Brian Stelter / CNNMoney.com:
MSNBC guest won't apologize for remark about Jindal — An MSNBC guest's assertion that Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal “might be trying to scrub some of the brown off his skin” sparked criticism on Monday — but not an apology from the guest. — Arsalan Iftikhar, a human rights attorney and commentator …
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Daily Mail:
Gun-toting Christian mother-of-three who made ‘liberal heads explode’ admits cheating on her military vet husband with Tea Party member — Holly Fisher wrote in a statement on Sunday: ‘For a very short period... I actually believed my marriage was over and found someone else’
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Brendan James / Talking Points Memo:
Tea Partier: MLK Would Have Been One Of Us, Not ‘Race-Baiting’ Liberal (VIDEO)
Tea Partier: MLK Would Have Been One Of Us, Not ‘Race-Baiting’ Liberal (VIDEO)
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Ryan Ellis / Forbes:
Obama's New State Of The Union Tax Hike On Middle Class 529 College Savers — Hoping to dominate the narrative on a holiday weekend and on the eve of the annual “State of the Union” speech, the Obama White House late Saturday night leaked some of the new tax ideas in their upcoming budget.
New York Post:
ISIS executes 13 teens for watching soccer — demonstrators chant pro-Islamic State slogans in front of the provincial government headquarters in Mosul, northwest of Baghdad. — ISIS jihadists publicly executed 13 teenage boys for watching a soccer match.
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David Frum / The Atlantic Online:
The Real Target of Obama's Speech on Tuesday? Hillary Clinton — There's a subtext to President Obama's slew of domestic policy proposals since the November elections: President Obama does not trust Hillary Clinton very much. — None of the president's domestic-policy brainwaves …
Molly Balkenbush / fox4kc.com:
9-month-old dies after being shot in the head by 5-year-old brother in NW Mo. — ELMO, Mo. - An infant has died after being shot in the head in Northwest Missouri. — According to the Nodaway County Sheriff's Office, the nine-month-old baby boy was shot shortly before nine o'clock Monday morning …
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Holly Campbell / WLFI-TV:
Former Lafayette surgeon sentenced to 10 years — Related Coverage — Attempted murder charge dropped for former Lafayette surgeon — Konrath's attempts to contact his ex include hiring PI — Konrath rearrested, faces additional charges — Former surgeon accused in murder plot bonds out of jail
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Margaret Slattery / Politico:
The States of Our Union... Are Not All Strong — Our second annual ranking. — Last year, Politico Magazine heralded President Obama's state of the union address with an appraisal of the state of the states of the union, which we found, contra that favorite presidential declaration, were not all “strong.”
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TBO.com:
Deputy who used excessive force on inmate fired, Pinellas sheriff's office says — A detention deputy for the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office was fired Tuesday for using excessive force on an inmate, according to a release. — Deputy Raymond Ferrio, 47, had been with the Department of Detention and Corrections since July 2000.
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Warren Rojas / Roll Call:
Late Congressman's Wife on Quest for Missing Cash, Memorabilia — A giant thank-you card to Young collects dust on a shelf in a storage facility at St. Petersburg College. SEMINOLE, Fla. — What happens when a member of Congress dies in office? There is no standard set procedure …
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Sarah Ferris / The Hill:
Majority still supports single-payer option, poll finds — More than five years after the single-payer system was scrapped from ObamaCare policy debates, just over 50 percent of people say they still support the idea, including one-quarter of Republicans, according to a new poll.
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BostonGlobe.com:
Victim suffers life-threatening injuries in Brigham shooting — One person suffered life-threatening injuries after being shot Tuesday morning at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, and one suspect has been taken into custody, Boston police said. — “Situation under control,” police said on their official Twitter feed.
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