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Sahil Kapur / Talking Points Memo:
Republicans Irked By Obama Zinger In State Of The Union Address — Republicans were irked by President Barack Obama's caustic reminder in his State of the Union speech that he defeated them twice. — “I've run my last campaign,” Obama said toward the end of the nationally televised address.
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Nielsen:
31.7 MILLION VIEWERS TUNE IN TO WATCH PRES. OBAMA'S STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS — President Barack Obama delivered his annual State of the Union address. The address was carried live from 9:00 p.m. to 10:15 p.m. on 13 networks and tape-delayed on Univision.
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Ezra Klein / Vox:
The most important sentence in Obama's 2015 State of the Union
The most important sentence in Obama's 2015 State of the Union
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CNN:
CNN/ORC Poll: SOTU more popular than last year
CNN/ORC Poll: SOTU more popular than last year
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Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Barack Obama's disconnected, out-of-touch, in-denial State of the Union
Barack Obama's disconnected, out-of-touch, in-denial State of the Union
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John Podhoretz / New York Post:
A fantasy for tweens: Obama's State of the Union Address
Emily Atkin / ThinkProgress:
Republicans Post Doctored Version Of State Of The Union, Censor Facts On Climate Change — House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH). — CREDIT: AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File — The official website for House Republicans has posted on YouTube a version of President Obama's State of the Union address …
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Jake Sherman / Politico:
John Boehner's Bibi invite sets up showdown with White House — The speaker didn't consult with the administration before inviting Netanyahu to address Congress about Iran. — House Speaker John Boehner is setting up his most dramatic foreign policy confrontation with President Barack Obama to date …
Donna Cassata / Associated Press:
Rebuffing President Barack Obama on Iran, House Speaker John Boehner …
Rebuffing President Barack Obama on Iran, House Speaker John Boehner …
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Dylan Scott / Talking Points Memo:
Boehner's Netanyahu Invite Is An ‘Unprecedented’ Diss Of Obama
Boehner's Netanyahu Invite Is An ‘Unprecedented’ Diss Of Obama
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New York Times:
Justice Dept. to Recommend No Civil Rights Charges in Ferguson Shooting — WASHINGTON — The Justice Department has begun work on a legal memo recommending no civil rights charges against a white police officer in Ferguson, Mo., who killed an unarmed black teenager in August, law enforcement officials said.
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Jim Rutenberg / New York Times:
The Megyn Kelly Moment — On a gray Wednesday in November, the Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly and four producers gathered around a conference table on the 17th floor of the News Corporation building in Manhattan. They were there to plan the 281st episode of “The Kelly File,” …
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Chris Mortensen / ESPN:
11 of 12 Pats footballs underinflated — The NFL has found that 11 of the New England Patriots' 12 game balls were inflated significantly below the NFL's requirements, league sources involved and familiar with the investigation of Sunday's AFC Championship Game told ESPN.
Brent Scher / Washington Free Beacon:
Woman Showcased by Obama in SOTU is a Former Democratic Campaign Staffer — The woman whose story of economic recovery was showcased by President Barack Obama in his State of the Union address is a former Democratic campaign staffer and has been used by Obama for political events in the past.
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The White House / Medium:
President Obama's State of the Union Address—Remarks As Prepared for Delivery
President Obama's State of the Union Address—Remarks As Prepared for Delivery
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Brendan James / Talking Points Memo:
Santorum: The Pope Is ‘Difficult To Listen To’ Sometimes — Ex-senator and onetime GOP presidential contender Rick Santorum has nearly reached his wits end after yet another statement by Pope Francis that has rankled conservatives. — In an interview with radio host Hugh Hewitt on Tuesday …
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Chris Ariens / TVNewser:
CNN to Produce Political Game Show — First on TVNewser: CNN is producing a political game show, TVNewser has learned. The blocking and testing of the show is happening this week at CNN's New York studios. — Insiders tell us the show will be hosted by Anderson Cooper and will air on Presidents' Day, Feb. 16.
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The Huffington Post:
GOP Plans To Give Explosive Document Back To CIA — WASHINGTON — The new GOP chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee intends to give back to the CIA an explosive, secret document that has been at the center of a years-long struggle between Congress and the executive branch.
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Katie Mettler / Tampa Bay Times:
Man shopping for coffee creamer at Walmart attacked by vigilante for carrying gun he was legally permitted to have — BRANDON — Clarence Daniels had just crossed the threshold of Walmart's front doors on Tuesday, in search of coffee creamer for his wife, when the gun in hip holster gave …
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Greg Bluestein / Political Insider blog:
Solved: Nathan Deal's mysterious overseas adventure — Gov. Nathan Deal skipped town over the weekend for an economic development trip. Just where he went is being treated like a state secret. — Gov. Nathan Deal/AJC file — His office won't disclose where the state's top elected official journeyed or whom he visited.
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WTKR-TV:
“Putting 'em in a coffin” prank causes outrage in Hampton Roads … Chesapeake, Va. - “Putting 'em in a coffin.” — It's a phrase describing a prank in which kids jump back-first onto cars, trying to emulate a coffin. — A viewer emailed NewsChannel 3, telling us it happened to him on Monday night.
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Alan Fram / Associated Press:
House Republicans Encounter Divisions Over Abortion Bill — House Republicans ran into divisions Wednesday over the new Congress' first abortion bill, and leaders were searching for a way to advance the legislation without an embarrassing split over the issue.
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Kate Connolly / Guardian:
Photograph of Germany's Pegida leader styled as Adolf Hitler goes viral — Lutz Bachmann, said by German intelligence services to be a target for Islamist terrorists, posted the picture on Facebook — A photograph of the leader of a growing “anti-Islamisation” movement in Germany styled …
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Mark Walsh / SCOTUSblog:
View from the Courtroom: Disruption from the gallery on 5th anniversary of Citizens United (Updated: 4:00 p.m.) — UPDATE (4:00): Kathleen L. Arberg, the Court's public information officer, said eight individuals were arrested in Wednesday's disturbance. Seven have been charged with violating …
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Rex Hall Jr / MLive.com:
Puppy killed when used as weapon by man in beating of girlfriend in Kalamazoo — KALAMAZOO, MI - In November, Timothy Tucker punched his girlfriend in the face and then pummeled her with the couple's two-week-old puppy to the point that the small animal defecated on the woman and died.
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New York Times:
Palestinian Man Stabs Israelis on Bus in Tel Aviv, Police Say — JERUSALEM — A Palestinian man stabbed and wounded up to a dozen Israelis on Wednesday as he rampaged through a bus in central Tel Aviv during the morning rush, the police said. He then fled on foot, but was shot and wounded by security forces.
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
How struggling Americans reacted to Obama's speech — in real time — The policies the President laid out in his State of the Union speech may be going nowhere on Capitol Hill. But they amount to a kind of template for the broader economic agenda and governing philosophy that will define …
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Megan Garber / The Atlantic Online:
The (Real) Story of the White House and the Big Block of Cheese — From The West Wing to the wooly mammoth: American democracy's most famous dairy product, fact-checked — Wednesday, as you may have heard, is the White House's second annual Big Block of Cheese Day.
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