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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Rand Paul slams Bush ‘hypocrisy’ on pot — DALLAS — Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) accused Jeb Bush of hypocrisy after The Boston Globe reported the former Florida governor was a heavy marijuana smoker while at an elite prep school. — Bush opposed a Florida medical marijuana ballot initiative …
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Michael KranishGLOBE / BostonGlobe.com:
Jeb Bush shaped by troubled Phillips Academy years
Jeb Bush shaped by troubled Phillips Academy years
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Catherine Thompson / Talking Points Memo:
Jeb Bush's Former Classmates Say He Was A Hash-Smoking Bully
Jeb Bush's Former Classmates Say He Was A Hash-Smoking Bully
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Nicholas Confessore / New York Times:
G.O.P. Campaigns Scramble to Add Romney Donors
G.O.P. Campaigns Scramble to Add Romney Donors
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Jennifer Jacobs / Des Moines Register:
Scott Walker leads tight GOP pack in new Iowa Poll — In a new Des Moines Register/Bloomberg Politics Iowa Poll of likely Republican caucusgoers, Rand Paul is just a point behind. With Mitt Romney out, Mike Huckabee, Ben Carson and Jeb Bush round out the top tier. The Register — CONNECT
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John McCormick / Bloomberg Business:
Walker Surging in Iowa Poll as Bush Struggles — Hillary Clinton is running away from the potential Democratic field. — Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker is surging, former Florida Governor Jeb Bush is an also-ran and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is dominating in a new poll …
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Heather Saul / The Independent:
Stephen Fry explains what he would say if he was ‘confronted by God’ — Staunch atheist Stephen Fry left a television host stunned when he explained what he would say if he was “confronted by God”. — The actor and author, who recently married his partner Elliot Spencer …
Daily Mail:
Woman says she was pushed to the floor by a GHOST after security cameras filmed her being thrown to the floor when nobody was near her in Chile — A woman claims to have been pushed to the floor by a ghost after cameras caught her being thrown to the floor despite there being no-one around.
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Sean Kelly / opposingviews.com/homepage.xml:
Man Claims To Have Spotted Bigfoot At Prospect Park In New York City (Video) — A man in New York City claimed that he spotted Bigfoot, the mythical ape, walking through Brooklyn's Prospect Park. — Russell Strark captured the moment in a YouTube video filmed Tuesday.
Humberto Fontova / Townhall.com:
Michael Moore's Long Tradition of Defaming Heroes — The “military hero as coward” motif has a long tradition with Michael Moore. But his earlier oinkings in this regard—well before the release of American Sniper— were aimed at much safer targets. — “Wimps,” writes Moore in Downsize This.
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Robert Pear / New York Times:
White House Seeks to Limit Health Law's Tax Troubles — WASHINGTON — Obama administration officials and other supporters of the Affordable Care Act say they worry that the tax-filing season will generate new anger as uninsured consumers learn that they must pay tax penalties and as many people struggle …
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Tom Jackman / Washington Post:
John B. Geer had hands up when shot by Fairfax County police, documents show — John B. Geer stood with his hands on top of the storm door of his Springfield townhouse and calmly said to four Fairfax County police officers with guns pointed right at him: “I don't want anybody to get shot . . .
New York Times:
Vaccine Critics Turn Defensive Over Measles — HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. — Their children have been sent home from school. Their families are barred from birthday parties and neighborhood play dates. Online, people call them negligent and criminal. And as officials in 14 states grapple …
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CIA and Mossad killed senior Hezbollah figure in car bombing — On Feb. 12, 2008, Imad Mughniyah, Hezbollah's international operations chief, walked on a quiet nighttime street in Damascus after dinner at a nearby restaurant. Not far away, a team of CIA spotters in the Syrian capital was tracking his movements.
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Reiji Yoshida / Japan Times latest:
Islamic State releases purported Goto execution video — The Islamic State group posted a new video on the Internet Sunday claiming it had killed Japanese hostage Kenji Goto and showing what appeared to be the decapitated body of the freelance journalist who went missing in Syria last fall.
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