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12:40 AM ET, February 7, 2015

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Brian Stelter / CNNMoney:
Pilot in Brian Williams scandal: ‘I am questioning my memories’  —  The pilot I interviewed on Thursday about Brian Williams is no longer standing by his story.  —  That pilot, Rich Krell, told me he was flying the helicopter Williams was on in Iraq — an account now contradicted by several other soldiers.
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Corky Siemaszko / NY Daily News:
Brian Williams faces internal investigation at NBC for lying about helicopter attack in Iraq: sources  —  The ‘NBC Nightly News’ anchor is the subject of an investigation by NBC, which sources said will be headed by Richard Esposito, a former Daily News editor.  Williams' reporting on Hurricane Katrina is now being questioned, too.
John Podhoretz / New York Post:
Brian Williams had no reason to lie
Discussion: Hot Air and Mediaite
Michael Calderone / The Huffington Post:
Tom Brokaw: Brian Williams' Future ‘Is Up To Brian And NBC News’
Elianayjohnson / National Review:
Jindal to Obama: ‘Medieval Christian Threat is Under Control’  —  Bobby Jindal on Friday released a statement responding to the president's remarks on Thursday at the National Prayer Breakfast in which he cautioned Americans from getting on a “high horse” when taking a stance against radical Islam …
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Miranda Blue / Right Wing Watch:
Janet Mefferd Slams Interfaith ‘Garbage’ At National Prayer Breakfast, Suggests Christians Stop Attending
Discussion: FOX News Radio
Juliet Eilperin / Washington Post:
Critics pounce after Obama talks Crusades, slavery at prayer breakfast
Roberta Rampton / Reuters:   Obama lays out security strategy, warns against ‘overreach’
Edward-Isaac Dovere / Politico:
Joe Biden skipping Benjamin Netanyahu's speech  —  Joe Biden won't be there to welcome Benjamin Netanyahu to a joint session of Congress — or even shake his hand.  —  The vice president will miss only his second address by a foreign leader to a joint session of Congress next month …
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Jennifer Jacobs / Des Moines Register:
Sources: Biden to make Iowa trip next week
Discussion: OnPolitics and Bloomberg Business
New York Times:
ISIS Declares Airstrike Killed a U.S. Hostage  —  She had always been the unidentified, lone female American hostage of the Islamic State.  For nearly 17 months, while her fellow American captives were beheaded one after another in serial executions posted on YouTube, Kayla Mueller's name remained …
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Jeff Himmelman / New York Times:
Kid Rock: 'There's No Winning That Battle'  —  Your style has changed over time.  Your new record, “First Kiss,” is a long way from the rap-inflected rock that you started out with.  Where did your inspiration for the title track come from?  I'm always complaining about where rock music has gone, with this new metal feel.
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Mediaite
Tara Culp-Ressler / ThinkProgress:
GOP Lawmaker Emphasizes Rape's Silver Lining  —  Another Republican lawmaker has waded into the debate over abortion access for rape victims, saying that abortion bans shouldn't have exceptions for women who became pregnant from sexual assault because “what is beautiful is the child that could come from this.”
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Laura Bassett / The Huffington Post:
Another GOP Lawmaker Wades Into Rape Debate
Discussion: Raw Story, Twitchy and Fusion
Campbell Robertson / New York Times:
As Jindal's G.O.P. Profile Grows, So Do Louisiana's Budget Woes  —  BATON ROUGE, La. — In recent weeks, the office of Gov. Bobby Jindal of Louisiana has issued news releases about the “mindless naïveté” of Hillary Rodham Clinton, the folly of opening diplomatic relations with Cuba …
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Tyler Bridges / Politico:
Bobby Jindal's Troubles at Home
Brian Tashman / Right Wing Watch:
Ted Nugent: Sarah Palin The ‘Perfect Example’ Of Founding Fathers' Vision  —  In an interview last month with Lars Larson, National Rifle Association board member Ted Nugent blamed President Obama's election on people who forgot that “Martin Luther King died so that we would someday judge …
Discussion: Raw Story and FOX News Radio
Susie Madrak / Latest from Crooks and Liars:
Republican Switches Parties Over Mississippi Refusal To Expand Medicaid  —  I always expected some Republicans to switch parties, because it's an enormous psychological stress to constantly paint bad things as good, and to tear things down instead of building them up.
Politico:
Wyoming turns down Medicaid expansion  —  Wyoming has become yet another state where a Republican governor's effort to expand Medicaid has been defeated by his own Legislature.  —  On Friday, the Wyoming Senate shot down Gov. Matt Mead's expansion plan, and a House committee then pulled its bill.
John Herrman / The Awl:
The Next Internet Is TV  —  I was talking to someone who works on one of those half-dozen or so apps that we tend to associate with teenagers: the ones that were built around some novel concept that distracted us for a few years while they settled into their roles as slightly different ways to text.
Discussion: New York Times and PandoDaily
Page Six:
Rosie O'Donnell quits ‘The View’ and splits with wife  —  Rosie O'Donnell on the set of “The View”  —  Rosie O'Donnell and her wife, Michelle Rounds, have split, and O'Donnell will leave “The View” next week to concentrate on her family's well-being, Page Six can exclusively reveal.
Discussion: TMZ.com, TVNewser and Mediaite
Siobhan Hughes / Wall Street Journal:
House to Probe White House Role in FCC's ‘Net Neutrality’ Proposal  —  Panel to Investigate Whether White House Improperly Influenced Agency on Broadband Rules  —  WASHINGTON—A House oversight committee on Friday said it was launching an investigation into whether the White House improperly influenced …
Shelby Sebens / Reuters:
Allegations against Oregon governor ‘troubling’: attorney general  —  (Reuters) - Oregon's attorney general has labeled as “troubling” allegations against the state's Democratic governor and his fiancée linked to a potential conflict of interest over his future wife's consulting work and her role as an unpaid adviser.
Discussion: The PJ Tatler
Daily Mail:
Police in swoop on 45 more men over child sex grooming: ‘Milestone’ operation sees dozens of Asian suspects charged with rape, sexual assault and trafficking  —  7.3k  —  Dozens of men were yesterday charged with a wide range of sex crimes against vulnerable girls after two separate police investigations.
Discussion: Vox Popoli
Anomaly / FreakOutNation:
Woman Beats Best Friend To Death During Argument Over ‘Presidential Politics’  —  A Detroit woman was ordered Thursday to stand trial in the killing of her friend who she allegedly beat to death with a slow cooker after the two argued about politics.  —  Tewana Sullivan, 50 …
 
 
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Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:
‘Amnesty Bonuses’ in Tax Code: Illegal Immigrants to Receive Earned Income Tax Credit
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Elizabeth A. Harris / New York Times:
Among New York Subway's Millions of Riders, a Study Finds Many Mystery Microbes
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Andrew Ferguson / Weekly Standard:
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Federal subpoena seeks travel records of former Port Authority Chairman David Samson
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Politico:
Mississippi Rep. Alan Nunnelee dies at age 56
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Peter Beinart / The Atlantic Online:
Hillary Clinton: Grandmother in Chief
Bloomberg Business:
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The internet is full of men who hate feminism. Here's what they're like in person.
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