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Maggie Steenland / press.nbcnews.com:
A Personal Note from Brian Williams — In the midst of a career spent covering and consuming news, it has become painfully apparent to me that I am presently too much a part of the news, due to my actions. — As Managing Editor of NBC Nightly News, I have decided to take myself off …
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Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
Anchors Aweigh — WASHINGTON — THIS was a bomb that had been ticking for a while. — NBC executives were warned a year ago that Brian Williams was constantly inflating his biography. They were flummoxed over why the leading network anchor felt that he needed Hemingwayesque …
Scott Jones / FTVLive:
Sources: Brian Williams Could Step Down as Early as Next Week
Sources: Brian Williams Could Step Down as Early as Next Week
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TMZ.com:
Bruce Jenner in Horrible Car Crash — 1 Person Dead — IN HORRIBLE CAR CRASH — One Person Dead — EXCLUSIVE — 3:45 PM PT Law enforcement sources tell TMZ ... Bruce volunteered to go to the hospital to have his blood drawn for blood alcohol testing. He was taken in a Sheriff's cruiser.
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Christopher Booker / Telegraph:
The fiddling with temperature data is the biggest science scandal ever — New data shows that the “vanishing” of polar ice is not the result of runaway global warming — When future generations look back on the global-warming scare of the past 30 years, nothing will shock them more than the extent …
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BuzzFeed:
What Should We Ask President Obama? — BuzzFeed News interviews the president Tuesday. — BuzzFeed News will interview President Barack Obama Tuesday as the president works to sign Americans up for his signature health care policy, prepares for a final chance to push through other elements of his agenda …
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Kyle Smith / New York Post:
We shouldn't believe Williams' lie was an innocent mistake — Brian Williams did it all for the soldiers, you see. His chopper whoppers were patriotic acts. “This was a bungled attempt by me to thank one special veteran,” he explained. — In a similar vein, Anthony Weiner's sexting …
Townhall.com:
Obama's Failed Presidency — “I think Ronald Reagan changed the trajectory of America in a way that, you know, Richard Nixon did not, and in a way that Bill Clinton did not,” President Obama told the Reno Gazette-Journal in January 2008 during his Democratic primary showdown with Hillary Clinton.
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Patrick Poole / The PJ Tatler:
Obama's Drones Have Killed More Than the Spanish Inquisition — Controversy still swirls around Obama's comments during the National Prayer Breakfast this week, where he chastised Christians for getting on their “high horse” over the ongoing global jihad, invoking medieval abuses …
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Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:
White House defends Prayer Breakfast remarks about the Crusades
White House defends Prayer Breakfast remarks about the Crusades
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Randall Roberts / Los Angeles Times:
Grammys 2015: Transcript of Bob Dylan's MusiCares Person of Year speech — Bob Dylan was honored by MusiCares, the charity organization that aids musicians in need, at the Los Angeles Convention Center on Friday night. After performances by artists including Tom Jones, Sheryl Crow …
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Associated Press:
FACT CHECK: What Happens If Homeland Security Shuts Down? — Spending for the Department of Homeland Security hangs in the balance as Congress fights over immigration matters in the agency's annual funding bill. Without action by Feb. 27, the department's budget will shut off.
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Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:
Ruth Bader Ginsburg Declares How Many Women Should Sit On SCOTUS (VIDEO) — Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg this week discussed her experience as a woman trying to break into the law profession during a speech at Georgetown University, where she determined just how many women she thinks should sit on the Supreme Court.
Nicholas Kristof / New York Times:
The Dangers of Vaccine Denial — IN a few backward parts of the world, extremists resist universal childhood vaccinations. … Oh, yes, one more: Some politicians in the United States. — Senator Rand Paul — a doctor! — told CNBC that he had delayed his own children's immunizations and cited …
Kent Faulk / al.com:
Alabama probate judges refusing to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples could face sanctions — Alabama probate judges who refuse to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples could ultimately be jailed for contempt if they disobey a federal judge's order, a few legal experts said Saturday.
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