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Three college students killed in Chapel Hill shooting; 46-year-old man charged — CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — A 46-year-old Chapel Hill man has been charged with three counts of first-degree murder after three college students were shot and killed Tuesday evening at a condominium complex on Summerwalk Circle in Chapel Hill, authorities said.
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Saeed Ahmed / CNN:
3 Muslim students shot to death in apartment near UNC Chapel Hill — Story highlights — (CNN)A 46-year-old man has been charged with murder in the shooting death of three Muslim students in an apartment near the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill campus.
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Daily Mail, Fox News, The Jawa Report, Shakesville, Twitchy, Washington Times and The Daily Caller
Mark S. Getzfred / New York Times:
Man Charged in Deaths of 3 Muslim Students Near University of North Carolina — Police officials in Chapel Hill, N.C., said on Wednesday that a man had been arrested in the shooting deaths of three Muslim students at a condominium complex near the University of North Carolina campus.
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Washington Post, Daily Kos and Blue Nation Review
Tammy Grubb / Raleigh News & Observer:
Chapel Hill police arrest man in triple homicide — CHAPEL HILL — Police charged a Chapel Hill man Wednesday with first-degree murder in the deaths of three Muslim students in a quiet neighborhood near Meadowmont just south of N.C. 54. — Craig Stephen Hicks, 46, is being held …
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The PJ Tatler, Uprootedpalestinians's Blog, New York Magazine and NBC News
Sasha Goldstein / NY Daily News:
Neighbor killed 3 members of Muslim family near UNC-Chapel Hill campus over parking dispute, police say; murders spark ‘#MuslimLivesMatter’ hashtag — Deah Shaddy Barakat, 23, a graduate student at UNC-Chapel Hill, his wife Yusor Abu-Salha, 21 and her sister, Razan Abu-Salha, 19 …
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BuzzFeed, National Review and The College Fix
Dylan Byers / Politico:
NBC News: Brian Williams suspended for 6 months without pay — NBC Nightly News anchor Brian Williams has been suspended for six months without pay following his false claims about an experience he had during the Iraq war, NBC News president Deborah Turness announced Tuesday night.
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Josh Feldman / Mediaite:
D'Souza: Brian Williams a ‘Liberal Con Man Whose Con Is Finally Up’
D'Souza: Brian Williams a ‘Liberal Con Man Whose Con Is Finally Up’
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Tea Party
Gabriel Sherman / New York Magazine:
Following Suspension, Brian Williams Probably Wishes He'd Gotten the Tonight Show Job He Wanted
Following Suspension, Brian Williams Probably Wishes He'd Gotten the Tonight Show Job He Wanted
New York Times:
Brian Williams Suspended From NBC for 6 Months Without Pay
Brian Williams Suspended From NBC for 6 Months Without Pay
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Talking Points Memo, Towleroad News #gay, Gothamist, Hinterland Gazette and CBS DC
Dylan Byers / Politico:
How to read the Brian Williams news
How to read the Brian Williams news
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Capital New York, Hot Air, Ed Driscoll, New York Magazine and The Last Refuge
Don Kaplan / NY Daily News:
NBC will resolve Brian Williams controversy ‘today or tomorrow’: sources
NBC will resolve Brian Williams controversy ‘today or tomorrow’: sources
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Philly.com, The Moderate Voice, Newsweek, FOX News Radio and FTVLive
Justin Sink / The Hill:
Obama: I didn't mislead voters on gay marriage — President Obama is denying a former top political adviser's contention that he intentionally deceived voters about his position on gay marriage in an interview published Wednesday. — The president said David Axelrod, his former senior adviser …
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Power Line, Hot Air and Jammie Wearing Fools
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BuzzFeed:
Full Transcript Of BuzzFeed News' Interview With President Barack Obama — FULL TRANSCRIPT: — BuzzFeed News: So, eight years ago, today actually, you announced your campaign in Springfield. I read that speech last night and I was struck by how much it's a generational call to your generation, I guess to some degree mine.
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Ben Smith / BuzzFeed:
Obama Defends His Legacy: “These Are The Kinds Of Things You Learn” — WASHINGTON — On Feb. 10, 2007, Barack Obama stood outside the state capitol in Springfield, Illinois, and announced his candidacy for president, promising a generational call to change the “ways of Washington,” gauzily promising a “future of endless possibility.”
Dylan Byers / Politico:
Jon Stewart leaving The Daily Show — Jon Stewart, the host of Comedy Central's ‘The Daily Show,’ will step down later this year, the president of the network confirmed in a statement to POLITICO on Tuesday. — “For the better part of the last two decades, I have had the incredible honor and privilege of working with Jon Stewart.
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Dave Itzkoff / New York Times:
Jon Stewart Will Leave ‘The Daily Show’ on a Career High Note — Jon Stewart, who turned Comedy Central's “The Daily Show” into a sharp-edged commentary on current events, delivering the news in layers of silliness and mockery, said on Tuesday that he would step down after more than 16 years as its anchor.
Adam Chandler / The Atlantic Online:
Exit Jon Stewart
Exit Jon Stewart
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The Hill:
GOP leaders at odds over immigration — Senate and House Republicans are fighting over who should move first to break the stalemate over funding the Department of Homeland Security. — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said Tuesday the House will have to pass a new bill …
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Associated Press:
Obama sends Congress request for military force against IS
Obama sends Congress request for military force against IS
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Hot Air and The Right Scoop
Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
Obama to Seek War Power Bill From Congress, to Fight ISIS
Obama to Seek War Power Bill From Congress, to Fight ISIS
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Washington Post, Political Wire and Bloomberg View
Seung Min Kim / Politico:
Republicans turn up heat on Dems in DHS fight
Republicans turn up heat on Dems in DHS fight
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Reuters, Daily Signal and ImmigrationProf Blog
al.com:
Grandfather visiting Alabama from India stopped by police while taking walk, left partly paralyzed — Madison police last week roughed up a 57-year-old Indian citizen who was walking on the sidewalk outside his son's home, leaving the older man temporarily paralyzed and hospitalized with fused vertebrae.
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Raw Story and Hullabaloo
New York Times:
Emerging Clinton Team Shows Signs of Disquiet — Lingering tensions between Hillary Rodham Clinton's loyalists and the strategists who helped President Obama defeat her in 2008 have erupted into an intense public struggle over who will wield money and clout in her emerging 2016 presidential campaign.
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The Hugh Hewitt Show
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Ed Kilgore / Talking Points Memo:
How Conservatives Are Pushing Liberals Out Of Christianity — Most of the public controversy over the president's remarks at this year's National Prayer Breakfast involved his reminder that Muslims were not alone in harboring “sinful tendenc[ies] that can pervert and distort our faith.”
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Washington Monthly, Tea Party, The Moderate Voice, New York Times, Slate and The Daily Caller