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WRAL-TV:
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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New York Times:
Man Charged in Deaths of 3 Students Near University of North Carolina — CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — A 46-year old man was arrested and charged in the fatal shooting of three students at a quiet condominium complex near the University of North Carolina campus, the police said on Wednesday …
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The Daily Caller, TPNN, ImmigrationProf Blog and Daily Kos
Patrick Poole / The PJ Tatler:
Killer of 3 UNC-Chapel Hill Muslim Students Was Hardcore Anti-Religion Atheist Progressive — A horrific triple homicide was committed yesterday in Chapel Hill, NC, as three Muslim students were apparently targeted by a deranged anti-religion progressive. — The News & Observer reports:
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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Adam Withnall / The Independent:
Chapel Hill shooting: Craig Stephen Hicks condemned all religions on Facebook prior to ‘Muslim mass-murder’ arrest
Chapel Hill shooting: Craig Stephen Hicks condemned all religions on Facebook prior to ‘Muslim mass-murder’ arrest
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WRAL-TV, Guardian, International Business Times and Hot Air
Sasha Goldstein / NY Daily News:
Neighbor killed 3 members of Muslim family near UNC-Chapel Hill campus over parking dispute …
Neighbor killed 3 members of Muslim family near UNC-Chapel Hill campus over parking dispute …
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The Independent, National Review and The College Fix
Fox News:
North Carolina man charged in shooting death of 3 Muslim students
North Carolina man charged in shooting death of 3 Muslim students
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Twitchy, American Spectator and NPR
Tammy Grubb / Raleigh News & Observer:
Chapel Hill police arrest man in triple homicide
Chapel Hill police arrest man in triple homicide
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Uprootedpalestinians's Blog and Tea Party
Rossalyn Warren / BuzzFeed:
Here Are The Three Victims Of The Chapel Hill Shooting
Here Are The Three Victims Of The Chapel Hill Shooting
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WTVR-TV and Religion Dispatches
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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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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Hot Air, Power Line and Jammie Wearing Fools
Josh Feldman / Mediaite:
D'Souza: Brian Williams a ‘Liberal Con Man Whose Con Is Finally Up’ — Hours before Brian Williams's suspension was announced, author Dinesh D'Souza took a shot at Williams and called him “another liberal con man whose con is finally up.” — D'Souza told Steve Malzberg, “I mean …
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American Prospect, Washington Monthly, Tea Party and Washington Post
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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
Dylan Byers / Politico:
Jon Stewart leaving The Daily Show
Jon Stewart leaving The Daily Show
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Dylan Byers / Politico:
How to read the Brian Williams news
How to read the Brian Williams news
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Hot Air, Capital New York, New York Magazine, Ed Driscoll and The Last Refuge
Brendan James / Talking Points Memo:
Conservatives Dance On Grave Of ISIL Hostage: ‘Jew-Hating, Anti-Israel B**ch’ — Not all conservatives used the death of American hostage Kayla Mueller to highlight the brutality of the Islamic State — some decided to focus their disgust on the 26-year-old's humanitarian work for Palestinians.
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Debbie Schlussel:
Kayla Mueller: Dead ISIS Hostage Was Jew-Hating, Anti-Israel Bitch — No tears for the newly-departed Kayla Mueller, the ISIS hostage whose parents confirmed today that she is dead. Mueller was a Jew-hating, anti-Israel piece of crap who worked with HAMAS and helped Palestinians harass Israeli soldiers …
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Tim Murphy / Mother Jones:
Montana GOP Legislator Wants to Ban Yoga Pants — Montana Republican state Rep. David Moore has a plan to guide America out of the darkness—ban yoga pants. — Moore, who is upset that group of naked bicyclists pedaled through Missoula last year, decided that what his state really needs right now is tighter regulations on trousers.
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Associated Press:
Missoula lawmaker: Yoga pants, Speedos should be illegal in public — HELENA — A Montana lawmaker is seeking to strengthen the state's indecent exposure law, stopping just short of his wish to outlaw yoga pants. — Rep. David Moore on Tuesday introduced House Bill 365 in the House Judiciary Committee …
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The Hill:
Obama asks Congress to approve war against ISIS militants — [READ DRAFT ISIS WAR AUTHORIZATION LEGISLATION.] — The proposed legislation limits Obama from the use of “enduring offensive ground combat operations,” deliberately vague language intended to win over those on the left wary …
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The Hill:
GOP leaders at odds over immigration
GOP leaders at odds over immigration
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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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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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ESPN:
Little League punishes Chicago team — Little League Baseball has stripped the U.S. championship from Chicago-based Jackie Robinson West and suspended its coach for violating a rule prohibiting the use of players who live outside the geographic area that the team represents, it was announced Wednesday.
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Politico:
Don't disrespect our president, black lawmakers tell Netanyahu — The audience for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's speech to Congress on March 3 is shaping up to be largely Republican—and almost completely white. — Many members of the Congressional Black Caucus say they're planning …
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CNN:
Official: Houthis seize U.S. Embassy vehicles, Marines' weapons at airport — Official: Rebels take U.S. Embassy vehicles, weapons 02:12 — Story highlights — Sanaa, Yemen (CNN)Houthi rebels took all U.S. Embassy vehicles parked at the Yemeni capital's airport and wouldn't let departing U.S. Marines …
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Business Insider, The PJ Tatler and Jammie Wearing Fools
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Ted Cruz:
Sen. Cruz: We Must Protect State Marriage Laws — RE-INTRODUCES STATE MARRIAGE DEFENSE ACT — WASHINGTON, DC — Today U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, along with 11 fellow Senators, re-introduced the State Marriage Defense Act, which respects the definition of marriage held by the people …
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Kendall Breitman / Politico:
Ted Cruz introduces bill to leave marriage to the states
Ted Cruz introduces bill to leave marriage to the states
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New York Times:
Emerging Hillary 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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Hot Air, The Hugh Hewitt Show and Politico
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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Tea Party, Washington Monthly and The Daily Caller
Steve Benen / msnbc.com:
Warren's not-so-subtle shot across Rand Paul's bow — The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee held a hearing yesterday on vaccinations, and as the conservative Washington Times noted, the panel's members delivered “a bipartisan show of unity” on the subject.
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