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1:50 PM ET, February 14, 2015

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One dead in shooting at Copenhagen Islam debate — Copenhagen (AFP) - Unidentified gunmen killed at least one person and wounded three police officers after opening fire Saturday on a cultural centre in Copenhagen hosting a debate on Islam and free speech, police said.

Harriet Alexander / Telegraph:

Copenhagen shooting during debate on Islam: live — One dead in shooting at a Copenhagen cultural centre, where a meeting about freedom of speech was being held - organised by a Swedish artist who had caricatured the Prophet Muhammad. Latest here … 18.23 More from David Chazan in Paris.

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BBC:

Copenhagen free speech debate shooting: One dead — Gunmen killed one person and injured three police officers during a free speech debate in Copenhagen attended by a controversial Swedish cartoonist, officials said. — The French ambassador was also present at the debate.

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John McCormack / Weekly Standard:

NYT Columnist Blames Scott Walker for Teacher Layoffs That Occurred Before He Was Governor — New York Times columnist Gail Collins writes about Wisconsin governor Scott Walker's recent speech in Iowa: … There are two problems in this section of Collins's column: First …

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Gail Collins / New York Times:

Scott Walker Needs an Eraser — Lately, the big star in the race for the Republican presidential nomination has been Scott Walker, the governor of Wisconsin. He gave a rip-roaring speech at a conservative confab in Iowa last month, and it's been his moment ever since.

Sarah Ferris / The Hill:

O-Care fans: SCOTUS case ‘unraveling’ — Supporters of ObamaCare think they've found a fatal flaw in the GOP-led legal challenge to the healthcare law at the Supreme Court. — Legal experts in favor of the Affordable Care Act say new information unearthed about the plaintiffs in King v. Burwell …

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Caitlin Dickson / Yahoo! News:

Obama adviser John Podesta's biggest regret: Keeping America in dark about UFOs — Yahoo News 14 hrs ago — Outgoing senior Obama adviser John Podesta reflected on his latest White House stint Friday, listing his favorite moments and biggest regrets from the past year.

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Philip Rucker / Washington Post:

Barbara Bush: ‘I changed my mind’ about Bush dynasty — BONITA SPRINGS, Fla. — Two years ago, former first lady Barbara Bush said there had been “enough Bushes” in the White House. — On Friday night here, the family matriarch declared — lest there be any doubt — that she had changed her mind.

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Michael C Bender / Bloomberg Business:
Jeb Bush Doesn't Want to Talk About Brother-Led Wars

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Matea Gold / Washington Post:
Bush blows away GOP rivals with 2016 war chest

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Jelani Cobb / New Yorker:

Postscript: David Carr (1956-2015) — In the spring of 1996, I walked into the offices of the Washington City Paper for what turned out to be the most bizarre job interview of my life. It took place in a darkened office—shades drawn, lights off, just a bit of illumination filtering in from the hallway.

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Laura Gunderson / Oregonian:

Massive FBI investigation targets Oregon Governor John Kitzhaber, Cylvia Hayes — U.S. Attorney Amanda Marshall's office is overseeing a federal grand jury investigation into Oregon Governor John Kitzhaber and his fiancee, Cylvia Hayes. (The Oregonian) — A federal grand jury in Portland …

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Paul Krugman / New York Times:

Naked Came The Class Warriors — Shaila Dewan, in the Upshot, notes that a number of Republican governors are proposing tax increases — but that in every case the tax hike would fall most heavily on those with lower incomes, and many are proposing simultaneous tax cuts for business and/or the wealthy.

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Meghashyam Mali / The Hill:

Obama intends to ‘run through the tape’ — President Obama says he is ready to “run through the tape” to promote his agenda during his final two years in office. — “I've only got two years left, but two years is a long time,” the president told Democratic supporters at a fundraiser in San Francisco on Friday.