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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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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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Greg Botelho / CNN:
Gunmen attack event attended by cartoonist who depicted Mohammed — Witness: Cartoonist was the main target 02:09 — Story highlights — (CNN)Gunmen stormed into a Copenhagen building Saturday where controversial cartoonist Lars Vilks and his supporters had gathered …
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Agence France-Presse:
One dead, three police hurt in shooting at Copenhagen Islam debate — Soren Billing with Hugues Honore in Stockholm — 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.
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Jan Olson / Associated Press:
Shots fired at Copenhagen cafe free speech event
Shots fired at Copenhagen cafe free speech event
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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
Jeb Bush Doesn't Want to Talk About Brother-Led Wars
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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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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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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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Daily Mail:
Paraded in cages ‘to be burned alive’ like Jordanian pilot: ISIS releases video claiming to show 17 Kurdish fighters in humiliating procession through Iraqi city — Heads bowed in terror the orange-clad Kurdish fighters are paraded through streets filled with jeering militants in the latest horrifying video release from Islamic State.