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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
Gunmen attack event attended by cartoonist who depicted Mohammed
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Agence France-Presse:
One dead, three police hurt in shooting at Copenhagen Islam debate
One dead, three police hurt in shooting at Copenhagen Islam debate
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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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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.
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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 …
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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Nancy LeTourneau / Washington Monthly:
McConnell Is Blowing It...Big Time — My take on Sen. Mitch McConnell has always been that he is not so interested in issues/policies as he is in the power game of politics. That approach was never on display more clearly than when he said that his number one goal was to ensure that Obama …
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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.
Glenn Blain / NY Daily News:
State Sen. Thomas Croci wants terrorist registry to track where offenders live in New York — The ‘New York State Terrorist Registry’, which would be accessible to the public on the Web, would be modeled after the one now used to track registered sex offenders living in New York and would require the terrorists.
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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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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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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Shaila Dewan / New York Times:
States Consider Increasing Taxes for the Poor and Cutting Them for the Affluent
States Consider Increasing Taxes for the Poor and Cutting Them for the Affluent
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Jesse Walker / Hit & Run:
The Killer, the Reporter, and the Southern Poverty Law Center — Craig Hicks, the man who murdered three Muslims in North Carolina this week, had a Facebook page. One of the groups he liked on it is the Southern Poverty Law Center. — An AlterNet article about Hicks …
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Jessica Glenza / Guardian:
Republican in Montana yoga pants obscenity uproar explains: it was a joke — State representative David Moore prompted outrage with what he insists was an ‘off-the-cuff remark’ but the Associated Press stands by its reporting — It was all a joke. — That's the message …
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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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