memeorandum: Autopsy Cites Cancer as Cause in Death of David Carr, Times Reporter (Daniel E. Slotnik/New York Times)

3:30 PM ET, February 15, 2015

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Maureen Callahan / New York Post:

Bill Clinton's libido threatens to derail Hillary — again — She hasn't even announced, but the question has already resurfaced: Will Bill Clinton's baggage derail Hillary Clinton's presidential hopes? — Just a few weeks ago, reports broke that Bill Clinton had flown at least 11 times on …

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Maureen Dowd / New York Times:

Call Off the Dogs — WASHINGTON — I'LL pay for this column. — The Rottweilers will be unleashed. — Once the Clintons had a War Room. Now they have a Slime Room. — Once they had the sly James Carville, fondly known as “serpenthead.” Now they have the slippery David Brock, accurately known as a snake.

Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:

Boehner: I Didn't Want ‘Interference’ From Obama In Netanyahu Speech — “Fox News Sunday” host Chris Wallace on Sunday quizzed House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) on his decision to invite Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to speak before Congress. — Boehner invited Netanyahu without consulting …

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Evan McMurry / Mediaite:

Boehner ‘Certainly’ Prepared to Let DHS Funding Expire: Senate Dems ‘Would Be to Blame’ — Fox News Sunday host Chris Wallace repeatedly questioned House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) Sunday morning over the upcoming deadline for Department of Homeland Security funding …

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Nick Gass / Politico:

John Boehner blames Senate Dems for blocking DHS funding — Speaker John Boehner says the House has done its job in passing a bill to fund the Department of Homeland Security, and it's Senate Democrats' fault if the department runs out of money at the end of the month.

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David Cameron / Observer:

Copenhagen shootings suspect was ‘known to police’ — Suspect shot dead in Denmark's capital after one person was gunned down at cafe and another at a synagogue — The gunman shot dead by police after a double terror attack on a cafe and a synagogue in Copenhagen that claimed two lives …

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Steven Erlanger / New York Times:
Police Say They Killed Suspect in 2 Attacks in Copenhagen

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BBC:
Danish shooting: Audio of moment gunman struck in Copenhagen cafe

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BBC:
Injuries in second Copenhagen shooting

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Associated Press:
2 Deadly Shootings Within Hours in Copenhagen; 5 Wounded

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Kay Steiger / ThinkProgress:

Lawmaker Opposes Education Funding Because It Would Go To ‘Blacks’ Who Get ‘Welfare Crazy Checks’ — Mississippi state Rep. Gene Alday (R-Wells), right, listens to a colleague. — CREDIT: AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis — A Mississippi state lawmaker said he opposed putting more money …

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Jerry Mitchell / The Clarion Ledger:

Miss. third-grade gate: Fear of failure — Mississippi school superintendents expect to see more than 28 percent of their students forced to repeat third grade as a result of the governor's third-grade gate. — “We are setting these kids up for failure,” predicted Nancy Loome …

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Ken Stone / Times of San Diego:

Obama Depicted as Rape Suspect in Fox 5 News Graphic Error — In a stroke of Friday the 13th bad luck, Fox 5 San Diego briefly portrayed President Obama as a sex-assault suspect on its 10 o'clock news. — At 10:04 p.m., viewers heard anchor Kathleen Bade say: “The only suspect in a sex assault at SDSU will not be charged.”

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Kyle Smith / New York Post:

How Jon Stewart turned lies into comedy and brainwashed a generation — So Brian Williams goes out (for six months) humiliated and derided. Jon Stewart goes out (permanently, one hopes) the same day, but on a giant Comedy Homecoming King float, with a 21-gun salute from the media, his path strewn with roses and teardrops.

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Agence France-Presse:

Hezbollah chief urges backers to stop celebratory gunfire — Beirut (AFP) - The head of Lebanon's powerful Hezbollah movement on Sunday urged supporters to refrain from the volleys of celebratory gunfire that they unleash during his periodic speeches. — “I urge you... to abstain categorically …

Discussion: The PJ Tatler

Daniel E. Slotnik / New York Times:

Autopsy Cites Cancer as Cause in Death of David Carr, Times Reporter — David Carr, the New York Times media columnist who died unexpectedly Thursday night, had lung cancer, and died of complications from the disease, according to the results of an autopsy released Saturday evening.

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