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1:30 PM ET, February 15, 2015

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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 …

Discussion: Guardian, Liberaland, ITV, Mediaite, Telegraph and Hinterland Gazette

BBC:

Injuries in second Copenhagen shooting — Several people have been injured after shots were fired near a synagogue in Copenhagen, Danish police say. — One person was reportedly hit in the head, and two police officers suffered arm and leg injuries. The attacker is believed to have fled.

Discussion: The Daily Beast, Informed Comment, Hot Air, Israel Matzav, Friendly Atheist, Pamela Geller, Atlas Shrugs, Mediaite and Patterico's Pontifications, more at Mediagazer »

Steven Erlanger / New York Times:

Police Say They Killed Suspect in 2 Attacks in Copenhagen — LONDON — The Copenhagen police said on Sunday that they had shot and killed a man they believed carried out two attacks that left two people dead, one at a cafe and one outside a synagogue, and wounded at least five policemen.

Discussion: Reuters, New York Magazine, NBC News, The Gateway Pundit, Gawker and ABC News

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

Discussion: The Local, The PJ Tatler, Washington Post, Gawker and National Review

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

Discussion: ABC News, No More Mister Nice Blog, abc7.com, Fox News, American Spectator, New York Magazine and Scared Monkeys

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 …

Discussion: Tea Party and CANNONFIRE

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 …

Discussion: Booman Tribune

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.

Discussion: Bloomberg Business and NPR

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 …

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, The Clarion Ledger and Eschaton

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.”

Discussion: Political Wire, FreakOutNation, Raw Story and Addicting Info

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

Milo Yiannopoulos / BREITBART.COM:

Female Thor Is What Happens When Progressive Hand-Wringing And Misandry Ruin A Cherished Art-Form — You may have heard that Marvel has turned Thor into a woman. What you probably don't know, because you likely greeted the news with bafflement and horror and then resolved never to pick …

Discussion: Vox Popoli

Matt Peterson / Crime Blog:

UT-Arlington student admits making up claim that gunman followed her to campus, threatened her — Texas Hall is a few blocks north of Lot 49, where the student said she was confronted. — A UT-Arlington student who claimed she was threatened at gunpoint on campus this week admitted Friday that she'd lied …

Discussion: The Gateway Pundit, BizPac Review and Pamela Geller, Atlas Shrugs

Kevin Robillard / Politico:

FAA finally issues its small drone rule — Drones can begin flying low over the American skyscape by 2017 under rules proposed Sunday by the Obama administration that will finally allow their legal use for business purposes. — The rules, which still need to go through an extensive public comment phase …

Discussion: Associated Press and The Week