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10:25 AM ET, February 21, 2015

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Yemen's former leader flees to Aden  —  (Reuters) - Yemen's former president Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi escaped weeks of house arrest by the Houthi militia at his official residence on Saturday and fled to his home town of Aden, sources close to him said.  —  He will make a speech later on Saturday …
Discussion: The Week and Booman Tribune
The Huffington Post:
Two House Bills Would End Federal Prohibition Of Marijuana  —  Two congressmen filed separate House bills on Friday that together would legalize, regulate and tax marijuana at the federal level, effectively ending the U.S. government's decadeslong prohibition of the plant.
Discussion: Washington Monthly
Associated Press:
Unwelcome Mat: White House Tries to Counter Netanyahu Visit  —  In what is becoming an increasingly nasty grudge match, the White House is mulling ways to undercut Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's upcoming trip to Washington and blunt his message that a potential nuclear deal with Iran is bad for Israel and the world.
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit and Daily Kos
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ABC News:
US to Seek Stay of Ruling on Obama Immigration Action
Discussion: Daily Kos
Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Hillary Clinton Begins Process of Vetting — Herself  —  Hillary Rodham Clinton, the subject of intense news media attention and public scrutiny for the last three decades, is preparing for another thorough vetting as she plans for a likely presidential campaign.
Discussion: FOX News Radio and Washington Post
Joe Raedle / National Review:
Rudy Is Right  —  Barack Obama doesn't even like America.  —  Rudy Giuliani is in the stocks for saying that he does not believe that President Barack Obama “loves America.”  He said this at a small, private dinner for Scott Walker, who probably will not be inviting Giuliani to very many events in the near future.
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Shaun KingFollow / Daily Kos:
Thaddeus Murphy arrested for January Colorado Springs NAACP bombing  —  According to Channel 9 News in Colorado Springs, Colorado, police just arrested Thaddeus Murphy in connection with the bombing of an NAACP office earlier this year.  —  Details are forthcoming, but early reports state …
Discussion: FOX News Radio
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What Solutions Do You Think Are Most Critical To Countering Violent Extremism?  —  This week, the White House hosted a Summit to Counter Violent Extremism to highlight domestic and international efforts to prevent violent extremists and their supporters from radicalizing, recruiting …
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ABC News:
What Vegas Suspect Told Mom, Daughter After ‘Road Rage’  —  Tammy Meyers' teenage daughter told police the man she and her mother encountered near their Las Vegas home in an apparent “road rage” incident got out of the driver's seat and said, “I'm gonna come back for you and your daughter,” according to a police warrant issued today.
Julie Zauzmer / Washington Post:
Defendant allegedly asked about hit man to kill child witnesses  —  A former Falls Church Democratic Party chairman, charged with molesting two young girls, talked about hiring a hit man to kill them before they could be witnesses at his March 4 trial, according to court documents.
Conor Friedersdorf / The Atlantic Online:
The Danger of Being Neighborly Without a Permit  —  Three years ago, The Los Angeles Times published a feel-good story on the Little Free Library movement.  The idea is simple: A book lover puts a box or shelf or crate of books in their front yard.  Neighbors browse, take one, and return later with a replacement.
Brian Tashman / Right Wing Watch:
BarbWire Pundit: Obama Will Create A ‘North American Caliphate’ As His ‘Final Solution For The USA’  —  Citing a fabricated quote from “The Audacity of Hope,” which she claims may have actually been written by Bill Ayers, BarbWire columnist Sher Zieve writes today that President Obama is bent on …
Discussion: BarbWire.com and FOX News Radio
Katie Pavlich / Townhall.com:
ISIS Continues to Directly Threaten Military Families  —  As the Obama administration continues its sluggish bombing campaign against the Islamic State, ISIS fighters are waging a war directly on the families of U.S. military soldiers.  —  Last week Angela Ricketts, the wife …
Michael C Bender / Bloomberg Business:
Jeb Bush Chooses to Be Cross-Examined at CPAC  —  As the American Conservative Union puts final touches on its annual political conference next week, they've offered potential Republican presidential contenders the option of a moderated question-and-answer session instead speaking from a podium …
The White House:
Remarks by the President at DNC Winter Meeting  —  Washington, D.C.  —  THE PRESIDENT: Hello, Democrats!  (Applause.)  It's good to see all of you.  Good to see you.  This looks like a rowdy crowd.  (Applause.)  I think Donna got you all — you know, you always got to watch out for Donna.
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Devin Dwyer / ABC News:   Obama Takes On Rand Paul For Just ‘Talking the Talk’
 
 
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Ian Livingston / Washington Post:
120-year-old record low broken in D.C., one of many today and in the past week
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Anomaly / FreakOutNation:
Police Officer Aiming For Dog, Accidentally Shoots His Sergeant
Bill Chappell / NPR:
U.S.: Major Offensive Planned Against ISIS In Mosul This Spring
Martin Evans / Telegraph:
Three missing London schoolgirls ‘travelling to Syria to join Isil’
Ginia Bellafante / New York Times:
Global Warming Could Make the Super-Rich Jealous of Rowhouse Residents
Discussion: Gothamist
Patrick Marley / JSOnline:
Scott Walker says he'll sign fast-tracked right-to-work bill
Associated Press:
In a story Feb. 20 about the sentencing of former Virginia …
Discussion: Liberaland
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Jim Dwyer / New York Times:
Awarded Stolen Wages, Workers Struggle to Collect
Discussion: Gothamist
Richard Justice / MLB.com:
MLB announces pace of game initiatives, replay modifications
Discussion: The Atlantic Online
Mike Lillis / The Hill:
Obama to seek emergency order restarting immigration programs
Richard Fausset / New York Times:
Ideology Seen as Factor in Closings in University of North Carolina System
E. J. Graff / New York Times:
Boston's Winter From Hell
Discussion: Gothamist
Charles Krauthammer / Washington Post:
Abolish the filibuster  —  I've been radicalized.  By Harry Reid and Barack Obama.
Julia Marsh / New York Post:
Rent-stabilized tenant evicted after cashing in on Airbnb
Discussion: Gothamist, Mashable and Curbed NY
 

 
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How Spotify used its Perfect Fit Content program to rig its system against musicians, filling popular playlists with “ghost artists” to cut its royalty payouts

Jack Dunn / Variety:
Trump appoints Mark Burnett, the British TV executive who created and produced the reality show The Apprentice, as a special envoy to the UK

 
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