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Erin Calandra / WJAC-TV:
Penn State fraternity suspended after secret Facebook discovered — STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — A Penn State fraternity is suspended after police said they created a secret Facebook page where they posted offensive pictures. — We got our hands on the search warrant.
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Starbucks Newsroom:
What ‘Race Together’ Means for Starbucks Partners and Customers — It began with one voice — As racially-charged tragedies unfolded in communities across the country, the chairman and ceo of Starbucks didn't remain a silent bystander. Howard Schultz voiced his concerns with partners …
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Bruce Horovitz / USA Today:
Starbucks, USA TODAY team to tackle racial issues
Starbucks, USA TODAY team to tackle racial issues
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Sarah Ferris / The Hill:
House GOP budget again repeals ObamaCare — The House budget unveiled Tuesday again includes a full repeal of ObamaCare. — The 43-page proposal offered by House Budget Committee Chairman Tom Price (R-Ga.) would eliminate all mandates, taxes, regulations and subsidies under the healthcare law …
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David Rogers / Politico:
Republicans try end-run around spending caps — A similar strategy led to a government shutdown two years ago. — The great Achilles heel in the House Republican budget Tuesday can be found in a blue-and-white chart, tucked away on page 40 and mapping out a 10-year path …
Jonathan Weisman / New York Times:
House Republican Budget Overhauls Medicare and Repeals the Health Law
House Republican Budget Overhauls Medicare and Repeals the Health Law
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Kathleen Hunter / Bloomberg Business:
Iranian Leaders ‘Clearly’ Got Letter's Message, Tom Cotton Says — (Bloomberg) — Iranian leaders “clearly have the message now” from a letter 47 Senate Republicans wrote warning that a future U.S. Congress could reverse any nuclear deal, the chief author said Tuesday.
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Michael R. Gordon / New York Times:
Iranian Officials Ask Kerry About Republicans' Letter — LAUSANNE, Switzerland — Iranian officials questioned Secretary of State John Kerry about a letter that Tom Cotton of Arkansas and 46 other Republican senators issued last week arguing that a potential nuclear accord would not be binding unless it was approved by Congress.
Jeb Lund / Rolling Stone:
None Dare Call It Treason: Tom Cotton, Iran and Old GOP Ideas
None Dare Call It Treason: Tom Cotton, Iran and Old GOP Ideas
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Haaretz:
LIVE BLOG: Netanyahu: The right-wing is in danger - Arabs are voting in droves — Live Updates: 36/7% of eligible Israelis cast their ballots by 2 P.M.; 5.8 million Israelis are expected to head to the polls Tuesday. — Israelis are voting on Tuesday in an election called last December by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
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Bernard Avishai / New Yorker:
Israel's New Political Center
Israel's New Political Center
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Marc Perkel / Dvorak News Blog:
BREAKING NEWS: Spam Filtering Service had access to Clinton Classified Emails — Not often do we break news on Dvorak News but today we do. Hillary Clinton used a spam filtering service MxLogic to filter her spam and viruses. What this means is - employees at MxLogic, now owned by McAfee …
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Kevin Cirilli / The Hill:
Obama trade agenda becomes problem for Hillary Clinton
Obama trade agenda becomes problem for Hillary Clinton
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CNN:
Official: United flight turns around after passenger runs up aisle yelling ‘jihad’ — Story highlights — (CNN)A United Airlines flight had to make a U-turn in the sky after an unruly passenger ran toward the cockpit screaming “jihad, jihad,” according to a government official with direct knowledge of the incident.
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Daily Mail:
Dramatic moment passenger who yelled 'Jihad! Jihad!' was pinned by terrified fellow fliers on board Washington United flight — This is the dramatic moment passengers on board a United Airlines flight tackled a young man to the ground after he shouted ‘Jihad, Jihad’ and threatened to hijack the aircraft.
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Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
Romney to jump into ring with former heavyweight boxer — Mitt Romney has reportedly signed on to box former heavyweight champion Evander Holyfield. — The two will spar to raise money for Charity Vision, a Salt Lake City organization that gives medical care and surgeries for needy children …
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David Stout / TIME:
Mitt Romney to Fight Evander Holyfield in Charity Bout
Mitt Romney to Fight Evander Holyfield in Charity Bout
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Michael D. Shear / New York Times:
Secret Service Wants a Fake White House to Help Protect the Real One — WASHINGTON — Stung by accusations that it cannot adequately protect the White House, the Secret Service wants to spend $8 million to build another White House in Beltsville, Md. — In prepared testimony …
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Cortney O'Brien / Townhall.com:
Michelle Obama on ‘Hard’ Life at the WH: We Can't Open Windows — The First Lady visited the “Ellen Show” today and lamented to Ellen Degeneres just how ‘hard’ her life is in the White House. … She explained in more detail. … Outside the 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue walls is just as rough.
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Politico:
Loretta Lynch nomination in the air as Dems block anti-trafficking bill — Nearly all Senate Democrats voted to block an anti-human trafficking bill on Tuesday over its abortion restrictions - prolonging an impasse that threatens to further delay a vote on Loretta Lynch as attorney general.
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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Israel's Gilded Age — Why did Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel feel the need to wag the dog in Washington? For that was, of course, what he was doing in his anti-Iran speech to Congress. If you're seriously trying to affect American foreign policy, you don't insult the president …
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Jonathan Capehart / Washington Post:
'Hands up, don't shoot' was built on a lie — The late evening of Aug. 9, 2014, I couldn't sleep. I was due to substitute-anchor MSNBC's “UP with Steve Kornacki” and should have been asleep. But after looking at my Twitter feed and reading the rage under #Ferguson, I felt compelled to type …
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James Hohmann / Politico:
Scott Walker denies ethanol flip-flop — Scott Walker freely admits that he has shifted to the right on immigration over the past two years, aligning himself with the GOP base, but the Wisconsin governor was adamant Monday night that he has not also flip-flopped on ethanol.
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Charlie Cook / National Journal:
Jeb Bush's Headwinds
Arizona Capitol Times:
Arizona judges can't do only opposite-sex marriages, ethics opinion says — Arizona judges who perform wedding ceremonies are being told that they cannot turn away gay couples who want to marry. — An opinion issued by a state judiciary ethics advisory committee said rejecting same-sex couples …
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Mike Cason / al.com:
Alumni won't leave millions to University of Alabama because of state's war on same-sex marriage
Alumni won't leave millions to University of Alabama because of state's war on same-sex marriage
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Wall Street Journal:
Apple Plans Web TV Service in Fall — In talks with programmers to offer a slimmed-down bundle of about 25 channels — Shalini Ramachandran and Daisuke Wakabayashi — Apple Inc.'s lofty plans to build an online television service are coming into sharper focus.
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