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Sam Stein / The Huffington Post:
Obama Details His Disappointment With Netanyahu In First Post-Election Comments — WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is operating under the assumption that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu does not support the creation of a Palestinian state, despite the Israeli leader's post-election efforts …
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Sam Stein / The Huffington Post:
Here's The Full Transcript Of Obama's Interview With HuffPost — President Barack Obama sat down with The Huffington Post's Sam Stein for an interview on Friday, discussing everything from sequestration, the Iran nuclear talks and presidential pardons, to overtime pay, athletic scholarships and sleep.
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Mediaite and Bloomberg Business
Jeremy Diamond / CNN:
King: 'I don't understand how Jews in America can be Democrats first and Jewish second'
King: 'I don't understand how Jews in America can be Democrats first and Jewish second'
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PoliticusUSA and Hullabaloo
New York Times:
ISIS Urges Sympathizers to Kill U.S. Service Members It Identifies on Website — WASHINGTON — In a new online threat to American military personnel, the Islamic State has called on its members and sympathizers in the United States to kill 100 service members whose names, photos and purported addresses it posted on a website.
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Reuters:
Islamic State calls on backers to kill 100 U.S. military personnel — (Reuters) - Islamic State has posted online what it says are the names, U.S. addresses and photos of 100 American military service members, and called upon its “brothers residing in America” to kill them.
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Luis Martinez / ABC News:
Purported ISIS Group Posts Personal Details of 100 U.S. Military Service Members … The military is warning about 100 service members about an online threat by a group purportedly affiliated with ISIS that has posted their alleged personal details and called on sympathizers to take violent action against them.
Igor Volsky / ThinkProgress:
Mayoral Candidate Apologizes For Performing In Black Face — Oklahoma mayoral candidate Bill Helton dressed as “Pollyester Kotton.” — CREDIT: Screenshot — A white mayoral candidate in Oklahoma is apologizing to voters after videos surfaced of him wearing black face and performing …
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Kristen Shanahan / KFOR-TV:
Controversy surrounds Elk City mayoral candidate for dressing as a black woman
Controversy surrounds Elk City mayoral candidate for dressing as a black woman
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Raw Story
Theodore Schleifer / Houston Chronicle:
Ted Cruz to announce presidential bid Monday — Senator will be first declared GOP candidate — Sen. Ted Cruz plans to announce Monday that he will run for president of the United States, accelerating his already rapid three-year rise from a tea party insurgent in Texas into a divisive political force in Washington.
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The Hill:
Conservatives seethe after attacks from allies of Boehner — Conservatives are seething after an outside group aligned with Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) spent hundreds of thousands of dollars targeting a trio of Republican lawmakers over threats to shut down the Department of Homeland Security.
Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:
Petraeus: Iran a greater threat to Iraq than ISIS — Retired Gen. David Petraeus says that Iranian-backed Shiite militias pose a greater threat to Iraq's long-term peace and security than the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS). — “The current Iranian regime is not our ally in the Middle East.
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Mitchell Prothero / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Operation to retake Tikrit from Islamic State stalled by heavy casualties, discord
Operation to retake Tikrit from Islamic State stalled by heavy casualties, discord
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James Lindgren / SSRN:
Measuring Diversity: Law Faculties in 1997 and 2013 — Northwestern University - School of Law — Abstract: — ABSTRACT AND AUTHOR'S NOTE — This article is the first careful look at the demographic makeup of law faculties compared to the larger pools of lawyers and the general public.
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John Wagner / Washington Post:
O'Malley steps up Wall Street critique in swing through Iowa — DAVENPORT, Iowa — Former Maryland governor Martin O'Malley stepped up his critique of Wall Street excesses here Friday as he began his first swing through Iowa this year with a populist speech to an enthusiastic crowd of close to 300 people attending a Democratic dinner.
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Emily Shapiro / ABC News:
12-Year-Old Girl Accused of Trying to Poison Mother for Taking Away iPhone — A 12-year-old Colorado girl has been detained for allegedly trying to kill her mother twice by poisoning her drinks with bleach, after her mother took away her iPhone, police said.
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KXAN-TV:
Austin lawyer Adam Reposa says he put up ‘white people’ stickers — AUSTIN (KXAN) — An Austin lawyer is claiming responsibility for several stickers placed on East Austin businesses that claimed they were “exclusively for white people.” — Adam Reposa posted the video on YouTube …
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