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Daily Mail:
BREAKING NEWS: Germanwings co-pilot DELIBERATELY crashed Flight 4U9525 into mountain to ‘destroy the plane’ after locking his captain out of cockpit, reveals French prosecutor — The co-pilot of the doomed Germanwings Airbus A320 locked his captain out of the cockpit before deliberately crashing …
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Raziye Akkoc / Telegraph:
Andreas Lubitz: First picture of Germanwings pilot and what we know about him — Marseille prosecutor says co-pilot Andreas Lubitz probably crashed plane ‘deliberately’ - both he and pilot Patrick S trained at Lufthansa Flight Training School in Bremen — The Marseille prosecutor …
New York Times:
Germanwings Co-Pilot, Andreas Lubitz, Deliberately Crashed Plane, Prosecutor Says — PARIS — The co-pilot of Germanwings flight 9525 deliberately crashed the aircraft, French officials said Thursday, pointing to voice recorder evidence that he had locked the captain out of the cockpit …
Stephanie Kirchner / Washington Post:
French prosecutor: Co-pilot of doomed flight sought to ‘destroy the plane’ … DÜSSELDORF, Germany — A French prosecutor said Thursday that the co-pilot of the doomed Germanwing flight appeared to want to “destroy the plane,” in a stunning twist to the investigation that shifted attention …
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Wall Street Journal:
Germanwings Co-Pilot Named as Andreas Lubitz
Germanwings Co-Pilot Named as Andreas Lubitz
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Associated Press, Mediaite, JONATHAN TURLEY and NPR
BBC:
Germanwings plane crash: Co-pilot ‘wanted to destroy plane’
Germanwings plane crash: Co-pilot ‘wanted to destroy plane’
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Wall Street Journal:
Germanwings Co-Pilot Deliberately Crashed Plane, Says Prosecutor
Germanwings Co-Pilot Deliberately Crashed Plane, Says Prosecutor
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CNN:
(CNN)Latest developments:
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Bloomberg Business:
Germanwings Pilot Locked Out of Cockpit Before Crash
Germanwings Pilot Locked Out of Cockpit Before Crash
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Mark Tran / Guardian:
Germanwings co-pilot intended to destroy plane, says French prosecutor - live updates
Germanwings co-pilot intended to destroy plane, says French prosecutor - live updates
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Towleroad News #gay and NPR
Arutz Sheva:
US Declassifies Document Revealing Israel's Nuclear Program — Obama revenge for Netanyahu's Congress talk? 1987 report on Israel's top secret nuclear program released in unprecedented move. — Dimona nuclear reactor circa 1960s — National Security Archive/Flash 90
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Jordan Schachtel / Reuters:
Administration Declassifies Top-Secret Doc That Reveals Israel's Nuclear Secrets — The Pentagon has declassified a document that was once labeled “top-secret,” which goes into sophisticated detail about Israel's nuclear weapons program. The document was released quietly just prior …
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IN.gov:
Governor Pence Issues Statement Regarding the Religious Freedom Restoration Act — Start Date: — Start Time: — End Date: — Entry Description — Indianapolis - Governor Mike Pence today issued the following statement after signing the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (SEA 101) in a private ceremony.
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Eric Bradner / CNN:
Indiana's Pence to sign bill allowing businesses to reject gay customers — Bill allows businesses to reject gay customers 02:10 — Washington (CNN)Indiana Gov. Mike Pence is set to sign into law a measure that allows businesses to turn away gay and lesbian customers in the name of “religious freedom.”
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Associated Press:
Iran May Run Centrifuges at Fortified Site, AP Reports — The United States is considering letting Tehran run hundreds of centrifuges at a once-secret, fortified underground bunker in exchange for limits on centrifuge work and research and development at other sites, officials have told The Associated Press.
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Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Walker says he'd reject deal with Iran ‘on day one’
Walker says he'd reject deal with Iran ‘on day one’
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Duane Patterson / The Hugh Hewitt Show:
Governor Scott Walker Talks Foreign Policy
Governor Scott Walker Talks Foreign Policy
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Adam Baron / Politico:
What we get wrong about Yemen — Foreign intervention in a local fight would be the worst course anyone could take. — Lead image by AP Photo. — With reports Wednesday that besieged President Abdo Rabbu Mansour Hadi might have fled his palace, Yemen appears closer to collapsing into a total failed state.
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John R. Bolton / New York Times:
To Stop Iran's Bomb, Bomb Iran — FOR years, experts worried that the Middle East would face an uncontrollable nuclear-arms race if Iran ever acquired weapons capability. Given the region's political, religious and ethnic conflicts, the logic is straightforward.
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John Bresnahan / Politico:
DEA agents had ‘sex parties’ with prostitutes, watchdog says — Agents of the Drug Enforcement Administration reportedly had “sex parties” with prostitutes hired by drug cartels in Colombia, according to a new inspector general report released by the Justice Department on Thursday.
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Business Insider, Hit & Run, Mediaite and Hot Air
Reid J. Epstein / Wall Street Journal:
Scott Walker Shifts Stance on Immigration at Private Dinner — Likely GOP presidential candidate says he backs allowing undocumented immigrants becoming eligible for citizenship — Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker told a private dinner of New Hampshire Republicans this month that he backed …
Lanny Davis / The Hill:
The scandal machine: Will we ever learn? — In 1999, I published a book describing my experiences as White House special counsel in dealing mostly with the various campaign finance accusations against the 1996 Clinton presidential campaign during my tenure at the White House, from 1996 to 1998.
Alex Rogers / TIME:
Rand Paul Proposes Boosting Defense Spending — His amendment would add $76.5 billion to the defense budget — Just weeks before announcing his 2016 presidential bid, Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul is completing an about-face on a longstanding pledge to curb the growth in defense spending.
Pete Kasperowicz / TheBlaze.com:
House Dem: Global Warming Could Force Women to Trade Sex for Food — A senior House Democrat has once again issued an apocalyptic warning that climate change will hit women harder than men, and that it could drive millions of poor women to engage in “transactional sex” in order to provide food and water for their families.
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Mark Joyella / TVNewser:
Gregg Jarrett: ‘I Might Not Have Survived’ Without Roger Ailes — Meeting a reporter for coffee one cold morning this week, Gregg Jarrett looked great-healthy and full of life. Wearing a crisp button-down shirt and a pale blue sweater, the longtime Fox News anchor had the familiar look …
Brendan James / Talking Points Memo:
The Atlantic Gives Writer Fired By Mic For Plagiarism A Second Chance — The Atlantic proved it believed in second chances on Wednesday when it published an essay by Jared Keller, a former staffer who was fired last month for plagiarism at the news startup Mic.
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Politico and The Atlantic Online