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Garrett Epps / The Atlantic Online:
What Makes Indiana's Religious-Freedom Law Different? — In Indianapolis, a crowd protests the new law. (Nathan Chute/Reuters ) — No one, I think, would ever have denied that Maurice Bessinger was a man of faith. — And he wasn't particularly a “still, small voice” man either …
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Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
Rubio backs religious freedom law — Likely presidential contender Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) backed Indiana's controversial religious freedom law, painting it as a necessary way to stop the government from forcing business owners to violate their religion. — “No one here is saying …
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Alex Swoyer / BREITBART.COM:
EXCLUSIVE: Dr. Ben Carson: ‘Absolutely Vital’ Americans Stand Up For Indiana's Religious Freedom Law — Dr. Ben Carson, a likely 2016 presidential contender, tells Breitbart News that it is “absolutely vital” Americans stand up for Indiana Gov. Mike Pence's new religious freedom law.
Emily Zanotti / American Spectator:
Wilco Cancels IN Show But Not Shows In 9 Other RFRA States
Wilco Cancels IN Show But Not Shows In 9 Other RFRA States
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Brian Eason / Indianapolis Star:
Ballard to legislature: Add sexual orientation as protected class
Ballard to legislature: Add sexual orientation as protected class
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Tom Boggioni / Raw Story:
Whoops: Indiana's anti-gay ‘religious freedom’ act opens the door for the First Church of Cannabis
Whoops: Indiana's anti-gay ‘religious freedom’ act opens the door for the First Church of Cannabis
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William C. Rhoden / New York Times:
Off the Dribble and Into a Firestorm in Indiana
Tom Kludt / CNNMoney:
Andrew Sullivan: Blogging nearly killed me — For years, Andrew Sullivan blogged at a prolific rate. — His prodigious output was supplemented by dispatches from readers, public debates with fellow bloggers and ruminations on everything from the Geneva Conventions to “South Park.”
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Tina Nguyen / Mediaite:
Andrew Sullivan: I Stopped Blogging Because ‘It Was Killing Me’
Andrew Sullivan: I Stopped Blogging Because ‘It Was Killing Me’
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Justin Fishel / ABC News:
Men Dressed as Women Shot Outside NSA Gate, Tried to Ram Past Checkpoint, Officials Say … One man is dead and another severely injured after a shootout at one of the main gates of the National Security Agency located at Fort Meade, Maryland. — Two men dressed as women attempted to …
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1 dead after shooting at NSA gate at Fort Meade
1 dead after shooting at NSA gate at Fort Meade
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Lawrence Hurley / Reuters:
Supreme Court rejects free speech appeal over Cinco de Mayo school dispute — CBS Local - Officials in Morgan Hill are concerned about protesters converging at Live Oak High School on Cinco de Mayo, after a court upheld the school's decision to discipline students wearing American flag ...more t-shirts.
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Lawrence Hurley / Reuters:
U.S. Supreme Court rejects Obamacare ‘death panel’ challenge — (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear a new challenge to President Barack Obama's healthcare law that took aim at a bureaucratic board labeled by some Republicans as a “death panel” because it was designed to cut Medicare costs.
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Steve Kornacki / msnbc.com:
The man who thinks he can beat Hillary — Hillary Clinton will be opposed by a real, actual, credible Democrat for her party's presidential nomination. — That's the takeaway from Martin O'Malley's Sunday appearance on ABC's “This Week,” during which the former Maryland governor previewed …
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Gabriel Debenedetti / Politico:
Hillary Clinton advisers take early state tour
Hillary Clinton advisers take early state tour
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Dave Itzkoff / New York Times:
Trevor Noah to Succeed Jon Stewart on ‘The Daily Show’ — In December, Trevor Noah, a 31-year-old comedian, made his debut as an on-air contributor on “The Daily Show With Jon Stewart,” offering his outsider's perspective, as a biracial South African, on the United States.
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Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
The conspiracy theory around Harry Reid's exercise accident, explained — Byron York, chief political correspondent for the Washington Examiner and Fox News contributor, has some questions about Harry Reid: … Behind this somewhat enigmatic tweet lies a rather elaborate conspiracy theory. @jhinderaker …
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Dhaka Tribune:
Blogger Oyasiqur hacked to death — Two madrasa students have been detained for their alleged involvement with the killing — Radical Islamists hacked to death secular blogger Md Oyasiqur Rahman Babu Monday morning in Tejgaon, Dhaka allegedly for his atheist views.
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Shafiqul Alam / Agence France-Presse:
Another blogger hacked to death in Bangladesh
Another blogger hacked to death in Bangladesh
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Chico Harlan / Washington Post:
After a story is published, a minimum wage worker loses her job — Shanna Tippen was another hourly worker at the bottom of the nation's economy, looking forward to a 25 cent bump in the Arkansas minimum wage that would make it easier for her to buy diapers for her grandson.
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Jake Malooley / Chicago Reader:
Rahm Emanuel hates Illinois Nazis! — Like Jake Blues, Rahm Emanuel hates Illinois Nazis. — On July 9, 1978, a shirtless and sun-browned 18-year-old Rahm was among a group of Jewish people and other activists who gathered in Marquette Park on the city's southwest side to demonstrate …
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Washpostpr / Washington Post:
Publisher Frederick J. Ryan Jr. sends note to Washington Post staff about 2015 — Washington Post Publisher Frederick J. Ryan, Jr. sent the following note to staff today: — Dear Washington Post Colleagues, — This week will mark six months since you welcomed me to this extraordinary publication.
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Stacy Lange / WNEP-TV:
Man Killed by Falling Headstone While Decorating Family Grave … THROOP — A man was killed when a headstone fell on him Monday morning, according to police. — Throop police are calling this a horrible tragedy. The chief confirmed that a 74-year-old man was killed when one of the headstones …
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Roberta Rampton / Reuters:
Republicans see Obama as more imminent threat than Putin: Reuters/Ipsos poll — (Reuters) - A third of Republicans believe President Barack Obama poses an imminent threat to the United States, outranking concerns about Russian President Vladimir Putin and Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
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Adam B. Lerner / Politico:
Poll: Republicans say Obama more of an ‘imminent threat’ than Putin
Poll: Republicans say Obama more of an ‘imminent threat’ than Putin
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Mother Jones:
O'Reilly Cameraman Disputes Fox News Host's Falklands “War Zone” Story — O'Reilly claimed he rescued his bleeding cameraman during a riot in Argentina. But the journo who shot O'Reilly's video says this didn't happen. — Fox News host Bill O'Reilly continues to insist that he never misrepresented …
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Paul Farrell / Guardian:
Personal details of world leaders accidentally revealed by G20 organisers — Exclusive: Obama, Putin, Merkel, Cameron, Modi and others kept in the dark after passport numbers and other details were disclosed in Australia's accidental privacy breach — Read the immigration department's letter outlining …
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Spectrum:
Owner alters Barista's infamous bull — HURRICANE - Barista's bull, which has garnered heated complaints from residents in the Hurricane Valley area, suddenly changed — the genitalia has been removed. — Stephen Ward, owner of the restaurant, said he woke up Friday and realized the sculpture …
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