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ABC News:
Garland Shooting Suspect Elton Simpson's Father: ‘My Son Made a Bad Choice’ … The father of one of the suspected gunman in the Garland, Texas shooting told ABC News today that his son “made a bad choice.” — “We are Americans and we believe in America,” Dunston Simpson said.
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New York Times:
Two Gunmen Killed at Anti-Islam Exhibit Are Identified — GARLAND, Tex. — Law enforcement officials on Monday identified two men who were killed Sunday after they opened fire at an event where people were invited to present cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad.
Daily Mail:
Pamela Geller, co-founder and President of Stop Islamization of America, also spoke just before …
Pamela Geller, co-founder and President of Stop Islamization of America, also spoke just before …
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Washington Post, Pamela Geller, Atlas Shrugs, Rush Limbaugh and Clayton Cramer
Lindsey Bever / Washington Post:
Pamela Geller, the incendiary organizer of Texas ‘prophet Muhammad cartoon contest’
Pamela Geller, the incendiary organizer of Texas ‘prophet Muhammad cartoon contest’
Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
GOP lawmaker knocks Hillary Clinton over Texas shooting
GOP lawmaker knocks Hillary Clinton over Texas shooting
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Raw Story, ABC News and No More Mister Nice Blog
Cynthia McFadden / NBC News:
Bill Clinton Defends His Foundation's Foreign Money — Bill Clinton says he has no regrets about taking millions in foreign cash for his foundation — even though the donations have caused a political headache for Hillary Clinton as she tries to follow him into the Oval Office.
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Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Bill Clinton Says He's “Taken Almost No Capital Gains In 15 Years” — Here's What The Returns Show — “I give 10% of my revenue off the top every year to the foundation, and Hillary in the year she was there gave 17,” former President Clinton told NBC News. — Joe Raedle / Getty Images
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The Daily Caller, Wall Street Journal and Mediaite
Mark Halperin / Bloomberg Business:
The Definitive H&H Carly Fiorina Scouting Report
The Definitive H&H Carly Fiorina Scouting Report
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David Lerman / Bloomberg Business:
State Department Says No Evidence Donations Influenced Hillary Clinton
State Department Says No Evidence Donations Influenced Hillary Clinton
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BizPac Review, Mediaite and American Spectator
Ahiza Garcia / Talking Points Memo:
VIDEO: Fox News Reporter Says He Saw Black Man Shot While Running From Police — Fox News correspondent Mike Tobin said that he and his news crew witnessed what he described as a “young, black male” being shot by a police officer in Baltimore while running away on Monday afternoon.
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Fox News:
Conflicting reports on gun incident in Baltimore — The unidentified man is seen in a stretcher after being shot Monday by Baltimore police. (Fox News) — DEVELOPING: Conflicting reports about a police chase that may have involved gunfire roiled Baltimore Monday, just a week after riots rocked the city.
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Politico, Mediaite, Reuters, CBS Baltimore, Hit & Run, Salon, The Huffington Post and Poynter.
Evan McMurry / Mediaite:
Pamela Geller Battles CNN Host over Garland Shooting: Why Is Media ‘Targeting’ Us? — Hours after a shooting at a Muhammad cartoon event Garland, Texas that left the two gunmen dead, the event's sponsor and American Freedom Defense Initiative president Pamela Geller battled CNN's Alisyn Camerota …
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CNN, The PJ Tatler, The Huffington Post, Raw Story, The Daily Banter, NPR, FOX News Radio, Liberaland and The Daily Caller
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CAIR:
CAIR Condemns Attack on Anti-Islam Event in Texas
CAIR Condemns Attack on Anti-Islam Event in Texas
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Townhall.com, CNN, The Gateway Pundit and The Daily Caller
CNN:
Garland shooting: 2 killed after they open fire at Mohammed cartoon event
Garland shooting: 2 killed after they open fire at Mohammed cartoon event
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cbp.gov:
Cocaine Found in Underwear By CBP at JFK — JAMAICA, N.Y. — U. S. Customs and Border Protection officers in New York are always discovering interesting concealment methods. Hiding cocaine in his underwear is another way that a would-be smuggler attempted to transport illegal drugs into the United States.
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New York Times:
Dave Goldberg, Silicon Valley Executive, Said to Have Died of Head Trauma — SAN FRANCISCO — Dave Goldberg, the chief executive of SurveyMonkey and husband of Sheryl Sandberg of Facebook, died of head trauma Friday night after he collapsed at the gym at a private resort in Mexico, according to a Mexican government official.
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Ahiza Garcia / Talking Points Memo:
Chuck Norris: Don't Trust The Gov't On A Possible Military Takeover Of Texas — The actor who starred in the TV show “Walker, Texas Ranger” wrote on Sunday that he thinks concerns about a possible military takeover of Texas might well be justified. — Actor Chuck Norris …
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WND and The Daily Banter
Chris Geidner / BuzzFeed:
A Fox News Contributor On Being Gay, The GOP, And Religious Liberty — WASHINGTON — Guy Benson — the baby-faced, fast-talking Fox News contributor who is the political editor at Townhall.com — has something to say. — “Guy here,” he writes in his forthcoming book. “So, I'm gay.”
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Brian Dulle / KSNT-TV:
Note on restaurant receipt to Kansas governor goes viral — TOPEKA (KSNT) - A photo posted on social media regarding a note on a receipt given to Kansas Governor Sam Brownback has gone viral overnight. — The photo posted by former waitress Chloe Hough shows a credit card receipt …
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Hannah Scheller / Lexington Herald-Leader:
Willie Cauley-Stein's name change is official — Former University of Kentucky basketball star Willie Cauley-Stein's hyphenated last name is official now, as is a change in his middle name. — Cauley-Stein, 21, was born Willie Durmond Cauley Jr. He filed a name-change order Friday …
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New York Post:
Shot NYPD cop dies — Brian Moore (left) and Demetrius Blackwell — NYPD Officer Brian Moore died Monday after his distraught family removed him from life support, law-enforcement sources said. — A grim-faced Police Commissioner Bill Bratton was seen entering the hospital around 12:30 …
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Liz GoodwinSenior / Yahoo Politics:
Obama-inspired foundation gets its start, with $80 million in the bank — President Barack Obama announced Monday that a new nonprofit aimed at empowering young men and boys of color has already raised $80 million from PepsiCo, Deloitte and other corporate sponsors.
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Politico and American Gaming Association
Yahoo Politics:
The Ben Carson campaign website: A review — Late Sunday evening, retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson went on a local Ohio television station to let the world know that he's seeking the Republican nomination for president. Whether the world was listening is a whole different story.
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Alice Ollstein / ThinkProgress:
Scott Walker Says He Would Crush What's Left Of Unions If Elected President — Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R) campaigning in New Hampshire, a marriage equality state. — CREDIT: AP Photo/Jim Cole — Though he has yet to officially declare his bid for president, Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker …
Annie Leibovitz / Vanity Fair:
Star Wars Cover: J.J. Abrams Reveals His Idea to Kill Jar Jar Binks — Go behind the scenes of the year's most anticipated movie with Vanity Fair contributing editor Bruce Handy. — For some Star Wars fans, there's no May the Fourth news finer than this: director J. J. Abrams revealed …
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Stephanie Armour / Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Emergency-Room Visits Keep Climbing — People on Medicaid turn to hospital care when doctor access is limited, new survey suggests — Emergency-room visits continued to climb in the second year of the Affordable Care Act, contradicting the law's supporters who had predicted a decline …
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Wesley Lowery / Washington Post:
As investigation enters fifth month, Tamir Rice's mother has moved into a homeless shelter — The City of Cleveland has asked the family of Tamir Rice, the 12-year-old boy shot and killed while he played with a toy gun in a Westside park in November, to halt their civil lawsuit until the official investigation has concluded.
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Carimah Townes / ThinkProgress:
Romney Hits Back At Hillary: 'We Don't Have Mass Incarceration In America' — Former Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney — Days after Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton laid out proposals for criminal justice reform at Columbia University, former Republican candidate …
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David Edwards / Raw Story:
Chlamydia outbreaks hits nearly 10 percent of small Texas school in district with no sex-ed policy — DON'T MISS STORIES. FOLLOW RAW STORY! — A small Texas high school has notified parents that it was dealing with a chlamydia outbreak. — Officials from the Crane Independent School District confirmed …
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