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Kevin Clay / WESH-TV:
George Zimmerman involved in shooting in Lake Mary, police say — Zimmerman appeared to suffer minor wound, officers say — George Zimmerman was involved in a shooting incident in Lake Mary on Monday afternoon, according to Lake Mary Police Chief Steve Bracknell.
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George Zimmerman wounded in Lake Mary shooting incident — LAKE MARY, Fla. — Channel 9 has learned that George Zimmerman was involved in a shooting incident Monday in Seminole County on Lake Mary Boulevard. — Authorities said Zimmerman suffered injuries to the face during a confrontation with a driver.
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Orlando Sentinel:
George Zimmerman shot at in Lake Mary — George Zimmerman, the former Neighborhood Watch volunteer who shot and killed Trayvon Martin in 2012, suffered facial injuries today after she was shot at by an unidentified man in Lake Mary, police confirmed. — Zimmerman was released from a hospital …
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Seymour M. Hersh / London Review of Books:
The Killing of Osama bin Laden — It's been four years since a group of US Navy Seals assassinated Osama bin Laden in a night raid on a high-walled compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan. The killing was the high point of Obama's first term, and a major factor in his re-election.
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Max Fisher / Vox:
The many problems with Seymour Hersh's Osama bin Laden conspiracy theory — On Sunday, the legendary investigative journalist Seymour Hersh finally released a story that he has been rumored to have been working on for years: the truth about the killing of Osama bin Laden.
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Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Report: Obama lied about bin Laden raid — An expose published on Sunday alleges that President Obama deceived Americans with his narrative of the 2011 assassination of Osama bin Laden. — Author Seymour M. Hersh accuses Obama of rushing to take credit for the al Qaeda leader's death.
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Alexandra Jaffe / CNN:
White House rejects Seymour Hersh ‘baseless assertions’ on bin Laden raid
White House rejects Seymour Hersh ‘baseless assertions’ on bin Laden raid
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Ian Millhiser / ThinkProgress:
The Prize For The Most Racist Interview Of A 2016 Candidate Goes To Bloomberg's Mark Halperin — Bloomberg's Mark Halperin, who somehow managed to act like a bigger jerk than Ted Cruz — Late last month, Bloomberg's Mark Halperin conducted a cringe-worthy interview with Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX).
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Mark Halperin's cringey Ted Cruz interview is all part of the Halperin Primary — The San Jose Mercury News's Ruben Navarrette was watching a week-old interview between Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Tex.) and Bloomberg's Mark Halperin when he suddenly felt a wave of nausea.
Andrew Kirell / Mediaite:
Mark Halperin's Terrible Ted Cruz Interview Unites Left and Right in Mockery
Mark Halperin's Terrible Ted Cruz Interview Unites Left and Right in Mockery
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Mark Lagerkvist / Watchdog.org:
Big appetite: Christie buys $300K of food & booze with NJ expense account — GRILLED: Chris Christie's state-paid grocery bills shrank after Barbara Walters asked if he was too heavy to be president — Chris Christie's expense account tells a story of appetite and ambition …
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Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Elizabeth Warren fires back at Obama: Here's what they're really fighting about — In an interview with Yahoo News that ran over the weekend, President Obama intensified his push-back against Elizabeth Warren and other critics of the massive Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal, flatly declaring that Warren is “absolutely wrong.”
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Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Wall Street Vampires
Wall Street Vampires
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Helene Cooper / New York Times:
Saudi Arabia Says King Won't Attend Meetings in U.S. — WASHINGTON — Saudi Arabia announced on Sunday that its new monarch, King Salman, would not be attending meetings at the White House with President Obama or a summit gathering at Camp David this week, in an apparent signal …
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Fox News:
Rulers of most Gulf nations to miss US summit, administration denies ‘snub’
Rulers of most Gulf nations to miss US summit, administration denies ‘snub’
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Ahmed Al Omran / Wall Street Journal:
Rulers Snub Arab Summit, Clouding U.S. Bid for Iran Deal
Rulers Snub Arab Summit, Clouding U.S. Bid for Iran Deal
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Eliza Collins / Politico:
Mike Huckabee: Nothing wrong with diabetes infomercials — Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee on Sunday defended his endorsement of a diabetes kit whose effectiveness has been challenged. — “If that's the worst thing that somebody can say to me, is that I advocated for people …
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Rebecca Kaplan / CBS News:
Huckabee: “I don't have to defend everything that I've ever done”
Huckabee: “I don't have to defend everything that I've ever done”
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Tobias Salinger / NY Daily News:
UCSD art student forced to perform naked to pass, mom protests, art professor says that's not the full-frontal truth (VIDEO) — Visual arts students at the University of California, San Diego, must exhibit themselves in the buff before a naked class of 20 and a nude professor or fail an upper-level course, a disgusted mom told KGTV-TV.
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Gabriel Sherman / New York Magazine:
The Clinton Foundation's Behind-the-Scenes Battle With a Charity Watchdog Group — After landing on a high-profile watch list, the Clinton group is fighting to recover its good name. — Shares — Last Wednesday, Bill Clinton ratcheted up Clintonworld's counter assault on Clinton Cash …
Jeffrey Tayler / Salon:
The left has Islam all wrong: Bill Maher, Pamela Geller and the reality progressives must face — Whatever her views on other matters are, Pamela Geller is right about one thing: last week's Islamist assault on the “Draw Muhammad” cartoon contest she hosted in Texas proves the jihad …
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CNN:
Nun: Tsarnaev ‘sincerely remorseful’ about Boston bombing victims — Story highlights — Boston (CNN)Despite prosecution attempts to keep her off the stand, well-known death penalty opponent Sister Helen Prejean told a jury Monday that she has met with Boston bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev and …
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Nicole Hensley / NY Daily News:
Son of Georgia educator behind racist rant asks those offended to ‘come see me face to face’ — The son of a Lilburn, Ga. educator, whose racist rant at a graduation ceremony went viral over the weekend, came to her defense — in her own fashion. — “If anyone has something to say about my mom …
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Ryan Kruger / WXIA-TV:
School director makes racial comments during graduation
School director makes racial comments during graduation
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Jonathan Cohn / The Huffington Post:
The Clock Is Ticking And Republicans Still Have No Serious Obamacare Alternative — Republicans keep saying they'll be ready to act if the Supreme Court upholds the big legal challenge to Obamacare, thereby wiping out financial assistance for millions of people in two-thirds of the states.
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Peter Sullivan / The Hill:
HHS: Insurers must cover all birth control — Insurers must cover a wide range of contraceptive methods at no cost to consumers, the Obama administration said Monday in new guidance to health insurance companies. — The guidance from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) …
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Neil Macdonald / CBC News:
Ottawa considering hate charges against those who boycott Israel — Blaney's office cites ‘comprehensive’ hate laws for new zero tolerance plans — The Harper government is signalling its intention to use hate crime laws against Canadian advocacy groups that encourage boycotts of Israel.
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Ezra Klein / Vox:
Why Hillary Clinton needs Elizabeth Warren — Elizabeth Warren has pulled off something remarkable in the Democratic primary: she's managed to set the terms of the challenge to Hillary Clinton without actually entering the race and challenging Clinton herself.
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