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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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Numbers / Pew Research Center's Religion …:
America's Changing Religious Landscape — Christians Decline Sharply as Share of Population; Unaffiliated and Other Faiths Continue to Grow — The Christian share of the U.S. population is declining, while the number of U.S. adults who do not identify with any organized religion is growing …
Matthew Cole / NBC News:
Pakistanis Knew Where Osama Bin Laden Was, U.S. Sources Say — Two intelligence sources tell NBC News that the year before the U.S. raid that killed Osama bin Laden, a “walk in” asset from Pakistani intelligence told the CIA where the most wanted man in the world was hiding …
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Max Fisher / Vox:
The many problems with Seymour Hersh's Osama bin Laden conspiracy theory
The many problems with Seymour Hersh's Osama bin Laden conspiracy theory
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Jack Shafer / Politico:
Sy Hersh, Lost in a Wilderness of Mirrors
Sy Hersh, Lost in a Wilderness of Mirrors
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Political Wire, The Huffington Post, Slate and ABC News
Andrew Kirell / Mediaite:
Liberal Comedian Starts ‘Draw Your Favorite Islamophobe’ Contest — In response to anti-Islam activist Pamela Geller's controversial “Draw Muhammad” cartoon contest, liberal comedian and commentator Dean Obeidallah announced a “Draw Your Favorite Islamophobe” contest this Saturday on his Sirius XM radio show.
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Dean Obeidallah / The Daily Beast:
‘SNL’ (Doesn't) Draw the Line at Prophet Muhammad
‘SNL’ (Doesn't) Draw the Line at Prophet Muhammad
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Jeffrey Tayler / Salon:
The left has Islam all wrong: Bill Maher, Pamela Geller and the reality progressives must face
The left has Islam all wrong: Bill Maher, Pamela Geller and the reality progressives must face
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Pirate's Cove, Chicks on the Right and The PJ Tatler
Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
Bill won't campaign for Hillary in 2015, aides say — President Clinton will not hit the campaign trail for Hillary Clinton in 2015, aides told The Washington Post, keeping in line with his promise to be a “backstage adviser” to her White House run. — “He's completely focused right …
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Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
Hillary Clinton hasn't answered a question from the media in 20 days
Hillary Clinton hasn't answered a question from the media in 20 days
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Yahoo Politics and New York Times
Sarah Wheaton / Politico:
Obama presidential library goes to Chicago — A University of Chicago bid, where Obama taught constitutional law, beat out rival proposals. — The Barack Obama presidential library will be built in his adopted hometown of Chicago, the Barack Obama Foundation announced in a video message posted online Tuesday.
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ABC News, New York Times and The Week
David McCabe / The Hill:
Rand Paul threatens Patriot Act filibuster — Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) said in an interview published Monday that he will filibuster a reauthorization of provisions within the Patriot Act. — “I'm going to lead the charge in the next couple of weeks as the Patriot Act comes forward,” …
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Dan Tuohy / UnionLeader.com:
Rand Paul plans filibuster fight over Patriot Act
Rand Paul plans filibuster fight over Patriot Act
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Timothy Cama / The Hill:
Feds greenlight Arctic drilling — The Obama administration gave its stamp of approval Monday to Royal Dutch Shell's plan to drill for oil and natural gas as soon as this summer in the Arctic Ocean north of Alaska. — The Interior Department's Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) …
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Coral Davenport / New York Times:
U.S. Will Allow Drilling for Oil in Arctic Ocean
U.S. Will Allow Drilling for Oil in Arctic Ocean
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Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Jeb Bush's disastrous defense of the Iraq War — Is it possible that in 2016, more than a decade after the invasion of Iraq, the Republican party's presidential nominee could become bogged down in debating whether the war was the right thing to do? The answer, a depressing one for many in the GOP …
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Michael C Bender / Bloomberg Business:
Jeb Bush Says He Wouldn't Repeal Obama's Immigration Actions Right Away
Jeb Bush Says He Wouldn't Repeal Obama's Immigration Actions Right Away
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ABC News:
Rand Paul Presidential Campaign Staffer Licks Camera of Democratic Tracker … A Democratic tracker got a licking Monday while attending a Rand Paul campaign event in New Hampshire. — A campaign staffer for the Republican presidential candidate licked the camera lens of a tracker …
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Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Bloomberg Business, Yahoo Politics and abc7news.com
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Amir Taheri / New York Post:
Obama's lonely ‘Arab Summit’ — Ever since he decided to chase the mirage of a “Grand Bargain” with Iran, President Obama has pretended that the only opposition comes from Israeli premier Benjamin Netanyahu and “hardline” Republicans in the Congress. — He was to highlight that claim …
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Ted Cruz / Facebook:
Mark Halperin is a serious and fair-minded journalist. Today he kindly issued an apology for some silly questions he asked me in an interview. The apology was unnecessary -\-\ no offense was taken, nor, I believe, intended -\-\ but is certainly appreciated.
Washington Post:
Too much black and blue in Baltimore — TWO OR three times a day on average, suspects in the custody of the Baltimore police are turned away by the city jail because they are deemed too battered, beaten, bruised or otherwise injured or sick to be processed and admitted.
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Daily Kos, Prairie Weather, The Atlantic and NPR
George Hunter / Detroit News:
Report: Naked Sen. Smith confronted ex before shooting — Detroit — State Sen. Virgil Smith told police his ex-wife stormed into his house and assaulted his girlfriend before he did “the most stupid thing in his life” — opening fire at the ex-wife's Mercedes Benz with an automatic rifle …
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Dave Urbanski / TheBlaze.com:
Surveillance Video Shows What Happens When Thugs Mess With the Wrong Concealed Carry Permit Holder — Florida officials have determined that a concealed carry permit holder who fatally shot a man earlier this year acted in self-defense — and a newly released surveillance video showed how the scary scene unfolded.
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John Hawkins' Right Wing News
Niall Ferguson / The Huffington Post:
The Rise and Fall of Krugmania in the UK — It is already conventional to name the former party leaders Ed Miliband, Nick Clegg and Nigel Farage as the biggest losers of the British general election, closely followed by all the opinion pollsters and the narcissistic comedian Russell Brand.
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BBC:
Bangladesh blogger Ananta Bijoy Das hacked to death — A secular blogger in Bangladesh has been hacked to death in north-eastern Bangladesh in the third such deadly attack since the start of the year, police say. — Ananta Bijoy Das was attacked by a masked gang wielding machetes in the city of Sylhet, reports say.
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Al Jazeera English and Washington Post, more at Mediagazer »
Mike Lillis / The Hill:
113 Republicans back lawsuit against Obama's immigration actions — Top Republicans in Congress on Monday entered the court battle over President Obama's latest moves to ease deportations for immigrants living in the country illegally. — Texas and 25 other states have challenged the legality …