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CNN:
Story highlights — (CNN)U.S. Special Operations forces killed a senior ISIS commander during a daring raid intended to capture him in eastern Syria overnight Friday to Saturday, U.S. government officials said. — The ISIS commander, Abu Sayyaf, was killed after he fought capture in the raid at al-Omar …
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Sarah El Deeb / Associated Press:
US COMMANDOS KILL SENIOR IS COMMANDER IN SYRIA RAID — BEIRUT (AP) — U.S. commandos mounted a rare raid into eastern Syria overnight, killing a senior Islamic State commander in a firefight, capturing his wife and rescuing a Yazidi woman held as a slave, the Pentagon said Saturday.
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New York Times, Infowars, Weasel Zippers and BizPac Review
The White House:
Statement by NSC Spokesperson Bernadette Meehan on Counter-ISIL Operation in Syria — Last night, at the President's direction, U.S. personnel based out of Iraq conducted an operation in al-Amr in eastern Syria to capture an ISIL senior leader known as Abu Sayyaf and his wife Umm Sayyaf.
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DoD, Zero Hedge, Washington Post, BarbWire.com and Business Insider
Jorge Barrera / APTN National News:
Hacker told F.B.I. he made plane fly sideways after cracking entertainment system — (Screen grab from One World Labs founder and prominent hacker Chris Roberts during an appearance on Fox News) — APTN National News — A well-known U.S. hacker told F.B.I. agents he took momentary control …
New York Times:
Amtrak Train Possibly Hit Before Wreck — PHILADELPHIA — The Amtrak train that derailed Tuesday, killing eight people and injuring more than 200, may have been struck by an object before it careened off the tracks, an assistant conductor on the train told investigators from the National Transportation Safety Board.
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CNN:
Story highlights — (CNN)One of three conductors aboard the Amtrak train that derailed in Philadelphia this week told investigators she heard the locomotive's engineer say the train had been struck by an object, National Transportation Safety Board member Robert Sumwalt said Friday.
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BizPac Review, John Hawkins' Right Wing News, Mashable, Liberaland, Mediaite and Advocate
Doug Hughes / Washington Post:
I flew a gyrocopter onto the Capitol Lawn to save our democracy — When I return to Washington for my arraignment in federal court this week, it will be by car, not gyrocopter. My flying days are over, perhaps forever. Accepting responsibility for my actions means I accept their consequences, which I always took seriously.
Todd Starnes / Fox News:
Call it ‘gender fluidity’: Schools to teach kids there's no such thing as boys or girls — One of the nation's largest public school systems is preparing to include gender identity to its classroom curriculum, including lessons on sexual fluidity and spectrum - the idea that there's no such thing …
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Weasel Zippers and John Hawkins' Right Wing News
Charles V. Bagli / New York Times:
F. A. O. Schwarz to Close Its Doors on Fifth Avenue — F. A. O. Schwarz, the legendary toy store on Fifth Avenue, will close its doors July 15, a victim of rising rents and ultraluxury retailing in New York City's hottest shopping district. — New Yorkers will have to make do with the F …
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Fox News Insider and Gothamist
Bobby Blanchard / The Texas Tribune:
In Gay Marriage Battle, the Clock Beats Cecil Bell … When the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the federal Defense of Marriage Act in 2013, ruling it unconstitutional to deny federal benefits to legally married same-sex couples, Rep. Cecil Bell Jr., R-Magnolia, found himself agreeing with Justice Anthony Kennedy's majority opinion.
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Towleroad News #gay, Austin Chronicle, Off the Kuff and Daily Kos
James Alan Fox / USA Today:
Tsarnaev death expensive justice: James Fox — We don't need to kill to make a point. — After 10 grueling weeks of testimony, with over 100 witnesses taking the stand and over 700 exhibits being entered into the record, the long-anticipated verdict is finally in: Dzhokhar Tsarnaev …
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Allen B. West and Crime and Consequences Blog
Adam Chandler / The Atlantic:
The Final Posts of a Murdered Blogger — Earlier this week, as he left for work, Ananta Bijoy Das was ambushed by four masked men outside his home in Sylhet, Bangladesh. Armed with machetes, the men—suspected Islamist militants—hacked Das to death in broad daylight on a busy street in the country's fifth-largest city.
Boston Herald:
Jury sentences Dzhokhar Tsarnaev to death for marathon attack — Photo by: — AP file photo — Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, a jury ruled today, should be put to death. — A jury's ruling today to sentence marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev to death is “justice” and a warning Boston …
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Katharine Q. Seelye / New York Times:
Sentence Reached for Dzhokar Tsarnaev in Boston Marathon Bombing
Sentence Reached for Dzhokar Tsarnaev in Boston Marathon Bombing
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Boston Globe, Gothamist, The Atlantic, John Hawkins' Right Wing News and Hit & Run
Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Obamas worth millions, disclosure forms reveal — President Obama and first lady Michelle Obama's assets total somewhere between $1.9 million and $6.9 million, according to financial disclosure forms released Friday by the White House. — The bulk of the Obamas' wealth is invested …
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Weekly Standard and The Hugh Hewitt Show
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Richard Rubin / Bloomberg Business:
Obamas' Net Worth as Much as $6.9 Million, U.S. Filing Says
Obamas' Net Worth as Much as $6.9 Million, U.S. Filing Says
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