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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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New York Times:
ISIS Official Killed in U.S. Raid in Syria, Pentagon Says — WASHINGTON — American Special Operations forces mounted a rare raid into eastern Syria early Saturday, killing a leader of the Islamic State and about a dozen militant fighters, as well as capturing his wife and freeing …
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The Moderate Voice and Right Wing Watch
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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Weasel Zippers, Infowars and BizPac Review
Washington Post:
Senior ISIS leader killed in U.S. raid in Syria — U.S. Special Operations killed a senior Islamic State leader in a ground raid inside Syria Friday night, the White House said in a statement Saturday. — The statement said that Abu Sayyaf, described as having a senior role in overseeing gas …
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Katie Pavlich / Townhall.com:
Peter Schweizer: ABC Should Redo Our Interview After Stephanopolous Admitted to Clinton Donations — In case you missed it yesterday, ABC News chief anchor and former Clinton White House communication advisor George Stephanopoulos admitted to donating $75,000 dollars to the Clinton Foundation …
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New York Times:
Clintons Earned $30 Million in 16 Months, Report Shows — Hillary Rodham Clinton and her husband made at least $30 million over the last 16 months, mainly from giving paid speeches to corporations, banks and other organizations, according to financial disclosure forms filed with federal elections officials on Friday.
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The PJ Tatler, Outside the Beltway and Balloon Juice
Benjamin Elgin / Bloomberg Business:
Oil CEO Wanted University Quake Scientists Dismissed: Dean's E-Mail — The billionaire CEO of Continental Resources told a dean at the University of Oklahoma that he wanted earthquake researchers dismissed — Oil tycoon Harold Hamm told a University of Oklahoma dean last year …
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ThinkProgress, Raw Story and Fuel Fix
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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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 …
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Business Insider, The Verge and Engadget
BBC:
Mohammed Morsi, Egypt's ex-leader, sentenced to death — Morsi has rejected the authority of the courts — An Egyptian court has pronounced death sentences on ousted president Mohammed Morsi and more than 100 other people over a mass prison break in 2011.
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New York Times:
President Obama and the Gulf Arabs — Saudi Arabia is so angry at the emerging nuclear agreement between Iran and the major powers that it is threatening to develop its own nuclear capability — one more indication of the deep differences between the United States and the Persian Gulf Arab states …
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JustOneMinute, The White House, The Week and Guardian
Nicole Winfield / Associated Press:
POPE CALLS PALESTINIAN LEADER “ANGEL OF PEACE” DURING VISIT — VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis praised Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas as an “angel of peace” during a meeting Saturday at the Vatican that underscored the Holy See's warm relations with the Palestinians as it prepares …
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The Gateway Pundit and Washington Times
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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The PJ Tatler, neo-neocon, Weasel Zippers and John Hawkins' Right Wing News