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Julie Hirschfeld Davis / New York Times:
Obama Limits Military-Style Equipment for Police Forces — CAMDEN, N.J. — President Obama on Monday banned the federal provision of some types of military-style equipment to local police departments and sharply restricted the availability of others. — The ban is part of Mr. Obama's push …
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Erin Dooley / ABC News:
6 Things the Obama Administration Is Doing to Improve Police-Community Relations
6 Things the Obama Administration Is Doing to Improve Police-Community Relations
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Aleksander Chan / Gawker:
Obama to Ban Military-Style Assault Weapons For Local Police Forces
Obama to Ban Military-Style Assault Weapons For Local Police Forces
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New York Times:
Up to 170 Face Murder-Related Charges in Biker Melee — WACO, Tex. — The police charged about 170 people on Monday in the shootout among rival motorcycle gangs at a busy shopping plaza in this Central Texas city on Sunday that left at least nine bikers dead and 18 others wounded.
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Grant Hermes / Heavy.com:
Cossacks Motorcycle Club: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know — Cossacks Motorcycle Club logo. — Members of the Cossacks Motorcycle Club were among five gangs involved in a violent brawl and shootout outside a Waco, Texas restaurant that left at least 9 dead and 18 wounded.
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Sarah Kaplan / Washington Post:
Dean Potter, extreme climber, dies in Yosemite base jumping accident — Yet again, Dean Potter was hurtling through the air. A dead tree stood on the ground below him, a strange tug at the space between his shoulders came from above. — Potter, already a famous rock climber, had been having this dream night after night.
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Andrew Bisharat / Beyond the Edge:
Pioneering Climber Dean Potter Killed in Wingsuit BASE Jumping Accident
Pioneering Climber Dean Potter Killed in Wingsuit BASE Jumping Accident
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New York Post:
Al Sharpton's daughter hiked up a mountain on ‘sprained’ ankle — The Rev. Al Sharpton's daughter unwittingly proved that her $5 million sprained-ankle suit against the city is a mountain of BS. — Dominique Sharpton posted pictures to Instagram showing she completed a difficult mountain climb in Bali …
Anne Gearan / Washington Post:
Hillary Rodham Clinton is running as the most liberal Democratic presidential front-runner in decades, with positions on issues from gay marriage to immigration that would, in past elections, have put her at her party's precarious left edge. — The moves are part of a strategic conclusion …
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Glenn Harlan Reynolds / USA Today:
Democrats sic identity politics on their own
Democrats sic identity politics on their own
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Brian H. Potts / Wall Street Journal:
The Hole in the Rooftop Solar-Panel Craze — Large-scale plants make sense, but panels for houses simply transfer wealth from average electric customers. — Most people buy rooftop solar panels because they think it will save them money or make them green, or both.
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Tara Culp-Ressler / ThinkProgress:
Why This Lawmaker Opposes Abortion For Everyone Except His Own Wife And Mistress — A Tennessee Republican is making headlines for voting in favor of a national abortion ban, even after pressuring the women in his own life to have legal abortions. — Rep. Scott DesJarlais (R-TN) …
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ABC News:
Exclusive Interview: Elian Gonzalez Wants to Come to the US … Elian Gonzalez would like to return to the United States, he tells ABC News in an exclusive interview. — “To the American people, first I say thank you for the love they give me,” Gonzalez said. “I want the time to give my love to American people.”
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Taegan Goddard / The Week:
The GOP's worst nightmare and a pundit's dream: A brokered convention in 2016 — There are so many Republicans running for president, or thinking about running for president, that the Republican National Committee is having a hard time keeping track of them all.
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Ben Domenech / The Federalist:
Fix The GOP Presidential Debates With This One Simple Trick
Fix The GOP Presidential Debates With This One Simple Trick
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Lloyd Grove / The Daily Beast:
ABC Colleague: George Stephanopoulos 'Really Isn't a Journalist' — If ABC's chief anchor thought two apologies over his undeclared Clinton Foundation donations would be enough to pacify his critics, he was wrong. — It has been a rough weekend for ABC News's embattled chief anchor, George Stephanopoulos, and an even worse Sunday.
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Jonathan Topaz / Politico:
Bobby Jindal forming exploratory committee for White House run — Bobby Jindal announced Monday that he's forming a presidential exploratory committee for a potential run for the 2016 Republican nomination. — The Louisiana governor, a fierce social conservative who has been active …
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Angelica Alvarez / abc11.com:
Kilt controversy nearly keeps Johnston County teen from attending his prom — A Johnston County teen was shut out from the big dance all because he was wearing a kilt. — “I want to be proud of where I'm from,” said 16-year-old David Leix. — So for Leix's prom he wore his late grandfather's kilt …
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Mario Trujillo / The Hill:
‘Innocence of Muslims’ should have stayed on YouTube, court rules — The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals on Monday ruled YouTube should not have been forced to remove a controversial film mocking the Prophet Muhammad due to copyright concerns. — A majority of the 11-judge panel reversed …
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Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Rand Paul: Iraq War Architects Shouldn't Get To Keep Going On Sunday Shows — “History has already begun to harshly judge those who made this country's decisions after 9/11,” Paul writes in his forthcoming book. — Darren McCollester / Getty Images — Republican Sen. Rand Paul writes …
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Rebecca Kaplan / CBS News:
Lindsey Graham: “I'm running” because the world is falling apart — Shares - — Sen. Lindsey Graham says he won't announce his plans for the 2016 election until June 1, but there's very little ambiguity about what those plans will be. — “I'm running because I think the world is falling apart.
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Alex Wall / White House.gov Blog:
Introducing @POTUS: President Obama's Twitter Account — Today, with a tweet from the Oval Office, President Obama launched @POTUS, the official Twitter account of the President of the United States.
J.K. Trotter / Gawker:
Bill O'Reilly Accused of Domestic Violence in Custody Battle — Three weeks ago, a Nassau County Supreme Court justice ended a bitter three-year custody dispute between Fox News anchor Bill O'Reilly and his ex-wife, Maureen McPhilmy, by granting custody of the couple's two minor children to McPhilmy.
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Mark Lobel / BBC:
Arrested for reporting on Qatar's World Cup labourers — We were invited to Qatar by the prime minister's office to see new flagship accommodation for low-paid migrant workers in early May - but while gathering additional material for our report, we ended up being thrown into prison for doing our jobs.
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Kurt Schlichter / Townhall.com:
Let's Celebrate the Death of the Mainstream Media! — Picking on the mainstream media is easier than offending radical feminists, and almost as much fun, but just because it's barely a challenge doesn't mean we shouldn't do it. We should. We must. — All decent, patriotic Americans yearn …
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