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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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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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9 bikers killed in rival gang shootout outside Waco restaurant — WACO — A shootout among rival motorcycle gangs at a crowded Waco restaurant Sunday afternoon killed nine bikers and injured at least 18, police said. — No bystanders were injured in what police said was the culmination …
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Obama to Limit Military-Style Equipment for Police Forces — WASHINGTON — President Obama on Monday will ban the federal provision of some types of military-style equipment to local police departments and sharply restrict the availability of others, administration officials said …
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Obama to Ban Military-Style Assault Weapons For Local Police Forces
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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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Pioneering Climber Dean Potter Killed in Wingsuit BASE Jumping Accident
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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 …


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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Stephanopoulos's Long, Long Record of Loyal Service to the Clintons
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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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Lindsey Graham: June 1 presidential announcement
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The Note: Trouble In Mason City, Feat. Hillary Clinton and Rick Santorum … NOTABLES —YOU REALLY OUGHT TO GIVE IOWA A TRY: Broadway this is not. But if Rick Santorum has anything to do with it, there's going to be trouble today in Mason City, Iowa — the town famous for inspiring “The Music Man.”
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Bush insists he's not writing off Iowa
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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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Lawyers, Guns & Money, Feministing and Washington Post


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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Washington Post


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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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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Democrats sic identity politics on their own
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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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‘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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Politico


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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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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