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Rosie Gray / BuzzFeed:
U.S. Releases Contents Of Bin Laden's English-Language “Bookshelf” — From Chomsky to Woodward. BuzzFeed News got a first look at the rare public accounting of some of the documents seized from Osama bin Laden's Abbottabad compound. — WASHINGTON — The U.S. government this week …
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Apply to Work for al Qaeda Today! — Newly declassified documents from Osama bin Laden's Abbottabad retirement compound show that al Qaeda's rigorous HR department wasn't just trolling LinkedIn for resumes—the terror organization had a formal application process. “Who should we contact in case you became a martyr?”
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Stephen F. Hayes / Weekly Standard:
Over 1 Million Bin Laden Documents Remain Unreleased
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New Jersey Online:
Gov. Christie loses his marbles on national TV | Editorial — Star-Ledger Editorial Board By Star-Ledger Editorial Board — It's no wonder that New Jersey is screaming a warning to the rest of the country. — For months, we have wondered how Gov. Chris Christie thinks he can win …
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Bobby Blanchard / The Texas Tribune:
In Beaumont, Ted Cruz Spars a Bit … BEAUMONT — Presidential hopeful Ted Cruz hit some of his main stump points while meeting with local leaders here Tuesday afternoon — promising to defend the Constitution, step back from the Obama administration's foreign policy and promote economic growth.
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Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:
Ted Cruz Asks Reporters If ‘The Left’ Is ‘Obsessed With Sex’
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Brian Fung / Washington Post:
If you search Google Maps for the N-word, it gives you the White House — Someone on Google Maps just labeled President Obama a very bad word. — A reader points out that if you enter a search for “N***** king” — which contains a particularly offensive racial epithet for African Americans …
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The Huffington Post:
If You Type ‘N— House’ Into Google Maps, It Will Take You To The White House — President Barack Obama is no stranger to Internet racism, but this is just ridiculous: typing “nigga house” into Google Maps can land you at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. — A screenshot of the glitch …
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Margaret Talev / Bloomberg Business:
Iowa Democrats: Flawed Hillary Clinton Our Best Hope to Win — A Bloomberg Politics/Purple Strategies focus group finds Democrats resolved over their presidential frontrunner. — t margarettalev — Iowa Democrats are rallying around Hillary Clinton with pragmatic enthusiasm …
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Nick Gass / Politico:
Study on gay marriage views retracted after allegations of fake data — One of the authors of a recent study which claimed that short conversations with gay people could change minds on same-sex marriage has retracted it. — The retraction this week of the popular article published …
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Virginia Hughes / BuzzFeed:
Data Faked In Study About Gay People Changing Voters' Minds
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Campbell Robertson / New York Times:
Gay-Marriage Opponents Get Legal Protection From Louisiana Governor — NEW ORLEANS — Hours after a committee in the Louisiana Legislature effectively voted down a bill that would explicitly protect people and businesses that do not want to participate in same-sex marriage …
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Bobby Jindal / New Orleans Times-Picayune:
Bobby Jindal plans to issue an executive order enforcing intent of religious freedom bill
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Emily Lane / New Orleans Times-Picayune:
Gov. Bobby Jindal issues religious freedom executive order
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Mark Hosenball / Reuters:
Exclusive: U.S. House Benghazi panel subpoenas former Clinton White House aide — Congressional investigators have issued a subpoena demanding that former Clinton White House adviser Sidney Blumenthal testify next month before the U.S. House of Representatives committee investigating …
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Michael Falcone / ABC News:
The Note: The Curious Case of 50,000 Pages of Hillary Clinton E-Mails
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Susan Candiotti / CNN:
Source: Aaron Hernandez a lookout in prison fight — Rise and fall of Aaron Hernandez 13 photos — Former NFL football player Aaron Hernandez attends his murder trial in Fall River, Massachusetts, on Thursday, January 29. The state accused Hernandez of orchestrating the shooting death …
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Marc Caputo / Politico:
Alan Grayson called cops on wife for allegedly using his credit card — Florida Rep. Alan Grayson recently called his estranged wife a “gold digger,” but a review of the potential Senate candidate's soap-opera divorce case shows he unsuccessfully tried to have her criminally charged for far less …
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Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Cotton blocks move to take up NSA reform bill — Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) blocked a move from Republican colleague Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) on Tuesday to bring up the House-passed USA Freedom Act, which would reform the National Security Agency's surveillance practices.
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Dustin Volz / National Journal:
Mitch McConnell's Two-Part Patriot Act Gamble
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Hot Air, Bloomberg View, Guardian and The Intercept
The Commonwealth Fund:
The Problem of Underinsurance and How Rising Deductibles Will Make It Worse — Findings from the Commonwealth Fund Biennial Health Insurance Survey, 2014 — 31 million people in the United States were underinsured in 2014 — 11% of privately insured adults had a deductible of $3K or more in 2014, up from 1% in 2003
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Dan Freedman / Connecticut Post:
Obama official once said train-safety cost outweighed benefit — WASHINGTON — When a Republican lawmaker in 2011 asked an Obama administration Office of Management and Budget official to name regulations where costs were not justified by benefits, the official had a ready answer.
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American Spectator, John Hawkins' Right Wing News and Weasel Zippers
Pew Internet:
Americans' Attitudes About Privacy, Security and Surveillance — The cascade of reports following the June 2013 government surveillance revelations by NSA contractor Edward Snowden have brought new attention to debates about how best to preserve Americans' privacy in the digital age.
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Mashable, Politico and New York Times
Katie Pavlich / The Hill:
The protected, connected liberal media elite — On Dec. 23, 2012, former NBC anchor David Gregory hosted an interview with National Rifle Association Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre on “Meet the Press.” — As expected, the interview was hostile, with Gregory repeatedly badgering LaPierre …
Cyd Zeigler / Outsports:
Texas college bans gay athletes from dating or supporting same-sex marriage — LeTourneau Univ., an NCAA Division III school in Texas, has a new policy forbidding gay student-athletes from dating. Any support for same-sex marriage can result in an athlete's dismissal.
Federal Trade Commission:
FTC, All 50 States and D.C. Charge Four Cancer Charities With Bilking Over $187 Million from Consumers — Complaint Alleges Defendants Falsely Claimed Donations Would Help Pay For Pain Medication, Hospice Care & Other Services; But Spent Donations on Cars, Trips, Sports Tickets, & Professional Fundraisers
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