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David Mack / BuzzFeed:
Texas Police Officer Suspended After Pulling Weapon On Teens During Pool Party — A police officer in McKinney, Texas, has been suspended from duties after being filmed aggressively handcuffing, and then pulling a weapon on, a group of black teens following an “incident” at a local pool party on Friday night.
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Kim Bellware / The Huffington Post:
Cop Suspended After Video Emerges Of Brutal Arrests At Teen Pool Party — A Texas police officer has been suspended pending the outcome of an investigation after video surfaced showing one cop pulling a gun on a crowd of teens at a pool party while others handcuffed teenage partygoers.
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McKinney Police Department / Facebook:
Pool Party Incident: — On June 5, 2015 at approximately 7:15 p.m., officers from the McKinney Police Department responded to a disturbance at the Craig Ranch North Community Pool. The initial call came in as a disturbance involving multiple juveniles at the location …
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Jonathan Topaz / Politico:
Christie calls Clinton's voter law critique ‘ridiculous’ — New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie says Hillary Clinton's attack on state voter identification and registration laws is “ridiculous.” — “She doesn't know what she's talking about,” the Republican governor and likely presidential candidate …
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Rebecca Kaplan / CBS News:
Christie's last question on 2016: “Do I want to do it?” — Shares - — For Chris Christie, the final question on a potential 2016 bid is: “Do I want to do it?” — The New Jersey governor has said he'll decide whether to join the already-crowded field of candidates vying …
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ABC News:
‘This Week’ Transcript: Gov. Scott Walker
‘This Week’ Transcript: Gov. Scott Walker
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Mark Fainaru-Wada / ESPN:
Documents reveal new details about Hope Solo's actions last June — As Hope Solo prepares for her third World Cup, Mark Fainaru-Wada examines the tumultuous year she's had away from the game.
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John Amato / Latest from Crooks and Liars:
Chris Wallace Smacks Rick Santorum On Flat Tax Myth That Helps The Rich — It's hard to try and pass yourself off as the true champion of the working class in America if your fiscal policies are pro-rich. And anyone who proposes the fraudulent flat tax scheme as a way to fix our economy is more charlatan than candidate.
Janet Adamy / Wall Street Journal:
Liberals Make Big Comeback in 2015, Poll Analysis Finds — There are signs that liberals are making a comeback — and not just because a socialist is running for president, gay marriage is spreading like wildfire and pot legalization is gaining acceptance. — A new analysis of Wall Street …
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Lee Siegel / New York Times:
Why I Defaulted on My Student Loans — ONE late summer afternoon when I was 17, I went with my mother to the local bank, a long-defunct institution whose name I cannot remember, to apply for my first student loan. My mother co-signed. When we finished, the banker, a balding man in his late 50s …
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Jordyn Phelps / ABC News:
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker Wouldn't Rule Out Re-Invasion of Iraq … Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker says he wouldn't rule out a full-blown re-invasion of Iraq if he were to become the next commander-in-chief. — The likely Republican presidential candidate and early frontrunner in several polls …
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Sahil Kapur / Bloomberg Business:
Scott Walker Won't Rule Out Another Iraq Invasion
Scott Walker Won't Rule Out Another Iraq Invasion
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Elinor Burkett / New York Times:
What Makes a Woman? — Do women and men have different brains? — Back when Lawrence H. Summers was president of Harvard and suggested that they did, the reaction was swift and merciless. Pundits branded him sexist. Faculty members deemed him a troglodyte. Alumni withheld donations.
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Eric Bradner / CNN:
Lindsey Graham's GOP tent is big enough for Caitlyn Jenner
Lindsey Graham's GOP tent is big enough for Caitlyn Jenner
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New York Times:
Search Continues for 2 Killers Who Escaped New York Prison — DANNEMORA, N.Y. — The State Police and other law enforcement agencies were continuing on Sunday to hunt for two fugitive murderers in the wilderness and rural communities of northern New York, a day after the two men escaped from the maximum-security state prison here.
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David Crary / Associated Press:
AP Exclusive: Abortions declining in nearly all states — Abortions have declined in states where new laws make it harder to have them — but they've also waned in states where abortion rights are protected, an Associated Press survey finds. Nearly everywhere, in red states and blue, abortions are down since 2010.
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Constanze Letsch / Guardian:
Turkey election: ruling party on course to lose majority — Recep Tayyip Erdoan's Justice and Development party is projected to win 41% of vote - meaning it will need a coalition partner to form a government — Turkey's president, Recep Tayyip Erdoan, suffered his most significant electoral defeat …
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