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Charlie Bermant / Peninsula Daily News:
13-year-old Chimacum student charged with three counts of raping a 7-year-old — PORT TOWNSEND — A 13-year-old boy has been charged with three counts of first-degree rape after deputies said he attacked a 7-year-old girl on a Chimacum school bus. — The Chimacum Middle School student …
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George Takei / Facebook:
I owe an apology. On the eve of this Independence Day, I have a renewed sense of what this country stands for, and how I personally could help achieve it. The promise of equality and freedom is one that all of us have to work for, at all times. I know this as a survivor …
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George Takei / Facebook:
A few fans have written wondering whether I intended to utter …
A few fans have written wondering whether I intended to utter …
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Erica Ritz / TheBlaze.com:
Staffer Told Ted Cruz He Thought a Reporter Was Nice. The GOP Candidate Responded With Harsh Advice. — After a young staffer told Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz how “nice” a member of the media is, Cruz said he actually stopped the young man with a harsh reminder about the intentions of most reporters.
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Kate Amara / WBAL-TV:
Sign inside Baltimore police van under investigation — Sign posted inside van: ‘Enjoy your ride, cuz we sure will!’ — SHOW TRANSCRIPT — The Baltimore City Police Department has launched an internal investigation after a WBAL-TV 11 News viewer shared four photographs of a sign inside a city police wagon.
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Brian Mahoney / Politico:
AFL-CIO leader tries to quell pro-Sanders revolt — The labor federation's rules don't allow its state and local leaders to endorse presidential candidates, Richard Trumka says as the Vermont senator surges. — Richard Trumka has a message for state and local AFL-CIO leaders tempted to endorse Bernie Sanders: Don't.
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Sarah Lyall / New York Times:
Bernie Sanders's Revolutionary Roots Were Nurtured in '60s Vermont
Bernie Sanders's Revolutionary Roots Were Nurtured in '60s Vermont
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Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
Bernie Sanders is drawing bigger crowds than any other 2016 candidate
Bernie Sanders is drawing bigger crowds than any other 2016 candidate
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John Monk / The State:
EXCLUSIVE: Charges possible against church shooter's associates — COLUMBIA, SC — A joint state and federal investigation into the activities of accused Charleston church shooter Dylann Roof has widened to include other persons of interest, according to multiple sources familiar with the ongoing investigation.
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Charles Krauthammer / Washington Post:
The worst agreement in U.S. diplomatic history — The devil is not in the details. It's in the entire conception of the Iran deal, animated by President Obama's fantastical belief that he, uniquely, could achieve detente with a fanatical Islamist regime whose foundational purpose is to cleanse …
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Lou Michel / Buffalo News:
‘See you on the outside,’ Matt said in letter delivered to daughter in Buffalo suburb — Local woman received it 3 days after prison break — Three days after Richard W. Matt broke out of the maximum-security prison in Dannemora, his daughter living in a Buffalo suburb received a letter from him …
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Allum Bokhari / BREITBART.COM:
Reddit is in meltdown. — The hugely popular link-sharing site is in a state of virtual lockdown after the volunteers who run some of the site's biggest communities (known as “subreddits") went on the digital equivalent of a general strike. This followed the sacking of Victoria Taylor …
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Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
Romney to host the Christies, Rubios at his New Hampshire home — BEDFORD, N.H. — New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie's comeback journey begins here in New Hampshire, so the Republican presidential candidate is paying a visit to the last winner of the state's first-in-the-nation primary and one of its most famous summertime residents.
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Jennifer Shutt / Politico:
Romney to host Christie, Rubio in New Hampshire
Romney to host Christie, Rubio in New Hampshire
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Janine Stanwood / WPLG-TV:
Courtroom school reunion between judge, suspect — Judge Mindy Glazer, suspect Arthur Booth attended middle school together — Author: Jeff Tavss, Executive Producer, jtavss@local10.com … MIAMI - — While most school reunions are held in hotel ballrooms or local gymnasiums …
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Art Swift / Gallup:
Smaller Majority “Extremely Proud” to Be an American — Story Highlights — WASHINGTON, D.C. — As Independence Day approaches, most in the U.S. say they are proud to be an American, including a slight majority, 54%, who are “extremely proud.” The percentage saying they are “extremely proud” …
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Kelsey Harkness / The Daily Signal:
State Silences Bakers Who Refused to Make Cake for Lesbian Couple, Fines Them $135K — Oregon Labor Commissioner Brad Avakian finalized a preliminary ruling today ordering Aaron and Melissa Klein, the bakers who refused to make a cake for a same-sex wedding, to pay $135,000 in emotional damages to the couple they denied service.