memeorandum: One dead after fireworks accident in Calais (WCSH-TV)

6:15 PM ET, July 5, 2015

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Suzanne Daley / New York Times:

Greeks Reject Bailout Terms in Rebuff to European Leaders — ATHENS — Greeks delivered a shocking rebuff to Europe's leaders on Sunday, decisively rejecting a deal offered by the country's creditors in a historic vote that could redefine the country's place in Europe and shake the Continent's financial stability.

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BBC:

Greece debt crisis: Greek voters reject bailout offer — Crowds gathered to celebrate in Athens as results began to come through — With almost all the ballots counted, results from the Greek referendum show voters decisively rejecting the terms of an international bailout.

Discussion: Financial Times, neo-neocon, NPR and Patterico's Pontifications

Wall Street Journal:

Greeks Set to Reject Creditors' Bailout Terms, Projections Show — Outcome would set Athens up for further clash with eurozone — ATHENS—A official projection of Greece's referendum outcome, based on partial counting, said that at least 61% of Greeks voted “no” to creditors' demands on Sunday …

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Michael D. Tanner / New York Post: Think Greece can't happen here? You're wrong

Janet Daley / Telegraph: Greece has become a battleground for the worst ideas of the 20th century

Mehreen Khan / Telegraph:
Greek Referendum Day results live: Voting closes with polls showing ‘No’ …

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Ambrose Evans-Pritchard / Telegraph:
EU warns of Armageddon if Greek voters reject terms

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CBS News:

Donald Trump: I didn't expect business backlash to be “quite this severe” — Shares - — On the heels of several major corporations distancing themselves from Donald Trump's various business interests, the Republican presidential candidate admitted Saturday that he didn't think the corporate backlash …

Discussion: Washington Post, The Mahablog, LiberalAmerica.org and TMZ.com

Ben Gittleson / ABC News:

Rick Perry on Donald Trump: ‘I Was Offended by His Remarks’ — Republican presidential candidate Rick Perry said he didn't believe that his fellow 2016 contender Donald Trump “understands the challenge” of strengthening the U.S.-Mexico border, adding he was “offended” when Trump labeled Mexicans “rapists” during a speech last month.

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ABC News:
???This Week??? Transcript: Gov. Rick Perry

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Alison Elkin / Bloomberg Business:
Ted Cruz: ‘I Salute Donald Trump’

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Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Jeb: Trump's Mexico talk ‘extraordinarily ugly’

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WCSH-TV:

One dead after fireworks accident in Calais — CALAIS, Maine (NEWS CENTER) - One person is dead after a fireworks mishap Saturday night. — 22-year-old Devon Staples died instantly when he put a fireworks mortar on his head and set it off, said Maine Public Safety Spokesperson Steve McCausland.

Discussion: KFOR-TV, KTLA and myfox8.com

Nick Sambides Jr / Bangor Daily News:
Man killed in fireworks mishap in Calais

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Mary Margaret / People.com:

Billy Joel Marries Alexis Roderick in Surprise Wedding at His Estate — Surprise! — Billy Joel and Alexis Roderick got married on Saturday evening. — The couple “surprised guests at their annual July 4th party by exchanging vows in front of their family and close friends,” the singer's spokeswoman said in a statement to PEOPLE.

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Liz Kreutz / ABC News:

Hillary Clinton Reporters Kept Behind Moving Rope Line At New Hampshire Parade — At the Fourth of July parade Hillary Clinton marched in today in Gorham, New Hampshire, reporters following the candidate were kept — and at moments, dragged — behind an actual moving rope line.

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Dan Merica / CNN:
Clinton campaign corrals media

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Joseph Weber / Fox News:
Clinton campaign ropes off reporters at New Hampshire parade

Discussion: Washington Free Beacon

New York Post:

Four sex scandals rock one hanky-panky high school — It's not clear how much reading, writing and arithmetic is going on at James Madison High School in Brooklyn — but it definitely has sex ed covered. — A special-ed teacher at the school allegedly had carnal relations with a student every …

Discussion: Gothamist and Daily Mail

Linda Greenhouse / New York Times:

The Supreme Court and the Politics of Fear — WHEN he ran for president the second time almost half a century ago, Richard M. Nixon made Earl Warren's Supreme Court a target of his campaign. It was a brilliant move. His accusation that the court had tilted “too far in weakening …

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Shawna Thomas / NBC News:
Ted Cruz on Supreme Court: The Justices ‘Put on an Obama Jersey’

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Sherryl Connelly / New York Daily News:

John LeFevre pens ‘Straight to Hell,’ a tell-all about his cocaine and sex-fueled days as a Wall Street banker — Blue-chip banker John LeFevre, after spilling Wall Street's secrets 140 characters at a time, is back with a whole book about his cocaine-fueled days as a master of the universe.

Discussion: Liberaland and Daily Mail

Maureen Dowd / New York Times:

Paris When It Sizzles — PARIS — THE turquoise tranquillity of the Côtes d'Azur was rocked a couple of times during the Cannes Lions Festival, the advertising world's rosé-soaked answer to the Cannes Film Festival. — Al Gore snubbed Monica Lewinsky.

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CNN:

Mike Huckabee: ‘Redefinition of love’ threatens marriage — Huckabee calls for term limits on Supreme Court 04:04 — Washington (CNN)Mike Huckabee says marriage is “in trouble today” because of the “redefinition of love” — no matter who's in the relationship.

Discussion: Advocate and Towleroad

Sally Kohn / The Daily Beast:

The New Post-Homophobic Christianity — Most Christians are going to adapt to the new America just fine. — Since the Supreme Court's decision in Obergefell v. Hodges that legalized marriage equality in America, some conservative Christians have been downright apoplectic.

Discussion: Hot Air

Chad Terhune / Los Angeles Times:

California tax officials blast Blue Shield in audit — In a scathing audit, state tax officials slammed nonprofit health insurer Blue Shield of California for stockpiling “extraordinarily high surpluses” — more than $4 billion — and for failing to offer more affordable coverage or other public benefits.

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