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Federal authorities raid home of Subway spokesman Jared Fogle in child pornography investigation — ZIONSVILLE, Ind. (July 7, 2015) - Federal authorities raided the home of Subway spokesman Jared Fogle Tuesday morning. FBI sources told FOX59 state and federal investigators were serving warrants …
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Federal, state agents raid home of Subway spokesperson Jared Fogle — INDIANAPOLIS - — Federal and state agents raided the Zionsville home of Subway spokesperson Jared Fogle around 6:30 a.m. Tuesday as part of a child porn investigation. — Eyewitness News Crime Beat Reporter Steve Jefferson …
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Hollywood Life, John Hawkins' Right Wing News, WCBD News 2, Slantpoint, Mashable, NBC News, The Daily Caller, Rare and CBS Detroit


Police investigation underway at home of Subway pitchman Jared Fogle — ZIONSVILLE — Police investigators arrived at the home of Subway pitchman Jared Fogle early Tuesday. — A handful of officers gathered outside while an evidence truck was parked in his driveway.

Authorities raid home of Subway spokesman Jared Fogle in child pornography investigation
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CBS Minnesota, The Week and CBS San Francisco


At Trump hotel site, immigrant workers wary — For weeks, dozens of construction workers from Latin America have streamed onto the site of the Old Post Office Pavilion in downtown Washington and taken pride in their work building one of the city's newest luxury hotels.
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Lindsey Graham On Trump: GOP “Must Speak Up,” He's “Not Part Of The Party I Want To Have”
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Hot Air, The Daily Caller, JP Updates and Business Insider

Rudy Giuliani defends Donald Trump over immigration remarks
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Talking Points Memo and The Wrap

Trump Lashes Out At Critics, Makes Incendiary New Claims About Mexico
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Washington Monthly, No More Mister Nice Blog, Taylor Marsh, Washington Post and Mediaite


The making of a Hillary Clinton echo chamber — One day in May, operatives from a Washington-based super PAC gathered New Hampshire mayors, state representatives and local politicos at St. Anselm College for a day of training. — They rehearsed their personal tales of how they met Hillary Rodham Clinton …
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Weekly Standard
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The Note: Republicans Restless About Trump
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N.J. Dem lawmakers will try to force Christie's resignation — TRENTON — Democratic state lawmakers will soon introduce legislation that would force Gov. Chris Christie to resign from office because he is running for president, NJ Advance Media has learned.
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Politico, Talking Points Memo, Mediaite and Political Wire


SUMMARY AND KEY FINDINGS — The financial health of each state can be analyzed through the states' own audited financial reports. By looking at states' basic financial statistics on revenues, expenditures, cash, assets, liabilities, and debt, states may be ranked according to how easily …
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Naked Politics


Caught on camera: Dallas cop confronts teen — “I'll break your f***ing neck” — NEWS 8 EXCLUSIVE — DALLAS — As a member of the Dallas SWAT team, Terigi Rossi was a regular fixture on the TV show of the same name. — But in a confrontation last fall with a 14-year-old boy …
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Raw Story and Booman Tribune

Upcoming polls to lock in GOP debate field — More than a few Republicans are hoping their numbers will tick up at just the right time this month, knowing that it could make the difference between being on the main debate stage and being relegated to the B-team.
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Washington Monthly, USA Today, Althouse and Mock Paper Scissors


FAA: F-16 jet, Cessna airplane collide in Berkeley County — Authorities are investigating a multiple plane crash in Moncks Corner. — A Sumter-based F-16 fighter jet and a Cessna 150C private airplane collided Tuesday morning in the skies over Berkeley County, the Federal Aviation Administration said.
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WCBD News 2 and The Week


Six powers and Iran to continue nuclear talks past deadline: EU — Iran and six major powers will keep negotiating past Tuesday's deadline for a long-term nuclear agreement as they tackle the most contentious issues, including the continuation of a U.N. arms embargo on Iran, the big powers said.
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Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion and Politico
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Iran Says Nuclear Deal Must Include Lifting of U.N. Arms Embargo
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Chinese chaos worse than Greece — WHILE the world worries about Greece, there's an even bigger problem closer to home: China. — A stock market crash there has seen $3.2 trillion wiped from the value of Chinese shares in just three weeks, triggering an emergency response from the government …
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Samizdata, THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS and Wall Street Journal


Jimmy Carter Says Jesus Would Approve Of Gay Marriage — Faith is important to former President Jimmy Carter, and he writes about it extensively in his new memoir A Full Life: Reflections at Ninety. But his religious beliefs don't keep him from supporting every American's right to marry the person they love.
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The Daily Caller


Florida State QB Who Punched Woman Was Provoked: Lawyer — The Florida State University quarterback seen on video punching a woman in the face was fighting back after being provoked, his lawyer told NBC News. — De'Andre Johnson, 19, has been charged with battery following the June 24 incident at a Tallahassee club.
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US only training 60 Syrian fighters, far below expectations — WASHINGTON: The United States was only training about 60 Syrian opposition fighters to battle Islamic State as of July 3, far below expectations, Defense Secretary Ash Carter told Congress Tuesday, citing rigorous U.S. vetting of recruits.
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Hot Air and The PJ Tatler


Probing the Dark Side of Google's Ad-Targeting System — Researchers say Google's ad-targeting system sometimes makes troubling decisions based on data about gender and other personal characteristics. — That Google and other companies track our movements around the Web to target us with ads is well known.
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Washington Post and The Verge


Parents Forced Daughter to Live in Woods After Eating Unauthorized Pop-Tart: Police — Two South Carolina parents were arrested this week after forcing their 14-year-old daughter to live in a tent in the woods because she ate a Pop-Tart without permission, authorities said.
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Telegraph, Rare and Slantpoint


Calgary's balloon man describes soaring over city in lawn chair — Publicity stunt results in Daniel Boria being detained and charged by police — A Calgary man used helium filled balloons to fly over the city on Sunday, risking his life to draw attention to his cleaning products company …
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Fox News Insider, The Week, ITV and Boing Boing


Three Confederate flags lead county GOP float in Iowa — As South Carolina's state Senate voted Monday to remove a Confederate flag on its Statehouse grounds, Iowa Republicans grappled with their own controversy around the flag and the debate it has fueled for its associations with slavery.
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Talking Points Memo, KCRG-TV, KCCI-TV and Raw Story


The Romney half-century? — Not a very good Fourth for The Donald. South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham (R), a candidate for president in 2016, stated it plainly: “He's running to be president of all of us. It takes a level of maturity and thoughtfulness and demeanor that's not being exhibited here.”


There's no race war in America — Did you know that this newspaper is named for a slaveholder? It's right there on our masthead, the name of a man who for 56 years held other human beings in bondage on his Virginia plantation — a man, according to the official Mount Vernon Web site, who …
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Progress Pond and Balloon Juice