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7:40 PM ET, July 7, 2015

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Matt Adams / Fox 59:
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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Steve Jefferson / WALV-TV:
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 …
Washington Post:
Don't believe her defenders.  Amy Schumer's jokes are racist.  —  Joking or not, she used her stage to play and profit off race while people of color bear the brunt of racial violence.  —  About the authors  —  Wouldn't it be funny if Donald Trump and the wildly popular feminist comedian …
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Alex Griswold / Mediaite:
WaPo Op-Ed Blames Amy Schumer for ‘Inspiring’ Charleston Shooter  —  All this time we were blaming the Confederate flag, it turns out comedienne Amy Schumer was the only who “inspired” Charleston shooter Dylann Storm Roof to murder nine African-Americans.  —  So argues a Washington Post op-ed written …
Discussion: Twitchy
WCBD News 2:
F-16, Cessna collide over Moncks Corner  —  MONCKS CORNER, SC -Officials say an F-16 fighter jet collided with a Cessna over South Carolina, killing two people aboard the smaller plane.  The Air Force pilot ejected safely, however.  —  National Transportation Safety Board spokesman Peter …
Discussion: WTKR-TV, WSLS-TV and WISH-TV
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Steve Benen / msnbc.com:
For Republicans, Trump is driving the debate  —  The initial concern surrounding Donald Trump's presidential campaign was that he would qualify for the debate stage, denying a slot that would otherwise go to a more serious candidate.  But yesterday offered a vivid example of the effect Trump …
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Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Rubio pledges to bust higher education ‘cartel’
Discussion: Daily Kos and Politico
Gabriel Debenedetti / Politico:
Hillary Clinton: On immigration, the GOP is just like Donald Trump
Discussion: Bloomberg Business
mynews13.com:
Confederate flag flies again in Marion County  —  The Confederate flag at Marion County's government complex will be put back up after the County Commission voted Tuesday, July 7, 2015, to return the flag, which was taken down the week before amid growing controversy surrounding the deadly shootings …
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Erik Sandoval / clickorlando.com:
Marion County votes to reinstate Confederate flag
Discussion: Guardian, Mediaite and Raw Story
Eric Bradner / CNN:
CNN exclusive: Clinton ‘very disappointed’ in Trump,GOP on immigration  — Clinton will also sit for her first national television interview with CNN since announcing her candidacy  —  Iowa City, Iowa (CNN)Hillary Clinton told CNN in her first national interview as a 2016 presidential candidate …
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Claude Brodesser-Akner / New Jersey Online:
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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Daniel Strauss / Politico:
New Jersey Democrats troll Chris Christie
Discussion: Hot Air
Ryan Buxton / The Huffington Post:
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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Alex Griswold / Mediaite:
Jimmy Carter: ‘I Believe That Jesus Would Approve of Gay Marriage’
Eileen Norcross / Mercatus Site Feed:
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 …
Discussion: The PJ Tatler and Naked Politics
Washington Post:
Europe gives Greece 5 days to avoid bankruptcy … ATHENS — An emergency summit of European leaders called to salvage Greece's financial rescue broke up acrimoniously late Tuesday, with officials saying the country now has just five days to avoid bankruptcy.
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Jennifer Rankin / Guardian:
Eurozone tells Greece not to expect debt relief in near future
Julie Mack / MLive.com:
Criminal charge dropped against woman jailed for not renewing dog license  —  KALAMAZOO, MI — A criminal charge against a Kalamazoo County woman who was late renewing her dog's license have been dropped, she said Monday.  —  Becky Rehr, 47, of Cooper Township, said the Kalamazoo County …
Discussion: Washington Times and ABC News
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Dan T. Jenkins / CBS Detroit:
Michigan Woman Frisked, Jailed, For Not Renewing Dog License
The Portland Press Herald:
Very rare orange-brown lobster caught off Maine coast  —  The split-colored specimen at the Pine Point Fisherman's Co-Op in Scarborough is a one-in-50 million lobster. … Were you interviewed for this story?  If so, please fill out our accuracy form.
Discussion: Daily Mail
Julie Lythcott-Haims / Slate:
Kids of Helicopter Parents Are Sputtering Out  —  Recent studies suggests that kids with overinvolved parents and rigidly structured childhoods suffer psychological blowback in college.  —  Excerpted from How to Raise an Adult: Break Free of the Overparenting Trap and Prepare Your Kid …
Antonio Olivo / Washington Post:
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.
Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
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 …
Discussion: Weekly Standard and Mediaite
Tom Simonite / MIT Technology Review:
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.
Steven Shepard / Politico:
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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Tom Vanden Brook / USA Today:
Army plans to cut 40,000 troops
Caroline May / BREITBART.COM:
More Than 347,000 Convicted Criminal Immigrants At Large In U.S.
Robert Chalmers / Newsweek:
Former International Court of Justice judge: Dick Cheney should face prosecution
Discussion: Liberaland and Raw Story
Reid Wilson / Morning Consult:
Republicans, Conservatives Disapprove of Chief Justice Roberts
Discussion: The Daily Signal and Politico
BBC:
Bill Cosby admitted he gave woman drugs before sex
Jonathan Weisman / New York Times:
Republicans Aim to Hamper Obama's Policies With Spending Bills
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Tyler Richardson / Tri-CityHerald.com:
Teen mother and son identified as victims of double murder, boyfriend held on $1 million bail
Frank Chung / Agence France-Presse:
Chinese chaos worse than Greece
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