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Daily Mail:
Unarmed hero US marine took bullet in the neck as he and colleague tackled euro-train gunman armed with AK47: American duo saved hundreds when they jumped on Moroccan terrorist after he opened fire on terrified passengers — A suspected Moroccan terrorist opened fire with a Kalashnikov on board a high speed train in northern France
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CNN:
Official: 2 U.S. Marines stop Islamist attacker on train in France — European official: France shooting a terrorist attack — As a gunman on an Amsterdam-to-Paris train was about to launch an attack by loading his Kalashnikov he was surprised by two U.S. Marines in civilian clothing …
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UPROXX, KFOR-TV, The Daily Caller and Moe Lane
BBC:
France train shooting: Americans overpower gunman — Forensics experts check the crime scene — Three people have been hurt after a heavily armed man opened fire on a train in northern France, before being overpowered by two American passengers. — The incident happened …
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American Spectator, NPR, Balloon Juice and New York's PIX11
James Rothwell / Telegraph:
US marines prevent French train massacre: latest — Unarmed US marines foil attack by Moroccan gunman with Kalashnikov and handgun on train - follow live updates — Security agents of French national railway operator SNCF stand next to Thalys trains at the main train station in Arras, northern France
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ABC News:
Ellen Page Confronts Ted Cruz on Gay Rights at Iowa State Fair — While Sen. Ted Cruz was grilling pork chops at the Iowa State Fair today, actress Ellen Page, wearing a hat and sunglasses, snuck her way up to the grill and asked the GOP presidential candidate about “the persecution of gays in the workplace and LGBT rights.”
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John McCormick / Bloomberg Business:
Ted Cruz Criticizes Carter Day After Wrenching Talk on Cancer
Ted Cruz Criticizes Carter Day After Wrenching Talk on Cancer
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Politico, USA Today, BizPac Review, Daily Kos and New York Times
Katie Glueck / Politico:
Ellen Page confronts Ted Cruz on LGBT issues
Ellen Page confronts Ted Cruz on LGBT issues
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National Review, Mediaite and New York Times
Katie Glueck / Politico:
Cruz: Jeb is ‘confused’ about my citizenship
Cruz: Jeb is ‘confused’ about my citizenship
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Toledo Blade, Washington Examiner, SOOPERMEXICAN, ThinkProgress and ABC News
Norm Ornstein / The Atlantic:
Maybe This Time Really Is Different — Historical context is a great asset. But is history always an accurate guide? Does past performance always give us the best predictor of future outcomes? — This election season provides a fascinating frame to see if the polarization in politics …
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Hot Air and The Moderate Voice
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Ed Kilgore / Washington Monthly:
Ornstein's Warning — Us old folks remember a time when AEI's Norman Ornstein was the very voice of The Conventional Wisdom. So his new column at The Atlantic ought to come as a particularly significant warning about this election cycle and the particular level of conservative freakout we are dealing with:
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Hullabaloo and Democratic Strategist
Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:
Trump tells Alabama crowd he can't wait for the election — Donald Trump commanded an fervent crowd Friday night in Mobile, Ala., as the Republican presidential front-runner said he wished voting for the 2016 election was already underway. — “You know, if this were another country …
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Tom Boggioni / Raw Story:
Scott Walker: I don't have time for Black Lives Matter — let's talk about ‘things that matter’ — DON'T MISS STORIES. FOLLOW RAW STORY! — Campaigning in New Hampshire, where he finds himself tied in the polls with also-rans Carly Fiorina and Mike Huckabee, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker …
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John Harwood / CNBC:
Scott Walker talks birthright citizenship
Scott Walker talks birthright citizenship
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Nick Gass / Politico:
Trump calls O'Malley a ‘disgusting, little, weak, pathetic baby’
Trump calls O'Malley a ‘disgusting, little, weak, pathetic baby’
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Liberal Values and Business Insider
Katie Glueck / Politico:
GOP insiders to Trump: Enough already
GOP insiders to Trump: Enough already
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Jay Bookman and Daily Kos
Judd Legum / ThinkProgress:
Jeb Bush Super PAC Sends Mailer To 86,000 Iowans With Jeb's Head On A Black Body — Jeb Bush has been lagging in the polls, trailing Donald Trump by a wide margin nationally and in early states. — Nevertheless, he's still considered one of the most likely eventual nominees by pundits and political experts.
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Peter Sullivan / The Hill:
Pennsylvania becomes fifth state to find no Planned Parenthood wrongdoing — Pennsylvania has found no wrongdoing by Planned Parenthood in the state after a review, according to a letter from the state health department. — That decision makes it the fifth state to announce that they have found …
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Nick Gillespie / Hit & Run:
Pro-Choice Group Takes Down Story Slut-Shaming Pro-Life Activist
Pro-Choice Group Takes Down Story Slut-Shaming Pro-Life Activist
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LifeNews.com, John Hawkins' Right Wing News, The Daily Signal, RH Reality Check and New York Magazine
Kevin Cirilli / The Hill:
Planned Parenthood: Videos illegal
Planned Parenthood: Videos illegal
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LifeNews.com and The Daily Caller
Michael Scherer / TIME.com:
Read TIME's cover story and watch Trump's take on the Clintons, his opponents and how to change American politics — There are some things you just can't do in politics, not at the presidential level, anyway. — This is a game like any other, with rules honed over decades by the pros …
Christine Byers / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Man killed by St. Louis police died from gunshot in the back — ST. LOUIS • An autopsy on Mansur Ball-Bey, whose death from police gunfire this week stirred protests, showed that he died from a single wound in the back, police officials said. — Chief Sam Dotson said the wound's …
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Robert Simonson / New York Times:
Sasha Petraske, Bar Owner Who Changed Cocktail Culture, Dies at 42 — Sasha Petraske, the founder of the influential New York cocktail bar Milk & Honey and many other polished drinking spots across the world, was found dead on Friday in Hudson, N.Y. He was 42 and had recently moved temporarily …
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Daily Mail and Gothamist
Joshuakarpf / Spotify Blog:
SORRY. — We are in the middle of rolling out new terms and conditions and privacy policy and they've caused a lot of confusion about what kind of information we access and what we do with it. We apologize for that. We should have done a better job in communicating what these policies mean …
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Joe Coscarelli / New York Times:
Dr. Dre Apologizes to the 'Women I've Hurt' — For Dr. Dre, the self-proclaimed “first billionaire in hip-hop,” the movie “Straight Outta Compton” and its quasi-soundtrack, “Compton,” his first album in 16 years, were meant to be a victory lap. That biopic, about his hip-hop group, N.W.A. …
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Evelyn Cheng / CNBC:
Stocks plunge as global growth concerns weigh; Apple falls nearly 4% — CNBC's Bob Pisani rounds up the most hit stocks in the market selloff, and the pop in the VIX. Kensho data shows the VIX up 10 percent 3 days in a row is rare. — U.S. stocks traded about 2 percent lower on Friday …
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Slate, The Gateway Pundit, The Atlantic and The Week
Bryan Lowry / Wichita Eagle:
Kansas Democratic Party chair resigns … Larry Meeker has resigned as chair of the Kansas Democratic Party following uproar over comments he made this week about moving the party in a more conservative direction. — Meeker's resignation was confirmed by the party's executive director …
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