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Mark Preston / CNN:
CNN amends GOP debate criteria — Washington (CNN)CNN is amending the criteria for its Republican presidential debate on September 16, possibly opening the door for Carly Fiorina to join the other top-tier candidates on the stage. — The cause: a lack of national public polling following …
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Karen Tumulty / Washington Post:
How Carly Fiorina earned a spot on the big stage at the GOP debate
How Carly Fiorina earned a spot on the big stage at the GOP debate
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Katherine Faulders / ABC News:
Carly Fiorina Likely to Make Republican Debate Under New Rules
Carly Fiorina Likely to Make Republican Debate Under New Rules
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Politico
WGN-TV:
Officer dies, manhunt for 3 armed suspects in Fox Lake — Share Update: … FOX LAKE, Ill. — A manhunt is underway for three armed suspects after a Fox Lake police officer was fatally shot in the head Tuesday morning, sources tell WGN. — At a brief news conference Tuesday …
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Chicago Tribune:
Fox Lake police officer shot and killed, manhunt underway in Lake County — A Fox Lake police officer was shot and killed Tuesday morning, and a massive manhunt with dogs and helicopters was underway along Rollins Road in Lake County. — The officer was on routine patrol and radioed shortly …
Ashley Fantz / CNN:
Illinois police officer shot and killed; one suspect in custody — Authorities involved in a manhunt after Tuesday's shooting death of a police officer in Lake County, Illinois, have one suspect in custody, Illinois State Police Sgt. Matt Boerwinkle said Tuesday afternoon.
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Lee Filas / Daily Herald:
Fox Lake cop shot and killed, police manhunt for 3 armed suspects
Fox Lake cop shot and killed, police manhunt for 3 armed suspects
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Liberty Alert / Liberty Alerts:
Statement of Kentucky Clerk Kim Davis — Late yesterday the U.S. Supreme Court declined to extend the temporary stay of a federal court order involving Rowan County Kentucky Clerk Kim Davis. The federal court previously ordered Kim Davis to issue marriage licenses to the plaintiffs who filed suit against her.
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Claire Galofaro / Associated Press:
Judge Orders Clerk, Her Entire Staff To Court After Refusing Licenses Yet Again (VIDEO) — MOREHEAD, Ky. (AP) — A county clerk in Kentucky who has invoked “God's authority” and is defying the U.S. Supreme Court by refusing to license same-sex marriage has been summoned along with her entire staff …
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Steven Nelson / US News:
Kentucky Clerk Fighting Gay Marriage Has Wed Four Times — A fellow gay marriage-resisting county clerk says 'that's forgivable.' — Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis, right, is pictured at her office in Morehead, Ky., on Tuesday. — The Kentucky county clerk facing potentially stiff penalties …
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Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Trump Supporters Think Obama is A Muslim Born in Another Country — PPP's newest national poll finds Donald Trump just continuing to grow his lead over the GOP field. He is at 29% to 15% for Ben Carson, 9% for Jeb Bush, 8% for Carly Fiorina, 7% for Marco Rubio, 6% each for Ted Cruz and John Kasich …
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Politico:
Jeb's unconvincing pushback against Trump — THE CLOCK: 438 days until Election Day 2016 ... THE DEBATE CLOCK: 16 days until the next Republican debate ... 43 days until the first Democratic debate. — JEB'S UNCONVINCING PUSHBACK AGAINST TRUMP: JEB BUSH tried again Monday to beat …
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Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:
Sanders rejects comparison to Trump
Sanders rejects comparison to Trump
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David Brooks / New York Times:
Hillary Clinton, the Great Defender
Hillary Clinton, the Great Defender
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Conor Friedersdorf / The Atlantic:
‘Hillary 2016’ Has Never Made Sense for Democrats
Bradford Richardson / The Hill:
Trump compares himself to Reagan — Donald Trump thinks of himself as more like Ronald Reagan than Mitt Romney, he said in an interview with CNN's Don Lemon Tuesday. — In response to questions about the business mogul's previous status as a card-carrying Democrat, Trump said that he was in good company.
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Bernie Quigley / The New York Observer:
Will Mitt Romney Jump In?
Will Mitt Romney Jump In?
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Seung Min Kim / Politico:
Obama one vote away from securing Iran deal — <p>The next "yes" vote will be the deciding vote for President Barack Obama's Iran deal.</p><p>Two key Senate Democrats — Chris Coons of Delaware and Bob Casey of Pennsylvania — declared their support for the nuclear agreement on Tuesday …
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Paul Kane / Washington Post:
Chris Coons and Bob Casey back Iran deal, putting Obama one vote from major diplomatic victory
Chris Coons and Bob Casey back Iran deal, putting Obama one vote from major diplomatic victory
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Jonathan Tamari / Philly.com:
Sen. Casey to support Iran nuclear deal
Sen. Casey to support Iran nuclear deal
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Official Google Blog:
Google's look, evolved — So why are we doing this now? Once upon a time, Google was one destination that you reached from one device: a desktop PC. These days, people interact with Google products across many different platforms, apps and devices—sometimes all in a single day.
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David Ibanez / KSAT-TV:
KSAT.COM EXCLUSIVE: Unedited video of fatal deputy-involved shooting — Gilbert Flores shot, killed by deputies Greg Vasquez, Robert Sanchez — SAN ANTONIO - The unedited version of a video obtained by KSAT 12 News showing the fatal shooting of a man by two Bexar County sheriff deputies will now be made available for online viewing.
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Sean Davis / The Federalist:
BREAKING: Hillary Intentionally Originated And Distributed Highly Classified Information — A review of recently released e-mails shows that former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton repeatedly originated and distributed highly classified national security information.
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Liz Kreutz / ABC News:
Why Hillary Clinton Emailed About Gefilte Fish — The great gefilte fish mystery may have been solved. — Among the latest batch of Hillary Clinton emails released by the State Department on Monday night was one that left people totally stumped — and it had to do with gefilte fish.
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David Weigel / Washington Post:
New James O'Keefe video: Clinton campaign allowed a foreigner to acquire official swag — Conservative undercover journalist James O'Keefe has released the second in an ongoing series of videos inside Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign. The latest from Project Veritas Action accuses …
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Julie Jargon / Wall Street Journal:
McDonald's Set to Offer All-Day Breakfast — McDonald's is embarking on its biggest operational change in years as it tries to juice flagging sales, with plans to offer breakfast items all-day at its more than 14,300 U.S. restaurants starting Oct. 6.
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Patrick Gomez / People.com:
FIRST PHOTOS: Meet The Muppets' Kermit the Frog's New Girlfriend Denise — Well, that didn't take long. — It's been less than month since Kermit the Frog and Miss Piggy announced they were splitting after four decades together, but it appears the plush amphibian has already moved on.
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Ali Weinberg / ABC News:
Dick and Liz Cheney Slam Hillary Clinton, Encourage Joe Biden to Run — Former Vice President Dick Cheney took aim at Hillary Clinton and the email scandal that she is embroiled in and threw his support behind the current second-in-command, Joe Biden. — The former vice president encouraged Biden …
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Marissa's Tumblr:
Happy personal news — With great happiness, Zack and I have some exciting news to share - I'm pregnant! In fact, I'm expecting identical twin girls, likely arriving in December. The twins part was quite a surprise, because I have no family history of twins or any other predisposing factors.
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Melinda Deslatte / Associated Press:
Justice Department Sides With Planned Parenthood in Lawsuit — The U.S. Justice Department told a federal judge that Gov. Bobby Jindal's decision to oust Planned Parenthood from Louisiana's Medicaid program appears to violate federal law by denying Medicaid patients the right to choose their health care providers.
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