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Chris Littleton / Voter Gravity:
Fiorina Leads in NH in Post-CNN Debate Poll — All the talking heads were talking about Carly Fiorina's debate performance, but were the voters of New Hampshire impressed as well? — Yes, they were. — In Voter Gravity's latest presidential flash poll through touchtone phone responses …
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Reid Wilson / Morning Consult:
Poll: Fiorina Wins Debate, Trump Still Leads — Former Hewlett Packard CEO Carly Fiorina won Wednesday's second Republican presidential debate, according to voters who watched the Simi Valley showdown polled by Morning Consult. — It was a performance that vaulted Fiorina into the top tier of a crowded field.
John Nolte / BREITBART.COM:
Post-Debate Poll: Trump Increases Lead; Fiorina Leaps, Carson Sinks — A Morning Consult poll, released Friday, surveyed 504 registered voters who watched Wednesday's Republican primary debate and has only good news for Republican frontrunner Donald Trump and Carly Fiorina.
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Patrick Healy / New York Times:
Willing to Spend $100 Million, Donald Trump Has So Far Reveled in Free Publicity
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Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Trump drops out of Heritage event after birther backlash — Donald Trump canceled his appearance Friday evening at a major campaign stop for the GOP presidential field in South Carolina as he faces criticism from both Republican and Democratic candidates over his failure to address claims …
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Theodore Schleifer / CNN:
Trump declines to correct questioner who says Obama is a Muslim — Washington (CNN)Donald Trump on Thursday declined to correct a supporter of his who alleged that President Barack Obama is Muslim and not an American. — “We have a problem in this country.
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Justin Wm / Washington Post:
This Ted Cruz booster is 13, black, and just shredded Obama on clock kid
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Justin Sink / Bloomberg Business:
Rivals Condemn Trump as Muslim Obama Suggestion Returns to Spotlight
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Pamela Geller / BREITBART.COM:
Ahmed Mohamed and the ‘Islamophobia’ Clock
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WND:
O'Reilly jumps on WND terror-training camp report
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Francis X. Rocca / Wall Street Journal:
Vatican Disputes White House Guest List for Papal Visit — Invitations to transgender activists, first openly gay U.S. Episcopal bishop and activist nun to White House event prompt pushback — On the eve of Pope Francis's arrival in the U.S., the Vatican has taken offense …
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Congressman Paul Gosar / Townhall.com:
Why I Am Boycotting Pope Francis' Address to Congress — It is difficult to convey the excitement I first felt when it was revealed that His Holiness Pope Francis was invited to Washington D.C. to address the world from the floor of the House of Representatives.
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Katie Valentine / ThinkProgress:
Catholic Congressman Will Skip Papal Address To Congress, Cites Climate Change
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Adam Beam / Associated Press:
Lawyer: Clerk may have interfered with order on gay marriage — OWENSBORO, Ky. (AP) — A Kentucky county clerk may have again defied a federal judge's order by altering marriage license forms to remove her name, according to an attorney that represents one of the clerk's employees.
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Katherine Krueger / Talking Points Memo:
AP: Deputy Kentucky Clerk's Lawyer Says Kim Davis May Have Again Defied Fed Order
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John Patrick Yob / Facebook:
Last night I went to a bar on Mackinac Island for the GOP Mackinac Conference. I ran into a guy named Rich Beeson, who frankly I didn't even know who it was at first because he isn't relevant in our political world. Anyway, he is Marco Rubio's national campaign manager.
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West Michigan / WEST MICHIGAN POLITICS:
Breaking: Mackinac DRAMA: Top Rubio Leader Tries To Hit John Yob In The Face After Trying To Whip Straw Poll Support
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Ryan Felton / Guardian:
Marco Rubio official punching Rand Paul adviser caught on security video
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Sarah Ferris / The Hill:
House votes to freeze federal funding for Planned Parenthood — The House on Friday voted along party lines to freeze federal funding for Planned Parenthood after weeks of escalating tension surrounding its use of fetal tissue. — In a 241-187 vote, nearly all Republicans …
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Hannah Levintova / Mother Jones:
Republicans Hate Planned Parenthood but Want to Put One of Its Backers on the $10 Bill
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Greg Jaffe / Washington Post:
Obama to nominate first openly gay service secretary to lead the Army — President Obama, in a historic first for the Pentagon, has chosen to nominate Eric Fanning to lead the Army, a move that would make him the first openly gay civilian secretary of one of the military services.
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Jason M. Breslow / FRONTLINE:
New: 87 Deceased NFL Players Test Positive for Brain Disease — A total of 87 out of 91 former NFL players have tested positive for the brain disease at the center of the debate over concussions in football, according to new figures from the nation's largest brain bank focused on the study of traumatic head injury.
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TigerWoods.com:
Tiger undergoes successful back surgery, is hopeful to return in early 2016 — Woods' second microdiscectomy surgery was performed Sept. 16 in Park City, Utah — Tiger hopes to return to the PGA TOUR in early 2016 after a second successful microdiscectomy surgery. (Getty Images)
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Katherine Krueger / Talking Points Memo:
WATCH: Anderson Cooper Loses His Cool With Trump Supporter On-Air — CNN host Anderson Cooper got heated with a Donald Trump backer Thursday night, losing his famously calm disposition when the guest tried to explain Trump's remarks about Muslims at a campaign event.
KDFW:
Cops: Texas dad vandalized own truck with anti-police messages — A Central Texas man who claimed anti-police vandals had attacked the family pickup truck has been arrested after police believe he vandalized the truck. — Scott Lattin, a disabled veteran, told Whitney police …
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Rex Features / BBC:
Liquid nitrogen cocktail: Lancaster's Oscar's Wine Bar fined £100k — A wine bar has been fined £100,000 after a woman drank a cocktail containing liquid nitrogen and had to have her stomach removed. — Gaby Scanlon, of Heysham, Lancashire, was served the Nitro-Jagermeister while celebrating her 18th birthday in 2012.
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Politico:
What Is Hillary's Greatest Accomplishment? — <p>"If you want to stump a Democrat, ask them to name an accomplishment of Hillary Clinton," Carly Fiorina quipped at Wednesday's Republican debate. The line got hearty applause—but it also cut to the core of one of the defining lines of attacks …
New York Times:
U.S. Begins Military Talks With Russia on Syria — LONDON — As the first Russian combat aircraft arrived in Syria, the Obama administration reached out to Moscow on Friday to try to coordinate actions in the war zone and avoid an accidental escalation of one of the world's most volatile conflicts.
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