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UCC SHOOTING RAMPAGE: At least 13 reported dead including shooter (VIDEO) — A gunman opened fire at 10:38 this morning, injuring at least 20 people at Umpqua Community College. Early reports from the scene suggest he may have killed as many as 13 of them.
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Oregon shooting: Initial reports of 10 dead at Umpqua Community College — (CNN)Preliminary information indicates 10 people were killed and more than 20 others injured in a shooting at Oregon's Umpqua Community College on Thursday, said Oregon State Police spokesman Bill Fugate.


Oregon school shooting: Shooter asks students their religion, report says — The shooter at Umpqua Community College on Thursday asked people to state their religion and then started firing, one student said. — Kortney Moore, an 18-year-old, told the News Review she was sitting …
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Obama: Mass shootings are ‘something we should politicize’ — President Obama on Thursday made an impassioned case that gun violence is “something we should politicize” following a mass shooting at a community college in Oregon. — A visibly angry Obama blasted Congress for being unwilling …

White House expresses frustration on gun control after Oregon shooting — <p>Authorities reported multiple fatalities Thursday in the aftermath of a shooting at Umpqua Community College outside Roseburg, Oregon, some 180 miles south of Portland — the latest in a series of mass shootings …
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10 confirmed dead at Umpqua Community College
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13 Dead In Shooting At Oregon Community College
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Oregon Shooting at Umpqua College Kills as Many as 13, Official Says
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BREAKING: MASS SHOOTING AT UMPQUA COLLEGE in Oregon - 13 Dead - Gunfree Zone
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No active threat, 10 dead in shooting at Umpqua Community College
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First on CNN: Biden expected to skip first Democratic debate — Washington (CNN)Vice President Joe Biden has extended his window for deciding whether to jump into the 2016 presidential campaign, several Democrats say, allowing the contest to play out even longer before he answers …
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How Bernie Sanders would transform the nation
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Poll: Hillary Clinton still leads Sanders and Biden, but by less
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Bernie Sanders's $26 million cash haul is a major problem for Hillary Clinton
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Clinton Maintains Big Lead in Democratic Race
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Alabama to stop issuing driver's licenses in counties with 75% black registered voters — DON'T MISS STORIES. FOLLOW RAW STORY! — The state of Alabama, which requires a photo ID to vote, announced this week that it would stop issuing driver's licenses in counties where 75 percent of registered voters are black.
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Alabama sends message: We are too broke to care about right and wrong — Alabama might as well just send an invitation to the Justice Department. Come on in guys. Come on down. — No need to reply with an RSVP. Because we know you'll be here. How could you resist?
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State to close 5 parks, cut back services at driver license offices
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Pelosi threatens to end Dem participation in Benghazi probe — House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) is threatening to pull Democratic participation from the select committee investigating the 2012 Benghazi attacks in the wake of Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy's (R-Calif.) …
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House Republicans repudiate McCarthy comments on Benghazi probe
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Chaffetz: McCarthy's Benghazi comments ‘absolutely inappropriate’
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It's the Abortion, Stupid — <p>If there's one thing Republicans established at this week's Planned Parenthood hearing it is that the organization's CEO, Cecile Richards, makes more than $500,000 — and probably deserves a raise. </p><p>Judging by the hearing, the only thing more painful …
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Why the founder of #ShoutYourAbortion had to go into hiding
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PRESIDENT TRUMP WOULD BE ‘THE END OF THE WORLD,’ SAYS JENNIFER LAWRENCE — It seems Jennifer Lawrence's thoughts on Donald Trump echo Katniss Everdeen's feelings toward President Snow. For the uninitiated, that means she's not a fan. During a lively conversation with the three leads …
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Live From New York: Hillary Clinton to Appear on ‘Saturday Night Live’ — Live from New York... It's Hillary Clinton! — Hillary Rodham Clinton is scheduled to appear on “Saturday Night Live” this weekend, the latest — and highest stakes — appearance of her current push to show her funny …
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Woman says she is happier than ever after fulfilling lifelong wish of becoming blind — NORTH CAROLINA - A North Carolina woman says she is happier than ever after she fulfilled her lifelong wish of becoming blind. — Jewel Shuping, 30, has Body Integrity Identity Disorder, according to Barcroft TV.
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Was Pope Francis Actually Swindled into Meeting Kim Davis? — The Papal chase: WTF edition. — I spent a little time Wednesday night examining my conscience, as we used to say around the ol' confessional, as regards the meeting between Papa Francesco and noted civic layabout Kim Davis.
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Why the media lost its mind over Kim Davis meeting Pope Francis
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Republicans move to revive government bank loathed by conservatives — <p>Supporters of the Export-Import Bank have secured enough Republican support to bring an extension of the agency's charter to the House floor later this month, according to sources involved in the whipping.</p><p …
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Pelosi seeks support for speaker
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Netanyahu slams UN's ‘deafening silence’ in face of Iranian threats to wipe out Israel — 'GOP critics of nuclear deal couldn't find Iran on a map,' Rouhani says - Netanyahu: Palestinians using Temple Mount to incite against Israel — PM rails against the UN in his speech to the General Assembly …
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Exclusive: Obama brushed off Reid's plea on Palestinian state
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Amazon to Ban Sale of Apple, Google Video-Streaming Devices — Roku, Google lead U.S. market for media-streaming hardware — Amazon to pull existing Apple, Google inventory on Oct. 29 — Amazon.com Inc. is flexing its e-commerce muscles to gain an edge on competitors in the video-streaming market …
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What Ted Cruz Really Stands For — Although I find Sen. Ted Cruz's “lonely man of principle” act as tired as it is phony, I should give the devil his due. Cruz has given Americans exasperated with Washington gridlock hope that Congress can, when sufficiently motivated, find consensus and act.
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