memeorandum: Oregon shooting on college campus leaves 10 dead (Eric Holder/CBS News)

9:35 AM ET, October 2, 2015

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Oregon gunman singled out Christians during rampage — Authorities carry a shooting victim away from the scene after a gunman opened fire at Umpqua Community College in Roseburg, Ore. on Oct. 1. — The gunman who opened fire at an Oregon community college was forcing people to stand …

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Ian Campbell / The News-Review:

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.

Lynne Terry / Oregonian:

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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Dana Ford / CNN:

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.

Eric Holder / CBS News:

Oregon shooting on college campus leaves 10 dead — ROSEBURG, Ore. — Ten people are dead after a gunman opened fire at an Oregon community college Thursday, Douglas County Sheriff John Hanlin said. — Hanlin said the gunman is also dead. Federal authorities say the gunman is among the 10 people who died.

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Michael Daly / The Daily Beast:

Forget Oregon's Gunman. Remember the Hero Who Charged Straight at Him. — No amount of murder seems likely to result in gun control any time soon. So let's do what we can to stop the lunacy—by reserving the limelight for the vet who rushed Thursday's shooter.

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CNN:
Father of Umpqua college shooting victim: Gunman singled out Christians

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Ian Campbell / The News-Review:
UCC SHOOTING RAMPAGE: At least 10 reported dead including shooter (VIDEO)

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Khaleda Rahman For / Daily Mail:
Chris Mintz was shot as he charged the Umpqua Community College shooter in Oregon

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NBC News:
13 Killed in Shooting at Oregon's Umpqua Community College: Officials

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New York Times:
Oregon Shooting at Umpqua College Kills 10, Sheriff Says

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Daily Mail:
Oregon college shooter Chris Harper-Mercer asked if victims were Christian in rampage that left 10 dead

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Joseph Hoyt / Washington Post:
Nine victims and gunman dead in mass shooting at Ore. community college

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Jordan Fabian / The Hill:

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 …

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whitehouse.gov:

Statement by the President on the Shootings at Umpqua Community College, Roseburg, Oregon — THE PRESIDENT: There's been another mass shooting in America — this time, in a community college in Oregon. — That means there are more American families — moms, dads, children — whose lives have been changed forever.

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David Edwards / Raw Story:

Less than 90 minutes after Oregon shooting, CNN analyst suggests school's ‘gun free zone’ to blame — DON'T MISS STORIES. FOLLOW RAW STORY! — Less than two hours after massacre at Umpqua Community College on Wednesday, CNN military analyst Rick Francona suggested that the shooter …

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Christopher Ingraham / Washington Post:
2015: 274 days, 294 mass shootings, hundreds dead

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Charles P. Pierce / Esquire:

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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CNN:
Pope's meeting with Kim Davis not an endorsement, Vatican says

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Jim Yardley / New York Times:
Pope Francis' Meeting Wasn't an Endorsement of Kim Davis's Views, Vatican Says

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Mike Ramsey / CBS Chicago:
Vatican Source: Pope Blindsided By Meeting With Controversial Kentucky Clerk

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Amy Chozick / New York Times:

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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John Frank / The Spot:
John Hickenlooper expresses doubt about Hillary Clinton amid e-mail controversy

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Gabriel Debenedetti / Politico:
Bill Clinton's mission creep

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Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
McCarthy's comments on Benghazi probe may be a political gift to Clinton

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Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
Bernie Sanders's $26 million cash haul is a major problem for Hillary Clinton

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Marc Caputo / Politico:

Rubio campaign boots Bush-backing tracker from Iowa event — MIAMI — The Florida family feud between Jeb Bush and Marco Rubio took a surprising turn on Thursday night when a tracker for a super PAC supporting the former governor tried to slip into an Iowa event for Rubio, whose staff quickly spotted and removed him.

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Paul Krugman / New York Times:

Voodoo Never Dies — So Donald Trump has unveiled his tax plan. It would, it turns out, lavish huge cuts on the wealthy while blowing up the deficit. — This is in contrast to Jeb Bush's plan, which would lavish huge cuts on the wealthy while blowing up the deficit, and Marco Rubio's plan …

Kathy Frankovic / YouGov US Opinion Center News:
Trump still leads as Rubio and Fiorina rise

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Brian Lombardi / New York Times:

27 Ways to Be a Modern Man — Being a modern man today is no different than it was a century ago. It's all about adhering to principle. Sure, fashion, technology and architecture change over time, as do standards of etiquette, not to mention ways of carrying oneself in the public sphere.

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Ruben Vives / Los Angeles Times:

Oregon college gunman Chris Harper Mercer liked target shooting, ex-neighbors say — Neighbors at a sprawling apartment complex in Torrance thought it was odd a few years ago when they saw Chris Harper Mercer and his mother carrying black cases that they suspected held firearms.

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Jason Lange / Reuters:

U.S. job growth cools in last two months, raising doubts on economy — U.S. employers slammed the brakes on hiring over the last two months and wages fell in September, raising new doubts the economy is strong enough for the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates by the end of this year.

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NBC News:

13 Dead After U.S. C-130 Transport Plane Crashes in Afghanistan: Officials — Thirteen people, including six American service members, were killed early Friday when a U.S. C-130 transport plane crashed while taking off from an airport in Afghanistan, a U.S. military official said.

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Mike Lillis / The Hill:

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.) …