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9:55 AM ET, October 12, 2015

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CBS News:
President Obama  —  Steve Kroft questions President Obama on topics including Russia's incursion in Syria, ISIS and the 2016 presidential race  —  The following is a script from “President Obama” which aired on October 11, 2015.  Steve Kroft is the correspondent.
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Edward-Isaac Dovere / Politico:
Obama won't shrink from 2016 race  —  <p>President Barack Obama heads into the 2016 campaign season in a position few in the White House or anywhere else expected a year ago: in demand.</p><p>The president and his aides are expecting to capitalize on that popularity, according to people familiar …
Discussion: Political Wire
Bradford Richardson / The Hill:
Trump: ‘I was all set to go wild’ on Carson  —  Donald Trump says he was ready to go after Ben Carson for questioning his faith, but decided to hold back after his GOP primary rival apologized.  —  “I was all set to go wild, now I can't go wild,” Trump said on Fox News' “MediaBuzz” on Sunday.
Discussion: Political Wire
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CBS News:
Donald Trump: “I feel much better being armed”  —  Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is one of the more than 12 million Americans who has a concealed weapons permit, of which he said: “I feel much better being armed.”  —  He told “Face the Nation” host John Dickerson he got the permit …
Frank Bruni / New York Times:   The Republicans' Ugly Revolt
Agence France-Presse:
Trump: I sometimes carry a gun
Juan Williams / The Hill:
Dems pay high price for union support  —  What will it take for Hillary Clinton to lock down union endorsements?  —  At this week's Democratic debate in Las Vegas, there will be competition for one whale of an endorsement - that of the AFL-CIO.  —  The backing of two other big unions …
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CBS News:
Poll: Hillary Clinton still leads Democratic race
Discussion: RedState and Real Clear Politics
Politico:
How Could Hillary Lose?  —  <p>"If a candidate has ever …
Bloomberg Business:
Hillary Clinton Prepares for Crucial Campaign Stretch
Discussion: Politico and Bloomberg View
Mark Halperin / Bloomberg Business:
Joe Biden and Paul Ryan Face Decisions That Could Shape Politics for Years to Come  —  The two men who faced off in the 2012 vice presidential debate are each at a crossroads.  —  MarkHalperin  —  Former rivals Vice President Joe Biden and Wisconsin Congressman Paul Ryan are facing looming decisions …
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Julia Hahn / BREITBART.COM:
EXCLUSIVE- NumbersUSA President: Paul Ryan ‘Terrifying,’ ‘Open Borders Seeps Out of Every Pore Of His Being’
Kevin D. Williamson / National Review:   OK, Let's Fight
Bradford Richardson / The Hill:
Founder: Freedom Caucus not sold on Ryan
Discussion: Politico
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Washington Post:
Iranian TV says Post correspondent Jason Rezaian convicted
Discussion: NBC News, The Week, Poynter. and NPR
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Senate Republicans open door to weakening the filibuster  —  Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) is opening the door to changing the filibuster in response to growing pressure from Republicans angered that Democrats have blocked legislation from reaching the White House.
Discussion: Political Wire
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Bradford Richardson / The Hill:   McConnell denounces Obama's ‘mind-boggling’ foreign policy
New York Times:
Clinton Emails Became the New Focus of Benghazi Inquiry  —  WASHINGTON — When the House select committee investigating the 2012 attacks on American government outposts in Benghazi, Libya, was created, Democrats immediately criticized it as a partisan effort to damage the political fortunes of Hillary Rodham Clinton.
Awr Hawkins / BREITBART.COM:
Police: Concealed Permit Holder Shoots, Kills Armed Robber In Connecticut Cafe  —  On October 11, a concealed carry permit holder shot and killed an alleged armed robber inside Cafe Azzurri in Waterbury, Connecticut.  —  The incident occurred around 2:30 a.m.
Discussion: Infowars
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Nick Gass / Politico:
Trump handicaps the Democratic debate  —  CNN won't do badly in the ratings for Tuesday night's Democratic debate, Donald Trump predicted Monday.  But they also won't do great.  —  “You know, I think people are going to turn it on for a couple of minutes and then fall asleep,” …
Discussion: Political Wire
Billy Cox / Extra:
Orphaned sisters reunite while working on same floor at Sarasota hospital  —  SARASOTA — When the police pulled 5-year Pok-nam Shin out of school, the little girl who now goes by Holly Hoyle O'Brien asked the only question that mattered: Where's my daddy?  —  Her mother had died without leaving Pok-nam a single memory.
Christie Aschwanden / Mother Jones:
The harder you look the more cancers you'll find, but most will be harmless and will never threaten anyone's life. … Last year, results from a 25-year follow-up of two landmark studies tracking about 90,000 women concluded that mammography did not reduce breast cancer deaths at all.
Discussion: Unfogged
Fox News:
Oregon school suspends 8th-grader over battlefield cross T-shirt  —  An Oregon middle school cracked down last week on a student who showed up in a battlefield cross T-shirt that said, “Standing for those who stood for us.”  —  Eighth-grader Alan Holmes' T-shirt imagery of a rifle …
Ronald Brownstein / The Atlantic:
America's Growing Pessimism  —  When Americans look to the future, two mega-trends evoke the most optimism about the nation's long-term trajectory, the latest Allstate/National Journal Heartland Monitor Poll has found.  —  One of these trends, the onset of the digital revolution, evokes optimism in every major segment of society.
 
 
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Daniel Thomas / Financial Times:
Trade body data: copyrighted music revenue was $45.5B in 2023, above cinema box office spending of $33.2B in 2023 and $41.9B in 2019; record labels made $28.5B

Mark Kleinman / Sky News:
Sources: CVC Capital Partners and a major European broadcaster, thought to be France's Groupe TF1, are among those considering a takeover of the UK's ITV

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