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10:30 AM ET, October 12, 2015

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CNN:
South Carolina, Nevada CNN polls find Clinton far ahead  —  (CNN)With Hillary Clinton behind in New Hampshire and holding on to a narrowing margin over Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders in Iowa, new CNN/ORC polls in Nevada and South Carolina suggest Clinton holds strong support in the two states that could prove to be a firewall for her.
Discussion: Washington Post and Political Wire
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Hadas Gold / Politico:
CNN expects ‘significantly smaller’ ratings for Dem debate  —  <p>The Republican and Democratic fields are like night and day, and no event will make that more apparent than Tuesday's first Democratic debate in Las Vegas, hosted by CNN and Facebook.</p><p> With only five candidates …
Discussion: TVNewser and The Week
The Hill:
Clinton opens wide leads in Nevada, SC  —  New polls show Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton opening wide leads in the early voting states of Nevada and South Carolina.  —  Fifty percent of likely Democratic caucus-goers in Nevada support Clinton, CNN/ORC International pollsters found.
Discussion: The Week
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
Edward-Isaac Dovere / Politico:
Obama won't shrink from 2016 race
Discussion: Political Wire
Juan Williams / The Hill:   Dems pay high price for union support
Politico:
How Could Hillary Lose?  —  <p>"If a candidate has ever …
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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Peter Cooney / Reuters:
Obama does not think Trump will ‘end up being president’
Discussion: The Week
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 …
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
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.
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Bloomberg Business:
Hillary Clinton Prepares for Crucial Campaign Stretch
Discussion: Politico and Bloomberg View
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Washington Post:
Iranian TV says Post correspondent Jason Rezaian convicted
Discussion: NBC News, The Week, Poynter. and NPR
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.
Gillian B. White / The Atlantic:
Black Americans Would Have Been Better Off Renting Than Buying  —  The first several years of the 21st century were relatively good ones for the housing market—at least on the surface.  Homeownership climbed to around 70 percent, and all that demand meant lots of new construction and increasing home equity for existing owners.
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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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
 
 
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Reuters:
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