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Daniel Tepfer / Connecticut Post:
8-year-old Westport boy on trial for exuberance — BRIDGEPORT — New York woman wants a jury to hold her 8-year-old nephew accountable for his youthful exuberance during his birthday party. — Jennifer Connell claims the boy, Sean Tarala of Westport, acted unreasonable when he leaped into her arms …
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Chelsia Rose Marcius / New York Daily News:
NYC aunt loses lawsuit against 12-year-old nephew over birthday hug that broke her wrist — The Auntie Christ gets nothing. — A Connecticut jury needed just 25 minutes Tuesday to decide against a Manhattan human resources manager who sued her own nephew for $127,000 in damages after he accidentally broke her wrist.
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Denis Slattery / New York Daily News:
Upper East Side aunt sues 12-year-old nephew for $127G after breaking her wrist while leaping to greet her at birthday party — If only they could just hug it out. — A human resources manager from Manhattan is suing her nephew over a leaping greeting from the then-8-year-old that left her with a broken wrist, according to reports.
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Daniel Tepfer / Connecticut Post:
Aunt loses lawsuit against her 8-year-old nephew — BRIDGEPORT - A Superior Court jury deliberated about 20 minutes Tuesday before ruling a New York woman is entitled to no money in her lawsuit against her 8-year-old nephew. — In a case that has suddenly burst onto the national news scene …
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Dana Blanton / Fox News:
Fox News Poll: Carson giving Trump a run for his money in GOP race — Ben Carson is giving Donald Trump a run for his money, according to the latest Fox News national poll. — Support for Carson in the race for the Republican nomination has nearly doubled in the last two months …
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Kyle Olson / The American Mirror:
EXCLUSIVE: Records show Ben Carson became Republican less than one year ago
EXCLUSIVE: Records show Ben Carson became Republican less than one year ago
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Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:
Dem infighting erupts on eve of first presidential debate — Democrats are battling one another offstage ahead of the party's first 2016 debate, with a prominent lawmaker engaged in a fierce war of words with the party chairman. — Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-Hawaii), a vice chairwoman …
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Sahil Kapur / Bloomberg Business:
What to Watch For in the First Democratic Debate — It may be the candidates' best chance to make their case to voters before the Iowa caucuses. — The first Democratic presidential debate Tuesday in Las Vegas is the only one of six scheduled that won't take place on a weekend or occur …
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Carrie Dann / NBC News:
Donald Trump to Host ‘SNL’ November 7 — Live from New York, it's Donald Trump! — The GOP presidential frontrunner and real estate magnate will host NBC's “Saturday Night Live” on November 7, the show announced Tuesday. — His appearance comes almost exactly a year before Election Day, which will fall on November 8, 2016.
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Katherine Krueger / Talking Points Memo:
Fox's Shep Smith Goes Off About NBC Taking Back Donald Trump (VIDEO)
Fox's Shep Smith Goes Off About NBC Taking Back Donald Trump (VIDEO)
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Associated Press:
AP Exclusive: Clinton server's software had hacking risk — 1 photo — WASHINGTON (AP) — The private email server running in Hillary Rodham Clinton's home basement when she was secretary of state was connected to the Internet in ways that made it more vulnerable to hackers …
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Jamelle Bouie / Slate:
The House Benghazi investigation is now thoroughly discredited as a partisan sham.
The House Benghazi investigation is now thoroughly discredited as a partisan sham.
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Jake Sherman / Politico:
Ryan freezes race for speaker
Ryan freezes race for speaker
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Annie Karni / Politico:
A ‘Cancer’ on the Clinton Candidacy — <p>Halfway through her long and humbling summer, Hillary Clinton ran into an old friend who wanted to know how she was bearing up under the pressure of near-daily revelations about the use of her private email server during her time in the State Department.
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Benjamin Markovits / Esquire:
The Gorgeous Balance of Emilia Clarke, Sexiest Woman Alive 2015 — Friendly and fierce. Kid sister and killer. Movie star and girl next door. — VINCENT PETERS + ESQUIRE — Years ago, when I was a grad student, I worked at an ice cream shop in Oxford called George & Davis'.
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Manu Raju / CNN:
Sources: McConnell floats entitlement changes in high-stakes fiscal talks — Ben Carson struggles to explain debt limit stance — (CNN)Mitch McConnell privately wants the White House to pay this price to enact a major budget deal: Significant changes to Social Security and Medicare …
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KFOR-TV:
Families release shocking video of final moments of sons' lives to help others — Warning: Some viewers may find the video disturbing to watch. — SUSSEX, England - Two families in England are mourning the deaths of their sons following a fatal ‘mistake.’
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FOX2now.com and Mashable
Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan:
Statement of Islamic Emirate concerning withdrawal from central areas of Kunduz city — On the 6th of Mizan of the current year, the valiant Mujahideen of Islamic Emirate in Kunduz province launched a well-organized operation on Kunduz city and within a few hours managed to break through enemy defense lines …
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Rod Nordland / New York Times:
Taliban End Takeover of Kunduz After 15 Days
Taliban End Takeover of Kunduz After 15 Days
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Hannah Hess / Roll Call:
Levin Staffer Arrested for Allegedly Beating Lover With Shovel — Baltimore City Police arrested an aide to Rep. Sander M. Levin, D-Mich., at around 2:30 a.m. on Oct. 8 for criminal domestic violence charges. — Tim Foster, a native of Henderson, Ky., brutally beat his male lover …
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Daily Mail:
Ethel Kennedy abandoned Bobby Jr. and turned to JFK's gay best friend Lem Billings — After Robert F Kennedy was assassinated, Ethel booted her vexatious son Bobby Jr out of their Hickory Hill home..She sent him to boarding schools and entrusted his care to longtime JFK chum Lem Billings..Billings claimed …
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Stephanie Armour / Wall Street Journal:
Planned Parenthood Stops Taking Reimbursements for Fetal Tissue — Affiliates will no longer accept any reimbursements for costs associated with procuring tissue from abortions — Planned Parenthood Federation of America said it is immediately stopping taking reimbursements …
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Sarah Ferris / The Hill:
Planned Parenthood stops taking money for fetal tissue donations
Planned Parenthood stops taking money for fetal tissue donations
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Sundance / The Last Refuge:
Busted ! CNN Uses Jeb Bush Staffer Planted In Audience To Frame Donald Trump Narrative/Hit Job.... During an appearance at a Jon Huntsman “No Labels” event, a female audience member named Lauren Batchelder played the role of a female antagonist toward candidate Donald Trump.
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Lucius McMannis / addictinginfo.org:
‘Not-Racists’ FURIOUS That MLK Memorial Will Be Built At ‘Confederate Mount Rushmore’ (SCREENSHOTS) — Look, by this point, we know conservatives aren't racist. With every qualifier, preceding or following every statement we might otherwise interpret as bigoted, and sometimes completely randomly …
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David Brooks / New York Times:
The Republicans' Incompetence Caucus — The House Republican caucus is close to ungovernable these days. How did this situation come about? — This was not just the work of the Freedom Caucus or Ted Cruz or one month's activity. The Republican Party's capacity for effective self …
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Mark Finkelstein / NewsBusters:
WaPo's Ignatius: Obama's Weird ‘I Told You So’ About His Own Failed Syria Policy — Share it Tweet it — Michelle might want to gently tap the president on the shoulder and remind him “umm, Barack, you're not in the faculty lounge any more. You're actually, uh, President and Commander-in-Chief.
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WCNC-TV:
Gun owner speaks out after toddler shoots grandmother — ROCK HILL, S.C. — The woman who owned the gun that a local toddler got his hands on and was able to fire and hit his grandmother, is speaking out, calling the storage of the weapon inside her vehicle a mistake.
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Bret Easton Ellis / New York Times:
The Gonzo Vision of Quentin Tarantino — In the darkening light of the Hollywood Hills, Bret Easton Ellis bonds with the pulp filmmaker over their shared love of cinema and his crusade to continue telling stories that are both forward-thinking and timeless.
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Charlie Spiering / BREITBART.COM:
Susan Rice Blames Climate Change For Conflict in Syria — In her most dramatic speech to date about climate change, National Security Advisor Susan Rice suggests climate change was partially responsible for the conflict in Syria and represents a looming threat to the entire world.
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