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5:00 PM ET, November 6, 2015

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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Exclusive: Carson claimed West Point ‘scholarship’ but never applied  —  Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson on Friday conceded that he never applied nor was granted admission to West Point and attempted to recast his previous claims of a full scholarship to the military academy …
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Rachel Stoltzfoos / The Daily Caller:
Team Carson: ‘Politico Story Is An Outright Lie’  —  “The campaign never ‘admitted to anything,’” a spokesman for Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson told The Daily Caller News Foundation in response to a hit by Politico claiming his campaign admitted to “fabricating” a key point about his West Point story.
Steve Eder / New York Times:
Ben Carson Says He Was Never Accepted to West Point  —  A report on Friday said Ben Carson had acknowledged never having applied to West Point, raising questions about his repeated assertions that he had turned down a scholarship to attend the military academy.
Erick Erickson / Erick on the Radio:
Hit the Brakes on the Ben Carson Story  —  I've struck through the original piece here.  —  It is looking more and more like the details of Ben Carson's West Point story are more nuanced.  —  In 2013, he said he was offered a scholarship to West Point.  The Politico story centers on Carson claiming he “applied and was accepted.”
David Weigel / Washington Post:
Ben Carson's allies defend West Point story  —  Allies of retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson are defending his long-told story of a “scholarship” to West Point by saying that he merely shorthanded the free ride he'd been offered to the military academy.  The argument — which depends …
Tal Kopan / CNN:
Ben Carson on questions about his past: “Bunch of lies'
Coral Davenport / New York Times:
Obama Rejects Construction of Keystone XL Oil Pipeline  —  WASHINGTON — President Obama on Friday announced that he has rejected the request from a Canadian company to build the Keystone XL oil pipeline, ending a seven-year review that had become a flash point in the debate over his climate policies.
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Elana Schor / Politico:
Obama rejects Keystone XL pipeline
The Hill:
Obama rejects Keystone pipeline
Discussion: The PJ Tatler
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Key Clinton emails did not contain highly classified secrets, inquiry finds  —  The U.S. intelligence community has retreated from claims that two emails in Hillary Clinton's private account contained top secret information, a source familiar with the situation told POLITICO.
Carimah Townes / ThinkProgress:
Jury Acquits Officer Who Shot Unarmed Man Face Down On The Ground  —  On Thursday, a jury acquitted Officer Lisa Mearkle for shooting David Kassick in Pennsylvania, who was pulled over for an expired inspection sticker.  The same day, video of the deadly encounter was released by the local D.A. …
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CRIMEWATCH:
Video of Off.  Lisa Mearkle/David Kassick  —  The Dauphin County District Attorney's Office today released the video footage shown at the trial of Officer Lisa Mearkle.  The footage is from the Taser camera that Officer Lisa Mearkle deployed as she fired two shots at David Kassick in South Hanover Township …
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Supreme Court to Hear New Case on Contraception and Religion  —  WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Friday announced that it would again address a clash between religious freedom and access to contraception.  —  The case concerns regulations under President Obama's health care law that require …
Discussion: Mother Jones
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Greg Stohr / Bloomberg Business:   Religious Objections on Obamacare Get U.S. Supreme Court Review
Jennifer Haberkorn / Politico:
Supreme Court to take up challenge to Obamacare's contraception mandate
Discussion: NBC News and The Week
Eliza Collins / Politico:
Fiorina quarrels with ‘The View’ hosts  —  If you had your TV on mute Friday, you would have had no idea that Carly Fiorina and the hosts of “The View” went at it, they were all smiling so big.  —  When Fiorina first appeared, Whoopi Goldberg cheerfully greeted her by saying, “Hey girl” and went on to say, “Let's clear the air.”
Suzanne Perez Tobias / Wichita Eagle:
Conway Springs teacher says he will not resign; news conference canceled … A Conway Springs teacher at the center of a controversy over showing an anti-bullying film has decided not to resign, a move that could force a school board vote on whether he can return to the classroom.
Discussion: Guardian
Tom Maguire / JustOneMinute:
Exxon Lied, People Died.  Or Overheated.  Or Something.  —  Meanwhile, back on Shakedown Street:  —  Exxon Mobil Investigated for Possible Climate Change Lies by New York Attorney General  —  And why not?  Politically, this can only be a winner in My Blue Heaven, reality notwithstanding.
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Glenn Thrush / Politico:
5 of the stupidest things said this campaign season  —  The gaffe-phobic script of modern American politics has been shredded, stomped on and set ablaze in 2016 — especially on the Republican side.  The GOP base wants passion in its candidates, and the media has grown accustomed to the Trump treatment …
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ABC News:
Ben Carson Lashes Out at Media Over Questions About Violent Childhood
Discussion: abc7chicago.com and Towleroad
Hollywood Reporter:
“And a lot of it is going to be driven by Tarantino, who is nothing if not predictable.”  —  In a veiled threat, the largest police union in the country says it has a “surprise” in store for Quentin Tarantino.  —  Jim Pasco, executive director of the Fraternal Order of Police …
Michelle Ye Hee Lee / Washington Post:
Here's why Marco Rubio's corporate card saga isn't really a scandal  —  “People need to understand what they're talking about.  It wasn't a credit card.  It was an American Express charge card secured under my personal credit in conjunction with the [Republican] Party.  Bills would be mailed to me at home.
Catherine Thompson / Talking Points Memo:
Things Get Even Uglier In The Louisiana Race For Governor  —  A top GOPer's endorsement of the Democratic candidate in the Louisiana governor's race over U.S. Sen David Vitter (R-LA) has apparently rankled some local Republican officials.  —  Local blogger and New Orleans Times-Picayune columnist Robert Mann …
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Rtmannjr / Something Like the Truth:
St. Tammany Parish GOP Executive Committee compares Jay Dardenne to wife killer
Discussion: NOLA River and Talking Points Memo
NBC News:
First Read: The GOP's Bush 43 Wounds Still Haven't Healed  —  First Read is a morning briefing from Meet the Press and the NBC Political Unit on the day's most important political stories and why they matter.  —  The GOP's Bush 43 wounds still haven't healed
Discussion: Politico and Washington Post
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Peter Baker / New York Times:
First President George Bush Swings at Son's Aides, Rattling Clan
 
 
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Uninsured rate at new low under ObamaCare
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Bill O'Reilly slanders Ronald Reagan
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