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Reid J. Epstein / Wall Street Journal:
Ben Carson's Past Faces Deeper Questions — In harsh light of presidential politics, parts of his inspirational biography are questioned — The day after Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was killed in 1968, Ben Carson's black classmates unleashed their anger and grief on white students who were a minority at Detroit's Southwestern High.
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Carson's Westmoreland story doesn't match records — Carlisle, Pa. — Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson's published account of having dinner with a top commander in the Vietnam War after marching in a Memorial Day parade in 1969 as a high school ROTC cadet in Detroit does not match historical records.
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Kevin Drum / Mother Jones:
Ben Carson Seems to Have a Serious Personal Honesty Problem — We all know that Ben Carson has some wacky ideas. We also know that he has some pretty strange views of history. And that a lot of his policy proposals make no sense at all. But he's long had a pretty good reputation for being truthful.
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Michael Barbaro / New York Times:
Ben Carson Turns Heat on Reporters in Feisty News Conference — Ben Carson was feisty. He was mocking. He was unyielding. And he was unexpectedly theatrical. — Mr. Carson, the doctor whose soft-spoken and sedate style have made his rise to the top of the Republican presidential field …
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John Hinderaker / Power Line:
The West Point Flap: How Much Will It Hurt Carson? [With comment by Paul]
The West Point Flap: How Much Will It Hurt Carson? [With comment by Paul]
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Kevin Cirilli / Bloomberg Business:
Carson Defends Claim That He Was Offered a Scholarship to West Point
Carson Defends Claim That He Was Offered a Scholarship to West Point
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John Nolte / Breitbart:
Video Proof: CNN's Attack On Ben Carson's Biography Is Racially-Motivated
Video Proof: CNN's Attack On Ben Carson's Biography Is Racially-Motivated
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Rachel Stoltzfoos / The Daily Caller:
Team Carson: ‘Politico Story Is An Outright Lie’
Team Carson: ‘Politico Story Is An Outright Lie’
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Brian Beutler / New Republic:
Ben Carson's Fall Is a Damning Indictment of Conservative Politics
Ben Carson's Fall Is a Damning Indictment of Conservative Politics
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David Weigel / Washington Post:
Ben Carson's allies defend West Point story
Ben Carson's allies defend West Point story
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Diana Moskovitz / Deadspin:
This Is Why NFL Star Greg Hardy Was Arrested For Assaulting His Ex-Girlfriend — Barefoot and frightened, Nicole Holder walked as fast as she could through the darkness, and the moment she saw the cops she ran. She headed west on Fifth Street toward North Church, away from the Charlotte. …
Sarah Ferris / The Hill:
Reid, Pelosi pushing for repeal of ObamaCare's ‘Cadillac tax’ — Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) are working behind the scenes to repeal one of the most controversial taxes in ObamaCare, multiple sources tell The Hill.
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Bill McMorris / Washington Free Beacon:
Union: Obama Threw Workers Under the Bus — One of the nation's largest unions accused President Obama of betraying workers and the labor movement by blocking the Keystone Pipeline and is backing up its rhetoric with campaign donations to Republicans. — The Laborers' International Union …
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Rebecca Leber / New Republic:
Obama Rejects the Keystone XL Pipeline—And Secures His Environmental Legacy
Obama Rejects the Keystone XL Pipeline—And Secures His Environmental Legacy
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Haley Hudler / FIRE:
Yale Students Demand Resignations from Faculty Members Over Halloween Email — Tensions at Yale University hit a boiling point yesterday after an email about Halloween costumes created a week-long controversy on campus. — Students called for the resignation of Associate Master …
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Robert Barnes / Washington Post:
Supreme Court accepts challenge to health law's contraceptive mandate — The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear another challenge to the Affordable Care Act, this time to decide whether religiously affiliated organizations such as universities, hospitals and charities should be free …
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Ariane de Vogue / CNN:
Supreme Court to hear new challenge to Obamacare contraception mandate
New York Daily News:
Donald Trump had an uncredited ghostwriter for his new book, ‘Crippled America: How to Make America Great Again’ — Donald Trump's new book, “Crippled America: How to Make America Great Again,” was written by a ghostwriter, two sources confirm to Confidenti@l.
Abby Phillip / Washington Post:
Clinton refrains from attacks while bearing the brunt of her opponents' — ROCK HILL, S.C. — It wasn't a debate — technically. But as the candidates sat in the bright red hot seat one after the other during a Friday night Democratic candidate forum in South Carolina …
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Fox News:
Campus stabber's manifesto included ‘praise for Allah,’ plan for beheading — A handwritten manifesto carried by a California college student whose stabbing spree Wednesday left four wounded bore names of his targets, a vow “to cut someone's head off” and as many as five reminders to …
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Tierney Sneed / Talking Points Memo:
Leading Trump Supporter In Oklahoma Has Epically Offensive Facebook Page — An Oklahoma woman who has taken a prominent role with the Donald Trump campaign in the state has posted a variety of anti-Muslim, anti-transgender and other wildly offensive content to her public Facebook page.
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