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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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ThinkProgress, National Review, CNNMoney, Business Insider, Washington Post, Politico, CNN, Trail Blazers Blog, NBC News, Hit & Run, Washington Monthly and NPR


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.


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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Guardian, Fusion, The Daily Caller, National Review, Mother Jones and Fox News Insider

The West Point Flap: How Much Will It Hurt Carson? [With comment by Paul]
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Washington Examiner, Instapundit and JustOneMinute

Video Proof: CNN's Attack On Ben Carson's Biography Is Racially-Motivated
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Progressives Today, Mediaite and FOX News Radio

Carson Defends Claim That He Was Offered a Scholarship to West Point
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RedState, Politico and Washington Post


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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Hurt at home … As a Silimander, I feel that my home is being threatened.
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Hundreds of Nude Photos Jolt Colorado School — CAÑON CITY, Colo. — At least 100 students at a high school in Cañon City traded naked pictures of themselves, the authorities said Friday, part of a large sexting ring. — The revelation has left parents outraged …


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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JustOneMinute and Josh Blackman's Blog

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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Obama Rejects the Keystone XL Pipeline—And Secures His Environmental Legacy
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Lawyers, Guns & Money and New York Times


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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Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion, Creeping Sharia, Daily Mail, Jihad Watch and The PJ Tatler


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. …


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.


Maher: ‘Capt. Carnival Barker and Crazy McSleepy Pants’ are winning because US voters are dumb — DON'T MISS STORIES. FOLLOW RAW STORY! — Real Time host Bill Maher closed his show out on Friday by ridiculing a Republican electorate demanding that their next presidential candidate have as little political experience as possible.
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