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10:40 AM ET, November 14, 2015

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Rukmini Callimachi / New York Times:
ISIS Claims Responsibility, Calling Attacks ‘First of the Storm’  —  SINONE, Iraq — The Islamic State claimed responsibility on Saturday for the catastrophic attacks in the French capital, calling them “the first of the storm” and mocking France as a “capital of prostitution and obscenity …
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BBC:
Paris shootings in city centre and explosion at Stade de France  —  Gunmen have opened fire in several places in the French capital, Paris, causing several casualties, French media report.  —  At least one man opened fire with an automatic gun at the Cambodge restaurant in the 11th district.
New York Times:
Multiple Attacks Hit Paris Area in Night of Deadly Terror  —  PARIS — A shooting rampage, explosions and mass hostage taking convulsed the Paris area on Friday night in what appeared to be one of the deadliest coordinated terrorist attacks to ever strike France.
CNN:
Paris shootings: 18 reported killed  —  Paris police tell CNN there were three attacks.  Attackers reportedly used AK-47 automatic weapons.  There were one or two explosions at the Stade de France.  —  At least 18 people were killed in shootings in central Paris late Friday, CNN affiliate BFMTV reported.
Emily Steel / New York Times:
CBS Shifts Emphasis of Democratic Debate to Reflect Paris Attacks  —  DES MOINES — In the hours after the deadly attacks in Paris, CBS News significantly reworked its plans for the Democratic presidential debate it is hosting here on Saturday night to focus more on issues of terrorism, national security and foreign relations.
Jeff Poor / Breitbart:
Obama: ISIS Is Not Getting ‘Stronger,’ We Have ‘Contained’ Them  —  Friday on ABC's “Good Morning America,” President Barack Obama seemingly downplayed the threat of ISIS in an interview with ABC's George Stephanopoulos that aired on Friday's broadcast of “Good Morning America.”
Eric Knecht / Reuters:
Canada News  —  It takes only an instant chatting with Justin Trudeau about other world leaders to establish that he carries an unusual inventory of memories for a rookie prime ...  About 500 people lit candles, left flowers and met in solemn silence to honour those killed and injured …
Telegraph:
Paris shooting: Several killed and injured after ‘Kalashnikov and grenade attacks’ across French capital
Associated Press:
The Latest: World leaders express shock at Paris attacks
David Cameron / The Local:
AS IT HAPPENED: Over 120 dead in Paris attacks
Daily Mail:
More than 140 dead in series of terror attacks: 100 are killed after hostages are taken at theatre.
myfox8.com:
158 confirmed dead in Paris terrorist attacks, 200 injured
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Melanie Garunay / Blog Daily Listings RSS:
President Obama Offers a Statement on the Attacks in Paris.  Watch Here:  —  President Obama just delivered a statement on today's attacks in Paris. … Watch the full remarks.  —  Read the President's full remarks:  —  Good evening, everybody.  I just want to make a few brief comments about the attacks across Paris tonight.
John Hinderaker / Power Line:   “The American Blood Is Best, and We Will Taste It Soon”
Ed O'Keefe / Washington Post:
Ben Carson: U.S. should block Middle Eastern refugees after Paris attacks
Discussion: Political Wire and BuzzFeed
Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Obama: Paris massacre ‘an attack on all of humanity’
Mark Steyn / Steyn Online:
The Barbarians Are Inside, And There Are No Gates  —  As I write, Paris is under curfew for the first time since the German occupation, and the death toll from the multiple attacks stands at 158, the vast majority of them slaughtered during a concert at the Bataclan theatre …
Chauncey Devega / Salon:
And so the hate speech begins: Let Paris be the end of the right's violent language toward activists  —  Perhaps this will convince the right to tone down their incessant violent rhetoric VIDEO  —  Victims of a shooting attack lay on the pavement outside La Belle Equipe restaurant in Paris Friday, Nov. 13, 2015.
Katie Zavadski / The Daily Beast:
Amherst Students Protest ‘Free Speech,’ Demand ‘Training’ for Offenders  —  Protests demand the school president apologize for signs that say “free speech” died at Mizzou.  Then they want her to find the offenders and teach them tolerance.  —  Students protesting at Amherst College have issued …
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Roger Kimball / Wall Street Journal:
The Rise of the College Crybullies  —  The status of victim has been weaponized at campuses across the nation, but there is at least one encouraging sign.  —  For more than a week now, the country has been mesmerized, and appalled, by the news emanating from academia.  At Yale the insanity began over Halloween costumes.
James Oliphant / Reuters:
Trump surges among likely Republican primary voters: Reuters/Ipsos poll  —  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - After a week in which he hosted Saturday Night Live and stood center-stage at a Republican debate, Donald Trump is surging among Republicans likely to cast votes in the party's presidential primary.
 
 
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Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
“Shame On You”: Newt Gingrich Called Out On French TV For Paris Tweet
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AJ Vicens / Mother Jones:
Here Are the Most Horrible Tweets About the Paris Tragedy
Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Rubio: ‘Gun laws fail everywhere’
Bethania Palma Markus / Raw Story:
Gun lover prepares armed Ferguson march to prove it's safe for blacks to openly carry in public
Los Angeles Times:
El Niño is here, and it'll be ‘one storm after another like a conveyor belt’
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Saturday nights with Hillary, Bernie and Martin
Megan Apper / BuzzFeed:
Carson In 1999 Book: I'm Not A Conservative Republican
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Bill Schackner / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:
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Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Supreme Court Accepts Texas Abortion Law Case
Julian Hattem / The Hill:
Judge rules for Clinton on emails
Ben Winslow / fox13now.com:
Utah judge backs off order to remove foster child from same-sex couple's home
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The Claremont Independent:
We Dissent  —  The student protests that have swept through …
 

 
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Dominic Ponsford / Press Gazette:
Jason Cowley, the editor-in-chief of UK magazine the New Statesman, is stepping down from the position at the end of December after 16 years

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The New York Times names Dick Stevenson as Washington bureau chief; Stevenson has been at the paper for nearly 40 years and Washington editor since 2021

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