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7:45 AM ET, November 25, 2015

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Jeremy Diamond / CNN:
Trump: ‘Many people jumped and I witnessed it’ on 9/11  —  Columbus, Ohio (CNN)Donald Trump said Monday that he witnessed people jumping out of the Twin Towers on 9/11 from the view in his apartment.  —  “Many people jumped and I witnessed it, I watched that.
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Jim Dwyer / New York Times:
A Definitive Debunking of Donald Trump's 9/11 Claims
Discussion: JustOneMinute and Slantpoint
The Local:
Missing Vienna girl ‘beaten to death’ by Isis  —  A teenage girl from Vienna who ran away to join Isis fighters in Syria was reportedly beaten to death after trying to escape from the violent Islamic State group in Raqqa.  —  17-year-old Samra and her friend, 15-year-old Sabina …
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Chris Perez / New York Post:
Austrian jihadi bride beaten to death after trying to escape ISIS: friend  —  One of the two teens who fled Austria last year to become a “poster girl” for ISIS has been beaten to death after trying to escape the group's Syrian stronghold of Raqqa, reports say.
Scott Jaschik / Inside Higher Ed:
Covering Up a Painful Mural  —  Responding to concerns of black students, U of Kentucky will shroud a fresco on the state's history.  —  By  —  In 1934, Ann Rice O'Hanlon painted a fresco — then the largest one ever painted by a woman — in the University of Kentucky's Memorial Hall.
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Hunter Walker / Yahoo Politics:
Clinton promises never to say ‘illegal immigrants’ again
The White House:
Remarks by President Obama and President Hollande of France in Joint Press Conference  —  PRESIDENT OBAMA: President Hollande, it has been an honor to welcome you to the White House before, in happier times than this.  But as Americans, we stand by our friends — in good times and in bad — no matter what.
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Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Obama 2013: Assad must go.  Obama today: Hopefully Assad won't run for president again.  —  A nifty catch by Josh Rogin from today's presser.  If you want to see what “Smart Power” resolve looks like in practice, here's where we are right now with a guy whom the supposed leader of the free world …
Jeremy Gorner / Chicago Tribune:
Chicago police Officer Jason Van Dyke charged in shooting death of Laquan McDonald  —  Photos: Follow developments in the 2014 fatal police shooting of Laquan McDonald, 17, by Officer Jason Van Dyke, above.  —  A veteran Chicago police officer has been charged with first-degree murder …
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Mary Wisniewski / Reuters:
Chicago officer charged with murder; city to release video of shooting
Discussion: The Last Refuge and Hit & Run
New York Times:
Chicago Braces After Video of Police Shooting Is Released
Catherine Thompson / Talking Points Memo:
Police Arrest Suspects In Shooting Of Black Lives Matter Protesters  —  Authorities said they arrested two suspects Tuesday in connection with a shooting that left five Black Lives Matter protesters injured Monday night in Minneapolis.  —  The Minneapolis Police Department took …
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Star Tribune:
Police arrest suspect in shooting at 4th Precinct Black Lives Matter protest
Washington Post:
Five Black Lives Matter protesters shot in Minneapolis; police searching for white suspects
Andrea Cavallier / New York's PIX11:
Newborn boy left at nativity scene in Queens church, umbilical cord still attached  —  RICHMOND HILL, Queens — A newborn boy was left in the manger of an indoor nativity scene at the Holy Child Jesus Church in Queens Monday afternoon, police say.  —  The baby boy was found around 1:30 p.m. inside the Richmond Hill church.
Discussion: KTLA and WGN-TV
Western Today:
From President Shepard: Western is Suspending All Classes Tuesday  —  [ Update: The suspension of classes applies to ALL of Western's campuses. ]  —  A message from President Bruce Shepard:  —  Yesterday, we observed social media being used for hate speech targeted at Western students of color.
James Delingpole / Breitbart:
German Professor: NASA Has Fiddled Climate Data On ‘Unbelievable’ Scale  —  A German professor has confirmed what skeptics from Britain to the US have long suspected: that NASA's Goddard Institute of Space Studies has largely invented “global warming” by tampering with the raw temperature data records.
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Michael Allen / Opposing Views:
Christians Outraged By Google Evolution Doodle Celebrating Scientific Discovery  —  On Nov. 24, Google celebrated the 41st anniversary of the archeological discovery of “Lucy,” a fossil from 3.2 million years ago.  The web giant posted an evolutionary doodle of the March of Progress …
Discussion: Friendly Atheist and Liberaland
Adam Beam / Associated Press:
Outgoing Kentucky governor restores voting rights for thousands of felons  —  Change doesn't apply to those convicted of violent crimes, sex offenses, bribery or treason.  —  GOP-controlled state Senate blocked prior attempts to take action with legislation  —  Kentucky was 1 of only four states to bar felon voting
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
Amazon To Pull ‘High Castle’ Ads Suggesting Nazis From NYC Subways (EXCLUSIVE)  —  A furor appears to have stopped the Führer.  Amazon Studios will pull ad signage from New York City subways that used insignia suggesting Nazi control to promote the streaming-video service's new drama, “The Man in the High Castle.”
Susan Jones / CNSNews:
US Planes Left ISIS Fuel Tankers Unharmed Because ‘They Ran Out of Ammunition’ … (CNSNews.com) - The U.S. military conducted a second wave of attacks on (parked) ISIS oil tankers in Syria on Sunday, Nov. 22, but the attack fell short of its goal:  —  “The goal was to destroy every truck there.
Donald Tusk / Fox News:
Turkish F-16s shoot down Russian fighter jet near Syria border  —  Russian President Vladimir Putin said Tuesday that Turkey's decision to shoot down a Russian warplane near Turkey's border with Syria is a “stab in the back” and it would have “significant consequences” for its relations with Turkey …
Sarah Ferris / The Hill:
Rubio budget win is dealing heavy blow to ObamaCare  —  Sen. Marco Rubio may have dealt the biggest blow in the GOP's five-year war against ObamaCare.  —  A 2014 budget measure inspired by the Florida senator and presidential hopeful is pushing some insurers to drop out of the ObamaCare exchanges, experts say.
Discussion: RedState and The Daily Caller
Jonathan Haidt / HeterodoxAcademy.org:
The Yale Problem Begins in High School  —  A month before the Yale Halloween meltdown, I had a bizarre and illuminating experience at an elite private high school on the West Coast.  I'll call it Centerville High.  I gave a version of a talk that you can see here, on Coddle U. vs. Strengthen U.
New York Times:
Iranian Hackers Attack State Dept. via Social Media Accounts  —  WASHINGTON — Four months after a historic accord with Tehran to limit its atomic ambitions, American officials and private security groups say they see a surge in sophisticated computer espionage by Iran, culminating in a series …
Discussion: Algemeiner.com, The Verge and Infowars
 
 
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Dennis Overbye / New York Times:
A Century Ago, Einstein's Theory of Relativity Changed Everything
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Michael Birnbaum / Washington Post:
Electric cars and the coal that runs them
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Feds ask Supreme Court to hear immigration case this term
Discussion: Bloomberg Business and Infowars
David Edwards / Raw Story:
Ben Carson tells anti-choice group: Abortion is like slavery, not 'an issue of women's rights'
Discussion: Mock Paper Scissors
Josh Haskell / ABC News:
Mike Huckabee to Have Knee Surgery Over Thanksgiving Holiday
NBC News:
At Least 12 Dead in Attack on Tunisia Military Bus
Discussion: WSLS-TV
Justin Huggler / Telegraph:
Guards at Berlin refugee office ‘used Nazi language and called for asylum-seekers to be sent to concentration camps’
Discussion: Vox Popoli
Charlie Spiering / Breitbart:
Obama: Paris Climate Summit Will Be ‘Powerful Rebuke’ To Terrorists
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Bratton predicts record-setting year for safety
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Steven Hayward / Power Line:
Princeton Students Fight Back
Gerry Everding / Newsroom:
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