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Jack Dolan / Los Angeles Times:
San Bernardino shooting suspect traveled to Saudi Arabia, was married, appeared to be living ‘American Dream,’ co-workers say — Fourteen people were killed when two attackers opened fire at the Inland Regional Center in San Bernardino. — As the holiday gathering got underway Wednesday morning …
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New York Times:
F.B.I. Treats San Bernardino Attack as Possible Terrorism Case — SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. — The married couple suspected of killing 14 people at a social services center had built more than a dozen pipe bombs and stockpiled thousands of rounds of ammunition, officials said Thursday …
CNN:
San Bernardino: At least 14 people killed in mass shooting; 2 suspects identified — San Bernardino, California (CNN)Two suspects died in a gun battle with police Wednesday hours after authorities say they burst into a holiday party at a center for people with developmental disabilities and killed 14 people.
Rich Schapiro / New York Daily News:
GOP presidential candidates offer prayers — not solutions on gun control — after San Bernardino massacre — Prayers aren't working. — Another mass shooting prompted another round of silence Wednesday from GOP presidential candidates on the issue of gun control.
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Steven Hayward / Power Line:
Guns: Time to Call the Liberal Bluff? — Last week the left attacked Republican leaders who stayed silent about the shooting at the Planned Parenthood abattoir in Colorado Springs, but yesterday, as Scott notes below, the left attacked Republicans who expressed condolences and prayers for the victims of the San Bernardino shooting.
Los Angeles Times:
San Bernardino suspects' huge cache of bullets and bombs enough for ‘another attack,’ officials say — Fourteen people were killed when two attackers opened fire at the Inland Regional Center in San Bernardino. — Syed Farook and Tashfeen Malik fired at least 65 bullets when they stormed …
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Fox News:
Police identify 2 suspects in California massacre; terrorism not ruled out — A Southern California county government employee and his wife killed 14 people and wounded 17 others at a San Bernardino office building in a precision assault Wednesday morning before they were killed in a shootout with police in the afternoon.
Christopher Ingraham / Washington Post:
The San Bernardino shooting is the second mass shooting today and the 355th this year — Authorities in San Bernardino, Calif., saying 14 people were killed and 14 others were injured in a mass shooting on Wednesday at a center for people with developmental disabilities.
Los Angeles Times:
White House plans executive action to expand background checks for gun sales
White House plans executive action to expand background checks for gun sales
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New York Times:
Couple Kept Tight Lid on Plans for San Bernardino Shooting
Couple Kept Tight Lid on Plans for San Bernardino Shooting
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New York Daily News:
EXCLUSIVE: Father of San Bernardino shooting suspect Syed Farook says son worked as health tech …
EXCLUSIVE: Father of San Bernardino shooting suspect Syed Farook says son worked as health tech …
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NBC News:
San Bernardino Killers Could Have Jihadi Connections
San Bernardino Killers Could Have Jihadi Connections
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Saeed Ahmed / CNN:
Who are Syed Rezwan Farook and Tashfeen Malik?
Who are Syed Rezwan Farook and Tashfeen Malik?
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Alan Yuhas / Guardian:
San Bernardino shooting: police detail gun battle as injured toll rises - live
San Bernardino shooting: police detail gun battle as injured toll rises - live
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NBC News:
At Least 14 Dead in California Shooting, Two Suspects Killed
At Least 14 Dead in California Shooting, Two Suspects Killed
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Scott Johnson / Power Line:
Allah isn't fixing this [With Comment by John]
Allah isn't fixing this [With Comment by John]
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Los Angeles Times:
San Bernardino shooting live updates: Victims' stories take shape
San Bernardino shooting live updates: Victims' stories take shape
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A.B. Stoddard / The Hill:
Christie can't lose — Nine months ago a savvy political junkie told me Chris Christie would soon announce a presidential campaign, simply because he had to. — Making our way through the nation's capital, my cab driver made his case: running was the only way for the New Jersey governor to clean up his image and come out ahead.
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Brent Budowsky / The Hill:
A coming GOP bloodbath — The Republican front-runner in the presidential campaign, who does more to define the GOP brand than any politician in America, has made the following destructive contributions to Republican politics during his White House bid: — He insulted heroic POWs by saying …
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Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Trump Still Leads in NH but Christie Rising; Clinton/Sanders Closely Matched
Trump Still Leads in NH but Christie Rising; Clinton/Sanders Closely Matched
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Jennifer Haberkorn / Politico:
Behind McConnell's campaign to win over Cruz — Mitch McConnell is close to pulling off a feat that at first seemed impossible: Coax Ted Cruz and antagonistic conservative groups to back his strategy to repeal Obamacare. — For weeks, Cruz, a 2016 GOP presidential candidate and chief McConnell nemesis …
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Sarah Ferris / The Hill:
Senate Dems to force votes on gun control
Senate Dems to force votes on gun control
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Seung Min Kim / Politico:
Senate GOP rejects Dem gun amendments
Senate GOP rejects Dem gun amendments
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Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Carson stumbles on Hamas, says something more like hummus — Ben Carson on Thursday reminded potential donors of his questionable foreign policy acumen, mispronouncing the Gaza-based militant group Hamas as something more closely resembling the popular chickpea spread on multiple occasions.
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Brian Steinberg / Variety:
CNN Will Not Give $5 Million To Charity To Get Donald Trump On Debates
CNN Will Not Give $5 Million To Charity To Get Donald Trump On Debates
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Michael Warren / Weekly Standard:
Rubio Takes Aim On Iron Dome — Marco Rubio, the Florida senator running for president, ended his prepared remarks at Thursday's Republican Jewish Coalition presidential forum in Washington with a veiled shot at some of his rivals for the GOP nomination. “I have been a staunch supporter …
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Reid J. Epstein / Wall Street Journal:
At Jewish GOP Group, Lindsey Graham Harangues White House Rivals
At Jewish GOP Group, Lindsey Graham Harangues White House Rivals
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Dan Lamothe / Washington Post:
In historic decision, Pentagon chief opens all jobs in combat units to women — Defense Secretary Ashton B. Carter said Thursday that he is opening all jobs in in combat units to women, a landmark decision that ends a three-year period of research with a number of firsts for female service members …
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Austin Wright / Politico:
Carter opens all military combat jobs to women
Carter opens all military combat jobs to women
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Hannah Karp / Wall Street Journal:
Coldplay to Headline Super Bowl Halftime Show — Band to withhold new ‘A Head Full of Dreams’ album From Spotify — British rock band Coldplay will headline the halftime show at the National Football League's Super Bowl 50 in February, according to people familiar with the matter.
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Paul J. Van Blarcum / Facebook:
ATTENTION LICENSED HANDGUN OWNERS — In light of recent events that have occurred in the United States and around the world I want to encourage citizens of Ulster County who are licensed to carry a firearm to PLEASE DO SO. — I urge you to responsibly take advantage of your legal right to carry a firearm.
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Daily Mail:
Five THOUSAND bullets and a dozen pipe bombs: The deadly cache amassed by radicalized US Muslim and his Pakistani wife who slaughtered 14 just two weeks after he clashed with Jewish co-worker in office debate about religion — Syed Rizwan Farook, 28, and Tashfeen Malik, 27 …
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