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Andrew Kramer / CBS Philly:
Cops: Suspect Says He Shot Officer In Name Of Islam — By Justin Finch, Rahel Solomon, Walt Hunter — PHILADELPHIA (CBS) - Authorities say a Philadelphia police officer is recovering after he was shot several times during an ambush late Thursday night in West Philadelphia.
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Philly.com:
Police: Gunman who shot cop pledged allegiance to the Islamic State — by , Staff Report . — While not classifying the shooting as a terrorist attack, police said Friday that the man arrested after shooting and wounding a police officer in an ambush in West Philadelphia Thursday night confessed he acted “in the name of Islam.”
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Kmdougherty / CBS Philly:
Mayor Kenney On Officer Shooting: ‘It Has Nothing To Do With Being Muslim’
Mayor Kenney On Officer Shooting: ‘It Has Nothing To Do With Being Muslim’
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Emily Shapiro / ABC News:
Man Accused of Shooting Philly Cop Pledged Allegiance to ISIS, Police Say
Man Accused of Shooting Philly Cop Pledged Allegiance to ISIS, Police Say
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Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Whoa: Hillary e-mail instructs aide to transmit classified data without markings — Has the State Department released a smoking gun in the Hillary Clinton e-mail scandal? In a thread from June 2011, Hillary exchanges e-mails with Jake Sullivan, then her deputy chief of staff …
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Chuck Ross / The Daily Caller:
Bombshell Email Shows Hillary Instructed Adviser To Strip Markings From Sensitive Talking Points — On June 16, 2011, Hillary Clinton's top foreign policy adviser, Jake Sullivan, was having trouble sending his boss a list of talking points that contained sensitive — and possibly classified — information.
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Bradford Richardson / The Hill:
Hillary ‘surprised’ by staffer using personal email
Hillary ‘surprised’ by staffer using personal email
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Dana Hedgpeth / Washington Post:
Powerball jackpot, already at a record level, could reach $1 billion — The Powerball lottery jackpot has already jumped to $700 million. Could it reach $1 billion? — By midday Thursday, lottery officials said the new high came as sales of tickets continue to skyrocket.
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Chris Isidore / CNNMoney:
You're even less likely to win Powerball than you think — The odds of winning Powerball have always been pretty bad. But recently they got worse. A lot worse. — The odds are now 1 in 292 million against you winning the $800 million jackpot in Wednesday night's game.
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Nick Gass / Politico:
Fox poll: Sanders soars in New Hampshire — Bernie Sanders has soared to a 13-point lead over Hillary Clinton in New Hampshire in a Fox News survey out Friday, nearly a month to the day that primary voters will make their decision at the polls on Feb. 9. — Sanders, who in November held …
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Gabriel Debenedetti / Politico:
White House won't commit to supporting Sanders over guns
White House won't commit to supporting Sanders over guns
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Richard Orange / Telegraph:
Unprecedented sex harassment in Helsinki at New Year, Finnish police report — Finnish police ‘tipped off’ about plans by groups of asylum seekers to sexually harass women — Asylum seekers who gathered in central Helsinki on New Years's Eve “had similar plans” to commit sexual assault …
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Sarah Ferris / The Hill:
GOP heads into 2016 fight with no clear ObamaCare plan — The GOP has failed to put forward a full ObamaCare replacement plan, a significant political liability in an election year that stands to permanently cement the law. — Republicans this week made good on a five-year-old promise …
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Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Veepstakes begin as Nikki Haley takes the GOP spotlight
Veepstakes begin as Nikki Haley takes the GOP spotlight
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Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Obama vetoes health bill repeal
Obama vetoes health bill repeal
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Frank Newport / Gallup:
Jeb Bush's Image Among Republicans Deteriorates — Story Highlights — PRINCETON, N.J. — Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush's image among Republicans has steadily worsened over the past 5 ½ months. His current net favorable rating of -1 (44% favorable, 45% unfavorable) …
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Peggy Noonan / Wall Street Journal:
The GOP Establishment's Civil War
The GOP Establishment's Civil War
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John Hall / Times of India:
ISIS militant Ali Saqr al-Qasem publicly executes his own mother in Raqqa after accusing her of ‘apostasy’ — LONDON: In a shocking low even by the standards of the Islamic State, a militant has publicly executed his own mother after accusing her of apostasy.
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Beau Donelly / Sydney Morning Herald:
Melbourne man faces stiff opposition to penis signature — Jared Hyams' signature started as a joke. — Suspecting that no one at the Australian Electoral Commission would scrutinise the application to change his address, he scribbled a caricature of a penis in the box that asked for a signature.
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Brandi Grissom / Trail Blazers Blog:
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott calls for Convention of States to take back states' rights — Texas Governor Greg Abbott speaks at the Dallas Regional Chamber at the Hyatt Regency Hotel on March 16, 2015. (Michael Ainsworth/The Dallas Morning News) … Gov. Greg Abbott, aiming to spark …
Joel B. Pollak / Breitbart:
Exclusive: Birth Certificate for Ted Cruz's Mother — Eleanor Darragh, mother of Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX), was born in Delaware on Nov. 23, 1934, establishing her citizenship by birth-and, according to U.S. law, that of her son, even though he was born in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, on Dec. 22, 1970.
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Oregonian:
Militants in Oregon standoff persist with small donations, spaghetti dinners and financial sacrifice — Hunkering down for days, weeks or months in a building in rural Oregon is unlikely to be a lucrative occupation. — So how can the people that make up the Citizens for Constitutional Freedom …
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Kelly House / Oregonian:
At Bundy encampment, outsider says militants ‘attacked’ his group
At Bundy encampment, outsider says militants ‘attacked’ his group
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New York Daily News:
EXCLUSIVE: NYC high school teacher claims she was fired for Central Park Five lessons that administrators feared would create ‘riots’ — A teacher at an Upper West Side high school was fired for creating a curriculum with lessons about the Central Park Five that administrators feared would …
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Eliza Collins / Politico:
Charles Koch bemoans lack of influence over 2016 race — Charles Koch is “disappointed” with the line-up of Republican candidates in the 2016 cycle, and is surprised by the lack of influence he and his brother have wielded so far. — In an interview with the Financial Times …
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Reuters:
Republican politicians jumped the gun on terrorism suspect's arrest: sources — Two Texas politicians made public details of an investigation into a terrorism suspect while it was still in progress, potentially jeopardizing the inquiry, three sources familiar with the matter said on Friday.
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Science:
The Anthropocene is functionally and stratigraphically distinct from the Holocene — 1British Geological Survey, Keyworth, Nottingham NG12 5GG, UK. — 2Department of Geology, University of Leicester, University Road, Leicester LE1 7RH, UK. — 3Scott Polar Research Institute …
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Adam Kredo / Washington Free Beacon:
Disclosure: Another 41 Foreign-Born Individuals Snagged On Terror Charges — Following the discovery of a terrorist cell in Texas allegedly operated by an Iraqi who entered the United States as a refugee, the Washington Free Beacon has learned of an additional 41 individuals who have been implicated …
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Jim Douglas / WFAA-TV:
Sheriff to Tonya Couch: 'It's jail, not a resort' — TARRANT COUNTY — Tonya Couch appeared in a yellow jail jumpsuit in her first court appearance Friday morning and told District Judge Wayne Salvant she understood the charges against her. — Couch stood amid eight deputies …
Ron Lieber / New York Times:
How Should You Manage Your Money? And Keep It Short — Managing your money should be pretty straightforward, but that doesn't make the task all that easy. — That's the biggest takeaway from the handful of simple financial instruction lists making the rounds among the New Year's resolution set.
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