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Randy Billings / The Portland Press Herald:
LePage makes racially charged comment at Bridgton meeting — A Republican critic of the governor calls the remark during a town hall meeting with residents Wednesday ‘one of the most offensive statements yet from this Governor.’ — Gov. Paul LePage made a racially charged comment in Bridgton …
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Alan Pyke / ThinkProgress:
Governor Delivers Racist Rant At Public Meeting
Governor Delivers Racist Rant At Public Meeting
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Ldutson / Get Right:
LePage: “These types of guys” impregnating white women in Maine
LePage: “These types of guys” impregnating white women in Maine
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Bureau of Labor Statistics:
THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION — DECEMBER 2015 — Total nonfarm payroll employment rose by 292,000 in December, and the unemployment rate was unchanged at 5.0 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Employment gains occurred in several industries, led by professional and business services …
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Chico Harlan / Washington Post:
U.S. added 292,000 jobs in December; unemployment rate steady at 5 percent — The U.S. economy finished the year with a red-hot hiring spree, adding 292,000 new jobs as the unemployment rate held steady at 5 percent, according to new government data released Friday morning.
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Patricia Cohen / New York Times:
U.S. Added 292,00 Jobs in December, Capping Year of Steady Growth
U.S. Added 292,00 Jobs in December, Capping Year of Steady Growth
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Catherine E. Shoichet / CNN:
Feds arrest two Middle East refugees on terror-related charges — (CNN)U.S. federal authorities arrested two refugees on terror-related charges Thursday. — The arrests in Sacramento and Houston did not appear to be directly related, but the cases had several similarities.
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Peggy Noonan / Wall Street Journal:
The GOP Establishment's Civil War — A free-for-all between Christie, Rubio, Cruz and others, while Trump hovers above it all. — What everyone's waiting for is the winnowing. New Hampshire and Iowa will force some Republican candidates out. When we know who's still in we'll have a surer sense of the contours of the race.
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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) …
Ben Schreckinger / Politico:
Trump disrupts Sanders' stronghold — Burlington, Vt. — Donald Trump's Thursday night rally has created the biggest political fracas here since 1981, when in the midst of the Cold War the city elected a socialist mayor named Bernard Sanders. — Ahead of Trump's visit …
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Eliza Collins / Politico:
Priebus ‘100 percent’ confident he can rally Republican Party behind Cruz or Trump — The head of the Republican National Committee promises that the Republican nominee will have his party's full support — no matter who it is. — Responding to a question from Fox News' Sean Hannity Thursday night …
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Eliza Collins / Politico:
Bush declines 4 times to commit to endorsing Trump
Bush declines 4 times to commit to endorsing Trump
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Barack Obama / New York Times:
Guns Are Our Shared Responsibility — THE epidemic of gun violence in our country is a crisis. Gun deaths and injuries constitute one of the greatest threats to public health and to the safety of the American people. Every year, more than 30,000 Americans have their lives cut short by guns.
Associated Press:
Obama Mocks ‘Conspiracy’ at Forum on Gun Control — President Barack Obama mocked conspiracy theorists and tore into the National Rifle Association for pushing “imaginary fiction,” as he described his plans to tighten gun control rules as modest first steps toward tackling gun violence in America.
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Michael D. Shear / New York Times:
Obama Pleads for Stricter Gun Laws and Faces Tough Questioning
Obama Pleads for Stricter Gun Laws and Faces Tough Questioning
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Stephen Collinson / CNN:
Obama makes case on guns at CNN town hall
Obama makes case on guns at CNN town hall
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Jack Mirkinson / Salon:
Rahm Emanuel is a national disgrace: Why he represents every worst instinct of the Democratic Party — The Chicago mayor's ties to a shocking police cover-up get stronger by the day. This should come as no surprise — The scandal surrounding Chicago mayor Rahm Emanuel's grossly corrupt …
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Niall Stanage / The Hill:
Trump, Cruz on brink of epic clash — Donald Trump and Texas Sen. Ted Cruz are circling each other in the race for the Republican nomination and appear to be on the brink of an epic clash. — While the candidates have for months observed a kind of truce, party insiders believe that's about to change …
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David French / National Review:
It's a Bad Day for the Clintons When Vox Fairly Explains the Rape Allegation Against Bill — I must admit, when I clicked this morning on Vox's “explainer” of Juanita Broaddrick's rape allegation against Bill Clinton, I expected a whitewash. I was wrong. Not only did Dylan Matthews …
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WRTV-TV:
Trooper prays with driver upset over his daughter's cancer diagnosis — BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — It can be stressful enough to see a police car behind you, but imagine getting pulled over after learning your child is dying from cancer. — Rodney Gibson was driving on SR 37 in Monroe County Monday …
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Avianne Tan / ABC News:
Indiana Cop Brings Speeding Driver to Tears With Prayer Rather Than Ticket
Indiana Cop Brings Speeding Driver to Tears With Prayer Rather Than Ticket
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Kelly House / Oregonian:
At Bundy encampment, outsider says militants ‘attacked’ his group — BURNS — Violence broke out at the Bundy compound Wednesday night between its militant occupants and members of an outside group whose leader says he wants to get women and children out of the compound.
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Betsy Hammond / Oregonian:
Supreme Court already ruled that feds rightly own occupied refuge
Supreme Court already ruled that feds rightly own occupied refuge
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Megan R. Wilson / The Hill:
Watchdog: Clinton email responses ‘inaccurate and incomplete’ — The State Department has been providing “inaccurate and incomplete” responses to requests for emails and other documents involving former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, a watchdog says in a new report released Thursday.
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Bryan Llenas / Fox News:
Feds eye six military bases as temporary shelters to house unaccompanied minors — The Obama administration is eyeing six military bases to potentially house the recent surge of undocumented children from Central America illegally crossing into the U.S. through the southern Mexico border.
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Steven Nelson / Associated Press:
Congressman Readies Ted Cruz Eligibility Lawsuit With Eye on Mom — A Florida Democrat and some Obama “birthers” agree about Cruz. — Yo mama so Canadian? Ted Cruz says he's eligible for the presidency, but others disagree. — Billionaire businessman Donald Trump suggested this week …
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Kendall Breitman / Bloomberg Business:
Cruz: McCain Questions Citizenship Because He Secretly Backs Rubio
Cruz: McCain Questions Citizenship Because He Secretly Backs Rubio
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Wall Street Journal:
Missing U.S. Missile Shows Up in Cuba — Inert Hellfire missile sent to Europe for a training exercise makes mysterious trip, sparking concerns over loss of military technology — An inert U.S. Hellfire missile sent to Europe for training purposes was wrongly shipped from there to Cuba in 2014 …
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