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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 — Drug dealers with stereotypically black names are importing heroin to Maine and leaving pregnant white women behind when they leave the state again, Gov. Paul LePage (R) told a town hall meeting on Wednesday.
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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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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:
Bush declines 4 times to commit to endorsing Trump
Nik DeCosta-Klipa / Boston Globe:
Watch: Donald Trump supporters tear up 'America's Already Great' sign at Lowell rally
Watch: Donald Trump supporters tear up 'America's Already Great' sign at Lowell rally
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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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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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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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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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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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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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Jonah Goldberg / Townhall.com:
The Term ‘Neocon’ has Run its Course — In interviews and on the stump, Sen. Ted Cruz likes to attack President Obama, Hillary Clinton and “some of the more aggressive Washington neocons” for their support of regime change in the Middle East. — Every time we topple a dictator, Cruz argues …
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Rich Lowry / Politico:
Ted Cruz Is Nixon, Not Goldwater
Ted Cruz Is Nixon, Not Goldwater
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Mark Hensch / The Hill:
Planned Parenthood to give Clinton its first-ever primary endorsement — Planned Parenthood is throwing its support behind Hillary Clinton, delivering what will be the organization's first-ever endorsement in a presidential primary. — “Let's be clear — reproductive rights and health …
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Amy Chozick / New York Times:
Planned Parenthood, In Its First Primary Endorsement, Backs Hillary Clinton
Planned Parenthood, In Its First Primary Endorsement, Backs Hillary Clinton
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Daniel Strauss / Politico:
Rubio launches new lines of attack against Christie
Rubio launches new lines of attack against Christie
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CBC News:
Snowy owl spotted soaring by Montreal traffic camera — White and black-spotted bird spreads its wings against snowy backdrop — Spectacular images of a snowy owl in flight have been captured by Transport Quebec's traffic camera along Montreal's Highway 40.
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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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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Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Donald Trump On Rubio's Boots: “Those Heels Were Really Up There” — “It helps to be tall.” — Donald Trump said Thursday that Marco Rubio might have been better off not rocking the shiny black boots with a heel that has had his opponents cracking jokes all week.
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Joshua Brustein / Bloomberg Business:
U.S. Marshals Raid Hoverboard Booth at CES — The maker of the Onewheel electric skateboard called in federal marshals to shut down the booth of a company making a similar product. — On Thursday afternoon, two U.S. federal marshals showed up at the Consumer Electronics Show to conduct a raid.
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Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Exclusive: House Republicans recruited Carson for Speaker — House Republicans reached out to GOP presidential candidate Ben Carson in 2014 about replacing John Boehner as Speaker of the House, Carson told The Hill on Thursday. — “They were looking for an alternative …
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Tricia Bishop / Baltimore Sun:
Do you know the gun owners in your circle? … It's inevitable when my husband and I visit family these days that the subject of violence in Baltimore comes up. Often, I'm the one who raises it. But when it came up last week on a trip to see my parents in Georgia, I got my back up.
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