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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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6abc.com:
Police: Suspect confessed to Philadelphia police officer shooting ‘in name of Islam’
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Emily Shapiro / ABC News:
Man Accused of Shooting Philly Cop Pledged Allegiance to ISIS, Police Say
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Emily Shapiro / ABC News:
Dramatic Photos Capture Moment Gunman Allegedly Tried to ‘Execute’ Philadelphia Police Officer
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Kmdougherty / CBS Philly:
Mayor Kenney On Officer Shooting: ‘It Has Nothing To Do With Being Muslim’
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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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Guy Benson / Townhall.com:
Bombshell: In Email, Hillary Ordered Aide to Strip Classified Marking and Send Sensitive Material
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Bradford Richardson / The Hill:
Hillary ‘surprised’ by staffer using personal email
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Megan R. Wilson / The Hill:
Watchdog: Clinton email responses ‘inaccurate and incomplete’
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Streiff / RedState:
SMOKING GUN. Hillary Committed A Federal Crime Handling Classified Information
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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 — 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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Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Veepstakes begin as Nikki Haley takes the GOP spotlight
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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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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
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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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Stephen Foley / Financial Times:
Lunch with the FT: Charles Koch
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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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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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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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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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Hillary Clinton / BostonGlobe.com:
A make-or-break moment for Supreme Court appointments — THERE'S A LOT at stake in this election. Nowhere is this clearer than in the US Supreme Court. — The court's decisions have a profound impact on American families. In the past two decades alone, it effectively declared George W. Bush president …
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Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Mandatory Union Fees Getting Hard Look by Supreme Court
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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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Emily Flitter / Reuters:
Trump likes to sleep in his own bed and it may cost him votes — U.S. presidential candidates are spending long days on the campaign trail and their nights in a succession of budget hotels, often in small towns. Not Donald Trump. — After nearly every rally, the billionaire real estate developer hops …
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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 …
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Scott Whitlock / NewsBusters:
GOP Debates on CNN Crush Obama's Town Hall Ratings — Share it Tweet it — Compared to the two Republican presidential debates on CNN, Barack Obama's gun control town hall got crushed in the ratings. The President's two hour-long appearance with Anderson Cooper on Thursday managed 2.4 million viewers.
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