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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.
CNNMoney:
Powerball jackpot, largest ever, now $800 million
Powerball jackpot, largest ever, now $800 million
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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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David Weigel / Washington Post:
Sharia, deportation, world government: Ted Cruz's masterful handling of conservative angst — On the third evening of his “Cruzin' to Caucuses” bus tour, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Tex.) told an immigrant from Mexico something other Republicans might blanche at. Ofelia Valdez, a 30-year-old special needs worker …
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Karen Tumulty / Washington Post:
Cruz: I spank my daughter when she lies — voters can ‘administer...a spanking’ to Hillary Clinton — CHARLES CITY, Iowa — At a stop here on his six-day bus trip through Iowa, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Tex.) told a crowd in a coffee house that when his 5-year-old daughter Catherine tells a lie, “she gets a spanking.”
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Ashley Feinberg / Gawker:
Who Told Ted Cruz It Was a Good Idea to Talk About Spanking Hillary Clinton?
Andrea Peyser / New York Post:
Hillary Clinton is running the most sexist campaign ever
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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Andrew Kramer / CBS Philly:
Cops: Suspect Says He Shot Officer In Name Of Islam — By Justin Finch, Rahel Solomon, Walt Hunter & Natasha Brown — 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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Jeremy Diamond / CNN:
Silently protesting Muslim woman ejected from Trump rally — Rock Hill, South Carolina (CNN)A Muslim woman wearing a hijab was escorted out of Donald Trump's campaign event on Friday by police after she stood up in silent protest during Trump's speech. — Rose Hamid, a 56-year-old flight …
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Judd Legum / ThinkProgress:
Muslim Woman Gets Kicked Out Of Donald Trump Rally For Being Muslim
Muslim Woman Gets Kicked Out Of Donald Trump Rally For Being Muslim
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Raw Story, all and The Right Scoop
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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Nick Gass / Politico:
The 8 must-read Hillary Clinton emails
The 8 must-read Hillary Clinton emails
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The Hill, MichelleMalkin.com and Jammie Wearing Fools
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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Frank Newport / Gallup:
Jeb Bush's Image Among Republicans Deteriorates
Jeb Bush's Image Among Republicans Deteriorates
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Eliza Collins / Politico:
Charles Koch bemoans lack of influence over 2016 race
Charles Koch bemoans lack of influence over 2016 race
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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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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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The White House:
Veto Message from the President — H.R. 3762 — TO THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES: — I am returning herewith without my approval H.R. 3762, which provides for reconciliation pursuant to section 2002 of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2016, herein referred to as the Reconciliation Act.
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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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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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Daily Mail:
Teenage student, 18, is fined £90 after lying that she was punched in the face because she wore a hijab in the days after the Paris terror attacks — A Muslim teenager has been fined after she lied about being punched in the face because she wore a hijab in the days after the Paris terror attacks.
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Brandi Grissom / Trail Blazers Blog:
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott calls for Convention of States to take back states' rights — Gov. Greg Abbott called Friday for a convention of states to amend the U.S. Constitution. (Jay Janner/Austin American-Statesman via AP) … Gov. Greg Abbott, aiming to spark a national conversation about states' rights …
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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 …
Tegna / KGW-TV:
Beaverton plumber fired after racist road rage rant — Video of Beaverton racist driver goes viral … BEAVERTON, Ore. — A Beaverton plumber was fired after he was caught on cell phone video yelling racial slurs at a driver in traffic Tuesday. — The video (shown above …
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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