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Harris grand jury indicts pair behind Planned Parenthood videos — A Harris County grand jury probe into Planned Parenthood of the Gulf Coast ended Monday with the indictments of two anti-abortion activists. — David Daleiden and Sandra Merritt were both indicted for tampering with a governmental record.
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Grand Jury Takes No Action Against Planned Parenthood In Houston, Two Videographers Indicted — The grand jury reviewing the evidence into allegations of misconduct by Planned Parenthood cleared the organization of breaking the law. — This is a developing story and information will be added as it is available.
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Grand jury in Texas indicts activists behind Planned Parenthood videos — A grand jury in Houston investigating undercover footage of Planned Parenthood allegations of misconduct instead indicted two anti-abortion activists who made videos of the organization on Monday.
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2 Abortion Foes Behind Planned Parenthood Videos Are Indicted
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Harris County grand jury indicts those behind Planned Parenthood undercover video operation
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Heidi Cruz Is Asked On The Radio If She Is “Sleeping With An Immigrant” — “There is no case here,” Heidi Cruz says about questions over the citizenship of her husband, Ted Cruz. — Scott Olson / Getty Images — w.soundcloud.com — In a radio interview last week …
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Trump: Establishment rallying behind me to stop ‘nasty’ Cruz — GOP front-runner Donald Trump says establishment Republicans are warming up to his presidential bid because they're terrified of Ted Cruz being the party's nominee. — “I think the establishment actually is against me but really coming …
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Trump: Establishment is ‘against me’
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Why a Trump Victory in Iowa Would Matter So Much
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Iowa GOP chairman: Cruz ethanol stance ‘a factor’ in caucuses
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Exclusive: Obama on Iowa, Clinton, Sanders and 2016 — Barack Obama, that prematurely gray elder statesman, is laboring mightily to remain neutral during Hillary Clinton's battle with Bernie Sanders in Iowa, the state that cemented his political legend and secured his path to the presidency.
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Full transcript: POLITICO's Glenn Thrush interviews President Barack Obama on Iowa, 2016 …
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The Obama Theory of Trump
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Supreme Court won't let North Dakota enforce ‘fetal heartbeat’ law — The Supreme Court on Monday ruled that North Dakota officials cannot enforce a controversial “fetal heartbeat” law that would have banned abortions as early as six weeks. — The justices upheld a lower court's ruling from July 2015, which struck down the measure.
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Justices won't let North Dakota enforce tough abortion law
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Supreme Court upholds electricity demand rule
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Supreme Court rules juveniles sentenced to life can seek parole
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Sentences for Young Murderers Limited by U.S. Supreme Court
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Supreme Court: Bar On Automatic Life Without Parole For Juvenile Homicide Applies To Past Sentences
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MU Interim Chancellor to hold conference regarding charges filed against MU assistant professor — Melissa Click was captured on video attempting to force reporters out of protest space — Jessica Quick, Meteorologist & Digital Content Director, jessicaq@kmiz.com — COLUMBIA, Mo. -
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MU professor Melissa Click, who called for ‘muscle’ to remove reporter, charged with assault — Click faces a misdemeanor assault charge that carries a maximum 15-day jail sentence — Click was caught on video calling for “some muscle” to remove a student reporter from a protest on campus
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A remarkably moving thing happened at a Bernie Sanders rally today in Iowa — Bernie Sanders did a town hall event Monday morning in Iowa Falls, Iowa. He asked the crowd for testimonials about the difficulties of sustaining a life off of $12,000 a year. — What happened next is both hard to watch/listen to and important.
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Lawyer for Walter Scott Family Switches Sides to Endorse Bernie Sanders — The lawyer for the family of Walter L. Scott, who was fatally shot by a police officer in South Carolina, is withdrawing his support from Hillary Clinton and endorsing Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont on Monday afternoon.
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Donald Trump suggests he may skip Fox debate if Megyn Kelly isn't fair — Donald Trump said he would consider skipping this Thursday's Republican primary debate if he doesn't get fair treatment from Fox anchor Megyn Kelly — an apparent attempt to influence moderators at the final GOP debate before Iowa.
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Zika virus: Outbreak ‘likely to spread across Americas’ says WHO — The Zika virus is likely to spread across nearly all of the Americas, the World Health Organization has warned. — The infection, which causes symptoms including mild fever, conjunctivitis and headache …
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PAHO Statement on Zika Virus Transmission and Prevention
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This New Yorker Cover Perfectly Explains the Problem With Donald Trump — For the third time since he entered the presidential race last summer, Donald Trump is the subject of a New Yorker cover: … That's Teddy Roosevelt, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, George Washington, John F. Kennedy …


Rick Snyder Donor Picked To Lead Investigation Of Flint Water Crisis — Weeks after refusing to even look into allegations of wrongdoing in the Flint water crisis, Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette (R) announced on Monday that he is appointing a special counsel to investigate the situation.
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At 83, I Decided to Develop an App — I've done business, politics, and war. Now I'm trying my hand at mobile gaming. — Among the things one learns as time passes is that everyone has to age, but not everyone has to get old. One of the best ways to stay young is to keep learning.
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Woman, 78, who was scared to drive in blizzard is found dead in car outside New Jersey Burger King — HACKENSACK, N.J. — A 78-year-old Long Island woman, who had been parked outside of a Burger King since Friday because she was afraid to drive home in the blizzard, was found dead in her parked car Monday morning.

I need to get this off my chest. — I can't stand the media. — From the start of this campaign, they've decided that we're not worthy of them. They think it's their job to anoint who they think should be the Republican nominee. Seriously? The media determining the Republican nominee?
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CORRECTED — Michael Goldfarb: Trump is the Politics of ‘Fear, Paranoia, Nativism’ — A previous version of this story misidentified the subject of the article, Michael Goldfarb, as the founder of the Washington Free Beacon. The Free Beacon was founded by a different Michael Goldfarb.
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