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Tracy Bloom / KTLA:
Possible Shark Attack Leaves Corona Del Mar Swimmer With ‘Traumatic’ Injuries, Authorities Say — A portion of Corona del Mar State Beach was evacuated after a swimmer was bitten in a possible shark attack Sunday afternoon, according to the Newport Beach Fire Department.
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Greg Toppo / USA Today:
Swimmers in Calif., Fla. hospitalized after shark bites — A woman visiting a popular southern California beach over Memorial Day Weekend was hospitalized late Sunday after she was bitten by a shark, authorities said. — In response to the attack in Newport Beach, Calif. …
Jordain Carney / The Hill:
Dems to Clinton: Ignore Trump on past scandals — Democrats are offering a piece of straightforward advice for Hillary Clinton — threatens to dig up scandals from the 1990s: Ignore him. — Clinton's supporters shrug off concerns that the Trump attacks could stick.
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Southernconstitutionalist / RedState:
Gary Johnson and William Weld are fake libertarians miseducating the public — In case you haven't heard, the Libertarian Party national convention is taking place this weekend. It is hard to tell who will emerge as the nominee, but the three frontrunners are Austin Petersen, John McAfee …
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LewRockwell, Hit & Run and Washington Times
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David Weigel / Washington Post:
Gary Johnson wins Libertarian presidential nomination
Gary Johnson wins Libertarian presidential nomination
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Outside the Beltway, New York Times, Hit & Run and New York Magazine
Jeff Mason / Reuters:
Judge criticized by Trump unseals documents in Trump University case — WASHINGTON - A judge, called a “hater” by Donald Trump for his handling of a lawsuit related to the businessman's Trump University real estate school, has unsealed documents related to the case.
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Jezebel, Newser, Slantpoint and Washington Post
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Allan Smith / Business Insider:
Donald Trump keeps giving Republicans major cause for alarm — because he's still attacking them
Donald Trump keeps giving Republicans major cause for alarm — because he's still attacking them
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James Fallows / The Atlantic:
The Daily Trump — People will look back on this era in our history …
The Daily Trump — People will look back on this era in our history …
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Wall Street Journal, Mother Jones, Business Insider and Power LinePower Line
Emanuella Grinberg / CNN:
In gorilla's death, critics blame mother, Cincinnati Zoo — (CNN)Devastated. Heartbroken. In mourning. — Those are some of the words the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden used Sunday in a contrite explanation for the death of Harambe, a 17-year-old western lowland gorilla killed …
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WRBL-TV, Newser, Cincinnati.com, New York Times, The Right Scoop, Mashable and FOX40
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VIDEO: Gorilla grabs child who's gotten into habitat
VIDEO: Gorilla grabs child who's gotten into habitat
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BizPac Review, Slantpoint, New York Magazine, Mediaite, NBC News, Slate, The Root, NPR, Cincinnati.com and WDTN-TV
Greg Toppo / USA Today:
Flooding, severe weather devastate Texas — Five people died and at least four others were missing Sunday after heavy rains in Texas and Kansas caused severe flooding. In one case near Austin, which received nine inches of rain this week, a vehicle with two people was swept off a flooded roadway.
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Rick Barrett / USA Today:
American flag sales bask in new glory … MILWAUKEE — In the flag business, summertime is like Christmas. After Memorial Day weekend, there's Flag Day (June 14) and the Fourth of July, which all give sales a healthy boost. — Eder Flag Manufacturing Co. in Oak Creek says it's having a banner year.
Nancy Newhoff / Waterloo/Cedar Falls Courier:
Cedar Falls Freedom Rock vandalized … Black spray paint is seen Sunday on the Cedar Falls Freedom Rock near the drawing of Taylor Morris. The vandalism was discovered Sunday morning. … This fence at the house at 1405 Bluff St., next to Cedar Falls Veterans Park was also damaged in vandalism late Saturday or early Sunday.
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KWWL-TV, The Gateway Pundit and The American Mirror
Tommy Christopher / Mediaite:
Marco Rubio on Donald Trump's White Nationalist Support: ‘It is What it Is’ — Florida Senator and former Republican presidential candidate Marco Rubio granted a hot exclusive interview to CNN's Jake Tapper, revealing on Sunday morning's State of the Union that he would be releasing …
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The Huffington Post
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Theodore Schleifer / CNN:
Rubio says he apologized to Trump for ‘small hands’ jest
Rubio says he apologized to Trump for ‘small hands’ jest
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Clemence Michallon For / Daily Mail:
Texas man pays his $212 speeding ticket with two buckets full of COINS to protest against ‘extortion’ — A Texas man who got busted driving nine miles per hour over the speed limit paid his fine entirely in pennies - as an act of protest against what he thought was ‘extortion’.
David G. Savage / Los Angeles Times:
Supreme Court asked to rule on Trump casino bankruptcy — Billionaire Carl Icahn stepped in to buy the Taj Mahal casino, founded by Donald Trump, after it filed for bankruptcy in 2014. (Associated Press) — The Supreme Court is being asked to take up a bankruptcy dispute involving …
Peter Nickeas / Chicago Tribune:
Police promise more patrols as West Side bears brunt of Memorial Day gun violence — Chicago Tribune reporters and photographers will be out covering the city's violent crime over the course of the Memorial Day weekend, from Friday, May 27, 2016, to early Tuesday, May 31, 2016.
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Washington's Blog
Alain De Botton / New York Times:
Why You Will Marry the Wrong Person — IT'S one of the things we are most afraid might happen to us. We go to great lengths to avoid it. And yet we do it all the same: We marry the wrong person. — Partly, it's because we have a bewildering array of problems that emerge when we try to get close to others.
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FT Alphaville