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Margaret Newkirk / Bloomberg:
Rioting May Tip Presidential Scales in Crucial North Carolina — Chaos after police killing culminate years of rising tension — 'You've got passions that are stirred up and running high' — Riots threaten to sway a deadlocked presidential race in race-riven North Carolina …
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Ryan James / The Daily Beast:
Video: I Saw a Protester Get Shot Over Nothing in Charlotte — CHARLOTTE, North Carolina — A second night of protests over the police killing of a black man ended with another black man nearly killed by someone in a crowd. — The protests started peacefully when hundreds of protesters gathered …
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Colin Campbell / Raleigh News & Observer:
Charlotte protesters ‘hate white people,’ NC Congressman Robert Pittenger says
Charlotte protesters ‘hate white people,’ NC Congressman Robert Pittenger says
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Morgan Winsor / ABC News:
Police Say Video Shows Keith Lamont Scott Had Gun in Hand
Police Say Video Shows Keith Lamont Scott Had Gun in Hand
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Adam Kelsey / ABC News:
Donald Trump: Drugs a ‘Very, Very Big Factor’ in Charlotte Protests
Donald Trump: Drugs a ‘Very, Very Big Factor’ in Charlotte Protests
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Business Wire:
An Important Message to Yahoo Users on Security — SUNNYVALE, Calif.—(BUSINESS WIRE)—A recent investigation by Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO) has confirmed that a copy of certain user account information was stolen from the company's network in late 2014 by what it believes is a state-sponsored actor.
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Bob Lord / Yahoo:
An Important Message About Yahoo User Security — A recent investigation by Yahoo has confirmed that a copy of certain user account information was stolen from the company's network in late 2014 by what it believes is a state-sponsored actor. The account information may have included names …
Kara Swisher / Recode:
Yahoo is expected to confirm massive data breach, impacting hundreds of millions of users
Yahoo is expected to confirm massive data breach, impacting hundreds of millions of users
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Michael Sainato / The Hill:
Past is prologue in police relations with people of color — On September 20th, news broke of another series of indefensible, senseless murders of unarmed black men occurred at the hands of police officers. — In Tulsa, Oklahoma on September 15, Terence Crutcher's car broke down and he pulled …
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Tulsa Police Officer Charged With Manslaughter In Terrence Crutcher Death — BY: NEWSON6.COM — The Tulsa County District Attorney Stephen Kunzweiler announced he charged Officer Betty Shelby with first-degree manslaughter in the death of Terence Crutcher.
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Julia Jacobo / ABC News:
Tulsa Police Officer Shares Her Side of the Story in Terence Crutcher's Shooting
Tulsa Police Officer Shares Her Side of the Story in Terence Crutcher's Shooting
Arturo Garcia / Raw Story:
Tulsa cop Betty Shelby charged with manslaughter for killing Terence Crutcher
Tulsa cop Betty Shelby charged with manslaughter for killing Terence Crutcher
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Glenn Harlan Reynolds / USA Today:
Statement from Glenn Reynolds — 'I didn't live up to my own standards, and I didn't meet USA TODAY's standards. For that I apologize.' — Wednesday night one of my 580,000 tweets blew up. I didn't live up to my own standards, and I didn't meet USA TODAY's standards.
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Glenn Reynolds / Instapundit:
OPENED UP TWITTER TO SEE THIS: — Can't imagine why they'd do that, except that it seems to be happening to a lot of people for no obvious reason. It's as if, despite assurances to the contrary, Twitter is out to silence voices it disagrees with or something. — UPDATE: Ah, it was about this tweet.
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Glenn Reynolds / Knoxville News-Sentinel:
UT professor's Twitter account suspended over Charlotte post
UT professor's Twitter account suspended over Charlotte post
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Guardian:
Ohio Trump campaign chair Kathy Miller says there was ‘no racism’ before Obama — Kathy Miller called the Black Lives Matter movement ‘a stupid waste of time’ and said low African American voter turnout could be due to 'the way they're raised' … Donald Trump's campaign chair …
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Kenneth P. Vogel / Politico:
Trump received $1.6 million from Secret Service — Donald Trump's campaign isn't alone in patronizing his own businesses: taxpayers are indirectly doing so, too. — Federal Election Commission records show that the U.S. Secret Service has paid the Trump campaign about $1.6 million to cover …
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Wall Street Journal:
Facebook Overestimated Key Video Metric For Two Years — Social network miscalculated the average time users spent watching videos on its platform — Big ad buyers and marketers are upset with Facebook Inc. after learning the tech giant vastly overestimated average viewing time for video ads …
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Jonathan Cohn / The Huffington Post:
THE FUTURE OF AMERICA IS BEING WRITTEN IN THIS TINY OFFICE — Back in the comparatively innocent days of 2015, before Donald Trump completed his hostile takeover of the Republican Party, before the Bernie Sanders juggernaut really got going, Hillary Clinton's campaign thought it could get ahead through well-crafted policy proposals.
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Peter Montgomery / Right Wing Watch:
Trump Campaign's New Catholic Liaison Has Called Him ‘Manifestly Unfit’ To Be President — There's eating your words, and there's eating your words. Here are some words about Donald Trump that Joseph Cella, reportedly the new “chief liaison to the campaign for Catholic affairs,” has apparently decided he is willing to choke down:
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Philly.com, Raw Story and National Catholic Reporter
Kelly Weill / The Daily Beast:
Cops Pepper-Spray Girl Who Fell Off Bike — When a teenage girl riding her bike collided with a car, cops didn't simply take her to the hospital but instead handcuffed her, pepper sprayed her, and threw her in the back of their squad car. — A bystander's cell phone footage shows …
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TMZ.com:
Brad Pitt — Under Investigation for Child Abuse — EXCLUSIVE — Brad Pitt is under investigation by the LAPD and L.A. County Dept. of Children and Family Services for allegedly getting verbally abusive and physical with his children, and that's what triggered the divorce ... TMZ has learned.
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David Lightman / Press Association:
Young voters to Clinton: We can't stand you — Students all over Penn State University agree on this much about Hillary Clinton: “She's slimy,” said Anay Pope. — And Pope, 25, is a Clinton supporter. For the moment. — Clinton's poll numbers are sagging, and the biggest reason is that she's plunging among young voters.
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Jennifer Gould / New York Post:
Clintons shell out $1.16M to buy house next door in Chappaqua — It's not quite the Kennedy compound in Hyannis Port, but Bill and Hillary Clinton are expanding their Westchester spread by buying the house next door, The Post has learned. — The Clintons shelled out $1.16 million for the three-bedroom …
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New York Post:
NYPD investigating Weiner's sexting relationship with teen — More On: — Prosecutors in US Attorney Preet Bharara's office have issued a subpoena for Anthony Weiner's cell phone and other records, according to CNN. — NYPD detectives and the Manhattan DA's office are also “looking into” …
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Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:
Dalai Lama does Trump impression — Add the Dalai Lama to the list of Donald Trump — impressionists. — The Buddhist spiritual leader laughed at the mention of Trump during an interview broadcast Thursday on ITV's “Good Morning Britain,” saying he hasn't met him.
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Guardian:
Dalai Lama does impression of Donald Trump - video
Dalai Lama does impression of Donald Trump - video
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Sean Gregory / TIME:
All Across the Country, Athletes Are Fueling a Debate About How America Defines Patriotism — Home - U.S. - Politics - World - Business - Tech - Health - Science - Entertainment - Newsfeed - Living - Ideas - Parents - Sports - History - The TIME Vault - Magazine - Subscribe - Give a Gift …
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Olivia Nuzzi / The Daily Beast:
Spiritual Healing with Marla Maples, Trump's Ex-Wife — Marla Maples was taking Angelina Jolie's side. — Sitting outside Boulud Sud across from Lincoln Center on Wednesday afternoon, amid news of Brangelina's divorce, the woman who famously broke up Donald Trump's first marriage and went …
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Richard Rubin / Wall Street Journal:
Hillary Clinton Proposes 65% Top Rate for Estate Tax — Tax plan changed to increase top rate for wealthiest households — Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton would impose a 65% tax on the largest estates and make it harder for wealthy households to pass appreciated assets …
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Washington Post, Occupy Democrats, CNBC and The Daily Caller
John Judis / Talking Points Memo:
Why Hillary Clinton hasn't been able to leave Donald Trump in the Dust — If I had to bet on this election, I'd still put my money on Hillary Clinton. But there is a big question about why she is not doing better. When presidential candidates face opponents who can't even command the support …
Jason Horowitz / New York Times:
Inside Hillary Clinton's Outrage Machine, Allies Push the Buttons — Just before 9:30 p.m. on Sept. 13, the first Twitter post appeared, directing users to an obscure article about a remark Donald J. Trump had made last year that 50 percent of the country did not want to work.
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