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Wife of Keith Scott, Charlotte Shooting Victim, Filmed Fatal Encounter With Police — CHARLOTTE — A cellphone camera video made by the wife of Keith L. Scott before he was fatally shot by police here shows the moments before and after the incident, including the wife's pleas to her husband …
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Charlotte Shooting Video: Footage Shows Fatal Encounter Between Police, Keith Lamont Scott — Exclusive Video: Moments Leading Up to Charlotte Shooting of Keith Scott 2:16 — Unsettling footage obtained exclusively by NBC News shows the moments leading up to the fatal police shooting …
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Man Shot in Keith Lamont Scott Protests Dies in Charlotte, N.C., Hospital
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In America, gun rights are for whites only
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Enquirer: It has to be Hillary Clinton — Presidential elections should be about who's the best candidate, not who's the least flawed. Unfortunately, that's not the case this year. — Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Hillary Clinton, the most unpopular pair of presidential candidates …
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Trump is headed for a win, says professor who has predicted 30 years of presidential outcomes correctly — Nobody knows for certain who will win on Nov. 8 — but one man is pretty sure: Professor Allan Lichtman, who has correctly predicted every presidential election since 1984.
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Clinton has lead but is vulnerable on trust, connection with voters — WASHINGTON — Hillary Clinton heads into the first presidential debate with a 7-point lead over Donald Trump, but doubts among voters about about her trustworthiness and stamina are keeping Trump in the race, according to a new McClatchy-Marist poll.
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Trump In 2011: The Clintons “Have Done So Much For The African Americans”
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USA Today columnist clarifies exactly when he thinks you should kill protesters with your car — Instapundit's phony remorse. — Now, more than ever, we should encourage people to apologize. — The social media era encourages in-the-moment reaction to anything and everything.
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Charlotte protesters ‘hate white people,’ NC Congressman Robert Pittenger says
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Mark Cuban to take his trolling of Trump to the front row of Monday's debate — Mark Cuban: Trump a ‘danger’ to U.S. security — (CNN)When Donald Trump takes the stage on Monday night's primate time presidential debate, one of the few faces he will see will be that of a fellow billionaire that has tried to savage him in public.
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Video shows woman shooting at burglars during Gwinnett home invasion — GWINNETT COUNTY, Ga. - Police are hoping someone can help identify two home invaders. They were caught on camera as a woman in the house shot at them. — “She exercised her right to defend her livelihood and property …
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DEBATE RULES: NO COUGHING BREAKS — If presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton slips into a coughing fit or any other medical crisis during Monday's high-stakes debate, she will have to power through, the DRUDGE REPORT has learned! — “There are no commercial breaks,” a commission source explains.
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Ted Cruz expected to throw support to Trump — Multiple sources close to Ted Cruz say the Texas senator is expected indicate his support for Donald Trump as soon as Friday. — It is unclear whether Cruz will say only that he is voting for the Republican nominee, as other lawmakers have done …
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Cruz Poised to Endorse Trump — Donald Trump may be on the cusp of bagging an endorsement from one of the most prominent NeverTrump holdouts, former primary rival Ted Cruz. — Sources close to the Trump campaign have confirmed Cruz is close to endorsing his former — and sometimes bitter — GOP rival.
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GOP LAWMAKER: FBI GAVE IMMUNITY FOR CLINTON AIDE'S TESTIMONY — WASHINGTON (AP) — Hillary Clinton's former chief of staff, Cheryl Mills, and two other staff members were granted immunity deals in exchange for their cooperation in the now-closed FBI investigation into Clinton's use …
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Top Clinton aide Cheryl Mills granted partial immunity in email investigation
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Debate Prep? Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump Differ on That, Too — Hillary Clinton is determined to get under Donald J. Trump's skin at Monday's debate, and is testing attack lines to try to rattle him. — Mr. Trump is largely shunning traditional debate preparations …
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Bruce Springsteen Calls Donald Trump a ‘Moron’ — “The republic is under siege by a moron,” Springsteen says in excerpts from upcoming Rolling Stone feature. “It's a tragedy for our democracy” — All Stories » — Bruce Springsteen spent the summer playing stadiums with the E Street Band …
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Palmer Luckey: The Facebook Fat Cat Secretly Funding Trump's Meme Machine — A Silicon Valley titan is putting money behind an unofficial Donald Trump group dedicated to “shitposting” and circulating Internet memes maligning Hillary Clinton. — Oculus founder Palmer Luckey financially backed …
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Poll: Nearly half of voters think Trump will detonate a nuke — would allow the U.S. to default on its debt and that he would misuse the power of the presidency to punish his political opponents. — And nearly half of voters — 46 percent — say Trump would use a nuclear weapon to attack ISIS or another foreign enemy.
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Exclusive — Breitbart/Gravis Poll: Hillary Clinton Holds National Lead over Donald Trump — Democratic nominee for president Hillary Clinton continues to hold a slight lead over her GOP rival Donald Trump with 44 percent of the electorate compared with his 40 percent, according …

Trump's English-only campaign — It was just over a year ago, at a nationally televised debate, when Donald Trump chided Jeb Bush for speaking another language on the campaign trail. “This is a country,” Trump said standing at the lectern next to Bush, “where we speak English, not Spanish.”
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He grew up in a lower middle income household. His parents worked three jobs. In the winter they wore jackets inside because they could not afford to run the heat. In the summer they worried about losing their home because they could not make mortgage payments. Though the family struggled, they relied on each other.
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Sen. Mike Lee shoots down Trump Supreme Court trial balloon — Utah Sen. Mike Lee on Friday swiftly shot down the idea that he would accept a nomination to the Supreme Court from Donald Trump. — “Sen Lee already has the job he wants which is why he is campaigning to represent the great people …
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Omarosa: ‘Every Critic, Every Detractor, Will Have To Bow Down To Prez Trump’ (VIDEO) — After the humiliation of President Barack Obama raking him over the coals for pushing birther conspiracy theories, a top surrogate for Donald Trump said he will have his “ultimate revenge” …
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Manatee middle school employee arrested for impregnating young girl — MANATEE COUNTY, Fla. (WFLA) - The Palmetto Police Department has arrested a middle school employee for getting a young girl pregnant. — The Palmetto Police Chief tells News Channel 8 that 31-year-old Lamont Houston was arrested on Thursday.

The Lying Game — Here's what we can be fairly sure will happen in Monday's presidential debate: Donald Trump will lie repeatedly and grotesquely, on a variety of subjects. Meanwhile, Hillary Clinton might say a couple of untrue things. Or she might not.
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