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1:15 PM ET, September 16, 2013

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Washington Post:
Police search for active shooter on grounds of Washington Navy Yard in Southeast D.C.  —  A D.C. police officer is among the people shot at the Washington Navy Yard on Monday morning.  —  A police spokesman confirmed at 9:20 a.m. that the officer was shot near the room where a lone gunman …
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Navy.mil:
Active Shooter at Washington Navy Yard  —  WASHINGTON (NNS) — An active shooter was reported inside the Naval Sea Systems Command Headquarters building (Bldg.  197) on the Washington Navy Yard at 8:20 a.m. (Eastern Time).  —  There is one confirmed injury.
Max Seddon / BuzzFeed:
Russian Official Gloats Over Navy Yard Shooting  —  With multiple people injured and the gunman still at large, a member of Russia's parliamentary foreign affairs committee says the shooting is an example of “American exceptionalism.”  —  A shooting at the Washington Navy Yard …
nbcwashington.com:
Four Dead Among 10 Shot at D.C. Navy Yard; At Least 1 Shooter Still At Large  —  D.C. police officer, base security officer among those shot; at least one gunman still at large  —  Four people were killed and at least 10 were shot - two of the victims police officers - at the Washington …
CNN:
Breaking: 1 suspect dead, 2 possibly at large in Navy Yard shooting  —  Are you there?  Share your photos and videos when you can safely.  —  Washington (CNN) — One suspect is dead after a shooting at the Washington Navy Yard, but two others may be on the loose, the D.C. police chief said Monday.
Associated Press:
OFFICIALS: 2ND SHOOTER POSSIBLE AT NAVY YARD  —  You are here  —  Home » U.S. Navy » Officials: 2nd shooter possible at Navy Yard  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Two officials say police are looking into the possibility of a second shooter at the Washington Navy Yard where several people were killed.
NBCNews:
Gunman opens fire at Navy Yard in Washington, killing at least 4  —  A gunman armed with a rifle and perhaps a handgun opened fire Monday inside a building at the Washington Navy Yard — killing at least four people and wounding at least six more, including two police officers, authorities said.
Austin Wright / Politico:
Deaths in D.C. Navy Yard shooting
Discussion: ABC News
Justin Sink / The Hill:
Obama briefed on Navy Yard shooting
Discussion: CNN
Los Angeles Times:
Live updates: Police search for two more possible Navy Yard shooters
Dan Morrison / CBS DC:
At Least 6 Dead at D.C. Navy Yard, 2 More Possible Shooters At Large
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New York Times:
Summers Pulls Name From Consideration for Fed Chief
Robert Kuttner / The Huffington Post:
Summers' End
David Wessel / Wall Street Journal:
Summers Withdraws Name for Fed Chairmanship
Kyle Balluck / The Hill:
Conservatives: Obama will blink  —  A weakened President Obama will back down if there is a standoff over funding ObamaCare and preventing a government shutdown, House conservatives say.  —  They are urging Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) and Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) …
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Paul Steinhauser / CNN:
CNN 2016 Poll: Clinton favored for Democrats; no clear GOP leader  —  Washington (CNN) — A new national poll in the battle for the 2016 Democratic and Republican presidential nominations indicates what you would expect: Hillary Clinton is the overwhelming Democratic frontrunner …
James R. Carroll / USA Today:   Ky. Sen. Mitch McConnell faces hard choices on spending
Pew Research Center for the People and the Press:
As Health Care Law Proceeds, Opposition and Uncertainty Persist  —  One-in-Four Backs Efforts to Make the Law Fail  —  As a key step in the implementation of the Affordable Care Act approaches, public views of the 2010 health care law are as negative as ever, and many are unaware of the elements …
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USA Today:
USA TODAY/Pew poll: Health care law faces difficult future  —  THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT: STILL A TOUGH SELL  —  Three years after President Obama signed his signature health care overhaul, Americans are as negative toward it as they have ever been, and disapproval of the president on the issue has reached a new high.
Mark Murray / NBCNews:
Poll: Obamacare remains highly unpopular as implementation looms
Discussion: Firedoglake
Beth DeFalco / New York Post:
Bill Thompson quitting mayor's race  —  Bill Thompson is quitting the race for mayor.  —  Sources said the former comptroller will throw in the towel Monday morning at a “unity” press conference on the steps of City Hall with Democratic rival Bill deBlasio and Gov. Cuomo — who thus far hasn't taken a public position in the contest.
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New York Times:
Thompson Concedes to de Blasio in Mayoral Primary
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Detroit Free Press:
How Detroit went broke: The answers may surprise you - and don't blame Coleman Young  —  Detroit is broke, but it didn't have to be.  An in-depth Free Press analysis of the city's financial history back to the 1950s shows that its elected officials and others charged with managing …
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Dylan Byers / Politico:
Media doesn't hold back on President Obama  —  President Barack Obama is damaging his presidency, weakening America's standing in the world, and displaying “inexplicable” incompetence.  —  The media figure making those accusations isn't Bill O'Reilly or Rush Limbaugh, Charles Krauthammer or Glenn Beck.
Betsy McCaughey / New York Post:
Obamacare will question your sex life  —  A man holds a sign at the ‘Exempt American from Obamacare’ rally on Sept. 10, 2013  —  'Are you sexually active?  If so, with one partner, multiple partners or same-sex partners?  Be ready to answer those questions and more the next time you go to the doctor …
Avi Tuschman / Salon:
Inside the conservative brain: What explains their wiring?  —  The question of human nature reliably polarized political philosophers across many centuries and several oceans.  One group of these thinkers viewed people as innately cooperative or potentially compassionate; another group argued for an inherently competitive human nature.
Edith M. Lederer / Associated Press:
UN: ‘CONVINCING EVIDENCE’ OF SYRIA CHEMICAL ATTACK  —  You are here  —  Home » John Kerry » UN: ‘Convincing evidence’ of Syria chemical attack  —  UNITED NATIONS (AP) — U.N. inspectors said in a report Monday there is “clear and convincing evidence” that chemical weapons …
Discussion: The Hill, Taylor Marsh and BuzzFeed
 
 
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