memeorandum: KENYA RED CROSS: 22 DEAD IN UPSCALE MALL ATTACK (Jason Straziuso/Associated Press)

4:55 PM ET, September 21, 2013

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Ellie Buchdahl / Daily Mail:

‘All Muslims leave... we only want to kill non-Muslims’: Gunmen massacre at least 22 in Kenyan shopping mall after releasing anyone who could prove they were Islamic by reciting a prayer — Kenyan police and soldiers have pinned down the remaining gunmen who opened fire at a shopping centre earlier today …

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CNN:

At least 20 killed when gunmen attack Nairobi shopping mall, Red Cross says — (CNN) — Gunmen attacked an upscale shopping mall in the Kenyan capital on Saturday, leading to a fierce gunbattle with police and leaving at least 20 people dead, the Kenyan Red Cross said.

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Jason Straziuso / Associated Press:

KENYA RED CROSS: 22 DEAD IN UPSCALE MALL ATTACK — You are here — Home » Kenya » Kenya Red Cross: 22 dead in upscale mall attack — NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Gunmen threw grenades and opened fire Saturday killing at least 22 people in an attack targeting non-Muslims …

Jason Straziuso / Associated Press:

Gunmen Open Fire at Nairobi's Most Upscale Mall — Gunmen threw grenades and opened fire Saturday at Nairobi's most upscale mall, witnesses and police said. — Large pockets of people trapped in the mall came streaming out over the course of an hour. At least a half dozen were bloodied and were grabbed by first responders.

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Associated Press:

Declassified document: US narrowly escaped nuclear blast in 1961 H-bomb accident — LONDON — A U.S. hydrogen bomb nearly detonated on the nation's east coast, with a single switch averting a blast which would have been 260 times more powerful than the device that flattened Hiroshima, a newly published book says.

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BBC:

US plane in 1961 ‘nuclear bomb near-miss’ — A four-megaton nuclear bomb was one switch away from exploding over the US in 1961, a newly declassified US document confirms. — Two bombs were on board a B-52 plane that went into an uncontrolled spin over North Carolina - both bombs fell and one began the detonation process.

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Guardian:
Goldsboro revisited: account of hydrogen bomb near-disaster over North Carolina - declassified document

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Joe Picard / The Hill:

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Politico:

Obama calls Boehner, rules out debt negotiations — President Barack Obama is once again warning House Republicans that he will not negotiate over a debt-ceiling increase, even as the U.S. government moves closer to its borrowing limit. — Obama called Speaker John Boehner Friday night to reiterate his hard-line stance.

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Mark Knoller / CBS News:

Republicans “trying to mess with me” on budget, Obama says — PLAY CBS NEWS VIDEO — President Obama slammed House Republicans for “trying to mess with me” by passing a bill today to fund the government but also defund Obamacare. — At a Ford plant that stamps out components for trucks and vans …

Jake Miller / CBS News:
House passes bill funding government, defunding Obamacare

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Chet / NorthDecoder.com:

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Tom Jackman / Washington Post:

Rollie Chance, misidentified as Navy Yard shooter, demands media accountability — Rollie Chance was home in Stafford, about 40 miles south of Washington, when he began watching the news about the shootings at the Washington Navy Yard Monday morning. A retired Navy lieutenant …

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Bloomberg:
Company Behind Snowden Check Also Vetted D.C. Shooter

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Paul Krugman:

More SNAP Judgments — Thanks to the commenter who suggested this title. I want to say some more about the SNAP program, and how utterly unjustified the attack on the program really is. — First, another look at trends in the program over time, this time in terms of spending as a share of GDP:

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Alex Pareene / Salon:

The final triumph of welfare reform — The Third Way was supposed to end welfare politicking as we knew it, but no one told Republicans — House Republicans voted yesterday to cut $40 billion in funding for SNAP — the anti-poverty program commonly known as “food stamps” — because …

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