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10:35 AM ET, November 17, 2013

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Cameron Joseph / The Hill:
McAllister wins La. House special election  —  Republican businessman Vance McAllister has won a special House election in Louisiana, an upset victory for a political newcomer.  —  McAllister defeated Louisiana state Sen. Neil Riser (R) by 60 percent to 40 percent with all precincts reporting.
Discussion: Booman Tribune
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Melinda Deslatte / Associated Press:
McAllister Wins 5th District Congressional Seat  —  Vance McAllister, a political newcomer with the backing of the popular “Duck Dynasty” TV family, was elected Saturday as Louisiana's newest member of Congress.  —  McAllister, who largely self-funded his campaign, beat establishment candidate Neil Riser …
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
McAllister wins La. House runoff  —  Businessman Vance McAllister has won the special runoff election for a vacant northeast Louisiana congressional seat, notching an upset win over fellow Republican Neil Riser, according to the Associated Press.  —  With 99 percent of precincts reporting …
Discussion: Daily Kos
Conor Finnegan / CNN:
Netanyahu on Iran: ‘This is a bad deal’  —  (CNN) - Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu issued a stern warning against the potential deal over Iran's nuclear program between Tehran and the five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council, along with Germany,.
Discussion: Reuters
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New York Times:
Not the Time to Squeeze Iran
Discussion: Israel Matzav and Israpundit
Ruby Cramer / BuzzFeed:
Martin O'Malley Takes “Believe” Campaign To The Presidential Stage  —  In a speech to New Hampshire Democrats, the possible presidential hopeful turns his Baltimore campaign into a national argument.  But for Warren and Clinton supporters, the focus isn't O'Malley.  —  AFP / Getty Images
Discussion: Liberaland
James Hohmann / Politico:
GOP's third shot at Senate: Charm or bust?  —  Sharron Angle.  Christine O'Donnell.  Todd Akin.  Richard Mourdock.  After Republican primaries produced that horror show of candidates in two consecutive elections, probably costing the party control of the Senate, GOP leaders vowed that 2014 must be different.
Alec Baldwin / The Huffington Post:
Two Requests in Light of Recent Events  —  I think it is important to note, in light of recent events, a couple of clarifications.  —  One is that I never used the word faggot in the tape recording being offered as evidence against me.  What word is said right after the other choice word I use is unclear.
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Four years ago, GOP showed exactly what was false about Obama's keep-your-coverage promise  —  It is now painfully evident to millions of Americans that President Obama's promise that they could keep their current health coverage under Obamacare wasn't true.
Discussion: Power Line
Washington Post:
Health-care law has changed game for Democrats looking to 2014 election  —  UPPER DUBLIN, Pa. — Few places may better explain how the bungled launch of President Obama's health-care law has scrambled the political landscape for Democrats than this hamlet north of Philadelphia.
BBC:
PM rejects call to lower age of consent to 15  —  The prime minister has rejected a call from a leading expert on public health to lower the age of consent to 15.  —  Faculty of Public Health president Prof John Ashton said society had to accept that about a third of all boys and girls were having sex at 14 or 15.
Discussion: Spectator and Guardian
Spiegel Online:
Cornelius Gurlitt Shares the Secrets of His Pictures  —  Cornelius Gurlitt hoarded art treasures his father obtained under dubious circumstances in the Nazi era.  The reclusive 80-year-old has given SPIEGEL the first interview since news of their discovery broke two weeks ago.
Discussion: Guardian and New York Times
Peter Nicholas / Wall Street Journal:
White House Soul-Searches as Errors Mount  —  After Summers, Syria and Health-Care Fiascoes, a Senior Aide Says Aim Is to Be More Organized ‘Going Forward’  —  The White House has begun a quiet self-assessment in the wake of the troubled health-law launch, recognizing that administration …
Discussion: Hot Air
 
 
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Michelle Cottle / The Daily Beast:
Sarah Palin Serves Up a Healthy Serving of Venom in Her Christmas Book
Discussion: Liberaland and Booman Tribune
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Holder seeks Fast and Furious appeal
Discussion: CNN
Zeba Siddiqui / Reuters:
UnitedHealth drops thousands of doctors from insurance plans: WSJ
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
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Jonathan V. Last / Weekly Standard:
Penalty for Marriage in Obamacare
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Matt Taibbi / Rolling Stone:
Chase's Twitter Gambit Devolves into All-Time PR Fiasco
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