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1:40 PM ET, September 13, 2014

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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Bill Maher announced he's targeting Rep. John Kline.  He picked the wrong guy.  —  Comedian Bill Maher announced Friday night that he will personally target Republican Rep. John Kline (Minn.) for defeat in the November election — the culmination of his longstanding “Flip a District” …
Discussion: ABC News and Power Line
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Chuck Ross / The Daily Caller:
Nancy Pelosi: Civilization ‘In Jeopardy’ If GOP Takes Senate [VIDEO]  —  On the one hand, California U.S. Rep. Nancy Pelosi claims that Democrats are not “fear-mongers;” on the other hand, she believes civilization is doomed if Republicans take control of the Senate from Democrats in November.
Rachel Huggins / The Hill:
Bill Maher targets House chairman for midterms: He's a ‘silent threat’  —  Comedian Bill Maher on Friday named Rep. John Kline (Minn.) as the viewer-nominated GOP lawmaker the funnyman wants to oust from Congress in his “Flip a District” challenge.  —  But Maher will have a tough time trying …
Webbiegh / CBS Houston:
UPDATED: EXCLUSIVE Details On Adrian Peterson Indictment Charges  —  By: Nick Wright  —  According to law-enforcement sources, Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson beat his 4-year-old son with a tree branch as a form of punishment this summer, an incident that allegedly resulted in multiple injuries to the child.
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Cole Premo / CBS Minnesota:
Adrian Peterson Indicted For Child Abuse, Turns Himself In  —  MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) - A warrant was issued Friday for the arrest of Vikings running back Adrian Peterson after a grand jury in Texas indicted him for reckless or negligent injury to a child.  —  Peterson traveled to Texas and turned himself in late Friday evening.
Ian Horswill / DailyTelegraph:
Why Travis McIntosh and Matt McCormick's wedding angers gay groups  —  TRAVIS McIntosh and Matt McCormick will get married tomorrow yet the matrimonial union has horrified gay rights groups.  —  Heterosexual best mates McIntosh and McCormick, who have known each other since the age of six …
Alexandra Jaffe / The Hill:
Voter fraud probe roils Ga. Senate race  —  A group helmed by a major donor and policy adviser to Democratic Senate candidate Michele Nunn is under investigation by the Georgia secretary of State for alleged voter fraud.  —  Secretary of State Brian Kemp (R) said in a memo, reported by WSB-TV …
Discussion: The Hugh Hewitt Show, Hot Air and Slate
Ken Belson / New York Times:
Brain Trauma to Affect One in Three Players, N.F.L. Agrees  —  The National Football League, which for years disputed evidence that its players had a high rate of severe brain damage, has stated in federal court documents that it expects nearly a third of retired players to develop long-term cognitive problems …
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DOJ Working With Elijah Cummings To Protect The IRS  —  IRS: An aide to the attorney general accidentally calls the office of the House Oversight Committee chairman, asking for help in spinning the defense of the agency whose head just said they obey the law when they can.
Jim Miller / Sacramento Bee:
Six Californias initiative fails to make 2016 ballot  —  A proposed ballot measure to carve California into six states failed to qualify for the November 2016 ballot Friday after election officials determined that backers did not collect enough valid signatures.
Howie Carr / Boston Herald:
Anti-war crowd stunningly silent on ISIS plan  —  I could have sworn we were going to war against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS).  —  But the president, a well-known theologian, has informed us that despite what the Muslims of ISIS say, the Islamic State “is not Islamic.”
Discussion: RedState and Ed Driscoll
Ali Watkins / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
New sparks fly between CIA, Senate Intelligence Committee  —  WASHINGTON — Tensions between the CIA and its congressional overseers erupted anew this week when CIA Director John Brennan refused to tell lawmakers who authorized intrusions into computers used by the Senate Intelligence Committee …
Discussion: Washington Monthly
Catherine Thompson / Talking Points Memo:
Man Reportedly Fired From Job After Telling ABC He Saw Palin Family Brawl (VIDEO)  —  A man who said he witnessed an epic fistfight last weekend at an Anchorage, Alaska party that allegedly included Sarah Palin's family was reportedly fired from his job after telling ABC's “Good Morning America” what he saw.
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Jane Bradley / Scotsman:
‘Day of reckoning’ post-Yes vote, says Jim Sillars
Hans Bader / Liberty Unyielding:
College: Students must agree ‘why’ they had sex to avoid sexual assault charges
Jay Newton-Small / TIME:
Women Could Finally Make Up 20% of Congress This Year
Phil Magakoe / ABC News:
Oscar Pistorius Guilty of Culpable Homicide, Judge Rules
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