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3:15 AM ET, September 13, 2014

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Cole Premo / CBS Minnesota:
Adrian Peterson Indicted For Child Abuse, Will Not Play Sunday  —  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 will not play …
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TMZ.com:
Adrian Peterson — Indicted for Child Abuse ... Doc Reported Injuries (Photo Update)  —  INDICTED FOR CHILD ABUSE  —  (Photo Update)  —  EXCLUSIVE DETAILS  —  4:12 PM PT — According to the police report, Peterson allegedly sent text messages to the child's mother saying he “felt bad” because he struck the kid in the testicles.
Barry Petchesky / Deadspin:
Warrant Issued For Adrian Peterson's Arrest In Child Injury Case  —  Fox Houston reports that Vikings running back Adrian Peterson has been indicted in Montgomery County, Texas, for reckless or negligent injury to a child.  A warrant has been issued for Peterson's arrest.
Amanda Coyne:
Eyewitness comes forward on ‘Palin brawl’  —  Eric Thompson was having fun with friends and his wife at a party in South Anchorage on Saturday night.  Thompson, who is 56 years old, was the designated driver for the evening, so he wasn't drinking.  But that was okay with him.  He was among friends.
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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.
Discussion: The Immoral Minority
Congressman Mark Sanford / Facebook:
I apologize for the length of this post, but given the gravity of the issue at hand when I sat down to write late last night a long list of things came to my mind.  —  More than anything, I am struck by two truths.  One, it seems that history well documents that those who work to avoid conflict …
ABC News:
‘So Little Compassion’: Foley Parents on Gov't ‘Threats’ … The mother of slain American journalist James Foley said she wasn't necessarily surprised that the U.S. government threatened her family with prosecution should they raise money to pay her son's ransom, but she was astounded by how such a devastating message was delivered.
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Michael Isikoff / Yahoo! News:
Sotloff's parents told they could be prosecuted for paying ransom to IS  —  The parents of murdered journalist Steven Sotloff were told by a White House counterterrorism official at a meeting last May that they could face criminal prosecution if they paid ransom to try to free their son …
Discussion: NY Daily News, TalkLeft and 7online.com
clickorlando.com:
Cops: Zimmerman threatened man  —  Lake Mary police say driver did not want to press charges  —  Author: Daniel Dahm, Managing Editor of ClickOrlando.com, ddahm@clickorlando.com  —  LAKE MARY, Fla. -  —  George Zimmerman threatened to kill a driver during a road rage incident in Lake Mary …
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BBC:
Israeli intelligence veterans refuse to spy on Palestinians  —  Dozens of veterans of an elite Israeli military signals intelligence unit have said they will no longer serve in operations against Palestinians.  —  Forty-three past and present reservists signed a letter about Unit 8200, which carries out electronic surveillance.
Discussion: Washington Monthly
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Guardian:
Israeli intelligence veterans' letter to Netanyahu and military chiefs - in full
Discussion: Business Insider
Globe and Mail:
Rob Ford drops out of mayoral race, Doug Ford running in his place  —  Toronto Mayor Rob Ford has withdrawn from the mayoral race, with brother Doug Ford registering to run in his place.  —  The mayor's campaign spokesman Jeff Silverstein appeared at City Hall's election services office Friday afternoon …
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Lucas Oleniuk / Toronto Star:
Rob Ford withdraws from mayor's race, Doug files to take his place
Discussion: Mashable
Rob Gillies / Associated Press:   Toronto Mayor Rob Ford withdraws re-election bid
Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry / The Week:
Ted Cruz and the most cynical, despicable political stunt of the year  —  Aggressively supporting Israel is a political winner for conservatives.  But when it comes at the expense of persecuted Christians who fear for their lives...  Berating a persecuted religious minority for your own political gain?
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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: Booman Tribune
MJ Lee / Politico:
Elizabeth Warren the message machine  —  Chances are, Elizabeth Warren has already answered your question.  —  The freshman Massachusetts Democratic senator has been everywhere the past few months, appearing on an impressive list of Sunday shows and cable news programs …
Discussion: The PJ Tatler
IC ON THE RECORD:
Statement by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence and the U.S. Department of Justice on the Declassification of Documents Related to the Protect America Act Litigation  —  September 11, 2014  —  On January 15, 2009, the U.S. Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court of Review …
Discussion: New York Times and Techdirt
John Hinderaker / Power Line:
Sessions v. Zuckerberg, a Knockout  —  A year or two ago, most observers thought that immigration “reform” was a foregone conclusion.  The entire Democratic Party wanted it, including union leaders who were happy to sacrifice their members' interests; the Chamber of Commerce wanted it …
Timothy B. Lee / Vox:
Software patents are crumbling, thanks to the Supreme Court  —  The Supreme Court's June ruling on the patentability of software — its first in 33 years — raised as many questions as it answered.  One specific software patent went down in flames in the case of Alice v. CLS Bank …
Discussion: The Moderate Voice and Techdirt
Pew Research Center:
Wide Partisan Differences Over the Issues That Matter in 2014  —  GOP Continues to Hold Engagement Advantage  —  Heading into the final weeks before the midterm elections, Republican and Democratic voters are split not only over their candidate preferences, but also about the importance of key issues in the election.
New York Times:
Legal Authority for Fighting ISIS  —  As the Pentagon gears up to expand its fight against ISIS, a fundamentalist Sunni militant group that controls large areas of Iraq and Syria, Congress appears perfectly willing to abdicate one of its most consequential powers: the authority to declare war.
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New York Times:
Arabs Give Tepid Support to U.S. Fight Against ISIS
Lisa Wirthman / Denver Post:
GOP'S UNDERHANDED PUSH FOR OVER-THE-COUNTER BIRTH CONTROL  —  If Republicans' newfound enthusiasm for birth control seems suspicious, it's with good reason.  Following the lead of Colorado U.S. Senate candidate Cory Gardner, a handful of Republicans in midterm races across the country …
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Dana Littlefield / U-T San Diego stories:
What cases matter most to Justice Scalia?
ABC News:
Notorious High School Shooter T.J. Lane in Custody After Prison Escape
Discussion: abc7.com and Mashable
Matthew Continetti / Washington Free Beacon:
Silent Coup  —  “The constitutional amendment before us,” …
Discussion: VodkaPundit
Erik Wemple / Washington Post:
CNN exec on McCain's cable ubiquity: ‘A strong and important voice in American politics’
WLOX-TV:
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Steve Bousquet / Tampa Bay Times:
In Southerland-Graham race, the subject turns to lingerie
Christy Hoppe / Trail Blazers Blog:
Abbott files formal ethics complaint challenging Davis book tour
 Earlier Items: 
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
The Inflation Cult  —  Wish I'd said that!  Earlier this week …
Discussion: Hullabaloo
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
GOP Senate's first 100 days
Discussion: National Review and Daily Kos
mainly macro:
Scotland and the SNP: Fooling yourselves and deceiving others
Jeryl Bier / Weekly Standard:
Hillary Clinton Quietly Scrubs ‘Remarks’ From Website
Discussion: Power Line
Steve SingiserFollow / Daily Kos:
Daily Kos Elections Polling Wrap: Recent data hints at a ‘Macro/Micro’ polling divide
Discussion: Washington Monthly
Mary Bruce / ABC News:
Girl Disappointed Obama Not Beyoncé
Discussion: Mediaite, Mashable and 7online.com
Sean Sullivan / Washington Post:
Kansas Supreme Court will hear Chad Taylor ballot case on Tuesday
Discussion: Daily Kos