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5:00 PM ET, September 20, 2014

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Steve Kenny / New York Times:
Intruder Made It Through White House Doors, Secret Service Says  —  WASHINGTON — A Texas man who scaled the White House fence made it through the North Portico doors on Friday night before being apprehended, the Secret Service said.  —  The intruder, Omar J. Gonzalez, 42 …
Discussion: Scared Monkeys and RedState
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Fox News:
Secret Service agent was ready to shoot unarmed White House intruder, sources tell Fox  —  A Secret Service agent had his gun pointed at the White House intruder Friday night but decided not to shoot because he was unarmed, sources told Fox News on Saturday.
Discussion: Fox News Insider
Associated Press:
Security scrutinized in White House breach
Discussion: Hinterland Gazette and ABC News
Ian Shapira / Washington Post:
The Daily Show springs tense showdown with Native Americans on Redskins fans  —  The four die-hard Redskins fans thought the opportunity was as golden as the vintage helmets of their favorite football team: “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart” wanted them to appear on the Comedy Central program …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Mediaite
Steven E. Koonin / Wall Street Journal:
Climate Science Is Not Settled  —  We are very far from the knowledge needed to make good climate policy, writes leading scientist Steven E. Koonin … The idea that “Climate science is settled” runs through today's popular and policy discussions.  Unfortunately, that claim is misguided.
Discussion: Washington Monthly and Power Line
Kara Swisher / Re/code:
Joe Green Pushed Out at FWD.us  —  Joe Green, the president of FWD.us, has resigned from the political organization that is backed by a coterie of tech luminaries, most prominently Facebook CEO and co-founder Mark Zuckerberg.  —  And, according to a “confidential” email that Zuckerberg sent …
Justin Huggler / Telegraph:
Putin ‘privately threatened to invade Poland, Romania and the Baltic states’  —  German newspaper Suddeutsche Zeitung reports that Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko told European Commission that Putin made the threat in a recent conversation  —  President Vladimir Putin privately threatened …
ESPN:
Rice case: purposeful misdirection by team, scant investigation by NFL  —  The seven-month scandal that is threatening Roger Goodell's future as NFL commissioner began with an unexpected phone call in the early morning hours on a Saturday in February.  —  Just hours after running …
Rebecca Nelson / National Journal:
Why Joe Biden's Gaffes Don't Matter  —  Though the vice president has a long history of blunders, they've rarely impacted his career.  —  Joe Biden misspeaking, or going too far, isn't news.  The vice president's gaffe history is legendary; mistakes are expected.  But three slips in the space of a mere 24 hours?
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New York Times:
Ex-Employees Say Home Depot Left Data Vulnerable  —  The risks were clear to computer experts inside Home Depot: The home improvement chain, they warned for years, might be easy prey for hackers.  —  But despite alarms as far back as 2008, Home Depot was slow to raise its defenses, according to former employees.
Discussion: The Verge and Marginal REVOLUTION
Joe Pinsker / The Atlantic Online:
Financial Criminals Have Been Fined Billions, but They Rarely Pay  —  On a plane earlier this week, I watched The Wolf of Wall Street.  The film's outsized antics—public masturbation, the tossing of little people, lots and lots of Quaaludes—seemed too big for a seatback screen, or, for that matter, reality.
Colby Itkowitz / Washington Post:
These days, Democrats aren't talking much about Obama in congressional speeches  —  When President Obama took office in 2009, congressional Democrats were euphoric.  With control of the House, Senate and the White House, and high public approval for their new party standard bearer …
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
Scott Pelley / CBS News:
Shares  —  ISIS seized a third of Iraq that the U.S. secured with ten years of sacrifice.  In an interview for 60 Minutes, Former Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta said ISIS flourished because the U.S. got involved in Syria too late and left Iraq too soon.  On the 47th season premiere Sunday …
app.com:
NBC says it was wrong on Chris Christie report  —  NEWARK - NBC says a report by Brian Williams on the network's Nightly News that federal charges have been ruled out for Gov. Chris Christie in the George Washington Bridge scandal was incorrect.  —  Is Christie off the hook?
 
 
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Igor Volsky / ThinkProgress:
John Boehner Says Unemployed People ‘Just Sit Around,’ Don't Think They Have To Work
Cathy Young / Slate:
Crying Rape  —  False rape accusations exist, and they are a serious problem.
Discussion: Bloomberg View
David Brooks / New York Times:
There Are Social and Political Benefits to Having Friends
Discussion: Balloon Juice
A. Hope Jahren / New York Times:
Science's Sexual Assault Problem
Discussion: Vox Popoli and Pharyngula
 Earlier Items: 
Sangwon Yoon / Bloomberg:
Kerry Says Iran Has Role in Defeating Islamic State
Justin Sink / The Hill:
Report: Obama to personally sign off on any Syria airstrikes
Discussion: MichelleMalkin.com
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Groups edge in on Klayman NSA surveillance case
Discussion: Hullabaloo
Chris Moody / Yahoo! News:
What I learned surfing in Hawaii with the first Hindu congresswoman
Discussion: Washington Post
 

 
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Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
Ofcom rules that five GB News programs presented by Conservative politicians have broken its due impartiality rules and puts the channel “on notice”

Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:
Authentic Brands licenses Sports Illustrated's publishing rights to The Players' Tribune owner Minute Media for 10 years, with plans to keep the print edition

Todd Spangler / Variety:
YouTuber MrBeast announces a deal with Prime Video for Beast Games, a reality-competition show with 1,000 contestants, promising the winner a $5M cash prize

 
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