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1:40 PM ET, October 22, 2014

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Dean Beeby / CBC News:
Parliament Hill attack: 1 gunman dead after soldier shot at National War Memorial  —  Police sources tell CBC there is more than 1 suspect, downtown remains in lockdown … Parliament Hill has come under attack today after a man with a rifle shot a soldier standing guard at the National War Memorial …
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CNN:
One shooter dead in Canada  —  The Canadian government has informed the United States that one shooter is dead in Ottawa, a senior U.S. official said.  So far, there is “no indication the shooter has ties to violent Islamic extremism,” but it is still extremely early in the investigation, the source said.
Globe and Mail:
Attack on Ottawa: Police in pursuit of multiple shooters  —  OTTAWA AND TORONTO — The Globe and Mail  —  Video: Footage from Globe reporter Josh Wingrove captures gunfire inside Parliament Hill  —  Buildings in Ottawa's downtown core are under lockdown after the crack of gunshots rang through …
BBC:
Ottawa lockdown after shootings  —  A gunman shot a soldier at a war memorial in Ottawa, then ran into the nearby parliament building where he exchanged gunfire with police.  —  A minister has said the soldier later died.  It is unclear how many gunmen there are but one is believed dead.
Discussion: The PJ Tatler and abc7chicago.com
Anchorage Daily News:
Young rattles Wasilla High students with ‘hurtful’ remark about suicide  —  WASILLA — At a Wasilla High School assembly Tuesday morning, U.S. Rep. Don Young didn't temper his notoriously abrasive personality for his young audience.  —  Numerous witnesses say Young, 81 …
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Catherine Thompson / Talking Points Memo:   GOP Rep. Gives Profane Speech To High Schoolers On Bull Sex And Suicide
Lee Enterprises / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Official autopsy shows Michael Brown had close-range wound to his hand, marijuana in system  —  • By Christine Byers cbyers@post-dispatch.com 314-340-8087 and Blythe Bernhard bbernhard@post-dispatch.com 314-340-8129  —  ST. LOUIS COUNTY  • The official autopsy on Michael Brown shows …
JD Heyman / People.com:
Renée Zellweger to PEOPLE: 'I'm Glad Folks Think I Look Different'  —  Renée Zellweger has responded to Internet chatter about her appearance.  In an exclusive statement to PEOPLE, the Oscar winner says she looks different because she is healthier and happier than ever - and she's fine with people taking notice.
John Fund / National Review:
James O'Keefe Strikes Again  —  Many liberals are adamant there is no threat of voter fraud that justifies efforts to improve the integrity of elections.  “There is no real concrete evidence of voter fraud,” tweeted Donna Brazile, former acting chair of the Democratic National Committee, this week.
David Remnick / New Yorker:
Postscript: Benjamin C. Bradlee (1921-2014)  —  Benjamin Crowninshield Bradlee, the most charismatic and consequential newspaper editor of postwar America, died at the age of ninety-three on Tuesday.  Among his many bequests to the Republic was a catalogue of swaggering anecdotes rich enough to float a week of testimonial dinners.
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Ed Kilgore / Washington Monthly:
RIP Ben Bradlee
Discussion: Booman Tribune
Robert G. Kaiser / Washington Post:
Ben Bradlee, legendary Washington Post editor, dies at 93
Sahil Kapur / Talking Points Memo:
Is Martha Coakley About To Blow Another Major Race In Massachusetts?  —  National Democrats are haunted by memories of Martha Coakley's unforced stumbles and missteps in 2010, which cost them a U.S. Senate seat in one of the country's bluest states.  —  Four laters later …
Discussion: WBUR and Lawyers, Guns & Money
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NorthJersey.com:
Christie says GOP gubernatorial candidates need to win so they control ‘voting mechanisms’  —  Governor Christie pushed further into the contentious debate over voting rights than ever before, saying Tuesday that Republicans need to win gubernatorial races this year so that they're the ones controlling …
Discussion: Election Law Blog
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Tim Alberta / National Journal:
Chris Christie Previews 2016 Campaign: 'It's Time to Start Offending People'  —  “I don't care if I'm loved.  I want to be respected.”  —  New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie launched a preemptive strike Tuesday against some potential Republican rivals for the White House, saying the “experiment” …
Josh Kraushaar / National Journal:
Senate Democratic Officials Start Lashing Out at White House  —  “The ineptitude of the White House political operation has sunk from annoying to embarrassing,” said one Democratic Senate strategist.  —  The relationship between the White House and Senate Democrats hit a new low Tuesday evening …
Discussion: Fox News, CNN, Washington Post and BuzzFeed
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Erica Werner / Associated Press:
Investigators: Secret Service Use ‘Problematic’
Discussion: Hot Air
Ahiza Garcia / Talking Points Memo:
The Palin Brawl Police Tapes - Annotated Edition  —  Amid the crackle and chaos of audio released by the Anchorage Police Department on Tuesday, an unmistakable voice could be heard.  —  “Did you find your necklace?” the woman could be heard saying.  “Track, that is such a God thing.  See?”
Discussion: Joe. My. God. and Raw Story
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Casey Mattox / The Federalist:
California Orders Churches To Fund Abortions—Or Else  —  For the past four years, the Obama administration and its friends on the Left were careful to claim that they still strongly support religious liberty while arguing that Hobby Lobby's Green family, Conestoga Wood Specialties' Hahn family, and others like them must lose.
Alexandra Jaffe / The Hill:
Tea Partyers fall in line  —  Tea Partyers have learned to play nice after a cycle of knockdown, drag-out fights with the Republican establishment that have gotten them nowhere.  —  Sensing a GOP majority in the Senate is within reach, conservative groups have put down their bombs …
Peter Nicholas / Wall Street Journal:
How Monica Lewinsky Could Complicate Hillary Clinton's Likely 2016 Bid  —  Monica Lewinsky isn't going away.  —  The ex-White House intern whose affair with Bill Clinton nearly sank his presidency has emerged from seclusion and is tweeting, writing and delivering speeches.
Discussion: Mediaite
Ben Brumfield / CNN:
Officials: 3 Denver girls played hooky from school and tried to join ISIS  —  (CNN) — The first indication that something was wrong was a phone call from his daughter's Denver area school to let Assad Ibrahim know that she had not come to class.  —  He dialed her cell.  And she answered.
CNN:
Elizabeth Warren: I've been treated differently  —  Denver (CNN) — Sen. Elizabeth Warren told CNN she has been treated differently as a woman in the clubby upper chamber — echoing the general sentiments of her colleague Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, who wrote about sexism in the Senate in a recent book.
Discussion: Washington Post
coburn.senate.gov:
Wastebook 2014: What Washington doesn't want you to read.  —  Voodoo Dolls, Gambling Monkeys, Zombies in Love and Paid Vacations for Misbehaving Bureaucrats Top List of the Most Outlandish Government Spending in Wastebook 2014  —  Gambling monkeys, dancing zombies and mountain lions …
 
 
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Joe Dolinsky / Philly.com:
Corbett in Phila. signs ‘Mumia bill’
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Adrian Carrasquillo / BuzzFeed:
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Adrienne Cutway / Orlando Sentinel:
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Discussion: ThinkProgress and UPROXX
Geoff Morrell / Politico:
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Michael Tomasky / The Daily Beast:
Dark Money and Our Looming Oligarchy
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Michael Allen / opposingviews.com/homepage.xml:
Candidate For Texas Lt. Gov. Claims God Speaks Through Phil Robertson (Video)
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Quinnipiac News + Events:
Release Detail  —  October 22, 2014 - Men, Women Divided …
New York Times:
Alison Lundergan Grimes, Kay Hagan and Other Candidates Avoid Obama
Discussion: Hot Air and National Review
Adam Ciralsky / Vanity Fair:
Did Israel Avert a Hamas Massacre?
Discussion: Israel Matzav
Markos Moulitsas / The Hill:
Will Dems turn out?  —  Republicans have a cornucopia of advantages …
Discussion: Eclectablog
Heather Mac Donald / City Journal:
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Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Cooperated Secretly with Syrian Kurds in Battle Against Islamic State
Discussion: Fox News and BillMoyers.com
John Hinderaker / Power Line:
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New York Times:
The NBC News-Ronna McDaniel saga highlights the perks and perils of partisan talk TV; a source says McDaniel is now seeking $600K+ for her two year deal

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