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2:59 AM ET, November 23, 2014

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Jeff Taylor / The Indianapolis Star, Indystar:
We erred in publishing cartoon  —  On Friday, we posted a Gary Varvel cartoon at indystar.com that offended a wide group of readers.  —  Many of them labeled it as racist.  Gary did not intend to be racially insensitive in his attempt to express his strong views about President Barack Obama's decision …
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Catherine Thompson / Talking Points Memo:
Newspaper ‘Erred’ In Publishing Cartoon Of Immigrants Crashing Thanksgiving  —  The Indianapolis Star on Saturday said it “erred” in publishing a cartoon that depicted undocumented immigrants crashing a white family's Thanksgiving dinner.  —  The cartoon by Gary Varvel showed …
Discussion: Gawker and New York Magazine
Kellan Howell / Washington Times:
Ferguson grand jury fails to reach decision on Darren Wilson indictment  —  'Just don't burn my shop down.  Don't destroy it'
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Daniel Wallis / Reuters:
FBI arrests two would-be Ferguson bomb suspects: law enforcement source  —  (Reuters) - Two men suspected of buying explosives they planned to detonate during protests in Ferguson, Missouri, once a grand jury decides the Michael Brown case, were arrested on Friday and charged with federal firearms offenses …
CNN:
Ferguson: A city on edge and waiting  —  Ferguson, Missouri (CNN) — [Breaking news update, 3:13 p.m.]  —  The grand jury deciding whether to indict Ferguson Police officer Darren Wilson in the August 9 shooting death of unarmed teen Michael Brown will not reconvene until Monday, local and federal law enforcement sources told CNN.
Lee Enterprises / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Jennings closes schools next week in expectation of grand jury decision
Milo Yiannopoulos / BREITBART.COM:
GAME DEVELOPERS' ASSOCIATION CALLS 10,000 TWEETERS 'HARASSERS'-INCLUDING KENTUCKY FRIED CHICKEN  —  In a sign of how frenzied, panicky and intolerant the games industry establishment has become over the legitimate concerns of ordinary gamers, the International Game Developers' Association branded …
Discussion: Vox Popoli
Washington Post:
Afghan mission for U.S. to continue under new authorities  —  The American military will have an expanded response to insurgents even after combat operations end.  —  The United States will remain in an armed conflict in Afghanistan — essentially at war — after the end of this year under rules …
Discussion: Washington Monthly
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Jonathan Gruber / Boston Herald:
House panel to quiz Gruber on health law ‘deceptions’  —  Photo by:  —  The controversy over Obamacare architect Jonathan Gruber's “stupidity of the American voter” comments reignited yesterday, as a powerful Congressional panel summoned the embattled MIT professor to testify in Washington next month.
Discussion: Political Wire and FOX News Radio
Michael Allen / Opposing Views:
Ex-Deputy Accused Of Killing Wife Over Her Smoking Marijuana (Video)  —  Tom Fallis, a former sheriff's deputy in Weld County, Colorado, was recently indicted for allegedly murdering his wife in 2012 in Evans, Colorado.  —  Fallis was arrested in Bloomington, Indiana, where he had moved with his three young children, on Tuesday.
Discussion: FOX News Radio and Raw Story
James Freeman / Wall Street Journal:
Standards, Fallen  —  There is so much that is deeply strange in a New York Times story reported Friday by Jason Horowitz.  —  Assuming the article is factually correct, and it certainly appears to be well reported, the president of the United States phoned the majority leader …
Reuters:
West seen easing demands on Iran atom bomb ‘mea culpa’ in deal  —  (Reuters) - World powers will press Iran to cease stonewalling a U.N. atomic bomb investigation as part of a wider nuclear accord, but will likely stop short of demanding full disclosure of any secret weapon work by Tehran to avoid killing an historic deal.
Associated Press:
US releases Saudi prisoner from Guantanamo Bay, to take part in militant rehab program  —  FILE 2006: A Saudi citizen who has spent the past 12 years detained at Guantanamo Bay has been released, the Pentagon said Saturday, amid a push to whittle down the prison population at the U.S. base in Cuba.
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