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10:30 AM ET, July 4, 2015

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Tom Maguire / JustOneMinute:
Happy Fourth - ObamaCare Premiums Set To Soar  —  Here is the NY Times headline for one of the slowest news days of the year:  —  Health Insurance Companies Seek Big Rate Increases for 2016  —  And how big was it?  —  WASHINGTON — Health insurance companies around the country …
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Robert Pear / New York Times:
Health Insurance Companies Seek Big Rate Increases for 2016  —  WASHINGTON — Health insurance companies around the country are seeking rate increases of 20 percent to 40 percent or more, saying their new customers under the Affordable Care Act turned out to be sicker than expected.
Discussion: Cafe Hayek
George Takei / Facebook:
I owe an apology.  On the eve of this Independence Day, I have a renewed sense of what this country stands for, and how I personally could help achieve it.  The promise of equality and freedom is one that all of us have to work for, at all times.  I know this as a survivor …
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The Hill:
ObamaCare win turns up heat on GOP presidential field  —  ObamaCare's victory at the Supreme Court is putting new pressure on Republican presidential candidates to map out a replacement to the healthcare law — a task that has eluded the party for more than five years.
Peter Baker / New York Times:
Obama Plans Broader Use of Clemency to Free Nonviolent Drug Offenders  —  WASHINGTON — Sometime in the next few weeks, aides expect President Obama to issue orders freeing dozens of federal prisoners locked up on nonviolent drug offenses.  With the stroke of his pen, he will probably commute …
Melissa Pamer / KTLA:
Wisconsin Man Arrested for Threats Against Obama, Said Killing President Is ‘Constitutional Duty’  —  A criminal complaint and arrest warrant were issued Thursday against a 55-year-old Tomah, Wisconsin man accused of threatening to kill President Barack Obama.
Discussion: Raw Story and Mediaite
New York Post:
Weenies burn flag to protest cops, get attacked by bikers, need cops to save their asses  —  Cops defuse a situation between a group of anti-NYPD flag-burners and a group of flag supporters.  —  Now they probably love the cops.  —  A group of flag-burning anti-NYPD protesters needed …
Paul Taylor / Reuters:
Exclusive: Europeans tried to block IMF debt report on Greece: sources  —  BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Euro zone countries tried in vain to stop the IMF publishing a gloomy analysis of Greece's debt burden which the leftist government says vindicates its call to voters to reject bailout terms …
Discussion: Telegraph
Kate Amara / WBAL-TV:
Sign inside Baltimore police van under investigation  —  Sign posted inside van: ‘Enjoy your ride, cuz we sure will!’  —  SHOW TRANSCRIPT  —  The Baltimore City Police Department has launched an internal investigation after a WBAL-TV 11 News viewer shared four photographs of a sign inside a city police wagon.
Charlie Bermant / Peninsula Daily News:
13-year-old Chimacum student charged with three counts of raping a 7-year-old  —  PORT TOWNSEND — A 13-year-old boy has been charged with three counts of first-degree rape after deputies said he attacked a 7-year-old girl on a Chimacum school bus.  —  The Chimacum Middle School student …
John Monk / The State:
EXCLUSIVE: Charges possible against church shooter's associates  —  COLUMBIA, SC  —  A joint state and federal investigation into the activities of accused Charleston church shooter Dylann Roof has widened to include other persons of interest, according to multiple sources familiar with the ongoing investigation.
Erica Ritz / TheBlaze.com:
Staffer Told Ted Cruz He Thought a Reporter Was Nice.  The GOP Candidate Responded With Harsh Advice.  —  After a young staffer told Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz how “nice” a member of the media is, Cruz said he actually stopped the young man with a harsh reminder about the intentions of most reporters.
 
 
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