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12:05 AM ET, July 24, 2015

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Claire Taylor / The Advertiser:
Shooter opens fire at Grand Theatre, injures 6, kills self  —  UPDATED:  —  Gov. Bobby Jindal confirmed on Twitter that he is speaking with state police to investigate the shooting. … City Marshal Brian Pope has confirmed for The Daily Advertiser that six people were injured in a shooting Thursday night at the Grand Theatre.
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KLFY-TV:
Lafayette Police confirm shooter is dead after opening fire at The Grand Theater on Johnston Street  —  WATCH LIVE COVERAGE: http://klfy.com/live-stream/  —  The Lafayette Police Department has confirmed to KLFY News 10 that they believe the shooter, who opened fire at the Grand Theater, is dead.
Discussion: Daily Mail, NBC News and WLNS-TV
Paul Kieu / ABC News:
3 Dead, 7 Injured in Lafayette Louisiana Theater Shooting, Police Say  —  Two people were killed and seven others wounded when a gunman opened fire inside a packed movie theater in Lafayette, Louisiana Thursday night, police said.  At some point the gunman died from a self-inflicted wound, official said.
Numbers / Pew Research Center:
GOP's Favorability Rating Takes a Negative Turn  —  Republicans Less Positive About Their Party  —  The Republican Party's image has grown more negative over the first half of this year.  Currently, 32% have a favorable impression of the Republican Party, while 60% have an unfavorable view.
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Ed Kilgore / Washington Monthly:
Bye Bye J-J!  —  Executive Office of the President/Wikimedia Commons …
Discussion: Booman Tribune
Christopher Keating / Hartford Courant:
Democrats Change Name of Fundraising Dinner
Kevin Drum / Mother Jones:
Medicare Cost Projections Are Down Stunningly in 2015 Report  —  As long as we're on the subject of annual trustees reports, the 2015 Medicare report was released today too.  And if the Social Security report was slightly good news, the Medicare report is, once again, spectacularly good news.
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Eli Stokols / Politico:
Jeb Bush defends Medicare ‘phase out’ comment  —  GORHAM, N.H. - During a town hall meeting here Thursday afternoon, Jeb Bush was put on the defensive about his comments Wednesday night about “phasing out” Medicare by an elderly woman who said she was worried about losing benefits she's spent years paying for.
Discussion: OnPolitics
Aarik Woods / WQAD-TV:
Mayflies force shutdown of Savanna - Sabula Bridge  —  Emergency crews were on scene over the weekend to clear a bridge after bugs took over.  —  On Saturday night, Teena Franzen recorded the incident while riding with her son in a Sabula police car.
Discussion: Mashable, Fusion and WNEP-TV
The Hill:
Exclusive: Trump threatens third-party run  —  NEW YORK — Donald Trump says the chances that he will launch a third-party White House run will “absolutely” increase if the Republican National Committee is unfair to him during the 2016 primary season.  —  “The RNC has not been supportive.
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Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Wait a sec: UN inspectors will be forced to rely on samples provided by ... Iran?  —  This can't be true, can it? … “PMD” is “possible military dimensions.”  In other words, if nuclear inspectors get a hot tip that Iran is conducting (or conducted in the past) atomic-bomb work at a secret site …
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Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
White House acknowledges ‘side’ deals between Iran, IAEA
Discussion: The PJ Tatler and Clash Daily
New York Times:
Kerry Defends Iran Nuclear Deal Before Skeptical Senate
Matt Buynak / WCTX-TV:
Clinton teen who mounted gun on drone arrested, charged with assaulting officers  —  CLINTON, Conn. (WTNH) — A Clinton teenager who posted a YouTube video of a gun being shot from a drone in his yard has been arrested after a warrant was issued.  —  Police say 18-year-old Austin Haughwout …
Discussion: KXAN-TV
Michael E. Miller / Washington Post:
Bison selfies are a bad idea: tourist gored in Yellowstone as another photo goes awry  —  Every year, more than three million people pour into Yellowstone National Park, eager to escape the cramped cubicles and tiny apartments from whence they came.  —  They gaze upon the geysers.
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Jethro Mullen / CNN:
Bison attacks woman who was trying to take selfie with it in Yellowstone Park
Discussion: Mediaite
Stephanie Simon / Politico:
No profit left behind  —  In the high-stakes world of American education, Pearson makes money even when its results don't measure up.  —  The British publishing giant Pearson had made few inroads in the United States — aside from distributing the TV game show “Family Feud” …
Discussion: Slantpoint
Gabe Souza / The Portland Press Herald:
Windham lobsterman traps bright orange lobster, his second rarity  —  Bill Coppersmith caught a bright orange lobster Wednesday, and in 1997 his catch included an albino.  —  When it comes to catching “one in several million” lobsters, Bill Coppersmith's score is 2.
Discussion: Associated Press and NPR
Erin McClam / NBC News:
Sandra Bland Death Ruled a Suicide by Hanging, Texas Prosecutor Says  —  Medical examiners ruled the death of Sandra Bland a suicide by hanging, and the autopsy uncovered no evidence of a violent struggle, a Texas prosecutor said Thursday.  —  Warren Diepraam, the first assistant district attorney …
Discussion: KFOR-TV, Firedoglake and Raw Story
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Mary Beth Lane / The Columbus Dispatch:
Civilian guard accidentally fires weapon outside Lancaster recruiting center  —  LANCASTER, Ohio — An armed volunteer guarding an Army recruiting station in the River Valley Mall area has been charged with a misdemeanor after he accidentally fired his AR-15 rifle this afternoon.
Discussion: Raw Story and Liberaland
Alex Roarty / National Journal:
Democrats Score Sought-After Senate Candidate in Pennsylvania  —  But Katie McGinty's entrance into the Senate race ensures a heated, divisive primary for the right to challenge Sen. Pat Toomey.  —  Pennsylvania Democrat Katie McGinty will resign her position as chief of staff to Gov. Tom Wolf …
Discussion: Moe Lane and Sabato's Crystal Ball
Los Angeles Times:
Judge must decide sentence for LAPD cop who assaulted woman on video  —  A judge is expected to decide Thursday whether a Los Angeles police officer should serve time behind bars for assaulting a South L.A. woman in an incident that was caught on video by a police cruiser camera.
Discussion: Fusion
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Los Angeles Times:
A homeless woman picked up an LAPD nightstick during the skid row shooting — and could get life in prison
Discussion: The Week
Sean Davis / The Federalist:
New York Times Editor: Isn't It Awesome How Hillary's Stonewalling The Press?  —  In a podcast posted on the New York Times website earlier this week, the paper's editorial page editor openly praised Hillary Clinton's strategy of stonewalling the media and refusing to answer questions about her campaign.
Dion Nissenbaum / Wall Street Journal:
Turkey to Let U.S. Military Use Its Base to Launch Strikes Against Islamic State  —  Agreement allows U.S. to operate manned, unmanned planes from air base near Syrian border  —  Turkey agreed to allow the U.S. to use air bases there to launch strikes against Islamic State forces in neighboring Syria …
Peter Beinart / The Atlantic:
The Gaping Hole in the Iran Debate  —  Iraqis peer through the window of an armored vehicle as the last American soldiers leave Iraq.  (Lucas Jackson / Reuters)  —  I have a fantasy.  It's that every politician and pundit who goes on TV to discuss the Iran deal is asked this question first …
Rich Lowry / Politico:
The Toxic Worldview of Ta-Nehisi Coates  —  Moses gave us the Ten Commandments.  Paul gave us the epistles.  And Ta-Nehisi gave us, Between the World and Me.  —  Get POLITICO Magazine in your feeds  —  The new book by Atlantic writer Ta-Nehisi Coates, in the form of a letter to his son …
Discussion: American Power
 
 
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