memeorandum: France train shooting: Americans overpower gunman (BBC)

11:35 PM ET, August 21, 2015

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Unarmed hero US marine took bullet in the neck as he and colleague tackled euro-train gunman armed with AK47: American duo saved hundreds when they jumped on Moroccan terrorist after he opened fire on terrified passengers — A suspected Moroccan terrorist opened fire with a Kalashnikov on board a high speed train in northern France

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CNN:

Official: 2 U.S. Marines stop Islamist attacker on train in France — European official: France shooting a terrorist attack — As a gunman on an Amsterdam-to-Paris train was about to launch an attack by loading his Kalashnikov he was surprised by two U.S. Marines in civilian clothing …

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BBC:

France train shooting: Americans overpower gunman — Forensics experts check the crime scene — Three people have been hurt after a heavily armed man opened fire on a train in northern France, before being overpowered by two American passengers. — The incident happened …

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James Rothwell / Telegraph:

US marines prevent French train massacre: latest — Unarmed US marines foil attack by Moroccan gunman with Kalashnikov and handgun on train - follow live updates — Security agents of French national railway operator SNCF stand next to Thalys trains at the main train station in Arras, northern France

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ABC News:

Ellen Page Confronts Ted Cruz on Gay Rights at Iowa State Fair — While Sen. Ted Cruz was grilling pork chops at the Iowa State Fair today, actress Ellen Page, wearing a hat and sunglasses, snuck her way up to the grill and asked the GOP presidential candidate about “the persecution of gays in the workplace and LGBT rights.”

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John McCormick / Bloomberg Business:
Ted Cruz Criticizes Carter Day After Wrenching Talk on Cancer

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Katie Glueck / Politico:
Ellen Page confronts Ted Cruz on LGBT issues

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Katie Glueck / Politico:
Cruz: Jeb is ‘confused’ about my citizenship

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ABC News:
Watch: Ellen Page Grills Ted Cruz at Iowa State Fair

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Norm Ornstein / The Atlantic:

Maybe This Time Really Is Different — Historical context is a great asset. But is history always an accurate guide? Does past performance always give us the best predictor of future outcomes? — This election season provides a fascinating frame to see if the polarization in politics …

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Ed Kilgore / Washington Monthly:

Ornstein's Warning — Us old folks remember a time when AEI's Norman Ornstein was the very voice of The Conventional Wisdom. So his new column at The Atlantic ought to come as a particularly significant warning about this election cycle and the particular level of conservative freakout we are dealing with:

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Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:

Trump tells Alabama crowd he can't wait for the election — Donald Trump commanded an fervent crowd Friday night in Mobile, Ala., as the Republican presidential front-runner said he wished voting for the 2016 election was already underway. — “You know, if this were another country …

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Tom Boggioni / Raw Story:

Scott Walker: I don't have time for Black Lives Matter — let's talk about ‘things that matter’ — DON'T MISS STORIES. FOLLOW RAW STORY! — Campaigning in New Hampshire, where he finds himself tied in the polls with also-rans Carly Fiorina and Mike Huckabee, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker …

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John Harwood / CNBC:
Scott Walker talks birthright citizenship

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Nick Gass / Politico:
Trump calls O'Malley a ‘disgusting, little, weak, pathetic baby’

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Katie Glueck / Politico:
GOP insiders to Trump: Enough already

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Daily Mail:
Scott Walker says ‘Black Lives Matter’ doesn't matter! …

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Judd Legum / ThinkProgress:

Jeb Bush Super PAC Sends Mailer To 86,000 Iowans With Jeb's Head On A Black Body — Jeb Bush has been lagging in the polls, trailing Donald Trump by a wide margin nationally and in early states. — Nevertheless, he's still considered one of the most likely eventual nominees by pundits and political experts.

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Politico:
5 reasons Bush isn't freaking out about Trump

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Peter Sullivan / The Hill:

Pennsylvania becomes fifth state to find no Planned Parenthood wrongdoing — Pennsylvania has found no wrongdoing by Planned Parenthood in the state after a review, according to a letter from the state health department. — That decision makes it the fifth state to announce that they have found …

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Nick Gillespie / Hit & Run:
Pro-Choice Group Takes Down Story Slut-Shaming Pro-Life Activist

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Eliza Collins / Politico: Jindal trolls protesters with undercover Planned Parenthood videos

Kevin Cirilli / The Hill:
Planned Parenthood: Videos illegal

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Michael Scherer / TIME.com:

Read TIME's cover story and watch Trump's take on the Clintons, his opponents and how to change American politics — There are some things you just can't do in politics, not at the presidential level, anyway. — This is a game like any other, with rules honed over decades by the pros …

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Christine Byers / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:

Man killed by St. Louis police died from gunshot in the back — ST. LOUIS • An autopsy on Mansur Ball-Bey, whose death from police gunfire this week stirred protests, showed that he died from a single wound in the back, police officials said. — Chief Sam Dotson said the wound's …

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Robert Simonson / New York Times:

Sasha Petraske, Bar Owner Who Changed Cocktail Culture, Dies at 42 — Sasha Petraske, the founder of the influential New York cocktail bar Milk & Honey and many other polished drinking spots across the world, was found dead on Friday in Hudson, N.Y. He was 42 and had recently moved temporarily …

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Joshuakarpf / Spotify Blog:

SORRY. — We are in the middle of rolling out new terms and conditions and privacy policy and they've caused a lot of confusion about what kind of information we access and what we do with it. We apologize for that. We should have done a better job in communicating what these policies mean …

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Joe Coscarelli / New York Times:

Dr. Dre Apologizes to the 'Women I've Hurt' — For Dr. Dre, the self-proclaimed “first billionaire in hip-hop,” the movie “Straight Outta Compton” and its quasi-soundtrack, “Compton,” his first album in 16 years, were meant to be a victory lap. That biopic, about his hip-hop group, N.W.A. …

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Evelyn Cheng / CNBC:

Stocks plunge as global growth concerns weigh; Apple falls nearly 4% — CNBC's Bob Pisani rounds up the most hit stocks in the market selloff, and the pop in the VIX. Kensho data shows the VIX up 10 percent 3 days in a row is rare. — U.S. stocks traded about 2 percent lower on Friday …

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Bryan Lowry / Wichita Eagle:

Kansas Democratic Party chair resigns … Larry Meeker has resigned as chair of the Kansas Democratic Party following uproar over comments he made this week about moving the party in a more conservative direction. — Meeker's resignation was confirmed by the party's executive director …

Discussion: Associated Press