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8:15 PM ET, September 14, 2015

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Nick Gass / Politico:
Ben Carson explains why he apologized to Donald Trump  —  Ben Carson is turning the other cheek.  —  The retired neurosurgeon explained his apology to Donald Trump in a new interview, saying that he was not questioning the real estate mogul's faith but rather talking about his own.
Discussion: Wall Street Journal
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Raw Story:
Arnold Schwarzenegger to take over for Donald Trump on Celebrity Apprentice
Discussion: Deadline, UPROXX and Progress Pond
James Hibberd / EW.com:
ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER TO REPLACE DONALD TRUMP AS CELEBRITY APPRENTICE HOST
Discussion: BizPac Review, Full Feed and TMZ.com
Politico:
McConnell's fall mandate: Keep calm, avert catastrophe  —  In a POLITICO interview, the Senate leader says the GOP can do big things — in 2017.  Until then, his agenda is more modest.  —  Mitch McConnell wants his party playing the long game.  —  To hear the Senate majority leader tell it …
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Peter Sullivan / The Hill:
Poll: Public wants to avoid shutdown over Planned Parenthood  —  A huge majority wants Congress to keep the government open, regardless of whether that means providing funding to Planned Parenthood, according to a CNN/ORC poll released Monday.  —  The poll finds that 71 percent of adults …
Juan Williams / The Hill:
The GOP at war  —  Forget presidential politics.
Discussion: The Moderate Voice
Sarah Ferris / The Hill:
GOP: Defund Planned Parenthood even if it didn't break the law
Discussion: Daily Kos and Talking Points Memo
Karen Tumulty / Washington Post:
Poll: Sharp erosion in Clinton support among Democratic women  —  COLUMBUS, Ohio — Hillary Rodham Clinton is suffering rapid erosion of support among Democratic women — the voters long presumed to be her bedrock in her bid to become the nation's first female president.
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Patricia Murphy / The Daily Beast:
Why Are Women Ditching Hillary?
Discussion: RedState
Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Debt-Ridden Donald Trump Lost His “Ship Of Jewels” To A Saudi Prince  —  I'm sailing awaaaaay...  Donald Trump has made a habit of criticizing the United States for allowing foreign countries to continue “eating our lunch,” a message he has pushed for nearly-thirty years.
Discussion: Liberaland
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Eamon Javers / CNBC:
Mark Cuban: I could beat Trump AND Clinton  —  Mark Cuban to CNBC: I would crush Donald  —  Republican candidates will hit the stage Wednesday night in their next debate.  CNBC's Eamon Javers reports Mark Cuban said he would crush Donald Trump if he were head to head with him in a race.
Discussion: OnPolitics
Carl Campanile / New York Post:
Anthony Weiner's so gross even PR flacks are disgusted by him  —  Anthony Weiner is so toxic that the powerhouse public-relations firm that hired him is losing top-flight talent, sources tell The Post.  —  Arthur Schwartz, one of the top executives at MWW, quit after the p.r. firm put …
Timothy D. Easley / ABC News:
Discussion: NPR, UPROXX, Daily Kos and abc7ny.com
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Mike Wynn / USA Today:
Kentucky clerk Kim Davis won't authorize licenses
David Kamp / Vanity Fair:
Why Late-Night Television Is Better than Ever  —  Late-night comedy has seen a disorienting—some feared fragmenting—shuffle over the last two years as Jay Leno, David Letterman, and Jon Stewart gave up their chairs.  But, writes David Kamp, a mix of new faces, shows, and platforms has only revitalized the format.
Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
Why is the media more interested in Hillary's email than in Jeb's profoundly dishonest tax pitch?  —  The formative experience of my political life was the 2000 presidential campaign, in which the media mercilessly persecuted Al Gore over a series of trivial exaggerations and now-forgotten pseudo-scandals …
Nicholas Confessore / New York Times:
Democrats Lay Groundwork to Expand Use of ‘Super PACs’  —  Democrats are laying the groundwork for an ambitious reorganization of their struggling network of “super PACs” that would exploit the loopholes and legal gray areas that Republicans have already used to raise hundreds of millions …
Discussion: BuzzFeed and Political Wire
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Ed Kilgore / Washington Monthly:
Perry Gets Winnowed
Danny Wicentowski / News Blog, Riverfront Times:
The Ferguson Commission Has Released its Long-Awaited Report.  Now What?  —  The Ferguson Commission wasn't built just to churn out a report.  —  Assembled by an executive order from Governor Jay Nixon, the commission's sixteen members have spent the past ten months compiling data, holding public hearings and listening to experts.
Discussion: The Atlantic and Raw Story
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Jason Rosenbaum / NPR:
Ferguson Commission Shines Light On Racially Divided St. Louis
TMZ.com:
Devo Co-Founder — 9/11 Themed Wedding ... Box Cutters Anyone?  —  9/11 THEMED WEDDING  —  ... Box Cutters Anyone?  —  9/14/2015 8:16 AM PDT BY TMZ STAFF  —  EXCLUSIVE  —  The co-founder of Devo and his bride hung their faces off a Twin Towers cake to celebrate their marriage with the most bizarre …
Discussion: Page Six, Gothamist and UPROXX
Michael Grunwald / Politico:
Is Trump killing justice reform?  —  Don't look now, but The Donald is actually shaping American policy.  —  Criminal justice reform, a perennial lost cause for civil rights lefties, had its surprise bipartisan moment this year.  Conservative Republican voices like anti-tax activist Grover Norquist …
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Ben Schreckinger / Politico:
Rebel billionaires eager to follow Trump into politics
Discussion: Business Insider
Maureen Callahan / New York Post:
Inside Ethel Kennedy's cruel neglect of her troubled kids  —  Ethel Kennedy in 1969.  —  Since Robert F. Kennedy's assassination on June 6, 1968, his widow, Ethel, has been his torchbearer.  Unlike her late sister-in-law, Jackie, she never remarried, never sought a path or identity that was hers alone.
Lucas Tomlinson / Fox News:
Russia shipping tanks into Syria, in ‘first clear sign of offensive weapons’  —  Russia's military build-up in Syria has grown to include the shipment of a half-dozen highly sophisticated battle tanks — and more troops — a defense official told Fox News, in what the source called the …
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John O'Brien / Syracuse Post-Standard:
Child victims partly to blame in priest sex-abuse cases, Syracuse bishop testified  —  SYRACUSE, N.Y. - The victims of child-molesting priests are partly to blame for their own abuse, the bishop of Syracuse said in a sworn deposition that revealed his views on the church's sex abuse scandal.
Discussion: Raw Story and Friendly Atheist
 
 
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Clyde Haberman / New York Times:
Shaken Baby Syndrome: A Diagnosis That Divides the Medical World
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Paul Bedard / Washington Examiner:
U.S. drops to 16th on ‘economic freedom’ list, behind Canada, Chile
Daily Mail:
Hungary blocks main crossing point from Serbia used by migrants
Discussion: Hot Air
Michael B. Mukasey / Wall Street Journal:
Cleaning Up After the Obama Team's Iran Deal
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Associated Press:
HIGHLIGHTS OF WALKER'S ANTI-UNION PROPOSALS
Discussion: Daily Kos and JSOnline
Fox News:
Cops shoot and kill alleged gunman who murdered rookie Kentucky state trooper
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Now-classified Clinton emails sitting on Google servers
Discussion: Hot Air and TalkLeft