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2:45 AM ET, November 7, 2015

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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Exclusive: Carson claimed West Point ‘scholarship’ but never applied  —  Editor's note: POLITICO stands by its reporting on this story, which has been updated to reflect Ben Carson's on the record response.  The original story and headline said that Carson's campaign had admitted he …
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Rachel Stoltzfoos / The Daily Caller:
Team Carson: ‘Politico Story Is An Outright Lie’  —  “The campaign never ‘admitted to anything,’” a spokesman for Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson told The Daily Caller News Foundation in response to a hit by Politico claiming his campaign admitted to “fabricating” a key point about his West Point story.
Reid J. Epstein / Wall Street Journal:
Ben Carson's Past Faces Deeper Questions  —  In harsh light of presidential politics, parts of his inspirational biography are questioned  —  The day after Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was killed in 1968, Ben Carson's black classmates unleashed their anger and grief on white students who were a minority at Detroit's Southwestern High.
Discussion: addictinginfo.org
Steve Eder / New York Times:
Ben Carson Resists Challenges to the Life Story He Rode to Political Prominence  —  In his rise to the top of the crowded field for the Republican presidential nomination, Ben Carson has endeared himself to conservatives with his inspirational tale of emerging from a broken home to become …
Kevin Drum / Mother Jones:
Ben Carson Seems to Have a Serious Personal Honesty Problem
Kevin Cirilli / Bloomberg Business:
Carson Defends Claim That He Was Offered a Scholarship to West Point
David Weigel / Washington Post:
Ben Carson's allies defend West Point story
John Nolte / Breitbart:
Video Proof: CNN's Attack On Ben Carson's Biography Is Racially-Motivated
John Hinderaker / Power Line:
The West Point Flap: How Much Will It Hurt Carson? [With comment by Paul]
Diana Moskovitz / Deadspin:
This Is Why NFL Star Greg Hardy Was Arrested For Assaulting His Ex-Girlfriend  —  Barefoot and frightened, Nicole Holder walked as fast as she could through the darkness, and the moment she saw the cops she ran.  She headed west on Fifth Street toward North Church, away from the Charlotte. …
Coral Davenport / New York Times:
Citing Climate Change, Obama Rejects Construction of Keystone XL Oil Pipeline  —  WASHINGTON — President Obama announced on Friday that he had rejected the request from a Canadian company to build the Keystone XL oil pipeline, ending a seven-year review that had become a symbol of the debate over his climate policies.
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Rebecca Leber / New Republic:   Obama Rejects the Keystone XL Pipeline—And Secures His Environmental Legacy
The Hill:
Obama rejects Keystone pipeline
Discussion: Politico and The PJ Tatler
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Lachlan Markay / Washington Free Beacon:
Clinton Signed NDA Laying Out Criminal Penalties for Mishandling of Classified Info
Greg Hilburn / The News Star:
Edwards ad: Vitter chose prostitutes over patriots  —  Democrat state Rep. John Bel Edwards has cut a TV ad attacking Republican U.S. Sen. David Vitter specifically about Vitter's prostitution scandal for the first time during the Louisiana gubernatorial campaign.
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Catherine Thompson / Talking Points Memo:
Things Get Even Uglier In The Louisiana Race For Governor
Tierney Sneed / Talking Points Memo:
Leading Trump Supporter In Oklahoma Has Epically Offensive Facebook Page  —  An Oklahoma woman who has taken a prominent role with the Donald Trump campaign in the state has posted a variety of anti-Muslim, anti-transgender and other wildly offensive content to her public Facebook page.
Discussion: The Lost Ogle and Raw Story
Jordyn Phelps / ABC News:
Carly Fiorina Doesn't Correct Man Who Calls Obama a ‘Black Muslim’
Ariane de Vogue / CNN:
Supreme Court to hear new challenge to Obamacare contraception mandate  —  Washington (CNN)The Supreme Court announced on Friday that it would take up a challenge from religious non-profit groups — including the Little Sisters of the Poor— to the Affordable Care Act and the requirement …
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Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Supreme Court to Hear New Case on Contraception and Religion
Discussion: Mother Jones
New York Daily News:
Donald Trump had an uncredited ghostwriter for his new book, ‘Crippled America: How to Make America Great Again’  —  Donald Trump's new book, “Crippled America: How to Make America Great Again,” was written by a ghostwriter, two sources confirm to Confidenti@l.
Fox News:
Tip of the Day  —  THE DO'S AND DON'TS FROM BILL  —  The Factor Bookstore  —  The Factor Shop  —  MORE GEAR  —  ABOUT THE SHOW  —  The O'Reilly Factor" uncovers news items from the established wisdom and goes against the grain of the more traditional interview style programs.
Bloomberg Business:
A Wal-Mart Heir Is $27 Billion Poorer Than Everyone Thought  —  Son Lukas Walton, now 29, inherited twice as much as Christy  —  John Walton's widow was long pegged as America's richest woman  —  Ever since Wal-Mart heir John T. Walton died 10 years ago in a plane crash …
Associated Press:
Dashcam video of man holding hands up helps convict officers  —  NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Two police officers who accused a motorist of trying to grab one of their guns were convicted Thursday of misconduct in part because a dashcam video showed the motorist holding his hands up.
Discussion: Mediaite and Daily Kos
 
 
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Miranda Blue / Right Wing Watch:
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CBS News:
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Robert Costa / Washington Post:
Jindal challenges Cruz to a debate
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Sonny Bunch / The Daily Beast:
How Bryan Cranston's ‘Trumbo’ Whitewashes Stalinism
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Jonathan V. Last / Weekly Standard:
Why Bathrooms Matter  —  Last week was one of those quiet Election Days …
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Rebecca Riffkin / Gallup:
Americans With Government Health Plans Most Satisfied
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Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
Sources: Paramount Global's board is considering replacing CEO Bob Bakish with an “Office of the CEO” made up of division heads on an interim basis

Jeff Jarvis / BuzzMachine:
The New York Times is broken, shown by its entitled, petulant reaction to Politico's report on its tense relationship with Biden

Andrew Marchand / The Athletic:
Sources: Amazon Prime Video has a framework deal for NBA broadcast rights for at least a decade, starting in 2025-26; ESPN/ABC is expected to keep the finals
 
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