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7:05 AM ET, November 25, 2015

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Jeremy Diamond / CNN:
Trump: ‘Many people jumped and I witnessed it’ on 9/11  —  Columbus, Ohio (CNN)Donald Trump said Monday that he witnessed people jumping out of the Twin Towers on 9/11 from the view in his apartment.  —  “Many people jumped and I witnessed it, I watched that.
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Nicholas Fandos / New York Times:
In Renovation of Golf Club, Donald Trump Also Dressed Up History  —  STERLING, Va. — When Donald J. Trump bought a fixer-upper golf club on Lowes Island here for $13 million in 2009, he poured millions more into reconfiguring its two courses.  He angered conservationists by chopping …
Jim Dwyer / New York Times:
A Definitive Debunking of Donald Trump's 9/11 Claims  —  How alarmed were New Jersey officials by reports of Muslims dancing in the streets of Jersey City and Paterson on Sept. 11, 2001, to celebrate the destruction of the World Trade Center?  —  They feared riots would break out and were ready …
Discussion: JustOneMinute and Slantpoint
Scott Jaschik / Inside Higher Ed:
Covering Up a Painful Mural  —  Responding to concerns of black students, U of Kentucky will shroud a fresco on the state's history.  —  By  —  In 1934, Ann Rice O'Hanlon painted a fresco — then the largest one ever painted by a woman — in the University of Kentucky's Memorial Hall.
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Hunter Walker / Yahoo Politics:
Clinton promises never to say ‘illegal immigrants’ again
The White House:
Remarks by President Obama and President Hollande of France in Joint Press Conference  —  PRESIDENT OBAMA: President Hollande, it has been an honor to welcome you to the White House before, in happier times than this.  But as Americans, we stand by our friends — in good times and in bad — no matter what.
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Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Obama 2013: Assad must go.  Obama today: Hopefully Assad won't run for president again.  —  A nifty catch by Josh Rogin from today's presser.  If you want to see what “Smart Power” resolve looks like in practice, here's where we are right now with a guy whom the supposed leader of the free world …
Jeremy Gorner / Chicago Tribune:
Chicago police Officer Jason Van Dyke charged in shooting death of Laquan McDonald  —  Photos: Follow developments in the 2014 fatal police shooting of Laquan McDonald, 17, by Officer Jason Van Dyke, above.  —  A veteran Chicago police officer has been charged with first-degree murder …
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Mary Wisniewski / Reuters:
Chicago officer charged with murder; city to release video of shooting
Discussion: The Last Refuge and Hit & Run
New York Times:
Chicago Braces After Video of Police Shooting Is Released
Catherine Thompson / Talking Points Memo:
Police Arrest Suspects In Shooting Of Black Lives Matter Protesters  —  Authorities said they arrested two suspects Tuesday in connection with a shooting that left five Black Lives Matter protesters injured Monday night in Minneapolis.  —  The Minneapolis Police Department took …
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Star Tribune:
Police arrest suspect in shooting at 4th Precinct Black Lives Matter protest
Washington Post:
Five Black Lives Matter protesters shot in Minneapolis; police searching for white suspects
Andrea Cavallier / New York's PIX11:
Newborn boy left at nativity scene in Queens church, umbilical cord still attached  —  RICHMOND HILL, Queens — A newborn boy was left in the manger of an indoor nativity scene at the Holy Child Jesus Church in Queens Monday afternoon, police say.  —  The baby boy was found around 1:30 p.m. inside the Richmond Hill church.
Discussion: KTLA and WGN-TV
The Local:
Missing Vienna girl ‘beaten to death’ by Isis  —  A teenage girl from Vienna who ran away to join Isis fighters in Syria was reportedly beaten to death after trying to escape from the violent Islamic State group in Raqqa.  —  17-year-old Samra and her friend, 15-year-old Sabina …
Donald Tusk / Fox News:
Turkish F-16s shoot down Russian fighter jet near Syria border  —  Russian President Vladimir Putin said Tuesday that Turkey's decision to shoot down a Russian warplane near Turkey's border with Syria is a “stab in the back” and it would have “significant consequences” for its relations with Turkey …
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Associated Press:
Turkey shoots down Russian jet it says violated its airspace
Western Today:
From President Shepard: Western is Suspending All Classes Tuesday  —  [ Update: The suspension of classes applies to ALL of Western's campuses. ]  —  A message from President Bruce Shepard:  —  Yesterday, we observed social media being used for hate speech targeted at Western students of color.
James Delingpole / Breitbart:
German Professor: NASA Has Fiddled Climate Data On ‘Unbelievable’ Scale  —  A German professor has confirmed what skeptics from Britain to the US have long suspected: that NASA's Goddard Institute of Space Studies has largely invented “global warming” by tampering with the raw temperature data records.
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Michael Allen / Opposing Views:
Christians Outraged By Google Evolution Doodle Celebrating Scientific Discovery  —  On Nov. 24, Google celebrated the 41st anniversary of the archeological discovery of “Lucy,” a fossil from 3.2 million years ago.  The web giant posted an evolutionary doodle of the March of Progress …
Discussion: Friendly Atheist and Liberaland
Adam Beam / Associated Press:
Outgoing Kentucky governor restores voting rights for thousands of felons  —  Change doesn't apply to those convicted of violent crimes, sex offenses, bribery or treason.  —  GOP-controlled state Senate blocked prior attempts to take action with legislation  —  Kentucky was 1 of only four states to bar felon voting
Susan Jones / CNSNews:
US Planes Left ISIS Fuel Tankers Unharmed Because ‘They Ran Out of Ammunition’ … (CNSNews.com) - The U.S. military conducted a second wave of attacks on (parked) ISIS oil tankers in Syria on Sunday, Nov. 22, but the attack fell short of its goal:  —  “The goal was to destroy every truck there.
NBC News:
At Least 12 Dead in Attack on Tunisia Military Bus  —  TUNIS — At least 12 people were killed on Tuesday after an explosion tore through a bus full of Tunisian presidential guards in an attack one source said was probably carried out by a bomber detonating his explosives in the vehicle.
Discussion: WSLS-TV
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France 24:
Tunisia declares state of emergency after deadly bus blast
Discussion: Jihad Watch and Pamela Geller
Sarah Ferris / The Hill:
Rubio budget win is dealing heavy blow to ObamaCare  —  Sen. Marco Rubio may have dealt the biggest blow in the GOP's five-year war against ObamaCare.  —  A 2014 budget measure inspired by the Florida senator and presidential hopeful is pushing some insurers to drop out of the ObamaCare exchanges, experts say.
Discussion: RedState and The Daily Caller
 
 
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New York Times:
Iranian Hackers Attack State Dept. via Social Media Accounts
Discussion: Algemeiner.com, The Verge and Infowars
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Feds ask Supreme Court to hear immigration case this term
Discussion: Bloomberg Business
David Edwards / Raw Story:
Ben Carson tells anti-choice group: Abortion is like slavery, not 'an issue of women's rights'
Discussion: Mock Paper Scissors
Josh Haskell / ABC News:
Mike Huckabee to Have Knee Surgery Over Thanksgiving Holiday
Justin Huggler / Telegraph:
Guards at Berlin refugee office ‘used Nazi language and called for asylum-seekers to be sent to concentration camps’
Discussion: Vox Popoli
Charlie Spiering / Breitbart:
Obama: Paris Climate Summit Will Be ‘Powerful Rebuke’ To Terrorists
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Azi Paybarah / Politico:
Bratton predicts record-setting year for safety
Discussion: Balloon Juice
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Rubio backer is behind new anti-Ted Cruz ad
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Gerry Everding / Newsroom:
Obituary: Douglass C. North, Nobel Prize-winning economist, 95
Discussion: Crooked Timber and Washington Post
 

 
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