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12:45 PM ET, December 3, 2015

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Los Angeles Times:
San Bernardino shooting suspect traveled to Saudi Arabia, was married, appeared to be living ‘American Dream,’ co-workers say  —  A center for people with developmental disabilities is the scene of a fatal shooting in San Bernardino.  —  As the holiday gathering got underway Wednesday morning …
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Rich Schapiro / New York Daily News:
GOP presidential candidates offer prayers — not solutions on gun control — after San Bernardino massacre  —  Prayers aren't working.  —  Another mass shooting prompted another round of silence Wednesday from GOP presidential candidates on the issue of gun control.
NBC News:
At Least 14 Dead in California Shooting, Two Suspects Killed  —  At least 14 people were killed and two suspects were dead Wednesday after up to three people on a mission that authorities described as “possibly terrorism” barged into a holiday party in a California conference room and unleashed a bloodbath.
New York Times:
Couple Kept Tight Lid on Plans for San Bernardino Shooting  —  ANAHEIM, Calif. — On Wednesday morning, Syed Rizwan Farook and his wife, Tashfeen Malik, left their 6-month-old daughter with Mr. Farook's mother, telling her they were dipping out for a doctor's appointment, a relative said.
Fox News:
Police identify 2 suspects in California massacre; terrorism not ruled out  —  A Southern California county government employee and his wife killed 14 people and wounded 17 others at a San Bernardino office building in a precision assault Wednesday morning before they were killed in a shootout with police in the afternoon.
Toluse Olorunnipa / Bloomberg Business:
Obama Says California Shooting May Be Related to Terrorism  —  Law enforcement authorities haven't yet identified a motive  —  14 Killed, 17 Wounded in attack on building in San Bernadino  —  A mass shooting in California on Wednesday was possibly a terrorist attack …
Discussion: ABC News
Emma Green / The Atlantic:
Prayer Shaming After a Mass Shooting in San Bernardino  —  Directly after a mass shooting, in the minutes or hours or days between the first trickle of news and when police find a suspect or make arrests, it is very difficult to know what to do.  Some people demand political action, like greater gun control; others call for prayer.
New York Daily News:
EXCLUSIVE: Father of San Bernardino shooting suspect Syed Farook says son worked as health tech inspecting restaurants, hotels  —  One of the suspects in Wednesday's mass shooting in California was identified as a young father who worked for the county agency that had been holding a holiday party when the carnage unfolded.
Saeed Ahmed / CNN:
Who are Syed Rezwan Farook and Tashfeen Malik?  —  (CNN)Mass shootings that involve multiple shooters are rare in American history: just two of the 28 deadliest shootings were carried out by more than one person.  —  The attack at the Inland Regional Center in San Bernardino, California …
Jonathan Polakoff / CBS Los Angeles:
Authorities Search Redlands Home Tied To Suspect Syed Farook  —  REDLANDS (CBSLA.com) — Authorities on Wednesday night continued to investigate a Redlands home tied to Syed Farook, a suspect identified in connection with the mass shootings that killed at least 14 people and injured …
Kate Mather / Los Angeles Times:
San Bernardino shooting live updates: Female suspect Tashfeen Malik hailed from Pakistan, source says  —  LOCAL L.A. Now  — Hospitals and Clinics - Crime - Pakistan - San Bernardino Shooting - Shootings - Luis Gutierrez - Adam B. Schiff  —  What we know
CNN:
San Bernardino: At least 14 people killed in mass shooting; 2 suspects identified  —  San Bernardino, California (CNN)Two suspects died in a gun battle with police Wednesday hours after authorities say they burst into a holiday party at a center for people with developmental disabilities and killed 14 people.
Mark Hensch / The Hill:   Ryan: Attacks no reason to ‘trample’ gun rights
Nick Gass / Politico:
Obama: ‘Possible’ that San Bernardino attack was terrorism
Discussion: Bloomberg.com news
Christopher Ingraham / Washington Post:
The San Bernardino shooting is the second mass shooting today and the 355th this year
Washington Post:
Two dead suspects named after mass shooting that killed 14 at Calif. office party
Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Ted Cruz: Obama ‘nutty’ on radical Islamic terrorism
Discussion: Bloomberg.com news
MSNBC:
Fiorina: This is an unspeakable tragedy
Discussion: Raw Story and Political Wire
Michael Falcone / ABC News:
The Note: In the Shadow of a Shooting
Discussion: New York Times, The Week and abc7.com
Los Angeles Times:
San Bernardino: Shot three times, man calls father and wife to say 'I love you... Don't worry'
Discussion: KTLA, Business Insider and NPR
Brian Ross / ABC News:
What We Know About Couple Blamed in CA Massacre
Nicholas Kristof / New York Times:
On Guns, We're Not Even Trying  —  Another day, another ghastly shooting in America.
Discussion: Reuters, Hit & Run and The Week
Brian Steinberg / Variety:
CNN Will Not Give $5 Million To Charity To Get Donald Trump On Debates  —  CNN will not give $5 million to charity to ensure Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump appears on the Republican debate set to air on the Time Warner-owned cable-news outlet on December 15, the network's top executive said Thursday.
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Associated Press:
AP CONVERSATION: TRUMP CALLS MIDEAST PEACE ‘TOUGHEST DEAL’
Discussion: The Right Scoop and Politico
Bloomberg Business:
Republican White House Hopefuls Assail Obama, and Each Other, at Jewish Gathering
Discussion: Politico
Brent Budowsky / The Hill:
A coming GOP bloodbath  —  The Republican front-runner in the presidential campaign, who does more to define the GOP brand than any politician in America, has made the following destructive contributions to Republican politics during his White House bid:  —  He insulted heroic POWs by saying …
Discussion: Politico
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Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Trump Still Leads in NH but Christie Rising; Clinton/Sanders Closely Matched
Billy House / Bloomberg Business:
House Republican Conservatives on Paul Ryan: Meh  —  The conservatives who engineered the ouster of Speaker John Boehner aren't exactly erupting with cheers for his successor.  —  Some rebellious U.S. House conservatives who helped push former Speaker John Boehner out of Congress aren't sold yet on his successor.
Discussion: Politico
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Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
White House: GOP is threatening government shutdown
Discussion: Bloomberg Business, Politico and TaxVox
Erick Erickson / RedState:
Blaming White Americans First  —  There is an interesting trend worth noting.  In the face of tragedy, the political left always blames rational Americans first — not crazies, not terrorists, but rational Americans with whom they have political disagreements, who tend to be white, Christian, and Republican.
Alex Griswold / Mediaite:
Donald Trump Tweet on Shooting: At Least My Poll Numbers Will Go Up  —  Donald Trump managed to find a silver lining in the murder of 14 people in San Bernardino, California, retweeting a fan's tweet saying that his poll numbers would go up as a result.
 
 
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