memeorandum: Investigators: Mosque fire intentionally set (Samantha Ptashkin/Click2Houston.com)

8:35 PM ET, December 26, 2015

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ATF: Cause of fire at Houston mosque is suspicious — Officials said Friday evening the two-alarm fire that damaged a southwest Houston mosque Christmas morning may not have been an accident. Investigators discovered the fire had multiple points of origin. — CONNECT

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Samantha Ptashkin / Click2Houston.com:

Investigators: Mosque fire intentionally set — HOUSTON - Investigators with the Houston Fire Department said a fire that damaged a southwest Houston mosque was intentionally set. — The fire happened Christmas day at the Savoy Mosque located in a strip mall in the 11200 block of S. Wilcrest Drive and West Bellfort Avenue.

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Brian Rogers / Houston Chronicle: Mosque catches fire in southwest Houston

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Hugo Martin / Los Angeles Times:

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Tom Boggioni / Raw Story:

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Josh Feldman / Mediaite:
Sanders Adviser Suggests Staffer That Breached Voter Data May Have Been DNC Plant

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Megan Crepeau / Chicago Tribune:
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Guy Benson / Townhall.com:

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Kristen East / Politico:
Gowdy to campaign with Rubio

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Bill Kristol / ABC News:

Donald Trump Mystique Would Disappear With Iowa Loss — This week we asked ABC News contributor and Weekly Standard editor Bill Kristol five questions about Donald Trump, the GOP's current frontrunner for the nomination for president, and the broader 2016 race for the White House.

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Cory Bennett / The Hill:

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Jim Webb / Facebook:

Our next commander in chief must define a strategic vision for the country and accept accountability for past actions. Hillary Clinton should be called to account for her inept leadership that brought about the chaos in Libya, and the power vacuums that resulted in the rest of the region.

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