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Obama to people of New Orleans: You inspire me, and America
Carly Fiorina takes a licking but keeps on kicking
TV newsrooms pay tribute to slain journalists
Father of Virginia TV reporter slain on air vows to fight for gun control
Jury begins deliberations in New Hampshire prep school rape trial
Planned Parenthood report says fetal tissue videos were distorted
Trump on fatal shooting of WDBJ journalists
Jeb, get ahold of yourself
Grieving station comes together for newscast after deaths
'I've been a human powder keg for a while'

Obama to people of New Orleans: You inspire me, and America

Posted: 27 Aug 2015 04:49 PM PDT

The president meets with city residents to mark the 10th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina.

Carly Fiorina takes a licking but keeps on kicking

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TV newsrooms pay tribute to slain journalists

Posted: 27 Aug 2015 08:50 AM PDT

#WeStandWithWDBJ: Television newsrooms are paying tribute online to the pair of journalists who were shot and killed during a live broadcast in Virginia on Wednesday.

Father of Virginia TV reporter slain on air vows to fight for gun control

Posted: 27 Aug 2015 12:44 PM PDT

By Ian Simpson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The father of a Virginia journalist killed in an on-air shooting said on Thursday he would become a crusader for gun control, but analysts said there was little likelihood of legislation on the federal level any time soon, despite changes in some states. Two journalists, reporter Alison Parker and cameraman Adam Ward of Roanoke CBS affiliate WDBJ7, were shot during a live interview on Wednesday by a disgruntled former station employee who later killed himself. Parker's father, Andy Parker, urged state and federal lawmakers to take action on gun control, especially to keep firearms out of the hands of people who were mentally unstable.

Jury begins deliberations in New Hampshire prep school rape trial

Posted: 27 Aug 2015 01:11 PM PDT

By Ted Siefer CONCORD, N.H. (Reuters) - The jury in the rape trial of a former student at an elite New Hampshire boarding school began deliberations on Thursday after hearing closing arguments focusing on whether he forced a 15-year-old classmate to have sex or whether she accused him to save her reputation. A county prosecutor said defendant Owen Labrie, 19, told a friend had he had used "every trick in the book" to get the victim to have sex with him. "You only need tricks if someone says no," Assistant Merrimack County Attorney Joseph Cherniske told the jury of 11 men and three women, including two alternates.

Planned Parenthood report says fetal tissue videos were distorted

Posted: 27 Aug 2015 11:28 AM PDT

Planned Parenthood told U.S. congressional leaders on Thursday that manipulations and deletions used in the editing process of secretly recorded videos slamming the organization rendered the tapes unreliable for government inquiries. In an 11-page letter to Republican and Democratic congressional leaders, the reproductive healthcare group's president, Cecile Richards, detailed the findings of an analysis conducted by research firm Fusion GPS and commissioned by Planned Parenthood. In recent weeks, the Center for Medical Progress has released eight videos showing Planned Parenthood technicians gathering fetal tissue from abortions.

Trump on fatal shooting of WDBJ journalists

Posted: 27 Aug 2015 08:30 AM PDT

Donald Trump says the fatal shooting of two journalists on live television should not be seen as another example of America's problem with gun violence.

Jeb, get ahold of yourself

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Grieving station comes together for newscast after deaths

Posted: 27 Aug 2015 02:57 PM PDT

ROANOKE, Va. (AP) — Just one day after two of its own were killed, the news team at Virginia station WDBJ-TV regrouped, gathered together and leaned on one another for the live broadcast of its "Mornin'" show.