RSN: Clint Eastwood on Michael Moore, Bill Maher and American Sniper: 'They're Right'

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FOCUS | Clint Eastwood on Michael Moore, Bill Maher and American Sniper: 'They're Right'

Matt Wilstein, Mediaite
Wilstein writes: "What does Clint Eastwood think of all the criticism his Oscar-nominated film American Sniper has been receiving from people like Michael Moore and Bill Maher?"
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RSN: Fracking Linked to 4.4 Magnitude Quake in Alberta, Making It the Largest Fracking-Related Quake Ever, US, UK Condemn Latest Israeli Plan for Settler Housing as "Illegal, Illegitimate"

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Glenn Greenwald | Under Suspicious Circumstances, FBI Places Brother of No-Fly Litigant on Most Wanted Terrorist List

Glenn Greenwald, The Intercept
Greenwald writes: "In late December 2010, 18-year-old Somali-American Gulet Mohamed was detained in Kuwait without charges and tortured, almost certainly at the behest of U.S. officials."
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Frank Rich | American Sniper Proves Obama's Politics Beat Cheney's
Frank Rich, New York Magazine
Rich writes: "The tumult surrounding American Sniper is in many ways more interesting than the film itself."
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New NYPD Anti-Terror Unit Will Get Machine Guns to Police Protesters
Jen Chung, Gothamist
Chung writes: "Murders reached a historic low in NYC for 2014; overall crime was down across the board by nearly 5%; hell, even the holiday slowdown didn't really lead to any additional crime."
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NFL Gets Billions in Subsidies From US Taxpayers
Chris Isidore, CNN
Isidore writes: "If you're a U.S. taxpayer then you're subsidizing the wildly profitable National Football League, regardless of whether you're a fan."
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German Chancellor Merkel Rules Out Greek Debt Relief
BBC
Excerpt: "German Chancellor Angela Merkel has ruled out cancelling any of Greece's debt, saying banks and creditors have already made substantial cuts."
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US, UK Condemn Latest Israeli Plan for Settler Housing as "Illegal, Illegitimate"
The Jerusalem Post
Excerpt: "The United States and the United Kingdom on Friday both condemned the Israeli government's plan to issue new tenders for housing units in the West Bank."
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Quebec Woman Suing Cop Who Left Her Locked in Back of Car With Man Who Ended Up Raping Her
Graeme Hamilton, National Post
Hamilton writes: "According to court documents, she handcuffed the girl and placed her in the back of her Kativik Regional Police Force vehicle truck. Already in the backseat for having caused a disturbance - but not handcuffed - was Joe Kritik, who at age 24 already had four convictions for sexual assault and was listed on the national sex offender registry."
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Fracking Linked to 4.4 Magnitude Quake in Alberta, Making It the Largest Fracking-Related Quake Ever
CBC News
Excerpt: "Alberta's provincial energy regulator says a significant earthquake in northern Alberta was likely caused by hydraulic fracturing."
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RSN: Most of Public and About Half in GOP Back Climate Action, Court Rules US Military Ordered Murder of Two Americans in Chile

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American Sniper Proves Obama's Politics Beat Cheney's

Frank Rich, New York Magazine
Rich writes: "The tumult surrounding American Sniper is in many ways more interesting than the film itself."
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Court Rules US Military Ordered Murder of Two Americans in Chile
Pascale Boonefoy, The New York Times
Excerpt: "Two former Chilean intelligence officials have been sentenced in the murders of two American citizens shortly after the 1973 coup led by Gen. Augusto Pinochet."
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Trevor Timm | Will the Obama Admin Finally Bring CIA Torturers to Justice?
Trevor Timm, Guardian UK
Timm writes: "The woman who will probably be the nation's top lawyer opened the door to prosecuting the men and women responsible for the CIA's torture program on Wednesday. And whether the President who nominated her likes it or not, she should act on it as soon as she's in office."
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Brawl Breaks Out at Michael Brown Meeting in St. Louis
Carey Gillam, Reuters
Gillam writes: "A meeting aimed at easing tensions between blacks and police in St. Louis erupted into a brawl on Wednesday night, underscoring the ongoing anger that persists in the area after the August police killing of an unarmed black teen."
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Bill Would Allow Texas Teachers to Kill Students Threatening School Property
Catherine Thompson, Talking Points Memo
Thompson writes: "Legislation filed last week in Texas would allow teachers to use deadly force in order to protect school property."
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CIA Interrogations Took Place on British Territory of Diego Garcia, According to Senior Bush Admin Official
Ben Bryant and Rupert Stone, Vice
Bryant and Stone write: "Interrogations of US prisoners took place at a CIA black site on the British overseas territory of Diego Garcia, a senior Bush administration official has told VICE News."
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Most of Public and About Half in GOP Back Climate Action
Coral Davenport and Marjorie Connelly, The New York Times
Excerpt: "An overwhelming majority of the American public, including nearly half of Republicans, support government action to curb global warming, according to a poll conducted by The New York Times, Stanford University and the nonpartisan environmental research group Resources for the Future."
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