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• Hey Instagram, What's the 'Missing Context' on This Photo of Trump at Ground Zero?

  11-09-2022 23:56
  To most conservatives, it’s always been obvious that the current regime of “independent third-party fact-checkers” was nothing more than a band of political activists.
  Fact-checking, to them, isn’t about fighting misinformation. It’s about deciding which opinions the public is allowed to hear.
  There is perhaps no better example of this than Instagram’s move on Sunday to add a “missing context” claim to a photograph of former President Donald Trump
  
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• Messages Show What Came Before Beheading of Young Mother: She Threatened to Expose the Suspect

  11-09-2022 23:32
  Threats made on social media to expose secrets may have led to the brutal death of a young woman in the San Francisco Bay Area last week.
  In a horrific Thursday attack in broad daylight, a man beheaded Karina Castro, 25, in the middle of the street in full view of several witnesses in the city of San Carlos, which is between San Francisco and San Jose.
  Raphael Solano Landaeta, 33, has been arrested and booked into jail on suspicion of murdering Castro.
  The victim and suspect are the parents of a
  
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• New Rule Introduced by Unelected Global Body Will Impact Every Firearm Purchased in US with a Credit Card

  11-09-2022 23:16
  New rules being accepted by credit card companies will allow all gun shop purchases made with a credit card to be tracked as such.
  The International Organization for Standardization, an international body,  announced Friday that it was creating a new merchant code for gun shop sales. Such stores had formerly been classified as dealers in “general merchandise,” according to Fox Business.
  As noted by CNBC, the code will show where a purchase was made and the amount, but not what w
  
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• Student Studying to Become a Doctor Takes Single Sip of Pina Colada, Realizes What Bartender Added to It Before Falling Down Dead

  11-09-2022 23:05
  An 18-year-old man who was allergic to dairy products died in Spain this July after he took one sip of a pina colada made with cow’s milk instead of coconut milk.
  Shiv Mistry, who had planned to attend Clare College at Cambridge University,  went into anaphylactic shock, according to the New York Post.
  Mistry, who was on vacation with friends, initially began to sweat, hyperventilate and vomit after partaking of his friend’s drink.RIP: Brit, 18, dies after taking one sip of Pina
  
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• Restaurant's Irreverent 9/11 Seafood Sunday Promotion Backfires, Could It Have Been What They Named the Chowder?

  11-09-2022 22:48
  A Virginia country club accidentally upset customers with its Sept. 11 memorial deals.
  Specifically, the Clubhouse at Aquia Harbour, located roughly an hour outside Washington, added a series of 9/11-themed foods in a move that some customers felt was out of touch.
  Among the offerings were foods called “First Responder Flatbread,” “9-11 Oysters” and “Flight 93 Redirect” crab dip, according to Fox News.
  One item was named “2977 Chowder,” which appea
  
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• Waukesha Christmas Parade Suspect Withdraws Insanity Plea: 'I Have My Own Reasons Why'

  11-09-2022 22:35
  On Nov. 21, 2021, Darrell Brooks Jr. reportedly drove an SUV into a parade full of locals celebrating Christmas, killing six and injuring dozens of others.
  Brooks now faces a bevy of charges, including six counts of homicide.
  Initially, Brooks’s representation claimed he was not responsible by reason of mental disease or defect. According to CBS News, however, Brooks withdrew his insanity plea on Friday.
  When the charges were withdrawn, Judge Jennifer Dorow asked the suspect why Brooks had
  
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• Benghazi Survivor Reveals What He Saw Break the Siege 10 Years Ago: 'I Call It the Seventh Man on Our Team'

  11-09-2022 21:50
  A survivor of the attack on the U.S. diplomatic compound in Benghazi, Libya, has offered a new theory of why the assault on Sept. 11, 2012, was broken off when it was.
  Four Americans were killed in the attack: Ambassador to Libya J. Christopher Stevens; State Department employee Sean Smith; and CIA contractors and former Navy SEALs Glen Doherty and Tyrone Woods
  In an interview published Sunday, Mark Geist, a CIA security contractor who helped defend the compound as part of a six-man team, recall
  
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• Credit card companies will adopt new sales code for gun transactions

  11-09-2022 21:41 via cnn.com
  
  US credit card giants said they will implement a new merchant category code for the nation's gun retailers, which gun control activists say will help flag potential mass shooters and gun traffickers.
  
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• F-35 Program Now Required to Have Security Waiver After What Was Discovered Inside Over 3,000 of the Jets

  11-09-2022 20:43
  F-35 jets in service to America’s military carry a little bit of Chinese metal, which has become a big issue because the alloy is banned in America, requiring a waiver to allow the metal to remain in place.
  According to a report by Bloomberg, the Chinese alloy was allowed a decade ago by the Pentagon when the F-35 program was mired in delays and cost overruns and has been in every plane made since 2003.
  According to Politico, the banned alloy is part of a magnet within the F-35. Although L
  
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• 'Irresponsible': Maine officials push back after lobster is placed on 'red' list

  11-09-2022 20:28 via cnn.com
  A prominent advocacy group has called on consumers to avoid lobster because of major threats to the critically endangered North Atlantic right whale, but Maine politicians are not happy about the guidance.
  
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• Watch: They Can't Help Themselves - Hosts of 'The View' Uses Queen's Death to Push Leftist Agenda

  11-09-2022 20:26
  In the wake of the passing of Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II last week, the hosts of ABC’s “The View” couldn’t help but use the news of the death of the long-time United Kingdom monarch to push their leftist political agenda.
  Instead of respecting Britain’s mourning of the longest reigning queen in the country’s history, a tenure that saw the end of the British Empire,  economic hardship, rebuilding, and decades of amazing technical growth, the crowin
  
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• Colorado police officer killed while responding to a disturbance

  11-09-2022 20:19 via cnn.com
  
  An Arvada, Colorado, police officer was killed while responding to a disturbance early Sunday, Police Chief Link Strate said.
  
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• US Customs and Border Protection seizes meth shipment valued at $11.9 million

  11-09-2022 20:11 via cnn.com
  
  US Customs and Border Protection officers at the Del Rio Port of Entry in Texas said they have have seized a shipment of methamphetamine valued at $11.9 million, making it the largest ever seizure of the drug at the port.
  
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• California authorities capture fugitive accused of killing an 8-year-old girl 6 months ago

  11-09-2022 20:05 via cnn.com
  
  Authorities have captured a man accused of killing an eight-year-old girl whose body was found at his central California home nearly six months ago, Lt. Joe Perez said in a news conference Sunday.
  
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• Yellen says inflation and higher gas prices remain a 'risk'

  11-09-2022 19:56 via cnn.com
  
  Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said Sunday that there is a "risk" that US gas prices could rise again later this year, as fears grow over the possibility that Americans' wallets could be strained by a spike in prices similar to the one seen this summer.
  
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• There's a 'risk' gas prices could spike again after they began sinking last month, Yellen says

  11-09-2022 19:56 via cnn.com
  
  Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said Sunday that there is a "risk" that US gas prices could rise again later this year, as fears grow over the possibility that Americans' wallets could be strained by a spike in prices similar to the one seen this summer.
  
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• One American Gets Epic Revenge That Brings an Entire Country Offline After Being a Victim of Cyber Attacks

  11-09-2022 19:55
  Approximately one year ago, state-sponsored hackers in North Korea targeted a large swatch of internet security experts in the United States. One of those hackers would go by the pseudonym or “handle” P4x.
  The North Koreans reportedly had the apparent goal of stealing their hacking tools and knowledge of western software exploits. Little did they know that P4x, who told his story to tech publication WIRED, took this attack personally.
  Two weeks ago, as the tech outlet reported, outsi
  
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• Flashback: Queen Elizabeth Broke Protocol in Wake of 9/11 in Huge Show of Support for America

  11-09-2022 19:36
  When America was at its lowest, Queen Elizabeth stepped up and broke traditions to show her support.
  The Queen died on Thursday after reports began surfacing about her deteriorating health. The royal family later confirmed the death via a statement from the newly-crowned King Charles III.
  Just as many Americans are showing support for the Queen and her family this week, roughly 20 years ago, the Queen showed support for the people of America after the tragic terror attack of Sept. 11, 2001.
  Acco
  
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• Dem Staffer Reveals Congress' Well-Kept Secret - Recurring Issue Plaguing Nadler

  11-09-2022 19:25
  At 75 years old, longtime New York Rep. Jerry Nadler, a Democrat, is far from being the oldest member of Congress, but he’s certainly well past his prime.
  A Democratic staffer told the New York Post that Nadler, who serves as chairman of the powerful House Judiciary Committee, has earned a nickname from his peers: “Rock-A-Bye Baby.”
  It is apparently a well-kept secret that the abrasive congressman falls asleep during meetings – frequently.
  Citing a Zoom meeting of House D
  
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• Police Rescue Fish and Chip Shop Owner Who Sparked Mob Fury by Celebrating Death of Queen 'Lizard Liz'

  11-09-2022 18:45
  The late Queen Elizabeth II has been mourned by millions after her death this week, with Britons pointing to the Queen as a beloved national symbol.
  One owner of a fish and chip shop in Scotland doesn’t quite see it the same way.
  A mob arrived outside Jaki Fish and Chip Shop in Muir of Ord, Scotland, after the owner of the business released a video celebrating Elizabeth’s death on Thursday, according to the Daily Mail.
  Jacki Pickett appeared in a Facebook video after the monarch&rsqu
  
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• Why better pay wasn't enough to get rail unions threatening to strike to agree to a deal

  11-09-2022 18:37 via cnn.com
  
  It's not just about the money.
  
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• Analysis: How the political tide has turned against vaping

  11-09-2022 18:22 via cnn.com
  
  When we think of politics, we often think of the legislative and executive branches. After all, nothing quite gets the juices flowing like an election, whether presidential or congressional.
  
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• Confused Whoopi Goldberg Tries to End 'The View' 20 Minutes Early, Sends Co-Hosts Into Hysterics

  11-09-2022 18:19
  Whoopi Goldberg has returned to hosting duties on “The View,” but may have metaphorically or literally lost the script on Thursday.
  Goldberg, a little over halfway through the daytime panel show eyeballed the camera and began to wind up for her signoff until she was apparently signaled by an off-screen producer that the show was still going on.
  “Next, I wanna say, you all have been a great audience, we love that you are watching. We want you all to have a great day today. Take
  
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• Fetterman Plans to Desecrate 9/11 Anniversary with Rally Promoting Anti-Police Activist

  11-09-2022 18:02
  Democratic United States Senate candidate John Fetterman is holding a shockingly tone deaf rally on the 21st anniversary of the 9/11 attacks of 2001.
  According to Fetterman’s campaign website, the “Women for Fetterman” rally is set for 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. in Blue Bell, Pennsylvania.
  The website designates the rally as a “highest priority” event.
  The main focus of the event will be Fetterman’s support for abortion. He has made his pro-abortion position a cornerst
  
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• Inferno Sweeps Through Veteran Community, Men Left Utterly Homeless After the Blaze

  11-09-2022 18:01
  Fire ripped through a series of small shelters built to house homeless veterans Friday. The shelters were located on the campus of the Veterans Administration in West Los Angeles.
  The fire broke out just after midnight, according to KNBC.
  Panic spread along with the flames, as some residents tried to fight the fire using fire extinguishers while others ran from the blaze.BREAKING: The West LA VA area where #homeless #veterans live in 140 temporary tiny homes caught on #fire this morning. Accordi
  
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• Family Left Heartbroken After Mother of 3 Viciously Impaled in Freak Accident - Just Feet from Home

  11-09-2022 17:11
  A freak accident led to a 59-year-old Bronx woman being killed after she was impaled on a fence.
  The woman was struck by a Lexus SUV at about 6:30 p.m. Friday. As the vehicle kept going, the force of the impact pushed her into the fence, which impaled her, according to the New York Post.
  In a follow-up story, the Post identified the woman as Paulina Nrecaj, a stay-at-home mother who had three children and one grandchild. She was walking down the street to get a pizza when she was struck, accordi
  
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• Analysis: One thing Americans agree on? Our politicians are too old.

  11-09-2022 17:10 via cnn.com
  
  The President of the United States is 79 years old.
  
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• DOJ Ramping-Up for Another Trump Raid? What We Noticed in Latest Court Filing Sets Off Alarm Bells

  11-09-2022 16:51
  In a Thursday court filing, the Department of Justice said it plans to appeal U.S. District Court Judge Aileen Cannon’s decision to appoint a special master to review documents seized by the FBI during the August raid on former President Donald Trump’s Florida home.
  This revelation surprised no one. What did surprise us, however, was the wording in the DOJ’s filing that leaves us wondering if a second raid on Mar-a-Lago — or some other action — may be in the cards.
  
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• DOJ Ramping Up for Another Trump Raid? What We Noticed in Latest Court Filing Reeks of Suspicion

  11-09-2022 16:51
  In a Thursday court filing, the Department of Justice said it plans to appeal U.S. District Court Judge Aileen Cannon’s decision to appoint a special master to review documents seized by the FBI during the August raid on former President Donald Trump’s Florida home.
  This revelation surprised no one. What did surprise us, however, was the wording in the DOJ’s filing that leaves us wondering if a second raid on Mar-a-Lago — or some other action — may be in the cards.
  
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• Border agency chief condemns retweets of 'offensive' comments by ex-Trump adviser from official CBP account

  11-09-2022 16:46 via cnn.com
  
  The head of US Customs and Border Protection on Saturday condemned several retweets from an official CBP regional Twitter account of "offensive" tweets made earlier that day by a former top adviser in the Trump administration.
  
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• Watch: Middle School Child Mercilessly Beats Teacher - Felony Charges Introduced

  11-09-2022 15:39
  A Texas eighth-grade student is facing a felony aggravated assault charge after the brutal beating of his middle school teacher, according to a news reports. KWES-TV.
  The student was arrested Wednesday in the attack, which took place at Bowie Middle School in Odessa, according to KWES-TV in Midland.
  The Ector County Independent School District addressed the assault in a statement to the station.
  “This is shocking and terrible, and will not be tolerated,” the statement said.
  “We
  
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• What Is Happening with the Queen's Corgis?

  11-09-2022 15:27
  For many people around the world, the word corgi is forever linked to Queen Elizabeth II.
  Princess Diana once called them a “moving carpet” always by her mother-in-law’s side. Stubby, fluffy little dogs with a high-pitched bark, corgis were the late queen’s constant companions since she was a child. She owned nearly 30 throughout her life, and they enjoyed a life of privilege fit for a royal pet.
  Elizabeth’s death last week has raised public concerns over who will c
  
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• Kamala Harris warns domestic threats to democracy are harming America at home and abroad

  11-09-2022 15:00 via nbcnews.com
  
  Vice President Kamala Harris said anti-democratic forces that have emerged in the mainstream of American politics have made the nation weaker at home and abroad.
  
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• Watch: Tucker Carlson Reacts to Dem Accused of Viciously Killing Journalist

  11-09-2022 14:43
  Fox News host Tucker Carlson was joined Friday by Adam Laxalt, the former attorney general of Nevada and current Republican nominee for Senate, to discuss the arrest of a Democratic politician for the murder of Las Vegas Review-Journal investigative reporter Jeff German and the partisan fallout that followed.
  On Wednesday, police arrested Clark County Public Administrator Rob Telles, who authorities allege targeted the reporter because of his articles about Telles’ official conduct, Carlso
  
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• 3 injured in explosion at Aurora, Colorado apartment building, forcing hundreds of residents from their homes

  11-09-2022 14:30 via cnn.com
  
  Hundreds of people will need to find new homes after an explosion at their apartment building in Aurora, Colorado, Saturday that injured at least three people, according to Aurora Fire Rescue.
  
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• Republican congressman presents convicted January 6 rioter with flag flown over US Capitol after her release from prison

  11-09-2022 13:50 via cnn.com
  
  Republican Rep. Louie Gohmert of Texas presented an honorary American flag recently flown above the US Capitol to a convicted January 6 rioter after she was released from prison Friday.
  
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• The worst of inflation finally might be over

  11-09-2022 13:42 via cnn.com
  
  Is inflation really peaking? Are consumers growing more confident? We'll get those answers this week when the latest consumer and producer price indexes as well as retail sales figures for August all come out.
  
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• Hillary Clinton Left Stunned After Learning of Secret Affair on Live Television

  11-09-2022 13:24
  Last week, Hillary Clinton found out about a 30-year-old affair she had not known about.
  Clinton, 74, and her daughter, Chelsea, 42, have been making the rounds of shows to plug their Apple TV+ docuseries, “Gutsy.”
  On Thursday, they were guests on the Bravo program “Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen.”
  As the interview progressed, host Cohen, an openly gay personality who has a reputation for provocative on-air behavior, decided to drop a bombshell, according to the
  
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• Why teachers, staff across US are under immense pressure to keep a roof over their heads

  11-09-2022 13:20 via cnn.com
  
  Shanika Whiten has devoted over two decades to working for the Los Angeles Unified School District.
  
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• Why teachers and staff across the country are under immense pressure to keep a roof over their heads

  11-09-2022 13:20 via cnn.com
  
  Shanika Whiten has devoted over two decades to working for the Los Angeles Unified School District.
  
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• The 14th Amendment is bad news for Trumpworld. And we just proved it.

  11-09-2022 13:00 via nbcnews.com
  
  A New Mexico judge ruled that Cowboys for Trump fanatic Couy Griffin was disqualified after the January 6 insurrection. The lawsuit win is a big deal.
  
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• Republicans have focused on inflation all year. Some conservatives think it's a mistake

  11-09-2022 12:01 via cnn.com
  
  Frustrated by Republicans' intense focus on inflation and President Joe Biden in the party's closing pitch to voters, some conservatives want to see the GOP talk more about hot-button cultural issues in the final sprint to Election Day.
  
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• Texas' PrEP ruling goes against common sense

  11-09-2022 11:30 via nbcnews.com
  
  The state ranks number two in the nation for new HIV diagnoses, and PrEP is up to 99% effective at preventing the virus. Why would a federal judge make the drug less accessible?
  
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• There's a big problem with this viral Dr. Oz photo. And not just for Dr. Oz.

  11-09-2022 10:30 via nbcnews.com
  
  In late August, a photo of U.S. Senate hopeful Dr. Mehmet Oz went viral. It's still around on Facebook and Twitter — even though it's fake news.
  
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• Greek Ships Open Fire Against Vessel in Mediterranean, Turkish Gunboats Respond

  11-09-2022 09:57
  Greek coast guard ships opened fire on a cargo vessel sailing in international waters in the Aegean Sea, the Turkish coast guard said, escalating tensions between the regional rivals that have mounted in recent weeks.
  There were no casualties in the shooting 11 nautical miles (13 miles) southwest of the Turkish island of Bozcaada on Saturday, the Turkish statement said. It added that after “harassment fire” from two Greek coast guard vessels, two Turkish coast guard ships went to the
  
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• 'Miracle baby' giraffe born at Columbus Zoo

  11-09-2022 08:01 via cnn.com
  
  The Columbus Zoo has welcomed a long-legged, endangered new addition: a baby Masai giraffe.
  
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• Montana health department adopts rule severely restricting changes of sex on birth certificates

  11-09-2022 01:54 via cnn.com
  
  Health officials in Montana adopted a proposed rule change Friday pertaining to changing the identification of sex on state-issued birth certificates, which now excludes changes following gender confirmation surgeries.
  
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• Op-Ed: What Is Your Child's School Hiding from You?

  11-09-2022 00:59
  When my husband and I enrolled our oldest in a state university, the registrar’s office informed my son, right in front of me, that I would not be able to log into his account to see his grades or any information unless he gave written approval.
  “Really?” I said. “You do know that I am the one paying for his education, correct?”
  “Mom, it’s fine,” my son said, recognizing I was not a happy camper. “I’m fine signing the paper for you to h
  
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• Op-Ed: The Stabbing of Salman Rushdie Was an Attack on Us All

  11-09-2022 00:02
  After living in secret since 1989, it was in the safety and freedom of the United States that Salman Rushdie was attacked with a knife by a religious zealot.
  The brutal stabbing shows that extremists’ plans can succeed despite stringent state-imposed restrictions designed to stop such perpetrators. It also underscores the near-universal pressure in the modern era to curb freedom of speech.
  Rushdie was the greatest living Indian-born English novelist when Ayatollah Khomeini offered a $3 mil
  
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