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The militant group behind the four-day takeover of a Nairobi mall claim Kenyan government forces used explosives in carrying out "a demolition" of the building, burying 137 hostages.
via NYDN Rss Article only http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/kenya-mall-takeover-militants-claim-137-hostages-buried-article-1.1466819
AL SHABAB: 137 HOSTAGES BURIED IN KENYA MALL RUBBLE…
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President Barack Obama touched down in New York City on Monday for a two-day visit mixing business with politics — but the Fundraiser-in-Chief isn’t raking it in like he used to.
via NYDN Rss Article only http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/obama-cash-dnc-fund-raisers-source-article-1.1465426
A new academic paper digging into presidential betting in the final weeks of the 2012 election finds that a single trader lost between $4 million and $7 million placing a flurry of Intrade bets on Mitt Romney—perhaps to make the Republican nominee’s chance of victory appear brighter.
Two economists who studied the data offer various rationales for the trader’s aggressive wagering on Mr. Romney in the final two weeks of the campaign. The anonymous trader placed 1.2 million pro-Romney contracts, some of which were actually in the form of bets against a Barack Obama victory.
The most plausible reason for the betting, the authors conclude, is that "this trader could have been attempting to manipulate beliefs about the odds of victory in an attempt to boost fundraising, campaign morale, and turnout."
via the WSJ via PoliticalWire
Weird behavior on the Romney-Obama betting market previously.
via MetaFilter http://www.metafilter.com/132249/Trader-Lost-Millions-Betting-on-Romney
The former John McCain adviser says he has "deep regret" for helping to create a "freak show."
via POLITICO – TOP Stories http://www.politico.com/story/2013/09/steve-schmidt-republicans-97250.html
Washington Redskins owner Dan Snyder used to be able to ride out the storm whenever critics mounted another campaign to get him to change the team name some consider a racist slur against Native Americans.
"Never," is the answer he’s given in the past. But this year, the barrage of criticism — fanned by social media, regular media and advertising — has reached an all-time high, leading some to wonder if the team that plays in Washington will have to plunk down $15 million to change its name.
The Oneida Indian Nation, based in upstate New York, has been making headway with a radio campaign and "ChangeTheMascot.org" website declaring it’s "simply wrong to use the offensive term "Redskins’ to sell anything, much less an NFL team." And Sports Illustrated’s Peter King and USA Today’s Christine Brennan have vowed not to use the word "Redskins" again.
via Advertising Age – Homepage http://adage.com/article/news/redskins-rebrand-cost-15-million/244295/?utm_source=News&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+AdvertisingAge/News
The reversal by Senator Marco Rubio, Republican of Florida, who has seen his allure among conservatives tumble, effectively blocks the judge’s nomination.
via NYT > Most Recent Headlines http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/24/us/politics/rubio-withdraws-support-for-gay-black-judges-nomination-to-the-federal-bench.html
The world will be watching to see whether President Obama and President Hassan Rouhani of Iran find a way to connect at the United Nations on Tuesday.
via NYT > Most Recent Headlines http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/24/world/handshake-with-iran-might-say-much-more.html
Prabhjot Singh, a medical doctor and professor in New York who is Sikh, was attacked in Harlem in what the police are calling a possible hate crime.
via NYT > Most Recent Headlines http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/24/nyregion/chronicling-anti-sikh-violence-and-now-a-victim.html
WASHINGTON (AP) — Kenya’s foreign minister says "two or three Americans" and "one Brit" were among those who attacked a Nairobi shopping mall. More than 60 people have been killed in the assault on the upscale mall, which has lasted for three days. The foreign minister, Amina Mohamed, said in an interview with PBS’ "NewsHour" program that the Americans were 18 to 19 years old, of Somali or Arab origin and lived "in Minnesota and one other place" in the US.
via Yahoo! News – Latest News & Headlines http://news.yahoo.com/kenya-official-several-americans-among-attackers-014659993–politics.html