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CBS News’ White House correspondent Mark Knoller tweeted this morning that President Barack Obama did not return a salute to a Marine before boarding Marine One on the South Lawn: (Image: Mark Knoller/Twitter) (Image: Mark Knoller/Twitter) Indeed, the press pool report notes the same thing: In-town pool report #1 South Lawn departure for Annapolis Under gray skies and intermittent drizzle, President Obama boarded Marine One at 9:30 a.m. EDT in an open press event. A few White House regulars w...

“Deranged or alienated individuals — often U.S. citizens or legal residents — can do enormous damage”

“I didn’t think it would go through the first piece of wood at all…”

Ratings.

“Anybody who doesn’t think the KKK is alive and well today in America, I encourage you to go to the woods of Mississippi and see for yourself.”

“very dangerous foreign policy”

Plus, new details emerge about suspects’ radical Islamic ties.

The city decided a larger tribute was due…

Promoting a movie can be exhausting work. Just ask oscar-winning actor Morgan Freeman. The 75-year-old star appears to actually fall asleep during a live television interview with Seattle’s Fox TV station Q13. Freeman and his co-star Michael Caine were in the middle of a “press junket” – a back-to-back-to-back series of interviews – in support of their new movie, “Now You See Me.” What happens in a press junket? The stars are planted in a studio and typically are connected to stations via sat...

“The threat has shifted and evolved from the one that came to our shores on 9/11.”

“Why don’t you sit down and I’ll tell you exactly what I’m going to do?”

“Whether [he] was rappelling off a cliff, parachuting off the back of a plane, or scaling a wall, his special piece of kit came in the form of a 110-lb. dog with 2″ canines.”

“You can’t make people talk unless you’re will to do what Jack Bauer does.”

“Blah, Blah, Blah, Blah, Blah!”

Before Erica Nigrelli collapsed in a co-worker’s classroom at Elkins High School in Missouri City, Texas, she was unaware how dire her condition was. “Apparently I told her ‘I feel very faint,’ and I put my head down and essentially just passed out,” the 32-year-old English teacher recalled. Nigrelli, who was 36 weeks pregnant, technically died, said WMUR-TV. Erica Nigrelli. (Credit: YouTube) “I opened the door and walked in and Erica was lying on the floor,” said Erica’s husband Nathan, also...

“…what do you need to have — neon lights that say, ‘Islamic jihad, Islamic jihad!’”

MIAMI (AP) — LeBron James made a layup as time expired in overtime, and the Miami Heat found a way to beat the Indiana Pacers 103-102 in a wild Game 1 of the Eastern Conference finals Wednesday night. James finished with 30 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists for the Heat – his ninth postseason triple-double, and barely anyone noticed. All that mattered was the last shot, which simply saved the Heat. Paul George made three free throws with 2.2 seconds left in the overtime, which he forced with...

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“Unfortunately, one of the reasons we got into this mess is because a lot of Republicans were complicit in this spending spree.”

“As pointless – no – moronic laws go, it’s a doozie, showing absolutely no understanding or consideration for how restaurants and consumers operate.”

Police believe the shooting was over a DJ refusing to play the man’s favorite song.

“The testimony was the babies were born alive, were wiggling on the operating table, were crying — and he stuck scissors in the back of their necks.”

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“Is it that you can’t say ‘yes’ or ‘no’ or you’re just choosing not to say ‘yes’ or ‘no’?”

“When we got to the school it was pretty much chaos and destruction.”

Police officers man a cordoned off area in Woolwich, east London, on May 22, 2013, following an incident in which a man was killed and two others seriously injured. A man thought to be a serving soldier has been killed near a barracks in London, while two alleged suspects are in a serious condition in hospital after police responded to reports of an incident, the local lawmaker said. The incident took place in a street near the Royal Artillery Barracks in Woolwich. (Getty Images) Update I: St...

“…they were cannonballing right onto them.”

“It creates a visceral reaction that is disturbing.”

“When I hit the floor I was so shocked I was alive.”

Internal Revenue Service Director of Exempt Organizations Lois Lerner leaves a hearing of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee after refusing to testify on May 22, 2013 in Washington, D.C. The committee is investigating allegations that the IRS targeted conservative nonprofit organizations with “Tea Party,” “patriot” and other words in their names for additional scrutiny. Lerner, who headed the division that oversees exempt organizations, exercised her constitutional right not ...

“…they told me they’re going to bring him back. They never brought him back.”

“I answered a question that was clearly made towards me as a joke with a silly remark…”

He also attacked fast-food restaurants, white images of Jesus Christ, and gay marriage.

Ka-boom.

“This is Manhattan, everybody seems to have something else to do.”

The Senate Finance Committee on Tuesday held a hearing on the Internal Revenue Service’s targeting of conservative groups. Witnesses at the four-hour hearing included former IRS Commissioner Douglas Shulman, who headed the agency during the period when it “aggressively” discriminated against conservative groups, Treasury Department Inspector General J. Russell George, and ousted IRS interim chief Steven Miller. Despite the fact that the hearing, the second Congress has held on the explosive i...

“…potentially devastating to both Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton.”

“He also said he didn’t inform reporters about the discussions earlier because he hadn’t been asked ‘precise’ enough questions.”

“Everything’s new.”

“I could feel the power of prayer.”

“Not being able to see the target, remember where it is and actually get right on it. He’s done awesome.”

Ousted Internal Revenue Service interim head Steven Miller took full responsibility Tuesday for the planted question that kicked off the IRS’s conservative targeting scandal, adding that the question was “an incredibly bad idea.” “I will take responsibility for that,” Miller said in response to a question from Republican Senator Chuck Grassley. “The thought was to – now that we had the TIGTA [Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration] report, you had all the facts. We had our response...

“I can confirm that an intrusion of my computers has been under some investigation on my end for some months but I’m not prepared to make an allegation against a specific entity today.”

Not only does the 18-foot, 8-inch Burmese python caught by Jason Leon this month weighing 128 pounds beat the state record in Florida, but the story of how he brought down the female snake is pretty impressive as well. According to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, Leon was driving in a rural area of Miami-Dade County with a passenger when they spotted just three feet of the snake sticking out alongside the road. While many would have kept driving upon seeing the massive ...

A new video has surfaced showing the evolution of the Moore, Oklahoma, tornado from a small funnel cloud into a roaring F4 twister. The video, which was posted to Reddit, shows a man capturing it all from a parking lot as the storm rages by. But it’s not just the images the convey the full impact: the video also captures the sound of the roaring wind that accompanied the storm. Here’s the evolution in pictures: You can watch it unfold below (be sure to click the HD button in the bottom right)...

• Some children reportedly drowned below school• Local reporter gets choked up describing scene• More children feared dead • 145 hospitalized, many of them children