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* Soi-disant “sheik” with long record of sexual assault charges kills two hostages and was then killed by police in Sydney after chocolate-shop standoff.
* Kevin Drum notes the Ruble is now in free fall.
* New liberal group–State Innovation Exchange, or SIX–created to serve as counter-weight to ALEC. More about that later.
* Danny Vinik explains careful grammatical usage by Elizabeth Warren that is keeping alive hopes she will yet run for president.
* HHS signs off on Medicaid expansion waiver deal for Tennessee sought by Gov. Bill Haslam.
And in non-political news:
* Johnny Football’s debut as NFL starter more or less a dumpster fire.
As we break for lunch, let’s have some more Blind Connie Williams with “Trouble In Mind.”
