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Death and Recriminations After Jet Downed Over Ukraine, GOP Doesn't Trust Justice's IRS Probe, CDC Again Promises to Be More Careful: P.M. Links

J.D. Tuccille | 7.17.2014 4:30 PM

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    The downing—quite possibly deliberate—of a Malaysia Airlines jet over eastern Ukraine killed at least 295 people and has Russia, Ukraine, and local separatists pointing fingers.

  • Israel has announced it has launched a ground offensive in the Gaza Strip.
  • The Justice Department's probe of the IRS email scandal draws arched eyebrows from GOP lawmakers who consider it less than sincere.
  • The Philadelphia mom busted in New Jersey for straying across the border with her legally carried pistol hopes for a touch of mercy from Garden State authorities.
  • The CDC's vows to stop leaving deadly diseases lying around unsecured echo previous promises to be more careful with the stuff.
  • Gay couples in Monroe County, Florida, can start getting hitched next Tuesday, says a local judge who overturned the state ban on constitutional grounds.
  • The sweet, sweet smell of marijuana is no longer grounds for searching cars, the state's high court ruled.

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