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Florida inmate executed; Trump team weighs livestream; Maine debate

The inmate had strangled his cellmate hoping for a death sentence, and ABC News reports advisers are now debating whether to livestream the Hasan execution.

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  1. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorA Florida inmate who strangled his cellmate, hoping to get the death penalty rather than spend his years in prison, was executed on Tuesday, according to Fox News.

  2. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentThat's the execution Skip was outside of earlier tonight, the one using the same method as the Tennessee case that went wrong.

  3. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorAnd there's a new wrinkle in Washington.

  4. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorABC News reports President Trump and his advisers are weighing whether to stop livestreaming the execution of Nidal Hasan.

  5. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentThe sources say some advisers are uneasy about it. No decision has been announced.

  6. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorIn Maine, Republican Senator Susan Collins and Democrat Troy Jackson clashed in their third debate, with three weeks until Election Day.

  7. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentThey argued over her votes on the Iran war and over the cost of living.

  8. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentThree debates in, nobody has agreed on the price of anything.

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The story so far

  1. Maine man arrested twice in two days in Bangor · Yahoo
  2. GOP ad buyer mixes up Portlands, sends Collins ad money to Oregon · NBC News
  3. Hasan Piker Admits He Was Born to Be a Champagne Socialist · National Review
  4. Speaker: Hasan Execution Video Could Aid Terror Recruitment · Newsmax
  5. Wrong Portland: Ad targeting Susan Collins' opponent reportedly ran… · KGW
  6. Maine auditor Matt Dunlap runs for Congress amid scrutiny · TheBlaze
  7. Florida inmate executed; Trump team weighs livestream; Maine debate (this story)

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