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9:05 AM ET, January 4, 2010

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Eric Lipton / New York Times:
U.S. Intensifies Screening for Travelers From 14 Nations  —  WASHINGTON — Citizens of 14 nations, including Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Nigeria, who are flying to the United States will be subjected indefinitely to the intense screening at airports worldwide that was imposed after the Christmas …
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Fox News:
Man Skirts Newark Airport Security; Flights Delayed  —  NEWARK, N.J. — A man walked through a screening checkpoint exit into the secure side of a terminal at one of the nation's busiest airports on Sunday night, and flights were grounded for hours and passengers had to be re-screened while air safety officials searched for him.
CNN:
TSA: Newark terminal locked down  —  (CNN) — Hours after a security breach forced the closure of a terminal at the Newark, New Jersey, airport Sunday, authorities were still searching for a man who went the wrong way through a checkpoint exit.  —  The incident happened at about 5:20 p.m. at Terminal C …
Matthew Weaver / Guardian:
US imposes extra air security checks
Discussion: TSA, Truthdig and Jihad Watch
Carol D. Leonnig / Washington Post:
Stepped-up screening targets fliers from ‘terror-prone’ lands
Andrew Sullivan / The Daily Dish:
Photo-Smearing Obama  —  Glenn Reynolds finds a photo in the White House Flickr basket and publishes it to, er, point out how bad the White House's p.r. is, or how blind they are to perceptions of Obama or some such thing.  I tried to puzzle this one out and can just about see how an elusive photo …
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Ann Althouse / Althouse:
“Damn, Obama looks like James Bond in this picture.”  —  Says a commenter at the White House Flickr site.  Is that what you see?  Keep in mind that this is a picture the WH selected and had to have thought flattered the President and furthered his interests:  —  People who like Obama are blinded to the way other people see him.
alicublog:
QUOTOMATIC SELECTOR SAY …
Glenn Reynolds / Instapundit:
PARSING NEW YORK TIMES EDITORIALS IS HARD: “So, weakness …
Steve Benen / Washington Monthly:
BRIT HUME SAID WHAT?.... As regular readers know, I've made no mention of Tiger Woods on this blog.  I don't care about golf; I don't care about golfers' private lives; I don't care about any aspect of this “story” at any level.  —  But I was taken aback when I saw that Fox News' Brit Hume …
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Raw Story:
Brit Hume: Tiger Woods must become Christian to be forgiven  —  Buddhism is inferior to Christianity when it comes to forgiveness of sins, according to Fox News pundit Brit Hume.  Tiger Woods should turn his back on Buddhism and become a Christian to be forgiven for cheating on his wife, Hume told Fox News' Chris Wallace Sunday.
BBC:
Effigy of Obama hanged in US town  —  The US Secret Service says it is investigating after an effigy of Barack Obama was found hanging in the home town of former President Jimmy Carter.  —  TV footage showed the doll hanging by a noose in front of a red, white and blue sign that reads “Plains, Georgia.
Discussion: THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS and Raw Story
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Ty Tagami / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:   Obama effigy hanged in Jimmy Carter's hometown
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
That 1937 Feeling  —  Here's what's coming in economic news: The next employment report could show the economy adding jobs for the first time in two years.  The next G.D.P. report is likely to show solid growth in late 2009.  There will be lots of bullish commentary …
Adam Fogle / The Palmetto Scoop:
Brown will not seek re-election  —  CONGRESSMAN TO RETIRE AFTER 5TH TERM IN OFFICE  —  Republican Congressman Henry Brown, who has served South Carolina in the U.S. House since 2001, will retire at the end of his term, sources tell The Palmetto Scoop.  —  Brown will announce his intention …
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Josh Kraushaar / Scorecard's Blog:
Henry Brown retiring
Discussion: Swing State Project
Jonathan Cohn / The New Republic:
EXCLUSIVE: Dems ‘Almost Certain’ to Bypass Conference  —  Now that both the House and Senate have passed health care reform bills, all Democrats have to do is work out a compromise between the two versions.  And it appears they're not about to let the Republicans gum up the works again.
Aaron Blake / The Hill:
Ten campaign themes to watch  —  Important themes are emerging as party leaders move into full “campaign mode” ten months ahead of the 2010 midterms.  —  The Hill looks at 10 to keep an eye on as we say goodbye to 2009.  —  1. How real is the tea party effect?
Discussion: Taegan Goddard's …
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The Politico:
GOP cash woes threaten House bids
Discussion: The Fix
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
White House: No matter what, we're sending Gitmo prisoners back to Yemen  —  As Susan notes below, a bipartisan group of lawmakers is urging the Obama White House not to go forward with plans to send a number of Yemeni terrorists now being held in the Guantanamo Bay detention facility back to their home country.
Guardian:
Peru's mountain people face fight for survival in a bitter winter  —  For alpaca farmer Ignacio Beneto Huamani and his young family, life in the Peruvian Andes, at almost 4,700m above sea level, has always been a struggle against the elements.  His village of Pichccahuasi, in Peru's Huancavelica region …
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System:
Monetary Policy and the Housing Bubble  —  The financial crisis that began in August 2007 has been the most severe of the post-World War II era and, very possibly—once one takes into account the global scope of the crisis, its broad effects on a range of markets and institutions …
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Catherine Rampell / New York Times:
Lax Oversight Caused Crisis, Bernanke Says
Jeffrey Gettleman / New York Times:
Americans' Role Seen in Uganda's Anti-Gay Push  —  KAMPALA, Uganda — Last March, three American evangelical Christians, whose teachings about “curing” homosexuals have been widely discredited in the United States, arrived here in Uganda's capital to give a series of talks.
 
 
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Joby Warrick / Washington Post:
Jordan emerges as key CIA counterterrorism ally
Discussion: The Page
Jim Scarantino / New Mexico Watchdog:
Stimulus Funds Went to Nonexistent Zip Code Areas
Discussion: Gateway Pundit
Emily Goodin / The Hill:
Reids, Bidens and Pauls to attempt to follow the Bushes and Kennedys
Discussion: The Page
Charles Scanlon / BBC:
US lifts HIV/Aids immigration ban
Discussion: Politics Daily and Truthdig
Marc Lacey / New York Times:
A Black Market Finds a Home in the Web's Back Alleys
Campbell Robertson / New York Times:
Alabama Democrat Casts His Lot With G.O.P.
Siun / Firedoglake:
Gaza March Blocked But Message Delivered
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Sasha Issenberg / Boston Globe:
Romney will hit key primary states on book tour
Agence France Presse:
Danish attack suspect also allegedly targeted Clinton: report
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
David Barboza / New York Times:
Large Oil Spill Reported in China
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