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Robert D. McFadden / New York Times:
Edward Koch, Former Mayor of New York, Dies at 88 — Edward I. Koch, the master showman of City Hall, who parlayed shrewd political instincts and plenty of chutzpah into three tumultuous terms as mayor of New York with all the tenacity, zest and combativeness that personified his city of golden dreams, died Friday morning at age 88.
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New York Post:
Former New York City Mayor Ed Koch dead at age 88: sources — Former Mayor Ed Koch died early this morning, sources told The Post. He was 88. — Koch had been in and out of the hospital in recent months, and was admitted Monday at New York Presbyterian Medical Center.
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Associated Press:
Ed Koch, mayor who became a symbol of NYC, dies at 88 — NEW YORK (AP) — Ed Koch's favorite moment as mayor of New York City, fittingly, involved yelling. — Suddenly inspired to do something brash about the rare transit strike that crippled the city in 1980, he strode down to the Brooklyn Bridge …
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Benjamin Smith / New York Sun:
Mayor Koch, Self-Proclaimed ‘Liberal With Sanity’ Who Led New York From Fiscal Crisis, Is Dead at 88
Mayor Koch, Self-Proclaimed ‘Liberal With Sanity’ Who Led New York From Fiscal Crisis, Is Dead at 88
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NY Daily News:
Ed Koch dead: Mayor who became a symbol of New York City passes away at 88
Ed Koch dead: Mayor who became a symbol of New York City passes away at 88
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Joel Siegel / ABCNEWS:
Ed Koch Dies: Former New York City Mayor Dead at 88
Ed Koch Dies: Former New York City Mayor Dead at 88
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Jeremy Herb / The Hill:
Hagel delivers shaky performance — Former Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-Neb.) delivered a shaky performance at his confirmation hearing to lead the Pentagon while enduring a difficult day of grilling by his former Republican colleagues. — Hagel stumbled over some answers — describing Iran as having a …
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Drew Brees / CBS News:
Schieffer: Hagel's nomination “may be in trouble” — (CBS News) White House officials told CBS' Major Garrett that they're disappointed with defense secretary nominee Chuck Hagel's performance at his confirmation hearing before the Senate on Thursday. — One of the most damaging exchanges during …
Sen. Ted Cruz / Politico:
Chuck Hagel's confirmation-day conversion — Chuck Hagel is a decorated Vietnam veteran with an honorable history fighting for his country, and I commend his personal valor and sacrifice. — But the man who testified before Congress Thursday to become our nation's next secretary …
Chris Cillizza / The Fix:
Chuck Hagel was bad. And it doesn't matter. — Former Nebraska Sen. Chuck Hagel was, at turns, halting, befuddled and, often, just plain bad during his confirmation hearing to be the next Secretary of Defense. And it almost certainly won't keep him from becoming the next man to lead the Pentagon.
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John Podhoretz / New York Post:
Hagel was so bad ... Chuck just stunk up Senate
Hagel was so bad ... Chuck just stunk up Senate
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David Weigel / Slate:
Ted Cruz's Bogus Attack on Hagel
Ted Cruz's Bogus Attack on Hagel
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Lori Ziganto / Twitchy:
‘Cruzed’! Senator Cruz crushes Hagel; Chuck Todd, other lapdogs try to save Hagel, slam Cruz
‘Cruzed’! Senator Cruz crushes Hagel; Chuck Todd, other lapdogs try to save Hagel, slam Cruz
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Rosie Gray / BuzzFeed:
Ted Cruz Grills Chuck Hagel With Out-Of-Context Al-Jazeera Clip
Ted Cruz Grills Chuck Hagel With Out-Of-Context Al-Jazeera Clip
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Matt Cover / CNSNews:
IRS: Cheapest Obamacare Plan Will Be $20,000 Per Family — (CNSNews.com) - In a final regulation issued Wednesday, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) assumed that under Obamacare the cheapest health insurance plan available in 2016 for a family will cost $20,000 for the year.
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Suzan Fraser / Associated Press:
POLICE: SUICIDE BOMBING AT US EMBASSY, 2 DEAD … ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — A suspected suicide bomber detonated an explosive device at the entrance of the U.S. Embassy in the Turkish capital on Friday, killing himself and one other person, officials said. — U.S. Ambassador Francis Ricciardione …
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Jonathon Burch / Reuters:
Suicide bomber kills guard at U.S. embassy in Turkey
Suicide bomber kills guard at U.S. embassy in Turkey
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Wall Street Journal:
Economy Adds 157,000 Jobs — WASHINGTON—The job market plodded along in January, signaling slow economic growth to start the year. — Employers added 157,000 jobs last month, the Labor Department said Friday. The unemployment rate, obtained by a separate survey of U.S. households …
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Justin Sink / The Hill:
Boehner: Report shows Obama wrong to scrap president's jobs council
Boehner: Report shows Obama wrong to scrap president's jobs council
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Catherine Rampell / New York Times:
Job Growth Is Steady Amid Snags Holding Back Economy
Job Growth Is Steady Amid Snags Holding Back Economy
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Matthew Lee / Associated Press:
AP Interview: Clinton raps Benghazi critics — WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is leaving office with a slap at critics of the Obama administration's handling of the September attack on a U.S. diplomatic mission in Libya. She told The Associated Press that critics …
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McAllister / Addicting Info:
Paranoid NRA Releases Enemy List - Are YOU On It? — Enemy lists...They go back as far as politics have been a part of our culture. Nixon, Joseph McCarthy, Pol Pot, Stalin, Lenin, Hitler, Saddam Hussein, and Generalissimo Francisco Franco, who is, we believe, still dead.
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New York Times:
Senator Has Long Ties to Donor Under Scrutiny — Dr. Salomon E. Melgen, a wealthy Florida eye surgeon, has always been happy to help out his friend, Senator Robert Menendez of New Jersey. — He rushed to the senator's side when Mr. Menendez's mother died, flew him around on his private jet …
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Yahoo News interview: Mitch McConnell on immigration, guns, bourbon and Sen. Ashley Judd — Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell this week expressed firm support for a guest worker program to help bring in more low-skilled workers for farm labor and other industries.
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Dan Merica / CNN:
Opt out option expected for religious insurers who oppose contraceptives — Washington (CNN) — Religiously affiliated organizations will be able to opt out of providing their employees with insurance coverage for contraceptives under updates to an Obama administration mandate that the Department …
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Frank Newport / Gallup:
Alabama, North Dakota, Wyoming Most Conservative States — Americans slightly less conservative, slightly more liberal — PRINCETON, NJ — Alabama, North Dakota, and Wyoming were the most conservative states in the union in 2012, with between 49% and 50% of residents in each identifying their ideology as conservative.
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Reuters:
‘Steven Tyler Act’ proposed in Hawaii — HONOLULU (AP) - More than two-thirds of Hawaii's state senators have signed onto a bill to protect celebrities from paparazzi, giving famous faces power to sue over unwanted beach photos and other snapshots on the islands.
ABCNEWS:
Obama Campaign, DNC End Year in Debt — President Barack Obama's re-election campaign and the Democratic National Committee ended 2012 with large debts. — Campaign finance reports filed Thursday show Obama's campaign ended the year with $5.8 million in debt while his party's political arm, the DNC, owed $21.4 million.
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