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Mitch Sneed / Douglas County Sentinel:
In wake of ‘Duck Dynasty’ star suspension, Sheriff Miller tells A&E they are not welcome — The suspension of “Duck Dynasty” star Phil Robertson by the A&E Network after making controversial remarks in GQ magazine regarding homosexuality has been called a business decision.
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New York Times:
New Health Law Frustrates Many in Middle Class — Ginger Chapman and her husband, Doug, are sitting on the health care cliff. — The cheapest insurance plan they can find through the new federal marketplace in New Hampshire will cost their family of four about $1,000 a month …
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Kathleen Geier / Washington Monthly:
The New York Times and the ACA: the yuppie whine-athon continues — I see the New York Times has published yet another article about very privileged people whining about the ACA. — In this case, said article features a couple making $100,000 a year who, under the ACA …
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Tom Precious / Buffalo News:
Assemblyman Gabryszak accused of sexually harassing three former staffers — ALBANY - Assemblyman Dennis Gabryszak is being accused of sexually harassing three now-former legislative staffers, according to court papers filed Thursday. — Gabryszak, D-Cheektowaga, is the subject …
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Laura Italiano / New York Post:
Pol sent staff video of ‘oral sex’ — Move over, Vito “Gropez” — yet another Albany politician has been accused of outlandish sexual harassment by young female staffers. — Married-with-children Assemblyman Dennis Gabryszak, 62, tormented three workers with lewd antics such as sending …
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Claire Atkinson / Associated Press:
DC staff irked as NBC News eyes cuts — David Gregory, host of NBC's 'Meet the Press Inset: NBC News boss Deborah Turness — NBC News boss Deborah Turness is spending the last few days of the year eyeing cuts — moves that could include axing some senior on-air talent, The Post has learned.
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John Hinderaker / Power Line:
A Frigid 2013 Draws to a Close — 2013 will go down in the record books as one of the 10 coldest years in the U.S. since 1895. This chart, from Real Science, shows the average temperatures recorded at all NOAA USHCN stations from 1895 to the present: — As Real Science points out …
Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
Is Arkansas Still Friendly to Bill? Clinton Tests It — LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — When it came time to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the opening of a dam on the Little Red River this fall, former President Bill Clinton came running. But once he arrived in the state, he had more on his mind than just public works.
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ABC News:
John Eisenhower, Historian and Ike's Son, Dies — The family of President Dwight D. Eisenhower says his son, 91-year-old John S.D. Eisenhower, has died. — The retired brigadier general and military historian had resided on Maryland's Eastern Shore in the community of Trappe, Md. No cause was given for his death Saturday.
Keith Alexander / IC ON THE RECORD:
DNI Announces the Declassification of the Existence of Collection Activities Authorized by President George W. Bush Shortly After the Attacks of September 11, 2001 — December 21, 2013 — Yesterday, the Director of National Intelligence ("DNI") announced the declassification of the existence …
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Brent Hunsberger / Oregonian:
Cover Oregon: If you don't hear from us by Monday, seek coverage elsewhere — The Cover Oregon board of directors met December 12, 2013. The exchange on Friday began warning applicants that they will need to find coverage for Jan. 1 elsewhere if they don't get a phone call or mailing confirming enrollment by Monday.
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Natalie DiBlasio / USA Today:
PR director no longer with company after racist tweet — InterActiveCorp said Saturday that it has “parted ways” with PR director Justine Sacco, a day after a racist tweet from her account went viral. — The tweet, “Going to Africa. Hope I don't get AIDS. Just kidding.
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