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10:35 PM ET, December 7, 2014

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Evan McMurry / Mediaite:
Rolling Stone Publishes Updated Apology over UVA Rape Story  —  Last Friday Rolling Stone published a brief and, to many, unsatisfactory Readers Note retracting a large part of its story on a UVA gang rape, which was falling apart in the face of the Washington Post's re-reporting.
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Julia Horowitz / Politico:
Why we believed Jackie's rape story
Olga Khazan / The Atlantic Online:
The Rolling Stone Fiasco Is Terrible News for Rape Survivors
Sarah Ferris / The Hill:
GOP pins hopes of dismantling ObamaCare on the courts  —  The GOP is refocusing its attention on the courts as it searches for any way to weaken President Obama's signature healthcare law while he continues to wield a veto pen.  —  Twenty-five Republicans asked the Supreme Court …
Discussion: Politico and Political Wire
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Politico:
Massive funding bill kicks off 113th Congress' final chapter  —  GOP riders on funding bill could bring veto threat.  —  Don't worry, Washington.  Congress will give you your Christmas and New Year's back this year — right after some more deadline-induced drama.
Donna Cassata / Associated Press:   GOP Gains Largest House Majority Since Truman Administration
Evan McMurry / Mediaite:
Limbaugh on Eric Garner: The Left Wanted a Powerful State, ‘Here It Is’  —  Rush Limbaugh appeared on Fox News Sunday to bemoan the “grievance industry” that is “literally ripping our fabric apart.”  —  Limbaugh said that the aftermath of the Michael Brown and Eric Garner cases called …
Discussion: Hinterland Gazette and Liberaland
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Paul Mirengoff / Power Line:
Not a parody  —  Columbia Law School is permitting students claiming to be impaired due to the emotional impact of recent non-indictments in the Michael Brown and Eric Garner matters to postpone taking their final exams.  Here is the text of a message from interim dean Robert Scott to the law school community:
Don Babwin / Associated Press:
Chlorine gas sickens 19 at furries convention  —  5 photos  —  ROSEMONT, Ill. (AP) — Chlorine gas sickened several people and forced the evacuation of thousands of guests from a suburban Chicago hotel early Sunday, including many dressed in cartoonish animal costumes for an annual furries convention …
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Chicago Tribune:
19 hospitalized, thousands evacuated in ‘intentional’ gas leak at Rosemont hotel  —  Several thousand people, some dressed as animal characters, were evacuated from a Hyatt hotel in suburban Rosemont when an “intentional” chlorine gas incident at the Midwest FurFest convention led to 19 people being hospitalized early Sunday morning.
Discussion: ABC News, Raw Story and UPROXX
Sean Kelly / opposingviews.com/homepage.xml:
12-Year-Old Girl Discovers She's Eight Months Pregnant By 54-Year-Old Man  —  A 54-year-old Massachusetts man has been arrested and charged for impregnating a 12-year-old girl, according to WickedLocal.com.  —  Elbert Richardson, of Brockton, MA, pleaded not guilty to two counts of aggravated rape …
Discussion: Scared Monkeys and FOX News Radio
Daily Mail:
Punched in the face while handcuffed in a police car - but her cop attacker will NOT be charged: Prosecutors say officer who left woman, 23, with a broken eye socket ‘acted professionally’  — Prosecutors claim he ‘acted professional’ even though he fractured her eye socket during the incident
Discussion: Liberaland and FOX News Radio
Redditt Hudson / Washington Post:
Being a cop showed me just how racist and violent the police are.  There's only one fix.  —  Redditt Hudson, a former cop, works for the NAACP and chairs the board of the Ethics Project.  The views expressed here are his own.  —  Police officers drag away a protester to take him into custody during …
Discussion: Washington Monthly and Unfogged
John Harwood / New York Times:
For Obama, a Go-It-Alone Push Fits the Times  —  WASHINGTON — To the surprise of both allies and adversaries, President Obama has declined to humble himself following another midterm election bludgeoning.  —  To the contrary, his recent immigration action made clear his determination …
Eric Lipton / New York Times:
Energy Firms in Secretive Alliance With Attorneys General  —  The letter to the Environmental Protection Agency from Attorney General Scott Pruitt of Oklahoma carried a blunt accusation: Federal regulators were grossly overestimating the amount of air pollution caused by energy companies drilling new natural gas wells in his state.
 
 
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Henry C. Jackson / Associated Press:
Bachmann Ready to Leave Congress, but Not Politics
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Oliver Holmes / Reuters:
Israel strikes near the Syrian capital: Syrian TV
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Tucker Carlson: Ban Satanists Displays; Only ‘Legitimate Religions’ Are ‘Reality’ At Christmas
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Cody C. Delistraty / The Atlantic Online:
Seeing Red  —  How the color of passion, romance, and anger can influence behavior
New York Post:
Thieves steal 5-foot crucifix from church during service
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Dylan Byers / Politico:
TNR cancels December issue after mass staff resignation
Ross Douthat / New York Times:
What the Fate of The New Republic Reveals
Discussion: The Dish, Power Line and Vox Popoli
Bernie Becker / The Hill:
US to keep 1,000 more troops than planned in Afghanistan