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3:05 AM ET, December 8, 2014

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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
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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.
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
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit and Raw Story
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: FOX News Radio
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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Yvonne AbrahamGLOBE / BostonGlobe.com:
Rolling Stone's UVA story a disaster for all
Tom Maguire / JustOneMinute:
If You Were An Early Reader Of the WaPo UVA Rape Expose...
Discussion: NPR, Addicting Info and The Dish
Julia Horowitz / Politico:
Why we believed Jackie's rape story
Discussion: Raw Story and Ed Driscoll
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 …
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
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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Cole Avery / New Orleans Times-Picayune:
Bill Cassidy defeats Mary Landrieu to become Louisiana's next senator  —  Bill Cassidy has done what Republicans have tried nearly 20 years to accomplish.  He's beaten Mary Landrieu to become Louisiana's next United States senator.  —  Cassidy won 56 percent to 44 percent, with all precincts reporting.
Discussion: Guns.com
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Byron York / Washington Examiner:
In tough Senate race, pork couldn't buy Landrieu victory
Discussion: Instapundit
Chris Hughes / Washington Post:
Crafting a sustainable New Republic  —  The writer is owner and publisher of the New Republic.  —  Last week, about a dozen members of the editorial staff of the New Republic walked out in protest over new leadership.  By their account, this was a clash of cultures : Silicon Valley versus tradition, and everyone must choose a side.
Daily Mail:
Killer 'shot his newly-married stepdaughter so he could video himself having sex with her dead body - then buried her behind his shed'  — Gregory Graf recorded himself sexually abusing the body of Jessica Padgett, Northampton County District Attorney John Morganelli said on Friday
Agence France-Presse:
NFL players show support for 'I can't breathe' protests  —  5 hrs ago  —  Washington (AFP) - Several NFL players showed their support Sunday for the “I can't breathe” protests sweeping the United States demanding justice for black men who have died at the hands of white policemen.
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: Unfogged
Henry C. Jackson / Associated Press:
Bachmann Ready to Leave Congress, but Not Politics  —  An audacious conservative, Rep. Michele Bachmann stood out from the moment she was first elected to Congress in 2006.  Democrats were ascendant and Bachmann was a stridently Republican new arrival with a homespun Minnesota twang.
Discussion: Hot Air
Dylan Byers / Politico:
TNR cancels December issue after mass staff resignation  —  The New Republic will not publish the issue that had been slated to hit shelves on December 15, following Friday's mass resignation by top editors and contributors.  —  “As you know, an issue that was in production by recently departed editors …
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Ross Douthat / New York Times:
What the Fate of The New Republic Reveals
Discussion: The Dish and Power Line
 
 
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Another 1,000 U.S. Troops to Stay in Afghanistan
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