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10:10 AM ET, December 21, 2014

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2 NYPD cops shot dead ‘execution style’ in Brooklyn — A possible suspect was found shot at the scene and rushed to a nearby hospital. — Two uniformed NYPD officers were shot dead — execution style — as they sat in their marked police car on a Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn, street corner.

NY Daily News:

Two NYPD officers dead in ‘ambush’ while sitting in patrol car in Brooklyn by gunman who boasted on Instagram about killing cops for ‘revenge’ (GRAPHIC IMAGES) — Ismaaiyl Brinsley fired at the officers in their squad car outside of the Tompkins Houses in Bedford-Stuyvesant sources said.

Discussion: The Daily Beast, Hot Air, Newsmax, Washington Post, Mediaite, Slantpoint, No More Mister Nice Blog, TPNN, National Review and New York Magazine

New York Times:

Two N.Y.P.D. Officers Are Killed in Brooklyn Ambush; Suspect Commits Suicide — Two police officers sitting in their patrol car in Brooklyn were shot at point-blank range and killed on Saturday afternoon by a man who, officials said, had traveled to the city from Baltimore vowing to kill officers.

Discussion: DNAinfo New York, Outside the Beltway, CBS New York, The Agonist, Patterico's Pontifications, Vox Popoli, WIS-TV and Capital New York

Alyssa Zauderer / New York's PIX11:

VIDEO: NYPD officers turn away from Mayor de Blasio as he enters police presser for murdered cops — PIX11 — Police officers turned their backs on Mayor Bill de Blasio as he walked into the police press conference about the two NYPD officers shot and killed execution-style in Brooklyn.

Discussion: The Huffington Post, John Hawkins' Right Wing News, KTLA, Capital New York, CBS New York, Raw Story, Truth Revolt, The Gateway Pundit, Scared Monkeys and fox8.com

Justin Fenton / Baltimore Sun:

Killer of 2 NYPD officers first shot ex-girlfriend in Owings Mills — The shooting of a woman at an Owings Mills apartment complex was the precursor for the ambush killing of two New York City police officers later in the day, law enforcement officials said.

Discussion: NY Daily News, The Gateway Pundit and Business Insider

Fox News:
2 NYPD officers shot, killed in ambush on cop car

Discussion: New York Post, Vox, The Gateway Pundit, Mediaite, American Spectator, John Hawkins' Right Wing News and The PJ Tatler

Andy Newman / New York Times:
Updates on Fatal Shooting of Two N.Y.P.D. Officers

Discussion: Capital New York

Bob McManus / New York Post: There is blood on hands of those who demanded ‘dead cops’

Rocco Parascandola / NY Daily News:
NYPD cops furious with Bill de Blasio turn their backs on the mayor as he enters hospital where officers died

Discussion: The Huffington Post and New York's PIX11

CNN:
2 New York police officers shot to death

Discussion: TheBlaze.com, Balloon Juice and New Jersey 101.5

David Mack / BuzzFeed:
Gunman Kills Two NYPD Officers In Brooklyn

Discussion: ThinkProgress and TalkLeft

Igor Volsky / ThinkProgress:
Two NYC Police Officers Assassinated ‘Execution Style’

Discussion: BARE NAKED ISLAM, The Gateway Pundit and TPNN

Alyssa Zauderer / New York's PIX11:
‘They were quite simply assassinated:’ 2 NYPD officers shot and killed execution-style in Brooklyn ambush

Discussion: KTLA, fox8.com and WTVR-TV

Eric Bradner / CNN:

Obama: North Korea's hack not ‘war,’ but ‘cyber vandalism’ — Watch Candy Crowley's interview with President Barack Obama on “State of the Union with Candy Crowley,” Sunday at 9 a.m. ET on CNN — Washington (CNN) — President Barack Obama says he doesn't consider North Korea's Sony hack “an act of war.”

Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Outside the Beltway

Cory Bennett / The Hill:

Sony hack reveals threat of ‘psychological’ cyber warfare — The Sony Pictures hack has forced Americans to confront an aspect of cyber warfare common overseas but rarely discussed domestically — psychological cyberattacks. — When U.S. policymakers discuss the threat of cyberattacks …

Josh Lederman / Associated Press:
US mulls putting NKorea on terrorism sponsor list

Discussion: Associated Press and ABC News

New York Times:
U.S. Asks China to Help Rein In Korean Hackers

Discussion: Fox News, RT and The Verge

Associated Press: GOP to back ‘The Interview’ if it gets to theaters

Josh Lederman / Associated Press: AP source: US seeks China's help after cyberattack

Cameron Joseph / The Hill:

Will Jeb stumble in Iowa? — With no love lost for Jeb Bush among the Republican base, the Iowa caucuses could be an early stumbling block in his 2016 quest. — The former Florida governor's business-friendly stances and willingness to criticize GOP hard-liners make him popular with the donor class.

Discussion: Political Wire

Igor Volsky / ThinkProgress:

Rudy Giuliani: 2 NYC Cops Were Killed Because Obama Told Everyone To ‘Hate The Police’ — Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani attributed the execution-style assassination of two police officers on Saturday afternoon to the protests that broke out across the city following a grand jury's failure …

Lara Jakes / Associated Press:

2014 frustrates US hopes for Israeli-Palestinian peace — WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State John Kerry is ending 2014 much in the same way he started it, frustrated in efforts to push Israel and Palestinians toward peace. — With a diplomatic showdown looming this past week over Arab plans …

Associated Press:

Greek prime minister open to 2015 early elections — Associated Press 1 hr ago — ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece's prime minister says early general elections could be called by the end of 2015 if the current legislature can elect a president and if negotiations with the country's creditors on post-bailout aid are completed.

Gary Langer / ABC News:

Clinton: Off Her Peak, but Still Towering — Hillary Clinton is off her peak but still overwhelmingly strong in support for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2016, while Elizabeth Warren has inched up in the latest ABC News/Washington Post poll. — Clinton's backed by 61 percent …

Discussion: Political Wire