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5:35 PM ET, December 23, 2014

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New York Times:
Sony's ‘The Interview’ Will Come to Some Theaters After All  —  LOS ANGELES — Sony Pictures said on Tuesday that it had secured a limited theatrical release for “The Interview” on Christmas Day.  —  “We have never given up,” Michael Lynton, chief executive of Sony Entertainment, said in a statement.
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Brian Stelter / CNNMoney.com:
Groundswell of support for ‘The Interview’  —  Six of out 10 Americans think Sony overreacted by canceling the Christmas release of “The Interview.”  And with each passing day, more of those people — including writers, independent theater owners and members of Congress — are speaking out.
Robert Wilonsky / Pop Culture Blog:
Alamo Drafthouse founder ‘proud to be an American’ as theaters prepare to show ‘The Interview’
Michelle Jamrisko / Bloomberg:
Economy Grows Most Since '03 on U.S. Consumer-Spending Gains  —  The U.S. economy roared into overdrive in the third quarter as consumer and business spending fueled the biggest expansion in more than a decade.  —  Gross domestic product grew at a 5 percent annual rate from July through September …
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Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Third-Quarter GDP Revised Up to 5.0% Growth  —  WASHINGTON—The U.S. economy posted its strongest growth in more than a decade during the third quarter, supported by robust consumer spending and business investment.  —  Gross domestic product, the broadest measure of goods …
Nelson D. Schwartz / New York Times:
U.S. Economy Grew 5% in Third Quarter, Its Fastest Rate in More Than a Decade
Discussion: Hinterland Gazette
Rebecca Shabad / The Hill:
GDP grows by 5 percent as US economy picks up strong pace
Scott Wong / The Hill:
Pelosi: Boehner must force Grimm to resign  —  House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) is turning the heat up on Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio), urging him to call for Rep. Michael Grimm's (R-N.Y.) resignation.  —  Grimm is expected to plead guilty Tuesday to a felony charge of tax evasion.
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ABC News:
Michael Grimm Resists Calls for Resignation After Guilty Plea to Tax Charge
Discussion: The PJ Tatler and Associated Press
ABC News:
Calls for Michael Grimm Resignation Mount Ahead of Expected Guilty Plea
Discussion: Politico and Balloon Juice
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John Marzulli / NY Daily News:
EXCLUSIVE: 911 operators made ‘anti-police’ remarks, causing quarrel with FDNY dispatchers as 2 NYPD cops were dying, sources say  —  The war of words occurred when news broke that NYPD cops Rafael Ramos and Wenjian Liu were shot Saturday.  One dispatcher allegedly said the cops ‘deserved it,’ said a law enforcement source.
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
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Michelle Conlin / Reuters:
Off duty, black cops in New York feel threat from fellow police  —  (Reuters) - From the dingy donut shops of Manhattan to the cloistered police watering holes in Brooklyn, a number of black NYPD officers say they have experienced the same racial profiling that cost Eric Garner his life.
Discussion: Gawker, Hinterland Gazette and Mediaite
Paul Caron / TaxProf Blog:
The IRS Scandal, Day 593  —  Daily Caller: BOMBSHELL REPORT: IRS Targeted ‘Icky’ Conservative Groups:  —  Top IRS officials specifically targeted tea party groups and misled the public about its secret political targeting program led by ex-official Lois Lerner, according to a bombshell new congressional report.
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Patrick Howley / The Daily Caller:
BOMBSHELL REPORT: IRS Targeted ‘Icky’ Conservative Groups
Lucy McCalmont / Politico:
Mitch McConnell: Senate 'didn't do squat for years'  —  Incoming Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says his biggest challenge will be righting the course of Congress, adding — in a swipe at outgoing Majority Leader Harry Reid — that his own chamber “basically didn't do squat for years.”
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Carl Hulse / New York Times:
Mitch McConnell's New Senate Goal: Turn Republican Dial to Yes
Greg Munno / The FOIA Project:
FOIA Suits Jump In 2014  —  More freedom of information lawsuits were brought against the federal government in fiscal year 2014 than in any year since at least 2001, according to a new analysis of court records by the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC).
Discussion: The Huffington Post
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Hadas Gold / Politico:   NYT, Vice, Mother Jones top FOIA suits
Emily Gosden / Telegraph:
BBC's Quentin Sommerville laughs uncontrollably as he attempts to report on burning drugs  —  Reporter repeatedly collapses into giggles in front of pile of burning narcotics  —  He has braved gunfire to report from some of the world's most treacherous regions.
US Census / Releases by Year:
Florida Passes New York to Become the Nation's Third Most Populous State, Census Bureau Reports  —  By adding an average of 803 new residents each day between July 1, 2013 and July 1, 2014, Florida passed New York to become the nation's third most populous state, according to U.S. Census Bureau state population estimates released today.
Politico:
De Blasio's nightmare  —  New York's mayor has lost the police — and maybe much more than that.  —  Bill de Blasio, like his progressive political idol Barack Obama, is finding out that you can't do the New Politics if you don't pay attention to the old politics.
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Josh Feldman / Mediaite:
O'Reilly Tears Into ‘Villain’ de Blasio: He Needs to Resign Immediately
Alyssa Zauderer / New York's PIX11:
Southwest jet gets wing clipped in collision at LaGuardia Airport  —  The wing of a Southwest Airline was clipped.  (Photo by Christiana Peppard)  —  LAGUARDIA AIRPORT, Queens (PIX11) - Two passenger jets collided at LaGuardia Airport Tuesday morning.  —  The wing of the Southwest Airlines …
Discussion: Tech Times, WTVR-TV, FOX31 Denver and Gawker
Kelly P. Kissel / Associated Press:
Arkansas to appeal federal gay marriage ruling  —  LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas' attorney general says he will appeal a federal judge's ruling that found voters were wrong to ban gay marriage during a referendum 10 years ago.  —  Attorney General Dustin McDaniel said Tuesday he would file …
Michael Brown / TMZ.com:
'AND HE'S DEAD, DEAD MICHAEL BROWN' [VIDEO]  —  The Glendale, CA Elks Lodge is investigating a shocking incident that went down in the club a week ago Monday, when a performer sang a song celebrating the death of Michael Brown ... for an audience that included a number of retired and current cops ... and TMZ has the video.
Michelle Ye Hee Lee / Washington Post:
Giuliani's claim that Obama launched anti-police ‘propaganda’  —  “We've had four months of propaganda, starting with the president, that everybody should hate the police.”  —  Giuliani made headlines after his statement on Fox News, which he repeated the next day on CNN.
Discussion: JustOneMinute and Mediaite
 
 
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Glenn Harlan Reynolds / USA Today:
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Politico:
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The Real Threat to Hillary Clinton: Jim Webb
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Coca-Cola Disconnects Voice Mail at Headquarters
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France 24 - Live news:
Algeria kills militant chief behind Frenchman's beheading
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Jim Finkle / Reuters:
Apple pushes first ever automated security update to Mac users
Agence France-Presse:
Outraging Russia, Ukraine takes big step toward NATO
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