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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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Politico:
No rules of cyber war — U.S. in uncharted waters with ‘proportionate response’ on hack attacks. — A day after a nine-hour Internet outage in North Korea, experts are still debating whether the U.S. government pulled the plug, or perhaps a rogue group of hackers.
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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’
Alamo Drafthouse founder ‘proud to be an American’ as theaters prepare to show ‘The Interview’
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Dave McNary / Variety:
‘The Interview’ to Screen in Select Theaters on Christmas
‘The Interview’ to Screen in Select Theaters on Christmas
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Politico:
GOP leaders refuse to weigh in on Grimm — House Republican leadership is refusing to weigh in so far on whether New York GOP Rep. Michael Grimm should remain in Congress after pleading guilty to felony federal tax fraud on Tuesday. — Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) has declined to comment on the case …
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Scott Wong / The Hill:
Pelosi: Boehner must force Grimm to resign
Pelosi: Boehner must force Grimm to resign
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Roll Call:
Rep. Michael Grimm Pleads Guilty to Tax Evasion (Updated)
Rep. Michael Grimm Pleads Guilty to Tax Evasion (Updated)
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David S. Joachim / New York Times:
Inquiry Into I.R.S. Lapses Shows No Links to White House — WASHINGTON — An 18-month congressional investigation into the Internal Revenue Service's mistreatment of conservative political groups seeking tax exemptions failed to show coordination between agency officials and political operatives …
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Paul Caron / TaxProf Blog:
The IRS Scandal, Day 593 — Daily Caller: BOMBSHELL REPORT …
The IRS Scandal, Day 593 — Daily Caller: BOMBSHELL REPORT …
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Food and Drug Administration:
FDA Commissioner Margaret A. Hamburg's statement on FDA's blood donor deferral policy for men who have sex with men — For Immediate Release — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is a science-based regulatory agency that works to protect and promote the public health.
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Sabrina Tavernise / New York Times:
F.D.A. Lifting Lifetime Ban on Gay Blood Donors
F.D.A. Lifting Lifetime Ban on Gay Blood Donors
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CNN:
CNN/ORC Poll: Obama ends year on an upswing — ‘Pals’: The Obama-Biden partnership — Honolulu (CNN) — Improving views of the economy have helped hike President Barack Obama's approval rating to a 20-month high, a new CNN/ORC poll showed Tuesday, as markets climbed to record levels at news of an economy in overdrive.
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Edward-Isaac Dovere / Politico:
Obama's next sales job: The economy — Wage stagnation, long-term unemployment undermine rosy numbers. — President Barack Obama will use his State of the Union address to roll out an agenda aimed at tackling stagnating wages and helping Americans who feel left out of the economy's surge …
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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.
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Irene / Judicial Watch:
Oops! U.S. Offers $5 Mil Reward for Al Qaeda Terrorist it Released From Gitmo — Years after liberating an Al Qaeda operative from the military prison at Guantanamo, the United States government has put him on a global terrorist list and offered a $5 million reward for information on his whereabouts.
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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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Nelson D. Schwartz / New York Times:
Economic Vital Signs Strongest in a Decade
Economic Vital Signs Strongest in a Decade
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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.
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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.
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Jacob Siegel / The Daily Beast:
The Monsters Who Screamed for Dead Cops — Evidence from photos, video, social-media posts and interviews suggests it was a single group, desperate to ‘turn up the anger’ at otherwise-peaceful protests. — A little over a week ago, a group of people marched down the streets of Manhattan and called for police to be killed.
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Sean Rossman / Tallahassee Democrat:
Satanic Temple display damaged, woman in custody — A woman is in custody in connection with damaging the Satanic Temple holiday display at the Florida Capitol earlier today. — The diorama of an angel falling into a pit of fire is in the building's lobby along with five other holiday displays.
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Larry O'Dell / Associated Press:
Pat Robertson's Charity Tries To Make A Deal For Bob McDonnell's Freedom — RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell should perform community service rather than serve prison time for his federal corruption convictions, an international relief organization said Tuesday.
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Glenn Beck / Facebook:
On Police officers and the Hobbit. — I have been haunted by and have pondered two things today. — The first is the shootings of our police officers in NYC. I have been in the mountains so you would know better than I but, where was the presidents address on this? Has he said, they could have been my son?
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