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10:40 PM ET, December 24, 2014

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The Official Google Blog:
“The Interview” now available on Google Play and YouTube Movies  —  Last Wednesday Sony began contacting a number of companies, including Google, to ask if we'd be able to make their movie, “The Interview,” available online.  We'd had a similar thought and were eager to help …
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Brian Stelter / CNNMoney.com:
YouTube tentatively agrees to stream ‘The Interview’  —  YouTube, the world's largest video web site, has tentatively agreed to help Sony Pictures distribute “The Interview” via the Internet, according to sources with direct knowledge of the ongoing negotiations.  —  The sources cautioned that the deal could still fall apart.
Agence France-Presse:
Sony streams North Korea comedy online
Discussion: Slantpoint
Brad Smith / The Official Microsoft Blog:
“The Interview” now available on Xbox Video
Washington Post:
CDC reports potential Ebola exposure in Atlanta lab  —  One scientist may have been exposed to the Ebola virus and as many as a dozen others are being assessed for potential exposure at a lab of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, agency officials said Wednesday.
Discussion: The Verge
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New York Times:
Ebola Sample Is Mishandled at C.D.C. Lab in Latest Error  —  A laboratory mistake at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta may have exposed a technician to the deadly Ebola virus, federal officials said on Wednesday.  The technician will be monitored for signs of infection for 21 days …
Susan Levine / Politico:
CDC lab breach may have exposed technician to Ebola  —  A technician at the CDC's special pathogens laboratory in Atlanta may have been exposed to Ebola this week when a sample of the deadly virus was incorrectly marked and moved within the facility, officials said Wednesday.
Jennifer Mann / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Berkeley officer kills suspect who pulled gun; police say victim was ‘known’ to police  —  A Berkeley police officer fired at least three shots at a suspect who pulled a gun on him, the St. Louis County Police chief said at a Wednesday morning news conference.
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ABC News:
Video Shows Moments Before Police Shooting Near Ferguson, Missouri
Washington Post:
Jeb Bush e-mails offer a look at the Republican's hands-on style as governor  —  The new governor of Florida was feeling exhausted and beleaguered.  It was after 10 o'clock at night, and Jeb Bush was still going through angry e-mails.  —  He forwarded a message lambasting him as …
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Nancy Benac / Associated Press:
Again? Really? What if it's Bush-Clinton in 2016?
Discussion: Slantpoint
Jeremy Diamond / CNN:   5 takeaways from Jeb Bush emails
David McCabe / The Hill:
Obama plays round of golf with Malaysia's prime minster  —  President Obama golfed with the prime minister of Malaysia on Wednesday as he continued his annual winter vacation in Hawaii.  —  Prime Minister Najib Razak joined the president on the golf course.  The foursome was completed by White House aides Joe Paulsen and Mike Brush.
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
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Associated Press:
Obama tees off in Hawaii with Malaysian leader
Discussion: Slantpoint
Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Bachmann: Obama Supports The Agenda Of Islamic Jihad “At Every Turn”  —  “And I have been very surprised, to answer your question, to see the president of the United States, at every turn, cut the legs off of our ally, Israel, and in fact embrace and lift up the agenda of Islamic jihad.”
Bob Fredericks / New York Post:
CUNY newspaper editorial calls for violent protests  —  Gordon Barnes, the editor-in-chief of The Advocate, penned the disturbing editorial calling for violent protests.  —  A disturbing editorial in a CUNY grad-student newspaper calls for rioters protesting the deaths of Eric Garner …
Jennifer Epstein / Politico:
Oh come all ye faithful?  —  Obama rarely seen in church, but advisers say his beliefs remain strong.  —  President Barack Obama rarely goes to church and has spent just one Christmas morning of his presidency in the pews.  —  But that's not for lack of faith, members of his small circle of religious confidants say.
Lucy McCalmont / Politico:
That time Obama wore a tiara  —  Sporting a tiara in a photo posted Wednesday, President Barack Obama seems to have broken his own rule of “you don't put stuff on your head if you're president.”  —  But that's the power of the Girl Scouts.  —  Story Continued Below
Discussion: ABC News
David Weigel / Bloomberg Politics:
This Christmas, Be Grateful You Didn't Put All Your Money in Oil and Gold  —  The Ron Paul portfolio hasn't done so well.  —  Two days after the 2012 election, gold seller Doug Eberhardt told readers that his site was experiencing a traffic surge.  “I noticed quite a few hits on my site …
Discussion: New York Times
Julia Marsh / New York Post:
Woman who makes $6K a month off Airbnb rental ordered to stop  —  A woman has been “profiteering” from her government-subsidized, rent-controlled Central Park duplex by renting out bedrooms through Airbnb, a Manhattan judge said, ordering her to stop immediately.
Discussion: Gothamist and Mashable
Agence France-Presse:
Pope urges ‘tenderness’ as millions celebrate Christmas  —  Sarah Benhaida, Jean-Louis de la Vaissière  —  Vatican City (AFP) - Pope Francis led Christmas Eve mass in the Vatican calling for “tenderness” and “warmth” after a violence-plagued year as millions of Christians began marking the holiday.
Discussion: Slantpoint
 
 
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The Hill:
GOP unveils proposal to require ‘dynamic’ scoring on major bills
Discussion: Moe Lane
Addicting Info:
When Asked To Sort ‘Girls’ And ‘Boys’ Gifts, Obama Destroys Toy Gender Stereotypes (VIDEO)
Discussion: Advocate and Daily Kos
Associated Press:
Katt Williams pleads not guilty in robbery case
Discussion: EW.com
HHS.gov:
Open Enrollment Week 5: December 13 - December 19, 2014
Associated Press:
IS captures Jordanian pilot after warplane crashes in Syria
Discussion: New York Magazine
 Earlier Items: 
Roger Cohen / New York Times:
Why Israeli-Palestinian Peace Failed
NK News:
The Associated Press in North Korea: A Potemkin news bureau?
Jonathan Zimmerman / Los Angeles Times:
Op-Ed Governors may not have edge in 2016 presidential race
Discussion: Washington Monthly
Katie Glueck / Politico:
Seeking U.S. funds, Somali clan retains D.C. lawyer
New York Post:
Judge bails thug who posted this threat against cops
Peter Beinart / The Atlantic Online:
Marco Rubio's Old-School Cuba Policy
 

 
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Brooks Barnes / New York Times:
Sources: Disney worried that it had a flawed case in Trump's ABC lawsuit, and fighting it could hurt the Disney brand and damage press protections for others

Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
Tortoise formally signs the deal to buy The Observer, appoints acting editor Lucy Rock as the title's print editor, and launches a voluntary redundancy scheme

Nicole Sperling / New York Times:
Some streamers now believe that releasing movies in theaters, promoted by expansive marketing and PR campaigns, helps makes movies successful on their platforms

 
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