Eric Garner's daughter posts address of cop at his death  —  One of Eric Garner's daughters marked Christmas Day by spreading personal information about an NYPD cop who was present during the chokehold death of her father — outraging officers still reeling from last weekend's execution-style slayings of two policemen in Brooklyn.

Dustin Diamond, actor who played “Screech” on “Saved by the Bell,” arrested in Ozaukee Co.  —  (CNN) — Police arrested Dustin Diamond, better known as “Screech” in the early 1990s sitcom, “Saved by the Bell,” early Friday, December 26th in a stabbing incident in Port Washington.

Critics hate ‘The Interview’  —  Movie critics say the controversy surrounding “The Interview” is much more interesting than the movie itself  —  The movie is scoring just a 50 percent positive review from critics on the Rotten Tomatoes website.  —  It's fairing even more poorly with top critics …

GOP learns lessons from Sam Brownback's tax scare  —  Republicans once idolized the tax-cutting superstar; now they look askance at him.  —  Ohio Gov. John Kasich will roll out “responsible” tax plans that protect against revenue gaps.  Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker and Arizona's …

Tidings of Comfort  —  Maybe I'm just projecting, but Christmas seemed unusually subdued this year.  The malls seemed less crowded than usual, the people glummer.  There was even less Muzak in the air.  And, in a way, that's not surprising: All year Americans have been bombarded …

Woman kicked off plane, arrested in Seattle  —  SEATTLE —  A New York woman was arrested in Seattle after she tried to make herself more comfortable on her flight to Alaska.  —  She's now suing United Airlines after she spent days in jail because she says the flight attendants blew the situation out of proportion.

The Islamic State is failing at being a state  —  GAZIANTEP, Turkey — The Islamic State's vaunted exercise in state-building appears to be crumbling as living conditions deteriorate across the territories under its control, exposing the shortcomings of a group that devotes most of its energies …

Race and the race  —  The GOP's 2016 slate may be its most diverse ever, but don't expect the candidates to talk much about it.  —  Bobby Jindal is Indian-American, but you'll never hear him describe himself that way.  Marco Rubio insists he's an “American of Hispanic descent.”

The Fed's Needless Flirtation With Danger  —  Well-designed tax rules are a safe and effective alternative to quantitative easing.  —  This week's good economic news—consumer spending up sharply in November over October, and a surge in third-quarter GDP growth to a 5% annual rate …

NSA Forced to Spell Out Violations After Suit  —  Heavily Redacted Reports Detail Violations of Individual Americans' Privacy  —  WASHINGTON—The National Security Agency, responding to a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit, has released heavily redacted reports detailing its employees' violations …