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2:25 PM ET, January 2, 2015

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Shushannah Walshe / ABC News:
Sen. Harry Reid Suffers Broken Ribs, Facial Bones … Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid was injured Thursday in an accident while exercising at his home in Henderson, Nevada.  —  According to a statement today from the Nevada Senator's office, Reid was hurt after a piece of equipment he was using broke, which caused him to fall.
Discussion: Booman Tribune
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Burgess Everett / Politico:
Harry Reid injured in exercising accident  —  Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid broke a number of ribs as well as bones in his face after a Thursday accident in Nevada, his spokesman said on Friday morning.  —  The Nevada Democrat is expected to return to Washington over the weekend …
Josh Kraushaar / National Journal:
The Seven Senate Races To Watch In 2016
Discussion: BizPac Review
Lydia Saad / Gallup:
Cluster of Concerns Vie for Top U.S. Problem in 2014  —  Story Highlights  —  PRINCETON, N.J. — In 2014, four issues generated enough public concern over enough months for at least 10% of Americans, on average, to identify each of them as the nation's most important problem.
Discussion: Mediaite, The PJ Tatler and Politico
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David Sherfinski / Washington Times:
Americans' dissatisfaction with government tops concerns, Gallup poll finds
NY Daily News:
De Blasio's fateful anti-cop slander  —  Until he takes it back, the city risks sliding back into disorder  —  Mayor de Blasio met with union leaders Tuesday in an effort to mend his rift with police officers.  We're told the meeting was respectful.  —  The gesture will be meaningless unless …
Discussion: RedState
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Kira Lerner / ThinkProgress:
How Low Income New Yorkers Are Benefiting From The NYPD's Work Stoppage  —  From right, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and Police Commissioner Bill Bratton smile in conversation during a New York Police Academy graduation ceremony, Monday Dec. 29, 2014.  —  CREDIT: AP Photo/John Minchillo
Adam Nagourney / New York Times:
Mario Cuomo, New York Governor and Liberal Beacon, Dies at 82  —  Mario M. Cuomo, the three-term governor of New York who commanded the attention of the country with a compelling public presence, a forceful defense of liberalism and his exhaustive ruminations about whether to run for president …
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Larry McShane / NY Daily News:
Mario Cuomo, former New York governor, dead at 82
Dana Ford / CNN:
Mario Cuomo, former New York governor, dies at 82
Discussion: Mediaite
Guardian:
Prince Andrew named in US lawsuit over underage sex allegations  —  In case related to banker Jeffrey Epstein, woman alleges in court filing that she was forced to have repeated ‘sexual relations’ with duke  —  A woman who claims that an American investment banker loaned her to rich …
Discussion: Gawker, Telegraph and Mashable
Jesse Bogan / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Granite City man finds out what's been hidden in his arm for 51 years  —  CREVE COEUR  • Unlike the times Betty Lampitt gave birth, on Wednesday morning she was the one praying the rosary in a corner of the waiting room.  It was just an out-patient surgery procedure.
Steven Shepard / Politico:
Fiorina snags RNC staffer, Club's Keller joins Jamestown  —  Carly Fiorina has hired Republican National Committee staffer Sarah Isgur Flores to join her super PAC, the latest sign that the former Hewlett-Packard CEO is preparing for a presidential run.  —  Separately, Club for Growth …
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Chris Moody / CNN:
With eye on a presidential bid, Carly Fiorina hires Republican Party spokeswoman
Discussion: OnPolitics
WFLA-TV:
Oldsmar man arrested for decapitating mother over chores, deputies say  —  A man has been arrested for murder after deputies say he decapitated his mother at the family's Oldsmar home on New Year's Eve, all because of a chore he didn't want to complete.  —  The County Sheriff's Office …
Burgess Everett / Politico:
Senate Dems: Don't politicize Congressional Budget Office  —  The relatively obscure job of Congressional Budget Office director is shaping up to be one of the new Congress' first partisan food fights.  —  Republican House and Senate leaders are mulling the replacement of Douglas Elmendorf …
CBS News:
Cops: Mass. man killed wife in argument over Christmas gift  —  Julio and Gloria Resto FACEBOOK VIA CBS BOSTON  —  Shares -  —  WALTHAM, Mass. - A suburban Boston man is accused of killing his wife during an argument over a Christmas gift, reports CBS Boston.
Alison Spiegel / The Huffington Post:
Taco Bell Is Giving Away Free Doritos Locos Tacos For A Month, Starting Tomorrow  —  Taco Bell knows just what you need tomorrow, and let's face it, the whole month of January: a free hangover cure.  —  You've been living it up for the whole holiday season and on New Year's Eve tonight, you'll finish off the year with a bang.
Discussion: Eater, WGN-TV, Fox 59 and FOX2now.com
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Twin Peaks Planet  —  In 2014, soaring inequality in advanced nations finally received the attention it deserved, as Thomas Piketty's “Capital in the Twenty-First Century” became a surprise (and deserving) best seller.  The usual suspects are still in well-paid denial, but, to everyone else …
Discussion: Hullabaloo
Jeremy Diamond / CNN:
Obama New Year's Day menu: Honolulu's high-end dining  —  Washington (CNN) — After ringing in the New Year with a low-key celebration with family and friends, the first couple enjoyed their first dinner of 2015 at one of the swankiest restaurants in Hawaii.
Arutz Sheva:
Who ‘Assassinated’ Feiglin in Likud Primaries?  —  Shocking statements reveal Feiglin was the subject of a ‘targeted killing’ removing him from the Likud Knesset list.  —  Moshe Feiglin at primaries polling  —  Flash 90  —  Likud MK Moshe Feiglin was given an unrealistic spot …
Discussion: Israpundit and Israel Matzav
WRAL-TV:
Sea level report shows increasing pace of change along coast  —  NAGS HEAD, N.C. — A report released on Dec. 31 shows the climate is changing along the North Carolina coast, and the sea level is rising faster in some areas than in others.  —  The North Carolina Coastal Resources Commission requested …
 
 
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Maggie Severns / Politico:
The plot to overhaul No Child Left Behind
Washington Post:
U.S. advisers in Iraq stay out of combat but see fighting edging closer
Massoud Hayoun / Al Jazeera America:
Anti-brutality activists aim to ‘evict’ St. Louis police from headquarters
Discussion: Raw Story
Associated Press:
Assaults on Border Patrol agents drop again
Washington Post:
With no consequences in sight, Cuba continues to crack down on free speech
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Dionne Searcey / New York Times:
Government Spending, Edging Up, Is a Stimulus
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Kyle Balluck / The Hill:
Jeb Bush donates $10K to fund for families of slain NYPD officers
Rebecca Catalanello / NOLA River:
Steve Scalise defender's ties to white nationalist group closer than he disclosed, documents show
Discussion: Gawker, Firedoglake and The Right Scoop
Channel NewsAsia:
LIVE BLOG: AirAsia flight QZ8501 crash day 6
Discussion: Hinterland Gazette
Associated Press:
Obama kicks off 2015 with snorkeling, shave ice
Associated Press:
California's chicken-cage size law expected to increase egg prices
Discussion: TPNN
Tia Mitchell / WJXX-TV:
Local counties to end courthouse weddings to avoid marrying gays
 

 
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Matthew Keys / The Desk:
DirecTV terminates its Dish acquisition after a group of Dish creditors rejected a modified bond exchange offer

Ashley Carman / Bloomberg:
A growing number of podcasters, including Tim Ferriss, are moving away from interviews to monologues or co-hosts, as some well-known guests can be overexposed

Jonathan Stempel / Reuters:
A New York judge finds Sirius XM liable for a difficult subscription cancellation process; Sirius says it will appeal but abide by a new “click-to-cancel” rule

 
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