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12:20 PM ET, January 3, 2015

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Reid Wilson / Washington Post:
Republicans in state governments plan juggernaut of conservative legislation  —  Legislators in the 24 states where Republicans now hold total control plan to push a series of aggressive policy initiatives in the coming year aimed at limiting the power of the federal government and rekindling the culture wars.
ABC News:
Kentucky Man Helps ‘Brave’ Girl Who Survived Plane Crash  —  Shaking and upset, a 7-year-old girl who survived a plane crash in southwestern Kentucky that killed her parents, sister, and cousin found herself on the doorstep of Larry Wilkins's home.  —  “When I answered the door, there was a bloody girl,” said Wilkins.
Department of Justice:
U.S. Attorney's Office Will Not Pursue Charges Against John W. Hinckley, Jr. for Death of James Brady  —  Legal Barriers Cited in Decision  —  WASHINGTON - The U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia announced today that it will not pursue criminal charges against John W. Hinckley …
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Alan Blinder / New York Times:
John W. Hinckley Jr. Won't Face Charges in James Brady's Death
Discussion: Althouse
U.S. Department of the Treasury:
Treasury Imposes Sanctions Against the Government of The Democratic People's Republic Of Korea  —  Action Targets the Government of North Korea in Response to Recent Provocations  —  WASHINGTON - In response to the Government of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea's numerous provocations …
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Kendall Breitman / Politico:
Bill Richardson: Kim Jong Un a ‘victim’ of bad publicity
Todd Garvin / myrtlebeachonline.com:
Conway man faces sex assault charges over incident with nephew's girlfriend  —  A Conway man is in jail facing sexual assault charges stemming from an incident in which he allegedly assaulted his nephew's girlfriend.  —  William L. Mattson, 52, of Conway, was arrested by Conway police …
Alan Fram / Associated Press:
GOP focus for Congress: Cut deficit, don't stumble  —  Associated Press 1 hr ago  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — In the first Republican-dominated Congress to confront President Barack Obama, GOP leaders will focus on bolstering the economy and cutting the budget — and oh yes …
Discussion: Yahoo! News and abc7.com
Sam Wang / Princeton Election Consortium:
An “Obama Unbound” effect - or Viva Obama?  —  Since mid-December, President Obama's net approve/disapprove numbers have shot up.  This graph shows the median of the last 21 days of polling.  The current level, a net disapproval of only 2%, reflects six pollsters (Gallup, Rasmussen, CNN, ARG, YouGov/Economist, and ABC/Post).
Valerie Strauss / Washington Post:
Teacher evaluation: going from bad to worse?  —  John King recently resigned as New York state's education commissioner after a tumultuous tenure in which he helped create and implement a controversial education evaluation system and rushed the implementation of the Common Core State Standards and aligned testing.
Discussion: Diane Ravitch's blog
New York Times:
Many Identities of New York Officers' Killer in a Life of Wrong Turns  —  His entire life, Ismaaiyl Brinsley tried on identities as if they were new clothes.  He was a bad boy with a gun, a fashionable man in Gucci and Cartier, a T-shirt maker, a film director, a screenwriter, a devout Muslim, a rap producer.
Ben Schreckinger / Politico:
Jim Webb hires journalist Crawford as communications director  —  Former Sen. Jim Webb, a Democrat who recently launched an exploratory committee for a presidential run, announced Friday that he's hired liberal journalist Craig Crawford to serve as his communications director.
Discussion: Trail Mix and Political Wire
Larry Celona / New York Post:
Bratton warns NYPD not to turn backs on mayor at cop's funeral  —  Police Commissioner Bill Bratton is so worried his cops will turn their backs to his boss again that he sent out a memo pleading with them not to do it again, The Post has learned.  —  “A hero's funeral is about grieving …
Derek Hunter / The Daily Caller:
Anti-Police Protesters Release List Of ‘Demands’  —  There have been marches in New York, Washington, Chicago, Los Angeles, and elsewhere demanding “justice” of some sort — or else there would be no “peace.”  They've been invited to meet with President Barack Obama in the White House …
 
 
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Chuck Ross / The Daily Caller:
Veteran And Former Cop Sues After Guns Confiscated Because He Sought Treatment For Insomnia
Discussion: BizPac Review and TPNN
James Fallows / The Atlantic Online:
Mario Cuomo, a Thinker in Public
Wall Street Journal:
Affordable Care Act Creates a Trickier Tax Season
Discussion: RedState and The Daily Caller
Brook Larmer / New York Times:
Inside a Chinese Test-Prep Factory
Agence France-Presse:
Hamas condemns alleged shooting of Gazan by Egyptian guards
Discussion: Slantpoint
Associated Press:
Immigrants seek California driver licenses
Discussion: Townhall.com, Allen B. West and TPNN
Sean Doogan / Anchorage Daily News:
Snowmachiner says he and buddies dug moose out of avalanche in Hatcher Pass
Discussion: Associated Press, Q13 FOX News and NPR
Ed O'Keefe / Washington Post:
Harry Reid discharged from hospital after breaking ribs, facial bones in exercise accident
 Earlier Items: 
Serene Fang / Al Jazeera America:
New marijuana trend sends smokers to burn units
Michael C Bender / Bloomberg Politics:
Pence Visits Israel as Potential 2016 Candidates Polish Foreign-Affairs Résumés
Discussion: US News
New York Times:
Departing Lawmakers Bemoan the Decline of Compromise
Discussion: Washington Post
Jennifer Steinhauer / New York Times:
Fight on Guns Is Being Taken to State Ballots
Discussion: Liberaland and Vox Popoli