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Robert Pear / New York Times:
Health Care Fixes Backed by Harvard's Experts Now Roil Its Faculty — WASHINGTON — For years, Harvard's experts on health economics and policy have advised presidents and Congress on how to provide health benefits to the nation at a reasonable cost. But those remedies will now be applied …
Chris McDaniel / St. Louis Public Radio:
Grand Juror Sues McCulloch, Says He Mischaracterized The Wilson Case — A grand juror is suing St. Louis County Prosecutor Bob McCulloch in an effort to speak out on what happened in the Darren Wilson case. Under typical circumstances, grand jurors are prohibited by law from discussing cases they were involved in.
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
The Boehner for speaker whip count — Several GOP members of Congress have signaled in recent days that they intend to vote against John Boehner for reelection as speaker. Among them are Reps. Louie Gohmert (Tex.) and Ted Yoho (Fla.), who are offering themselves as alternatives.
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David Edwards / Raw Story:
Gohmert warns America: 'It's going to devastate this country' if I'm not elected Speaker of the House
Gohmert warns America: 'It's going to devastate this country' if I'm not elected Speaker of the House
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David McCabe / The Hill:
Boehner ally: GOP challenges to Speaker ‘unprofessional’
Boehner ally: GOP challenges to Speaker ‘unprofessional’
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
NYT's James Risen pushes back in hearing on leaks — The Obama administration's plan to defuse a First Amendment showdown with a New York Times reporter over his confidential sources was nearly derailed at a court hearing Monday when the journalist rebuffed a series of questions concerning his reporting.
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New York Times:
Drop in New York Police Arrests Continues for a Second Week — For a second straight week, New York City police officers sharply cut back on their actions in the street, arresting less than half as many people and writing more than 90 percent fewer summonses than in the same period a year ago.
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Liz Goodwin / Yahoo! News:
Police union pushes for cop killings to be included in federal hate crimes law
Police union pushes for cop killings to be included in federal hate crimes law
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Matt Lewis / The Daily Beast:
Will Chris Christie Regret His Cowboy Hug? — Why the New Jersey governor's embrace of Jerry Jones could actually come back to haunt him. — Images are important and memes matter—which is why the viral screen capture of New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie hugging Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones is worth noting today.
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Ccolton / CBS New York:
Chris Christie On WFAN: I'll Trade The ‘Abuse’ For Cowboys Playoff Wins
Chris Christie On WFAN: I'll Trade The ‘Abuse’ For Cowboys Playoff Wins
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Talking Points Memo, Business Insider, CNN, NPR and Hot Air
Caity Weaver / Gawker:
Alert, Alert Olivia Pope: Where Did This Malia Obama Selfie Come From? — Is this photo, which surfaced mysteriously online Monday and was immediately employed by the Pro Era rap crew to promote their official merchandise on Instagram, in fact a photo of Malia Obama, or just a very very very close doppelgänger?
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Daily Mail, The Verge and New York Magazine
Howard Kurtz / Fox News:
Sharyl Attkisson sues administration over computer hacking — Former CBS News correspondent Sharyl Attkisson has sued the Justice Department over the hacking of her computers, officially accusing the Obama administration of illegal surveillance while she was reporting on administration scandals.
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Justin Sink / The Hill:
White House coy on Keystone veto — The White House isn't yet threatening to veto a Republican bill to authorize construction of the Keystone XL pipeline. — Incoming Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) has said the legislation is his first priority upon taking power later this week …
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Sahil Kapur / Talking Points Memo:
White House: GOP Keeping Scalise ‘Says A Lot About Who They Are’
White House: GOP Keeping Scalise ‘Says A Lot About Who They Are’
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Los Angeles Times:
Owner of St. Louis Rams plans to build NFL stadium in Inglewood — The owner of the St. Louis Rams plans to build an NFL stadium in Inglewood, which could pave the way for the league's return to Los Angeles. — Rams owner Stan Kroenke, who bought 60 acres adjacent to the Forum a year ago …
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miamiherald:
Jeb Bush on court-ordered gay marriages in Florida: “It ought to be a local decision” — As he considers a presidential run, Jeb Bush is not offering encouraging words about same-sex marriages coming to his home state. — “It ought be a local decision. I mean, a state decision,” …
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Travis AndersenGLOBE / BostonGlobe.com:
Boston officer charged with assaulting Uber driver — A veteran Boston police officer uttered racial slurs during an alleged assault of an Uber driver in South Boston early Sunday, according to a police report and a statement from the department. — Officer Michael Doherty, 40 …
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New York Times:
A Pioneering Beauty Queen Who Reigned in Politics — Bess Myerson, a New York favorite daughter who basked in the public eye for decades — as Miss America 1945, as a television personality, as a force in public affairs and finally, under a harsher light, as a player in a shattering municipal scandal …
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American Spectator, Jewish Telegraphic Agency and CBS New York
Wbastone / The Smoking Gun:
Billionaire Sex Offender's Phone Book Contained E-Mail Addresses, 21 Phone Numbers For Bill Clinton — Now that Prince Andrew has found himself ensnared in the sleazy sex slave story of wealthy degenerate Jeffrey Epstein, Bill Clinton can't be too far behind.
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Numbers / Pew Research Center's Religion …:
Faith on the Hill — The Religious Composition of the 114th Congress — When the new, 114th Congress is sworn in on Jan. 6, 2015, Republicans will control both chambers of the legislative body for the first time since the 109th Congress (2005-2006). Yet, despite the sea change in party control …
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Crux, US News, New York Times, Washington Post, Religion News Service and OnPolitics
Dave Majumdar / The Daily Beast:
Exclusive: U.S. Drone Fleet at ‘Breaking Point,’ Air Force Says — Too many missions and too few pilots are threatening the ‘readiness and combat capability’ of America's unmanned Air Force, according to an internal memo. — The U.S. Air Force's fleet of drones is being strained to the …
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The Daily Caller, Daily Mail and The Verge
Malcolm Gladwell / New Yorker:
The Bill — Steven Brill on how health-care reform went wrong.
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Emily Atkin / ThinkProgress:
A Nuclear Plant Leaked Oil Into Lake Michigan For Two Months Straight — The Donald C. Cook Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2. — CREDIT: Nuclear Regulatory Commission/Flickr — A cooling system attached to a nuclear power plant in southwest Michigan was steadily spilling oil into Lake Michigan …
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Scott Keyes / ThinkProgress:
CEO Who Said He'd Probably Have To Fire Employees If Obama Won Is Now Giving Them Raises — In the lead-up to the 2012 presidential election, David Siegel, billionaire chief of Florida timeshare company Westgate Resorts, sent an email to all employees. “Of course, as your employer …
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Addicting Info, Gawker, Political Wire and Balloon Juice
Joe Romm / ThinkProgress:
2014 Was The Hottest Year On Record Globally By Far — The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) has announced that 2014 was the hottest year in more than 120 years of record-keeping — by far. NOAA is expected to make a similar call in a couple of weeks and so is NASA.
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Raw Story and The Daily Caller
Dylan Stableford / Yahoo! News:
‘Black brunch’ protesters interrupt diners in NYC, Oakland — Yahoo News 17 hrs ago — 3rd stop. No business as usual. #BlackBrunch #Oakland2NYC #BlackLivesMatter pic.twitter.com/pMI7VlVXPg — Celebrity News Headlines — TechTarget.com — In a twist on sit-in-style protests …
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Jeffrey D. Sachs / Project Syndicate RSS-Feed:
Paul Krugman and the Obama Recovery — NEW YORK - For several years, and often several times a month, the Nobel laureate economist and New York Times columnist and blogger Paul Krugman has delivered one main message to his loyal readers: deficit-cutting “austerians” (as he calls advocates of fiscal austerity) are deluded.
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