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10:50 AM ET, January 9, 2015

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Alexandra Topping / Guardian:
Charlie Hebdo attack: new hostage situation at Paris shop - live updates  — Second hostage situation as police evacuate area around Paris kosher shop  — Suspected Charlie Hebdo gunmen holed up in town north-east of capital  — Police linking killing of policewoman on Thursday to Charlie Hebdo attack
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CNN:
Charlie Hebdo attack: Suspected extremist gunmen surrounded?  —  French police surround terror suspects near airport 02:38  —  Story highlights  —  Dammartin-en-Goele, France (CNN)[Breaking news update, posted at 6:08 a.m. ET]  — The two suspects in the Charlie Hebdo attack spoke …
David Brooks / New York Times:
I Am Not Charlie Hebdo  —  The journalists at Charlie Hebdo are now rightly being celebrated as martyrs on behalf of freedom of expression, but let's face it: If they had tried to publish their satirical newspaper on any American university campus over the last two decades it wouldn't have lasted 30 seconds.
New York Times:
Paris Standoff at Kosher Store; Charlie Hebdo Suspects Seize Hostage Outside City
Discussion: Daily Kos and Althouse
Fox News:
Pen vs. sword: Cartoonists unite against Islamist terror
New York Times:
Al Qaeda Trained Suspect in Paris Terror Attack, Official Says
Eric Gaillard / ABC News:   Paris Terror Attack: 2 Hostage Situations in France Linked, Paris Public Prosecutor Says
Fawn Johnson / National Journal:
Obama Wants Free Community College.  Where's the Money?  —  White House offers plan to benefit 9 million students, but no roadmap to fund it.  —  President Obama wants to provide free tuition at community colleges, a plan that could benefit as many as 9 million students …
Discussion: National Review
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David Hudson / White House.gov Blog:
The President Proposes to Make Community College Free for Responsible Students for 2 Years  —  Post by The White House.  —  Today, the President unveiled a new proposal: Make two years of community college free for responsible students across America.  —  In our growing global economy …
Nick Anderson / Washington Post:
Obama to unveil proposal for tuition-free community college
Discussion: Hot Air and Prairie Weather
New York Times:
Obama Plan Would Help Many Go to Community College Free
Gregory Korte / Associated Press:
Obama to propose free community college
Allie Grasgreen / Politico:
Obama to propose two free years of community college for students
Discussion: US News, TICAS and Weasel Zippers
Tom Maguire / JustOneMinute:
Does Islam Mean Peace?  —  The NY Times boldly takes on the Big Questions - is Islam inherently violent?  Their nuance take will surprise no one, but it is interesting nonetheless.  And the Speech by Egyptian President el-Sisi calling (yet again) for an Islamic reformation finally gets noticed:
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David D. Kirkpatrick / New York Times:   Raising Questions Within Islam After France Shooting
The Hill:
House votes down ObamaCare's 30-hour workweek, 252-172  —  The House on Thursday in a 252-172 vote approved legislation that would waive fees on businesses that do not offer health insurance to employees working fewer than 40 hours per week.  —  The legislation - which has been at the center …
Lydia Saad / Gallup:
U.S. Liberals at Record 24%, but Still Trail Conservatives  —  Story Highlights  —  PRINCETON, N.J. — Conservatives continued to outnumber moderates and liberals in the U.S. population in 2014, as they have since 2009.  However, their 14-percentage-point edge over liberals last year …
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Voodoo Time Machine  —  Many of us in the econ biz were wondering how the new leaders of Congress would respond to the sharp increase in American economic growth that, we now know, began last spring.  After years of insisting that President Obama is responsible for a weak economy …
Discussion: susiemadrak.com
Andrew Restuccia / Politico:
Source: Tom Steyer considering run for Barbara Boxer's seat  —  Billionaire environmentalist Tom Steyer is mulling a run for Barbara Boxer's Senate seat, according to a person close to the former hedge fund trader.  —  “My sense is that he will take a look at it and consider it over the next few days or so,” the person said.
Discussion: Washington Post and Political Wire
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Eliana Johnson / National Review:
Establishment vs. Establishment  —  It may not be only the right flank of the Republican party that's crowded in 2016.  Mitt Romney is more open to a third presidential bid than ever before, according to friends and top donors of the former Massachusetts governor, which means there might …
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Larry J. Sabato / Sabato's Crystal Ball:
The New World Order  —  The Republican White House field …
Discussion: Liberal Values
Peter Beinart / The Atlantic Online:
Do Americans Have a ‘Right to Rise’?
Karoli / Latest from Crooks and Liars:
Three Georgia Men Charged With Domestic Terrorism  —  Will Lindsey Graham have anything to say about this?  —  2015 is beginning with a bang, as the indictments roll in and more home-grown terrorist plots are revealed.  —  Here's one from Rome, Georgia, a picturesque Southern town that might be an idyllic vacation spot.
Discussion: Liberaland and Raw Story
Fox News:
California newspaper office vandalized over use of ‘illegal’ immigrant label  —  The headquarters of the Santa Barbara News-Press in California was vandalized, apparently by pro-illegal immigration activists.  —  A California newspaper will continue to use the term “illegals” …
Jennifer Jacobs / Des Moines Register:
Last Slide  —  It looks inevitable now that the criticism-magnet that is the Iowa Straw Poll will survive, despite attempts by some influential Republicans to make it go away.  —  The Republican Party of Iowa's governing board will vote on its future at 11 a.m. Saturday …
Discussion: Politico, Hot Air and National Review
Elana Schor / Politico:
Nebraska court clears obstacle for Keystone pipeline  —  The Nebraska Supreme Court removed a major obstacle to the proposed Keystone XL oil pipeline on Friday, making it more likely that President Barack Obama will have to render a verdict in the coming months on a controversy that has spanned his time in the White House.
Discussion: ThinkProgress and The Hill
Dylan Byers / Politico:
Dean Baquet addresses NYT's republication of anti-Semitic cartoons  —  New York Times executive editor Dean Baquet decided that his paper would not publish Charlie Hebdo's cartoons of the Islamic Prophet Muhammad primarily because he did not want to insult the paper's Muslim readers.
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Numbers / Pew Research Center for the People …:
The Politics of Financial Insecurity  —  A Democratic Tilt, Undercut by Low Participation  —  When it comes to choosing a party's candidate in the voting booth, one pattern in modern American politics is so familiar it has become a truism: the rich vote Republican, the poor vote Democratic.
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Roberto A. Ferdman / Washington Post:
Most of America's rich think the poor have it easy
 
 
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Ben Schreckinger / Politico:
Martin O'Malley, eyeing 2016, admits progressives' setbacks
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Axelrod: Clinton 'wasn't a very good candidate' in 2007
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Roxana Hegemanthe / Associated Press:
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