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9:10 PM ET, January 9, 2015

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New York Times:
Prosecutors Said to Recommend Charges Against Former Gen. David Petraeus  —  WASHINGTON — The F.B.I. and Justice Department prosecutors have recommended bringing felony charges against retired Gen. David H. Petraeus for providing classified information to his former mistress while he was director …
Beth Reinhard / Wall Street Journal:
Romney Tells Donors He Is Considering 2016 White House Bid  —  Former Massachusetts Governor and 2012 Nominee Didn't Give Timetable for Decision  —  Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney , the Republican presidential nominee in 2012, told a meeting of donors Friday that he is considering …
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Maggie Haberman / Politico:
Mitt Romney says he's considering a 2016 run  —  Mitt Romney told a group of longtime supporters on Friday that he is considering running for president in 2016, POLITICO has learned.  —  “Everybody in here can go tell your friends that I'm considering a run,” the 2012 Republican presidential nominee …
Discussion: ABC News and Weasel Zippers
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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New York Times:
Charlie Hebdo Suspects Dead in Raid; Hostage Taker in Paris Is Also Killed  —  PARIS — The French police on Friday killed the two brothers suspected of massacring 12 people at a Paris newspaper on Wednesday and freed a hostage they had been holding unharmed, the authorities said.
Susie Madrak / Latest from Crooks and Liars:
Juan Cole: Paris Suspects Radicalized By Iraq War, Abu Ghraib Torture
CNN:
Charlie Hebdo attack: Suspected extremist gunmen surrounded?
Josh Margolin / ABC News:
EXCLUSIVE: Chris Christie Was Interrogated By Feds Over Bridge Scandal … Gov. Chris Christie, a potential presidential contender, was interrogated recently by federal investigators probing the 2013 lane-closure scandal that has threatened his political future, officials confirmed to ABC News.
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Dylan Scott / Talking Points Memo:
Report: Christie Interviewed By Feds Investigating BridgeGate
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.
Kansas City Star:
Four people shot during robbery-gone-bad at Shawnee gun store  —  ›  —  ‹  —  Four people were shot and another was punched in the face Friday afternoon during an attempted robbery of a Shawnee gun store, police said.  —  The gunfight broke out after four robbers entered She's A Pistol …
Ben Miller / Talking Points Memo:
Yes, Free Community College Is Major, But Not Just For The Reason You Think  —  The Obama Administration made waves last night with its announcement of a proposal to make two years of community college free nationwide.  The idea is being called ambitious and a “potential game-changer.”  And it is.
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The White House:
FACT SHEET - White House Unveils America's College Promise Proposal: Tuition-Free Community College …
Fawn Johnson / National Journal:
Obama Wants Free Community College. Where's the Money?
Dylan Byers / Politico:
Dean Baquet calls N.Y. Times critic ‘a—hole’  —  New York Times executive editor Dean Baquet called an associate professor at the USC Annenberg School an “a**hole” on Facebook today after the professor took a shot at Baquet for not running Charlie Hebdo's Muhammed cartoons.
Associated Press:
Amnesty: Nigeria massacre deadliest in history of Boko Haram  —  2 photos  —  YOLA, Nigeria (AP) — Hundreds of bodies — too many to count — remain strewn in the bush in Nigeria from an Islamic extremist attack that Amnesty International suggested Friday is the “deadliest massacre” in the history of Boko Haram.
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Ashley Parker / New York Times:
House G.O.P. Proposes Sweeping Reversal of Obama Immigration Steps  —  WASHINGTON — House Republicans on Friday unveiled a plan to drastically roll back President Obama's executive actions on immigration and strengthen the enforcement of existing immigration laws, an effort to appease …
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Cristina Marcos / The Hill:
House to move on immigration next week
Discussion: Politico and Hot Air
BBC:
Saudi blogger Badawi ‘flogged for Islam insult’  —  A Saudi Arabian blogger has been publicly flogged after being convicted of cybercrime and insulting Islam, reports say.  —  Raif Badawi, who was sentenced to 1,000 lashes and 10 years in jail, was flogged 50 times.  The flogging will be carried out weekly, campaigners say.
Daniel Strauss / Talking Points Memo:
FBI Releases New Details About NAACP Bombing  —  Law enforcement officials on Friday announced the composite sketch of a person suspected to have been closely involved in the bombing of the NAACP office in Colorado Springs, though they are still reluctant to ascribe a motive to the incident.
Discussion: FreakOutNation
Ben Sheroan / TheNewsEnterprise.com:
Apology: Error should not have happened  —  No reasonable excuse exists for the horrible mistake that occurred Thursday in The News-Enterprise.  By now, many of you have heard about it.  —  The paper reported on the front page in a paraphrased statement: “Hardin County Sheriff John Ward …
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 …
Chris Geidner / BuzzFeed:
Federal Appeals Court Appears Poised To Strike Down Three Southern States' Same-Sex Marriage Bans  —  After oral arguments about Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas' bans on marriages for same-sex couples, the 5th Circuit of Appeals looks likely to strike the laws down.
Amitai Etzioni / The Atlantic Online:
The Left's Unpopular Populism  —  The debate between Democrats who want to play up populist themes (let's call them the Elizabeth Warren camp) and those who favor centrist ones (the Hillary Clinton crowd) ignores a major division among the various themes that carry the populist label.
Discussion: RedState and Politico
Nicole Carr / abc11.com:
Fayetteville woman accidentally shoots husband  —  A Fort Bragg soldier was shot in the chest Friday morning after his wife thought he was a home intruder.  —  The shooting happened around 10:15 a.m. in the 1100 block of Christina Street.  —  Fayetteville Police say Zia Segule, 28, left for work.
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Feds won't call Risen at leak trial  —  Federal prosecutors won't call New York Times reporter James Risen as a witness at a leak trial set to get underway next week for one of his alleged confidential sources, several people close to the situation said.  —  The decision appears to bring …
Discussion: ExposeFacts and NPR
 
 
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