memeorandum: Tiffany jewelry ad campaign features first same-sex couple (Jareen Imam/CNN)

1:55 PM ET, January 11, 2015

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Firebombing at German paper that ran Charlie Hebdo cartoons — 1 hr ago — Berlin (AFP) - A German tabloid that reprinted cartoons from the French satirical paper Charlie Hebdo lampooning the Prophet Mohammed was targeted in firebombing Sunday, police said.

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Sally Kohn / CNN:

Free speech comes with responsibilities — France: Raids kill 3 terror suspects 03:10 — Story highlights — Sally Kohn is an activist, columnist and television commentator. Follow her on Twitter: @sallykohn. The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of the author.

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Ross Douthat / New York Times:

France, the Crucible of Europe — THE France that endured a vicious terrorist attack last week is a France that has suffered, for decades and centuries, from anxieties about its own decline. And for good reason: Since the 18th century, when it bestrode Europe and seemed poised to dominate the globe …

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New York Times:

Amid Heavy Security, 40 World Leaders Join Huge Crowds for Unity March in Paris — PARIS — Forty world leaders, including the Palestinian president and the Israeli prime minister, marched arm in arm in the vanguard of as many as a million people in Paris on Sunday in a somber display …

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Lee Keath / Associated Press:
Violence fuels debate among Muslims over interpreting faith

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New York Times:
French Premier Declares ‘War’ on Radical Islam as Paris Girds for Rally

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Dan Balz / Washington Post:

A signal of distaste for dynasties bodes ill for Bush, Clinton — AURORA, Colo. — It's been a good few weeks for Jeb Bush, who has been setting the pace among prospective 2016 presidential candidates — at least in the view of some in the elite world of political donors, strategists and commentators.

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Michael Barbaro / New York Times:

For Jeb Bush, Evolving Views Over 2 Decades — Jeb Bush once called for building prisons and emphasizing “punishment over therapy” for juvenile offenders. Today, he supports reforming the criminal justice system, arguing that incarceration can harden low-level lawbreakers into career criminals.

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Washington Post:
For Jeb Bush and Mitt Romney, a history of ambition fuels a possible 2016 collision

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Shawn Cohen / New York Post:

NYPD cops told no vacations until work slowdown ends — It's a slowdown showdown. — At precincts across the city, top brass are cracking the whip on summons activity and even barring many cops from taking vacation and sick days, The Post has learned. — Throughout the city …

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Josh Gerstein / Politico:

White House sets delayed anti-extremism summit — In the wake of the terrorist attacks in Paris last week, the White House has scheduled an anti-extremism conference that was originally set for last October but was postponed without explanation. — In a statement issued as many world leaders gathered …

ABC News:
White House Plans Conference on Countering Violent Extremism

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Jareen Imam / CNN:

Tiffany jewelry ad campaign features first same-sex couple — Story highlights — (CNN)Jeweler Tiffany & Co., for the first time, is showcasing a same-sex couple in an ad campaign. — The new campaign, shot by fashion photographer Peter Lindbergh, showcases seven scenes of couples …

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Anomaly / FreakOutNation: Tiffany Features Gay Couple In Engagement Ad. World Ends.

Kenneth P. Vogel / Politico:

Blue billionaires on top — POLITICO's list of Top 100 donors of disclosed money tilts leftward. — Democrats spent much of the 2014 campaign castigating Republican big money, but, it turns out, their side actually finished ahead among the biggest donors of 2014 - at least among those whose contributions were disclosed.

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BelfastTelegraph.co.uk:

Dublin priest receives standing ovation after saying he is gay during Mass — A priest in Dublin received a standing ovation from his congregation as he came out as gay after his sermon where he called for same sex marriage equality in Ireland. — Father Martin Dolan has been a priest …

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Mike Donoghue / Burlington Free Press:

Police ID 29 arrested at Statehouse protest — The Vermont State Police have identified the 29 protesters arrested on suspicion of unlawful trespass for ignoring orders to leave the Statehouse following a sit-in Thursday in Montpelier. — James Haslam, executive director of the Vermont Workers' Center …

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Scott Shane / New York Times:

In New Era of Terrorism, Voice From Yemen Echoes — For more than five years now, as Western terrorism investigators have searched for critical influences behind the latest jihadist plot, one name has surfaced again and again. — In the failed attack on an airliner over Detroit in 2009 …

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