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12:10 PM ET, January 14, 2015

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Lori Hinnant / Associated Press:
France arrests 54 for defending terror; newspaper sells out  —  14 photos  —  PARIS (AP) — Charlie Hebdo's defiant new issue sold out before dawn Wednesday around Paris, with some scuffles at kiosks over dwindling copies of the satirical paper fronting the Prophet Muhammad.
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New York Times:
Al Qaeda in Yemen Claims Responsibility for Charlie Hebdo Attack  —  PARIS — Al Qaeda's branch in Yemen formally claimed responsibility on Wednesday for the deadly assault a week ago at the French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo that killed 12 people, saying that the target was chosen …
Alan Cowell / New York Times:
Charlie Hebdo Returns to Newsstands in High Demand
Lucy McCalmont / Politico:
Millions of copies of Charlie Hebdo sell out within minutes
Discussion: The PJ Tatler
Margaret Sullivan / New York Times:
With New Charlie Hebdo Cover, News Value Should Have Prevailed
Eric Randolph / Agence France-Presse:
New Charlie Hebdo flies off shelves as Qaeda claims attack
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Robert Costa / Washington Post:
Rand Paul announces campaign manager for likely 2016 campaign  —  Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) on Tuesday announced the hiring of a campaign manager for his likely 2016 presidential bid, part of an aggressive effort to build a national political team as the race for the White House heats up.
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Tampa Bay Times:
Mitt Romney making Florida push, setting up clash with Jeb Bush
Discussion: BostonGlobe.com
Frank Bruni / New York Times:   The Overcrowded Race for the 2016 Republican Nomination
James R. Carroll / Courier-Journal:
Ahead of trip, Paul hits Romney as “yesterday's news”
WCPO:
EXCLUSIVE: FBI says John Boehner's West Chester bartender planned to poison him  —  Feds: Man said he was Jesus, Boehner was the devil  —  DEER PARK, Ohio - Ebola, evil voices and the devil.  —  Those are just a few of the things a Butler County bartender cited as reasons …
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Victor Paul Alvarez / Boston Globe:
Bartender's Threat against John Boehner Thwarted  —  The FBI says an Ohio bartender planned to kill House Speaker John Boehner last October by poisoning his drink at a country club.  —  The question is: Would anyone have noticed?  Stories about Boehner's drinking have circulated for years.
ABC News:
Ohio Bartender Charged With Threatening to Murder John Boehner
Discussion: Politico
Jesse Paul / Denver Post:
DENVER AND THE WEST  —  FAMILY: LAKEWOOD CHURCH STOPS WOMAN'S FUNERAL BECAUSE SHE WAS GAY  —  LAKEWOOD — Hundreds of Vanessa Collier's friends and family gathered Saturday at New Hope Ministries, sitting before an open casket holding the woman they loved, when suddenly the minister overseeing her funeral stopped the service.
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Lance Hernandez / TheDenverChannel.com:
Family, friends protest New Hope Ministries' last-minute refusal to host lesbian's funeral
Discussion: Guardian and Daily Mail
Ryan Haarer / KUSA-TV:
Lakewood church denies funeral for lesbian woman
Rocco Parascandola / NY Daily News:
PBA's Patrick Lynch spurs yelling, shoving among cops over NYPD-City Hall feud  —  The Patrolmen's Benevolent Association was not so much on Tuesday as some cops shouted down Lynch regarding his demand that Mayor de Blasio apologize over comments related to race and police relations.
Thomas L. Friedman / New York Times:
We Need Another Giant Protest  —  President Obama was criticized for failing to attend, or send a proper surrogate to, the giant antiterrorism march in Paris on Sunday.  That criticism was right.  But it is typical of American politics today that we focus on this and not what would have …
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George Friedman / Stratfor:
A War Between Two Worlds
Discussion: Vox Popoli
Commentary Magazine:
The Existential Necessity of Zionism After Paris: A COMMENTARY Editorial  —  I.  —  The jihadist siege of a kosher grocery store in eastern Paris on January 9 was not the beginning of a new threat to French Jews and the Jews of Europe.  Rather, it was the culmination of a decade of crisis.
Discussion: Weekly Standard and The Federalist
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Benjamin Hardy / Arkansas Blog, Arkansas Times:
Father and son turned away from “Muslim-free” Hot Springs gun range for being brown  —  When we reported last fall on a Hot Springs firing range that was declared a “Muslim free zone” by its owner, several blog commenters asked, “how will she know who's a Muslim?”
Lindsay Cohen / KOMO News:
Seattle dog's rush hour ride: on the bus, by herself, weekly  —  SEATTLE — Public transit in Seattle has gone to the dogs.  —  Commuters in Belltown report seeing a Black Labrador riding the bus alone in recent weeks.  The 2-year old has been spotted roaming the aisles …
Andrew Horansky / KHOU-TV:
Armed customer stops restaurant robbery suspects in their tracks  —  A customer is being called a hero after pulling a gun on two armed robbers at a Houston restaurant.  —  CONNECT  —  HOUSTON, Texas — A customer is being called a hero after pulling a gun on two armed robbery suspects at a Houston restaurant.
Numbers / Pew Research Center's Social …:
Women and Leadership  —  Public Says Women are Equally Qualified, but Barriers Persist  —  According to the majority of Americans, women are every bit as capable of being good political leaders as men.  The same can be said of their ability to dominate the corporate boardroom.
Jon Offredo / delawareonline:
NASCAR's Busch says ex is ‘assassin’; hearing concludes  —  It could be weeks before the court issues a final decision on a protection order filed against NASCAR's Kurt Busch, after a four-day hearing ended Tuesday afternoon.  Testimony has covered everything from the assassinations of drug lords …
Guardian:
Dieudonné arrested over Facebook post on Paris gunman  —  French comedian accused of justifying terrorism after linking attacker to tribute slogan by writing ‘I feel like Charlie Coulibaly’  —  Notorious French comedian Dieudonné M'bala M'bala has been arrested for being an …
Laura Barron-Lopez / The Hill:
Senate to vote on whether climate change is happening  —  Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said Tuesday he will allow the Senate to vote on an amendment asking if they agree that climate change is impacting the planet.  —  At his weekly press briefing, McConnell said …
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Ed Rogers / Washington Post:
The Insiders: Five things to watch as the 2016 campaigns develop
Discussion: Adweek
 
 
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CBS News:
Obama's approval rating ticks up in 2015
Discussion: Washington Post
Dan Levine / Reuters:
Apple, Google reach new deal to end U.S. lawsuit over poaching
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Wall Street Journal:
Romney Recycled  —  Mitt would have to explain why he'd be a better candidate now.
Discussion: Hot Air and National Review
Melissa Hipolit / WTVR-TV:
Virginia Delegate-elect Joe Morrissey juggles jail curfew and election victory
Discussion: WGN-TV and Washington Free Beacon
Burgess Everett / Politico:
John Thune: No ‘opening’ for a White House run
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Ronald Brownstein / National Journal:
White-Out: Where Democrats Lost the House
Discussion: RedState
Keith Laing / The Hill:
DC Metro passenger killed in smoke incident
Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
At 78, McCain Savors a New Dream Job in the Senate
Thomas Beaumont / Associated Press:
Huckabee slams Obama for letting daughters listen to Beyoncé