New issue of Charlie Hebdo sells out quickly  —  PARIS (AP) — Parisians lined up Wednesday to empty the newsstands of the first issue of Charlie Hebdo, a week after Islamic extremists attacked the satirical newspaper's office, and French justice officials began cracking down by arresting dozens …

Ohio Man Arrested for Alleged ISIS-Inspired Plot on US Capitol, FBI Says … The FBI has arrested an Ohio man for allegedly plotting an ISIS-inspired attack on the U.S. Capitol, where he hoped to set off a series of bombs aimed at lawmakers, whom he allegedly considered enemies.

Romney crafting a rationale for 2016 run  —  Focus on poor, foreign policy

U.S. House passes security funding bill blocking immigration actions  —  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. House Republicans drew a hard line against President Barack Obama's executive immigration initiatives on Wednesday, voting to block them as they passed a Department of Homeland Security spending bill.

4 top Secret Service executives told to leave their posts in agency shake-up  —  Members of the Secret Service follow President Obama as he arrives at Northwestern University on Oct. 2, 2014, in Evanston, Ill. (Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images)  —  The Secret Service has decided …

Jimmy Carter — Huckabee's Wrong on Everything ... Not Just Obamas' Parenting Skills  —  HUCKABEE'S WRONG ON EVERYTHING  —  Not Just Obamas' Parenting Skills  —  EXCLUSIVE  —  Jimmy Carter slammed Mike Huckabee Tuesday for criticizing the Obamas' parenting skills.

Paul Ryan isn't running for president.  He's after something even bigger.  —  Most politicians who can gin up presidential speculation do (see Gingrich, Newt).  It means more reporters covering their speeches, more money for their PAC, more invitations to the Sunday shows.

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.

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Obama Job Rating Ticks Higher, Views of Nation's Economy Turn More Positive  —  But Most Still Say They Are ‘Falling Behind’ Financially  —  President Obama enters the seventh year of his presidency in a familiar position when compared with his recent predecessors.

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.

Gun Owners Participate In Simulation Of Paris Massacre  —  PLANO (CBSDFW.COM) - A group called The Truth About Guns organized a simulation of last week's terrorist attack in Paris.  They hoped to learn how things may have played out differently at Charlie Hebdo, or any other mass shooting.

Donald Trump suing Florida county for $100 million for allegedly flying planes over his oceanside mansion  —  A Jan. 6 lawsuit says the Palm Beach County airport is deliberately rerouting planes over Trump's Mar-a-Lago mansion as revenge for past legal squabbling.

Former highest-ranking U.S. cardinal blames ‘feminization’ for the Catholic Church's problems  —  Cardinal Raymond Leo Burke is a man with a lot of enemies.  The former archbishop of St. Louis, who once said supporters of abortion rights shouldn't receive communion, became the highest-ranking American …

Mayor de Blasio and Rabbis Near Accord on New Circumcision Rule  —  In November last year, a newborn boy in Brooklyn was brought to his pediatrician's office because he was being unusually fussy after feedings.  The doctor discovered a cluster of lesions on the boy's penis …

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.

This Is Obama's Last Foreign Policy Chance  —  The failure of Obama or Biden to show up in Paris made clear that most of the president's team can't be trusted to conduct U.S national security policy and must be replaced—at once.  —  Here's why America's failure to be represented at the Paris unity march was so profoundly disturbing.

JPMorgan CEO Dimon Says Banks ‘Under Assault’ by U.S. Regulators  —  Jamie Dimon, grappling with multibillion-dollar legal costs and rising capital requirements at JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM), lashed out at U.S. regulators for putting his bank “under assault.”

Howard Dean's Advice to White House Hopefuls: Look the Part  —  Howard Dean knew his 2004 presidential campaign was in big trouble weeks before he punctuated a third-place Iowa caucus finish with the infamous “scream speech.”  —  By that point Mr. Dean, then the Vermont governor who went …