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11:40 PM ET, January 17, 2015

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Nancy Cordes / CBS News:
Mitt Romney jokes about 2016 “speculation” at RNC meeting  —  Shares -  —  SAN DIEGO — Former Massachusetts Governor and 2012 Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney spoke on Friday to a dinner crowd of several hundred party faithful gathered on the USS Midway aircraft carrier during …
Michael Crowley / Politico:
Mitt Romney's 2016 pitch: I'm a foreign policy prophet  —  But is he right about that?  —  He saw Vladimir Putin as a threat to peace.  He insisted that radical Islam was spreading.  He warned that Iraq was at risk without American troops to stabilize it.  —  And he was right.  —  Story Continued Below
Discussion: The PJ Tatler, Telegraph and Hullabaloo
Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
Romney Signals Interest in 2016 Run for President
Discussion: Washington Post and Hot Air
Adam McDonald / KMOV-TV:
St. Ann Police admit to injuring, arresting wrong person after chase  —  ST. ANN, Mo. (KMOV.com) - St. Ann Police apologized to a college student after they admitted to causing severe injuries to his face after accusing him of a crime he didn't commit on Thursday.
Discussion: Raw Story
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Aviva Shen / ThinkProgress:
Police In St. Louis County Admit They Beat Up The Wrong Young Black Man  —  Police in St. Louis County, MO are apologizing for beating up and handcuffing a 22-year-old student who they mistook for a suspect in a car chase Thursday afternoon.  But the college junior, Joseph Swink …
Gal Tziperman Lotan / Orlando Sentinel:
Cops: 2 dead, 1 injured after shooting at Melbourne Square mall  —  Two people are dead and one is injured after a shooting near the Melbourne Square mall food court this morning, police said.  —  The mall was evacuated and temporarily closed as police investigated.
Discussion: Mashable
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Jana Kasperkevic / Guardian:
More than half of US public school students live in poverty, report finds  —  Problem is growing, especially among children, as report finds the majority of public school students in nearly half of US states live in poverty  —  Want to know the real state of the US economy?
Cameron Joseph / The Hill:
Ernst: New GOP power player  —  Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) is enjoying a meteoric rise.  —  Just weeks removed from being a first-term state senator, she's now preparing to give the GOP's response to President Obama's State of the Union address.  —  It's the first time a newly sworn-in senator …
Discussion: Progress Pond
Tara Culp-Ressler / ThinkProgress:
Republicans Introduce An Anti-Abortion Bill So Extreme That GOP Women In Congress Are Revolting  —  Several Republican congresswomen are reportedly splitting from their party on a national abortion bill that's scheduled for a vote in the House next week, raising concerns that the legislation …
Discussion: Jezebel, Progress Pond and Politico
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Daniel Newhauser / National Journal:
Republican Split on Next Week's Antiabortion Bill Vote
Jason Howerton / TheBlaze.com:
Reporter Asks Sheriff If He ‘Regrets’ Comments About Murder Suspects in ‘Heat of the Moment’ — Watch the Question Backfire  —  Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd responded defiantly to a reporter on Friday when he was asked if he “regrets” saying that his officers were prepared for a “gunfight” with a group of dangerous murder suspects.
Sultan Knish:
The Importance of Blasphemy  —  As a deeply religious person, I have no fondness for blasphemy.  My religion and its holy books are sacred to me.  And I understand perfectly well why a Muslim would not relish a cartoon of a naked Mohammed.  —  But the debates over freedom of speech …
Discussion: protein wisdom
Richard Johnson / Page Six:
Senator's husband stands to profit big from government deal  —  Ever wonder how lowly paid lawmakers leave office filthy rich?  —  Sen. Dianne Feinstein is showing how it's done.  —  The US Postal Service plans to sell 56 buildings — so it can lease space more expensively …
 
 
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Erica Orden / Wall Street Journal:
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WH hopefuls scramble for GOP endorsements from lawmakers
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GOP Congressman: Romney Will Fail Again If He Runs In 2016 (VIDEO)
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Michael O'Connell / Hollywood Reporter:
NBC Developing Underground Railroad Miniseries and Musical With Stevie Wonder
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Lauren Davidson / Telegraph:
Introducing: the world's first airport terminal for animals
Discussion: FOX News Radio
Jeffrey Goldberg / The Atlantic Online:
French Prime Minister: ‘I Refuse to Use This Term Islamophobia’
Stephen Moore / Fox News:
2015: It's time to fire the IRS
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