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1:00 AM ET, February 9, 2015

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Christopher Booker / Telegraph:

The fiddling with temperature data is the biggest science scandal ever — New data shows that the “vanishing” of polar ice is not the result of runaway global warming — When future generations look back on the global-warming scare of the past 30 years, nothing will shock them more than the extent …

Discussion: Reuters, NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT, Chicago Boyz, The Right Scoop, American Power, The Mahablog, The Gateway Pundit and JustOneMinute

John Hinderaker / Power Line:

Inside the Global Warming Scandal — We have written many times about the fact that the scientific agencies which are keepers of the world's historical temperature data are all, or nearly all, under the control of warmists. These warmists have systematically altered historic temperature records …

Evan McMurry / Mediaite:

Fox's Wallace to Ben Carson: After Vaccine Debate, Is GOP the Science Denialism Party? — After a week in which vaccinations suddenly exploded from a bipartisan fringe hobby to a wedge issue for the GOP 2016 class, Fox News Sunday host Chris Wallace asked Dr. Ben Carson …

Discussion: FOX News Radio

Chris Wallace / Fox News:

President Obama's ISIS strategy falling short? Plus, Dr. Ben Carson on measles outbreak, vaccines — Special Guests: Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn, Dr. Ben Carson, Manny Pacquiao — This is a rush transcript from “Fox News Sunday,” February 8, 2015. This copy may not be in its final form and may be updated.

Discussion: Bloomberg Business and National Review

CNNMoney:

Brian Williams won't keep his date with David Letterman — Brian Williams is backing out of his scheduled appearance on CBS's “Late Show with David Letterman,” citing the uncertainty about when he'll be back at his anchor desk. — The “NBC Nightly News” anchor is at the center …

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, Gawker, UPROXX, Mediaite, The Huffington Post and Towleroad News #gay, more at Mediagazer »

Kyle Smith / New York Post:
We shouldn't believe Williams' lie was an innocent mistake

Discussion: BREITBART.COM and The Daily Caller

Howard Kurtz / Fox News:
Brian Williams does not face investigation, stepped aside voluntarily, source says

Discussion: Politico, SOOPERMEXICAN, BREITBART.COM, Washington Post, The Daily Beast, Hot Air, Ed Driscoll, Real Clear Politics and Mediaite

Scott Jones / FTVLive:
Sources: Brian Williams Could Step Down as Early as Next Week

Discussion: The Moderate Voice, Washington Post, Ed Driscoll, The PJ Tatler, American Thinker and Fox News

THV11.com:

Lawmaker sorry for saying having child from rape is ‘beautiful’ — A West Virginia lawmaker has apologized for saying that while rape is awful, a child that results from a rape is beautiful. — The comment from state Rep. Brian Kurcaba was made Thursday when members of the West Virginia House …

Discussion: Raw Story

Heather / Latest from Crooks and Liars: WV Republican ‘Apologizes’ For Saying Having Child From Rape Is ‘Beautiful’

David / Latest from Crooks and Liars:

Tucker Carlson: 'Christianity Is The Reason We Don't Have Slavery In The World Today' — Fox News host Tucker Carlson on Sunday declared that all slavery in the world had been eradicated thanks to the Christian faith. — At the National Prayer Breakfast last week, conservatives accused …

Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money

Nick Hanauer / The Atlantic Online:

Stock Buybacks Are Killing the American Economy — Traders work in a booth on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange Tuesday, July 3, 2012. (Richard Drew/AP) — President Obama should be lauded for using his State of the Union address to champion policies that would benefit …

Discussion: The Mahablog

Michael A. Memoli / McClatchy Washington Bureau:

Holder says lack of new gun laws is his ‘single failure’ — WASHINGTON - The inability to enact new gun safety laws after the Sandy Hook school shooting ranks as “the single failure” of his tenure, Attorney General Eric Holder said in a televised interview. — “The gun lobby simply won, you know?”

Discussion: FOX News Radio

Alexander Burns / New York Times:

Working Families Party Calls on Elizabeth Warren to Run for President — Leaders of New York's Working Families Party on Sunday urged Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts to seek the Democratic nomination for president next year, formally calling on her to enter the 2016 race for the White House.

Discussion: New York Magazine

Judith Shulevitz / New York Times:

The Best Way to Address Campus Rape — THE campus rape debate took another hairpin turn last week when The Daily Beast published an interview with Paul Nungesser, the Columbia student accused of raping a fellow student, Emma Sulkowicz. She has been carrying a mattress around the campus …

Discussion: Althouse

Associated Press:

Indiana woman who fought gay marriage ban dies of cancer … MUNSTER, Ind. (AP) — A terminally ill woman whose desire to have her same-sex marriage recognized by Indiana before she died helped galvanize efforts to overturn the state's gay marriage ban has lost her battle with cancer.

Discussion: FOX News Radio