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Coral Davenport / New York Times:
Nations Approve Landmark Climate Accord in Paris — LE BOURGET, France — Representatives of 195 countries reached a landmark climate accord on Saturday that will, for the first time, commit nearly every country to lowering planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions to help stave off the most drastic effects of climate change.
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Bloomberg Business:
Landmark Climate-Change Agreement Hailed as ‘Leap for Mankind’ — Nations pledge to limit warming to below 2 degrees Celsius — Deal sets framework for global warming action for decades — The world's nations took the boldest steps yet to stem climate change, adopting an historic package …
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Inside the Paris Climate Deal
Inside the Paris Climate Deal
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Fiona Harvey / Guardian:
Paris climate deal: nearly 200 nations sign in end of fossil fuel era
Paris climate deal: nearly 200 nations sign in end of fossil fuel era
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Joe Romm / ThinkProgress:
In Historic Paris Climate Deal, World Unanimously Agrees To Not Burn Most Fossil Fuels
In Historic Paris Climate Deal, World Unanimously Agrees To Not Burn Most Fossil Fuels
Brad Plumer / Vox:
The world just agreed to a major climate deal in Paris. Now comes the hard part.
The world just agreed to a major climate deal in Paris. Now comes the hard part.
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Wall Street Journal:
Nations Unite in Global Agreement on Climate Change
Nations Unite in Global Agreement on Climate Change
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John Sutter / CNN:
Final draft of climate deal agreement unveiled in Paris
Final draft of climate deal agreement unveiled in Paris
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Des Moines Register:
Last Slide — Cruz is now leading with two critical blocs in the Republican caucus electorate: evangelical conservatives (45 percent) and tea party conservatives (39 percent). — Iowa presents a “take and hold” scenario for Cruz: He's taken it; now he needs to hold it …
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John McCormick / Bloomberg Business:
Cruz Soars to Front of the Pack in Iowa Poll; Trump Support Stays Flat — Bloomberg Politics/Des Moines Register Iowa survey also brings no joy to Ben Carson or Jeb Bush. — McCormickJohn — Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz has surged ahead to become the latest front-runner …
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Timothy Egan / New York Times:
Goose-Steppers in the G.O.P. — Well, he's got the Hitler vote. The neo-Nazi website, Daily Stormer, was out and proud earlier this week: “Heil Donald Trump — the Ultimate Savior.” After endorsing the Republican presidential front-runner earlier this year for his call …
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Paul Farhi / Washington Post:
Thanks to Trump, fringe news enters the mainstream — Alex Jones may be America's most successful conspiracy theorist. On his website, Infowars.com, and his daily radio program heard on more than 100 stations nationwide, Jones regularly promotes a variety of beyond-the- fringe ideas …
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CBS Denver:
ACLU Board Member Resigns After Urging People To Kill Supporters Of Trump — By Shaun Boyd — DENVER (CBS4)- A board member for the American Civil Liberties Union of Colorado has resigned after urging people to kill supporters of presidential candidate Donald Trump.
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David Larter / The Scoop Deck:
The Navy's newest ship breaks down, limps into port — USNS Grapple tows USS Milwaukee, LCS-5, to Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek, Va. on Friday, December 11, 2015. LCS-5 suffered an engine casualty while in transit. (Credit: Mike Morones/Staff) — ABOARD THE LITTORAL COMBAT …
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Liza Foreman / The Daily Beast:
Bill Murray Befriends the Muslim World: ‘Not Every Flower Is the Same’ — Our time trailing the comedy god in Marrakech, where a somber Murray shared his thoughts on Muslims and America in the wake of the terrorist attacks in Paris and San Bernardino. — MARRAKECH — “Bill,” I call out. “Bill.
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Daily Mail:
Have police foiled an ISIS chemical weapons plot in Europe? Two Syrian terror suspects are arrested in Geneva for ‘making and transporting explosives and toxic gases’ — Two people of Syrian origin have been arrested in Geneva on suspicion of transporting ‘explosives and toxic gases’ as part of a probe into a terror threat.
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Don Melvin / CNN:
Two arrested on suspicion of terrorism offenses; Geneva remains on alert
Two arrested on suspicion of terrorism offenses; Geneva remains on alert
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Caitlin Yilek / The Hill:
Trump to GOP: 'I'm sorry I did this to you' — Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump is sending a warning to GOP leaders about his dominance in the polls: “You've got to get used to it.” — During an interview with Fox News's Chris Wallace, the billionaire said Republicans are …
Zachary Stone / New York Times:
I'm a Responsible Gun Owner? Seriously? — Austin, Tex. — “WHAT are you doing?” — I had just shot a gun for the first time. The instructor was yelling at me because he couldn't understand how a 22-year-old missed a target some four feet tall and two feet wide, standing only nine feet away.
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Hollie McKay / Fox News:
Radioactive radical: Body of San Bernardino jihadist bride unclaimed — The mysterious jihadi bride who helped her husband kill 14 and wound 22 in last week's terror attack in San Bernardino could get the unceremonious - and un-Islamic - funeral she deserves, as no Muslim leaders want anything to do with her, FoxNews.com has learned.
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Los Angeles Times:
Op-Ed ‘Culture bundling’ and other obstacles to a real gun control debate — Activists in support of stricter gun laws protest outside the CNBC Republican Presidential Debate on Oct. 28 in Boulder, Colo. — I enjoy unproductive talk. Bloviating, berating, snarking and swearing about politics …
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