memeorandum: The world just agreed to a major climate deal in Paris. Now comes the hard part. (Brad Plumer/Vox)

3:50 AM ET, December 13, 2015

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196 countries approve historic climate agreement — BREAKING NEWS: Negotiators from 196 countries approved a landmark climate accord on Saturday that seeks to dramatically reduce emissions of the greenhouse gases blamed for a dangerous warming of the planet.

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Brad Plumer / Vox:

The world just agreed to a major climate deal in Paris. Now comes the hard part. — After two weeks of bleary all-nighters in Paris, diplomats from around the world have hammered out a major global agreement to address climate change. Here's the full 31-page document, which was approved by 195 countries on Saturday.

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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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Fiona Harvey / Guardian:
Paris climate deal: nearly 200 nations sign in end of fossil fuel era

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New York Times:
Inside the Paris Climate Deal

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Bloomberg Business:
Landmark Climate-Change Agreement Hailed as ‘Leap for Mankind’

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Mother Jones:
Breaking: World Leaders Just Agreed to a Landmark Deal to Fight Global Warming

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Joe Romm / ThinkProgress:
In Historic Paris Climate Deal, World Unanimously Agrees To Not Burn Most Fossil Fuels

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Wall Street Journal:
Nations Unite in Global Agreement on Climate Change

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Bloomberg Business: Climate Negotiators Hail ‘Historic’ Paris Draft Agreement

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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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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Bradford Richardson / The Hill:

Trump: I can't wash my hair properly because of water regs — Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump says water regulations from the are making it difficult for him to keep his famed mane clean. — Asked about the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) “Waters of the United States” …

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Ian Hanchett / Breitbart:

Trump: Hillary Says I'm Dangerous When 'She's The One That Caused So Many Deaths' — Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump argued that Democratic presidential candidate and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is “the one that caused so many deaths and everything …

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Caitlin Yilek / The Hill:
Trump to GOP: 'I'm sorry I did this to you'

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Asoleycerro / KTLA:

Video Appears to Show Sheriff's Deputies Fatally Shoot Man in Lynwood (Warning: Graphic Video) — Investigators say a man was armed and turning toward sheriff's deputies when they fatally shot him in Lynwood Saturday, as video emerged showing the man apparently walking away as a barrage …

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BostonGlobe.com:

‘Debate is very important,’ Paul says — CONCORD, N.H. - Kentucky Senator Rand Paul is confident he will be on the primetime Republican debate stage Tuesday, but if he falls short, he will make an announcement this week about what comes next. — Asked Saturday by the Globe specifically …

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New York Times:

U.S. Visa Process Missed San Bernardino Wife's Zealotry on Social Media — WASHINGTON — Tashfeen Malik, who with her husband carried out the massacre in San Bernardino, Calif., passed three background checks by American immigration officials as she moved to the United States from Pakistan.

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Charles Moore / Telegraph:

Angela Merkel is doing more damage to the future of the West than Donald Trump — The founders of the European Union wanted it to give Christendom modern democratic form, but this is now nearly invisible — One day, a historian will pinpoint exactly when we in the West started talking about Muslims.

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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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Christopher Helman / Forbes:

What Oil Bust? Texas Billionaire Gives Each Worker A $100,000 Bonus — Christmas came early at Hilcorp Energy. Despite the depression in the oil and gas sector, this year employees are enjoying a $100,000 bonus. — It's the continuation of a tradition at Hilcorp, owned by billionaire Jeffery Hildebrand.

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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