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Veronica Rocha / Los Angeles Times:
All LAUSD schools closed after bomb threat called in to board member, police say — All Los Angeles Unified School District campuses were closed Tuesday morning after a bomb threat was called in to a board member, police said. — It is unclear when the threat was made and to which school board member …
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Tracybloomktla / KTLA:
LAUSD Closes All Campuses Amid ‘Credible Threat’ to ‘Many Schools’ — All Los Angeles Unified School District schools were closed Tuesday until further notice after LAUSD received a “credible threat,” according to school district officials and police. — LAUSD Superintendent Ramon Cortines addressed …
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Darleene Powells / CBS Los Angeles:
Threats Against ‘Many Schools’ Prompt LAUSD To Shut Down All Campuses
Threats Against ‘Many Schools’ Prompt LAUSD To Shut Down All Campuses
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Eliza Collins / Politico:
Trump rises, Carson collapses in Post/ABC poll — Donald Trump has hit his highest level of support yet in a new Washington Post/ABC News poll of registered Republicans out Tuesday: 38 percent. — Despite the widespread blowback over Trump's proposal to ban Muslims from entering the U.S. …
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Nate Cohn / New York Times:
How Trump Could Win, and Why He Probably Won't — Despite controversy after controversy, Donald Trump still dominates the polls. With his seemingly impervious lead, it is tempting to declare that he is a clear front-runner for the nomination. — He has, after all, defied all expectations …
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Dan Balz / Washington Post:
In face of criticism, Trump surges to his biggest lead over the GOP field — Following his proposal to temporarily bar Muslims from entering the country, Donald Trump has increased his lead in the Republican primary to its largest margin yet, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll.
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Dylan Stableford / Yahoo Politics:
Sarah Palin on 2016 GOP race: ‘What a nice problem to have if it came down to Cruz and Trump’
Sarah Palin on 2016 GOP race: ‘What a nice problem to have if it came down to Cruz and Trump’
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Colby Itkowitz / Washington Post:
Liberal Hispanic activists assail Rubio, Cruz as ‘traitors’ to their culture
Liberal Hispanic activists assail Rubio, Cruz as ‘traitors’ to their culture
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ABC News:
Trump Plan Is Supported in His Party But Widely Opposed Outside the GOP (POLL)
Trump Plan Is Supported in His Party But Widely Opposed Outside the GOP (POLL)
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Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
5 things to watch in tonight's debate
5 things to watch in tonight's debate
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McKay Coppins / BuzzFeed:
Trump Campaign Rally Erupts In Chaos And Ugly Confrontation — LAS VEGAS — Donald Trump's campaign rally had only been underway for a few minutes Monday night when the first angry eruption occurred. — The Republican frontrunner had invited a supporter up to the stage to recount how his son was killed by an undocumented immigrant.
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Benjy Sarlin / NBC News:
Trump Audience Member Yells Nazi Salute as Protester Removed From Las Vegas Rally — Some Donald Trump supporters attending the Republican presidential candidate's rally in Las Vegas on the eve of the next GOP debate treated protesters with unusual hatred Monday night.
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Lauren French / Politico:
Ryan: Budget package a true compromise — Speaker Paul Ryan said Tuesday that negotiators will unveil their trillion-dollar government spending bill Tuesday. — The package will be finalized just one day before the deadline to keep the government funded, ensuring that Congress will need …
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Kathleen Miller / Bloomberg Business:
Oil Export Plan Last Obstacle to U.S. Spending Bill, Reid Says — Democratic leader says it's ‘decision time’ for Republicans — Democrats seek environmental provisions to lift export ban — A dispute over ending the 40-year-old U.S. crude oil export ban is the last remaining obstacle …
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Burgess Everett / Politico:
McConnell vows ambitious agenda in treacherous 2016
John Hinderaker / Power Line:
First Truth, Now Chappaquiddick — Some time ago-several decades, actually-a group of us at my law firm formed a Chappaquiddick Book Club. We read three or four books on the fatal car accident that should have ended Ted Kennedy's public career. The facts are much worse than most people realize …
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Borys Kit / Hollywood Reporter:
‘Fifty Shades of Grey’ Director Tackling Ted Kennedy Thriller ‘Chappaquiddick’ (Exclusive) — The script was just named to the 2015 Blacklist. — Sam Taylor-Johnson, who directed Fifty Shades of Grey, is in talks to direct Apex Entertainment's feature Chappaquiddick.
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Emily Summars / Enid News & Eagle:
Man drives pickup into Alva hotel lobby — ALVA, Okla. — A Texas man accused of driving his pickup into the lobby of an Alva hotel is facing felony charges in the incident. — John Parsley, 62, of Gonzales, Texas, faces two felony counts of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon …
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M. Alex Johnson / NBC News:
Disgruntled Guest Rams Truck Into Oklahoma Hotel Desk, Just Missing Two Women
Disgruntled Guest Rams Truck Into Oklahoma Hotel Desk, Just Missing Two Women
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Rush Limbaugh:
Cruz Forces Trump Blunders — RUSH: On this program, ladies and gentlemen, we have praised repeatedly the way Ted Cruz has been behaving in this campaign. We have praised his strategy. We have recognized what he's doing and have praised it, called it out, and this program has been front …
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Theodore Schleifer / CNN:
GOP establishment worries about Cruz-Trump showdown
GOP establishment worries about Cruz-Trump showdown
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Max Boot / Commentary Magazine:
Ted Cruz: The Anti-Reagan
James Surowiecki / New Yorker:
In Defense of Philanthrocapitalism — When Mark Zuckerberg, the C.E.O. of Facebook, announced that he would be donating ninety-nine per cent of his Facebook stock to a new nonprofit organization, he got his share of positive headlines. But the move was also dismissed as a tax-avoidance scheme …
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Rick Noack / Washington Post:
Multiculturalism is a sham, says Angela Merkel — German Chancellor Angela Merkel's refugee policy has attracted praise from all over the world. Time magazine and the Financial Times newspaper recently named her Person of the Year, and delegates applauded her for so long at her party's convention on Monday that she had to stop them.
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Shane Goldmacher / Politico:
Inside the 2016 black market for donor emails — Scott Walker has begun selling access to his email list to pay off his leftover presidential debt, renting out the email addresses of hundreds of thousands of supporters to former rivals, including Marco Rubio, John Kasich, Ted Cruz and Ben Carson.
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Mark Murray / NBC News:
Terrorism Fears Drag Down Obama's Support in New Poll — The recent terrorist attacks in Paris and San Bernardino, Calif., have vaulted terrorism and national security to become the American public's top concern, and they've helped drive President Barack Obama's job rating to 43 percent …
Des Moines Register:
Last Slide — Actress and author Lena Dunham will campaign for Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton on Jan. 9 in Des Moines and Iowa City. — “Lena has spent a lot of time with Hillary, and I bet she's got some great stories to share,” Michelle Kleppe, the Iowa organizing director …
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Bret Stephens / Wall Street Journal:
The Cruz Imposture — The Texas senator's foreign policy is closer to Obama's than he lets on. — Not everything in Ted Cruz's foreign policy speech on Thursday at the Heritage Foundation was awful. There was enough intellectual heft in there to suggest that the senator from Texas …
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Dusty Lane / Q13 FOX News:
Pasco man gets Amber Alert on his phone just as he's parking next to car in question — Missing Attachment Missing Attachment Missing Attachment — PASCO - Can you even imagine? — A Pasco man was pulling into a Wendy's parking lot Monday night when he got an Amber Alert on his phone.
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Daily Mail:
Syrian refugees in Norway had execution images on mobile phones — Hundreds of asylum-seekers entering Norway were discovered to have images of ‘executions’ and ‘severed heads’ on their mobile phones. — The revelation comes amid heightened fears that ISIS is exploiting the migrant crisis …
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Stephanie McNeal / BuzzFeed:
Women Say Their Hair Is Falling Out In Chunks After Using Wen Hair Products — Women say a popular hair care line created by a celebrity stylist in Los Angeles is making them go bald, with hundreds of people joining a class-action lawsuit against the manufacturer. — Instagram: @wenbychazdean Murphy Rosen LLP
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