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11:35 PM ET, December 15, 2015

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Robert Costa / Washington Post:
Trump to meet with GOP mega-donor but says 'I don't want his money'  —  LAS VEGAS — Republican front-runner Donald Trump was set to meetprivately here Tuesday with Sheldon Adelson, the billionaire casino mogul who remains a much sought-after donor in the race for the party's presidential nomination.
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Bloomberg Business:
Terrorism Dominates Republican Debate But So Do Personal Attacks  —  Terrorists aren't the only targets in the last Republican presidential debate of 2015.  —  michaelcbender  —  McCormickJohn  —  Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump joined President Barack Obama …
Discussion: ABC News, Politico and Bloomberg View
Ben Schreckinger / Politico:
The 13 biggest moments of the GOP debate  —  The Republican presidential candidates went after each other right from the start of the CNN debate Tuesday night.  Here are the most memorable and important moments:  —  1. Trump rules out independent bid  —  Moderator Hugh Hewitt asked Donald Trump …
Discussion: Yahoo Politics
Mark Murray / NBC News:
Jeb Bush's $35 Million: The Least Effective TV Ad Campaign in Presidential History?  —  It's maybe too early to completely write off Jeb Bush's struggling presidential campaign.  —  But it isn't too early to declare that the $35 million - and counting - that Bush and his allies have spent …
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Trump's protester problem  —  Share Tweet Reddit Digg Mail Print SMS More  —  LAS VEGAS — “It's like Obama in reverse!  Obama in reverse!” said an excited Donald Trump supporter visiting from Tennessee who came to the Republican front-runner's debate-eve rally in an enormous convention room off the Vegas Strip.
Discussion: Breitbart, Mediaite and Instapundit
MJ Lee / CNN:
Terror threat dominates GOP debate
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Ed O'Keefe / Washington Post:
Jeb Bush vowed that Donald Trump would be in decline by Dec. 15. That didn't happen.
Matthew J. Dowd / Wall Street Journal:
Seven Insights About the Republican Field Ahead of Las Vegas Debate
Discussion: Fox News
Tom Jensen / Public Policy Polling:
Trump Edges Cruz in Iowa; His Supporters Think Japanese Internment Was Good; Clinton Still …
Discussion: Right Wing Watch
Nate Cohn / New York Times:
How Donald Trump Could Win, and Why He Probably Won't
Hailey Branson-Potts / Los Angeles Times:
Teen killed crossing street after L.A. schools closed over threat was ‘awesome student’  —  A 17-year-old student was struck and killed while crossing the street at Avenue 60 and Figueroa Street in Highland Park.  (Hailey Branson-Potts)  —  A 17-year-old student was struck and killed …
Discussion: KTLA, LAist and Truth Revolt
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Veronica Rocha / Los Angeles Times:
All LAUSD schools closed after bomb threat called in to board member, police say
Tracybloomktla / KTLA:
LAUSD Closes All Schools Due to Emailed Threat of Violence That May Be Hoax
New York Times:
Police Say a Threat Made to New York Schools Is Not Credible
Jenna Morton / WQAD-TV:
Muscatine man fights panhandlers who refuse his offer of a job  —  It's a picture that's been shared around the world.  Two boys panhandling in Muscatine, another man holding a sign telling people not to give them money.  —  In Muscatine, Iowa you can find panhandlers several times a week.
Discussion: WGN-TV
Daily Mail:
‘The Obamas treat Air Force One like an Uber ride’: Chief of spending watchdog says president's Christmas Hawaii trip is too expensive to justify  —  Barack Obama has been savaged by a top spending campaigner for taking the First Family on an eighth consecutive Christmas vacation to Hawaii, at huge expense to the American taxpayer.
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Judy Kurtz / The Hill:
Obamas have dog problem in White House  —  Michelle Obama says White House dogs Bo and Sunny will be getting “lots of new toys and treats” for Christmas despite some bad habits.  —  “They have been very good dogs,” Obama said of the pair of Portuguese Water Dogs.  “I mean, Sunny can be naughty.
New York Times:
The Experts Were Wrong About the Best Places for Better and Cheaper Health Care  —  These maps look nothing alike.  Their big differences are forcing health experts to rethink what they know about health costs across the country.  —  Medicare spending per capita
Jeff Patterson / WFLA-TV:
VIDEO: Boy arrested 20+ times, arrested again for stealing 89-year-old man's car  —  ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (WFLA) — A 12-year-old boy who has been arrested more than 20 times was arrested again on Monday.  St. Petersburg police say he stole a car from an 89-year-old man.
Discussion: WCMH-TV and FOX21News.com
Camille Paglia / Spiked:
Feminist trouble  —  It's doubtful whether Camille Paglia - cultural critic, academic and the author of several acclaimed books including, most recently, Glittering Images: A Journey Through Art from Egypt to Star Wars - has ever pulled a punch.  Since she burst on to the cultural scene in the 1990s …
Discussion: Althouse
Fox News:
Sources: Review affirms Clinton server emails were ‘top secret,’ despite department challenge  —  EXCLUSIVE: An intelligence community review has re-affirmed that two classified emails were indeed “top secret” when they hit Hillary Clinton's unsecured personal server despite a challenge …
Numbers / Pew Research Center for the People …:
Views of Government's Handling of Terrorism Fall to Post-9/11 Low  —  Little change in views of relationship between Islam and violence  —  Following the terrorist attacks in Paris and San Bernardino, Calif., the public's concerns about terrorism have surged and positive ratings …
Tierney Sneed / Talking Points Memo:
Carson: Doing Brain Surgery On Children Has Prepared Me For War  —  Asked by GOP debate moderator Hugh Hewitt whether he would be willing to order airstrikes that would kill thousands of innocent children, Ben Carson compared making such a call to the experience of operating on a child, as he did as an acclaimed pediatric neurosurgeon.
Discussion: Raw Story
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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Lauren Fox / Talking Points Memo:
Rick Santorum ‘Islam Is Different’ When It Comes To Religious Freedom
Discussion: Mediaite
Josh Feldman / Mediaite:
Chuck Todd on LA: 'This Was a Successful Terrorist Attack, It Wasn't Blood, It Was Fear'
Discussion: Truth Revolt and Hullabaloo
Tierney Sneed / Talking Points Memo:
Huckabee To Lazy, Pot-Smoking Youth: 'We Aren't Gonna Give You Anything!'
Discussion: Business Insider
Associated Press:
ASSAD CAN STAY, FOR NOW: KERRY ACCEPTS RUSSIAN STANCE
MyKayla Hilgart / KIMT-TV:
Suspected bank robber in custody
Discussion: KXAN-TV and WCMH-TV
Sophia Rosenbaum / Page Six:
Paris Hilton moving to Switzerland for millionaire beau
Discussion: The Daily Caller
 Earlier Items: 
WOOD-TV:
Manager: Robber called clerk a terrorist, shot him
Discussion: KFOR-TV and WCMH-TV
New York Post:
City subways are turning into a sex-crime filled horror show
Discussion: BizPac Review and Gothamist
Anthony Watts / Watts Up With That?:
Shocker: Vegetarian diets worse for climate than eating bacon
Discussion: Power Line
Deke Farrow / modbee:
Modesto pastor recovering from accidental gunshot in firearm-safety class
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Raw Story
Tom Boggioni / Raw Story:
Out-of-control Florida school dean suspended for mocking ‘ugly’ Jews, black women and poor students
Discussion: WJXT-TV
Des Moines Register:
Last Slide  —  Actress and author Lena Dunham will campaign …
Discussion: Breitbart, LifeNews.com and Politico
 

 
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Financial Times:
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