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8:15 PM ET, January 1, 2016

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TMZ.com:
Natalie Cole — Dead at 65  —  DEAD AT 65  —  EXCLUSIVE  —  Natalie Cole — one of the great voices in decades — has died ... TMZ has learned.  —  Cole, whose hits include “This Will Be” and “Unforgettable” which she performed as a virtual duet with dad Nat King Cole …
Eric W. Dolan / Raw Story:
Young woman smashes car into electrical pole after road-raging Texan shoots her in the head  —  DON'T MISS STORIES.  FOLLOW RAW STORY!  —  A 20-year-old University of North Texas student crashed into an electrical pole in Denton early Friday morning after shot being in the head in an apparent road rage incident.
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Privilege, Pathology and Power  —  Wealth can be bad for your soul.  That's not just a hoary piece of folk wisdom; it's a conclusion from serious social science, confirmed by statistical analysis and experiment.  The affluent are, on average, less likely to exhibit empathy …
Discussion: JustOneMinute
BBC:
Tel Aviv shooting: Two dead, Israeli police say  —  Two people have died and and seven others have been injured after a gunman opened fire with an automatic rifle at a bar in Tel Aviv, Israeli police say.  —  Security forces have launched a huge manhunt for the gunman, cordoning off areas of the city.
Discussion: Jihad Watch, Mashable and Pamela Geller
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Daily Mail:
Was Tel Aviv shooting first ISIS terror attack on Israel?  Police investigate if terror group is behind double murder as it is disclosed alleged attacker had previously assaulted a soldier and tried to take his weapon  —  Police are investigating if a shooting which left two dead in a bar …
Milo Yiannopoulos / Breitbart:
Coming 2016: All-Out War On So-Called ‘Social Justice’  —  In 2016, battle lines will be drawn.  On one side, people of all colours, genders and orientations are rallying around the flag of freedom of speech.  On the other, a nasty set of authoritarians are rallying around a flag that identifies …
Discussion: Vox Popoli
New York Times:
Two Ways of Dealing With Guns  —  This is a big day for Texans yearning to flaunt their handguns in belt and shoulder holsters.  A new “open carry” law enacted by the Republican Legislature goes into effect on Friday, posing a challenge for law enforcement, businesses and other institutions …
Paul Muschick / Morning Call:
Search for autistic Allentown boy continues as night falls  —  The search for 5-year-old Jayliel Vega Batista continues into the 17th hour on Allentown's East Side.  —  Of The Morning Call … It's unusual for 5-year-old Jayliel Vega Batista to run off, his sister said Friday afternoon …
Discussion: CBS Pittsburgh and Slantpoint
Iamhectordiaz / SBNation.com:
Someone is skywriting anti-Donald Trump messages above the Rose Parade … The Rose Bowl is well underway.  Already, we have seen great floats like the Lakers' (featuring the legendary Kareem Abdul-Jabbar), as well as the best anthropomorphic wildlife animal float thanks to La Canada.
Discussion: addictinginfo.org and Raw Story
Michelle Fields / Breitbart:
Sen. Ted Cruz Tells Volunteers: We Can Win 'If We Awaken And Energize The Body Of Christ"  —  “If we awaken and energize the body of Christ- if Christians and people of faith come out and vote our values- we will win and we will turn the country around,” Cruz told volunteers on a conference call Tuesday.
Wfla Web / WFLA-TV:
Deputies: 270 lb.  Sarasota father played video game, smothered son, 6, at same time  —  SARASOTA, Fla. — Deputies say a 270 lb.  Sarasota father played a video game and at the same time used his body weight to smother his 6-year-old son.  —  Sarasota County Sheriff's Deputies …
Discussion: Raw Story and NBC News
Jay Solomon / Wall Street Journal:
White House Delays Imposing New Sanctions on Iran for Missile Program  —  No timeline for when new penalties may be imposed on Tehran  —  WASHINGTON—The White House has delayed its plan to impose new financial sanctions on Iran for its ballistic missile program, according to U.S. officials …
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Lee Smith / Weekly Standard:
Five Words? Next Year Will Be Worse
Discussion: Power Line
 
 
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Rick Perlstein / New Yorker:
The Sudden But Well-Deserved Fall of Rahm Emanuel
Discussion: Balloon Juice
Leslie Josephs / Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Stocks Post Worst Annual Losses Since 2008
Discussion: rubber hose
Rick Hampson / USA Today:
TV, the old king of U.S. politics, faces mortality
The White House:
Weekly Address: Making America Safer for Our Children
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Kyle Smith / New York Post:
If Carrie Fisher doesn't like being judged on looks, she should quit acting
Discussion: Guardian and Page Six