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10:30 AM ET, January 7, 2016

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A.B. Stoddard / The Hill:
Cruz's path to victory  —  He is the most hated man in Washington, and he isn't riveting record crowds like Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders are out on the campaign trail.  But Ted Cruz is running one of the best presidential campaigns of 2016.  —  After spending what will likely amount …
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Jennifer Hansler / ABC News:
Donald Trump Wants Ted Cruz to ‘Go Before a Judge’ About His Citizenship  —  Donald Trump wants Ted Cruz to go before a judge to “immediately, like tomorrow” to determine whether or not he is a “natural born citizen” and therefore eligible to run for president.
Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
John McCain: “I Don't Know” If Cruz Is Eligible For Presidency With Canadian Birth  —  McCain, the Republican nominee in 2008, was born in the Panama Canal Zone when it was a U.S. territory.  —  Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images  —  w.soundcloud.com  —  Arizona Sen. John McCain …
Karen Tumulty / Washington Post:
The Bill Clinton scandal machine revs back up and takes aim at his wife  —  The ghosts of the 1990s have returned to confront Hillary Clinton, released from the vault by Donald Trump and revved up by a 21st-century version of the scandal machine that almost destroyed her husband's presidency.
Discussion: Althouse and Political Wire
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The Hill:
Bill Clinton rape accuser: Hillary ‘tried to silence’ me  —  A woman who publicly accused former President Bill Clinton of raping her in 1978 is resurrecting her claims on social media.  —  “I was 35 years old when Bill Clinton, Ark. Attorney General raped me,” Juanita Broaddrick tweeted Wednesday.
Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:
Sanders: Clinton lacks courage to stand up to Wall Street  —  Hillary Clinton hasn't stood up to Wall Street, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) contended on Wednesday in an interview on MSNBC's “Morning joe.”  —  “Do I think Hillary Clinton or many other senators have shown the courage that is necessary to stand up the Wall Street power?
Discussion: Taylor Marsh and ABC News
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CNN:
Man with cleaver killed by Paris police on anniversary of Charlie Hebdo attacks  —  Deadly shooting outside Paris police station  — Police kill man with cleaver after he tried to enter a northern Paris police station, officials say  —  (CNN)Police shot and killed a man wielding …
Dan Mangan / CNBC:
Obamacare had little effect on part-time employment: Study  —  The sky didn't fall when Obamacare went into effect — and the number of people working part-time didn't rise, either.  —  A new study further undercuts a major claim by critics of the Affordable Care Act, who contended that the law …
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
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Peter Sullivan / The Hill:
House passes ObamaCare repeal, sending measure to president
Discussion: Mother Jones and Yahoo
Mike DeBonis / Washington Post:
Congress sends health care repeal to Obama, setting up certain veto
Discussion: Power Line and Real Clear Politics
Associated Press:
17 miners rescued from salt mine near Ithaca  —  LANSING, N.Y. (AP) — Seventeen miners stuck 900 feet underground at the deepest salt mine in the Western Hemisphere were rescued Thursday morning, ending an ordeal that officials said began about 10 hours earlier when an elevator got stuck on its way to the mine's floor.
Discussion: CNN, Associated Press and The Week
St. John Barned-Smith / Houston Chronicle:
Grand jury indicts DPS trooper who arrested Sandra Bland  —  A Waller County grand jury has indicted Texas Department of Public Safety Trooper Brian Encinia - the trooper who arrested Sandra Bland - on perjury charges.  —  Darrell Jordan, a special prosecutor, said the charge is a Class A misdemeanor …
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David Montgomery / New York Times:
Texas Trooper Who Arrested Sandra Bland Is Indicted on Perjury Charge
Discussion: NPR, all and Daily Kos
Office of the Governor / Office of Governor …:
GOVERNOR BROWN ISSUES ORDER ON ALISO CANYON GAS LEAK  —  SACRAMENTO - Given the prolonged and continuing duration of the Aliso Canyon gas leak and at the request of residents and local officials, Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today issued a proclamation that declares the situation an emergency …
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Los Angeles Times:
Brown declares state of emergency at Porter Ranch amid massive gas leak
Discussion: Gizmodo and KTLA
Carol D. Leonnig / Washington Post:
State Department gave ‘inaccurate’ answer on Clinton email use, review says  —  Two years before the public learned of Hillary Clinton's private server, the State Department gave an “inaccurate and incomplete” response about her email use when it told an outside group that it had no documents …
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Hot Air
WDRB 41 Louisville News:
Louisville woman accused of assaulting, robbing disabled man after he jokes that he doesn't believe in God  —  LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) — A woman was arrested at the Hall of Justice in downtown Louisville Tuesday afternoon, months after police say she assaulted and robbed a man after he joked that he did not believe in God.
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Bethania Palma Markus / Raw Story:
Woman beats disabled man with his own cane for saying he doesn't believe in God: police
Discussion: LiberalAmerica.org
Joe Romm / ThinkProgress:
Why James Hansen Is Wrong About Nuclear Power  —  Climatologist James Hansen argued last month, “Nuclear power paves the only viable path forward on climate change.”  He is wrong.  —  As the Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) and International Energy Agency (IEA) explained in a major report last year …
Discussion: National Review
Joe Klein / TIME:
The Republican Governors' Advantage  —  A Trumpless day in New Hampshire was also a nice reminder why governors have a presidential advantage: they know stuff  —  How fine and rare and clear, a Trumpless day in New Hampshire.  Oh, he's out there, somewhere, spewing-but here …
Jack Clark / Bloomberg Business:
Amazon to Sell Its Own Brand of Chips Next to Wipes, USB Cables  —  Recently acquired startup unveils new line of semiconductors  —  ‘Alpine’ products based on designs from U.K.'s ARM Holdings  —  Amazon.com Inc. is expanding the products it makes and sells under its own brand with a foray …
Discussion: The Verge, VentureBeat, Engadget and Gizmodo
Reuters:
Time Warner Cable says up to 320,000 customers' data may have been stolen  —  Time Warner Cable Inc said on Wednesday up to 320,000 customers may have had their email passwords stolen.  —  The company said email and password details were likely gathered either through malware downloaded …
Julia Jacobo / ABC News:
Discussion: Associated Press and abc13.com
Sarah Pulliam Bailey / Washington Post:
New charges allege religious leader, who has ties to the Duggars, sexually abused women  —  Ten women on Wednesday filed a lawsuit against Bill Gothard, who for decades was a major force in the conservative Christian homeschooling movement, charging him and leaders in his ministry with sexual abuse, harassment and cover-up.
Katie Pavlich / Townhall.com:
Citizen Asks ATF: Do I Need a Federal Firearms License to Sell Thousands of Guns to Mexican Cartels?  —  The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms has posted a link to their Facebook page clarifying requirements for people selling guns to obtain a Federal Firearms License.
Daily Mail:
Marco walks tall!  Rubio channels Nicolas Sarkozy and wears some well-heeled boots while campaigning in New Hampshire  — Marco Rubio's campaign says he's 5-foot-10, but his new booties have him reaching higher with chunky Cuban heels  — The Florida senator's campaign is refusing …
Moe Lane / RedState:
Washington Post admits that, no: electric cars were NOT worth it.  —  At least, if you use the rule of thumb that any time you ask a question in a headline then the answer is always going to be ‘no:’ “The government has spent a lot on electric cars, but was it worth it?”
Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:
Christie says he ‘changed his mind’ on guns  —  Chris Christie on Wednesday conceded that he changed his mind on guns.  —  Fox News host Sean Hannity pressed the New Jersey governor on his gun stance, noting that he supported an assault weapons ban in 1995, called GOP opponents who wanted to repeal it …
Discussion: Hot Air
Nat Brown / National Review:
Rest in Peace, Florence  —  Can a non-believing misanthrope rest in peace?  I hope so.  —  For odd and comical reasons, all related to National Review, and my having lived for a few years in Fredericksburg, Virginia, my former neighbor, Florence King, and I became friends.  Good and lifelong.
 
 
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Biz Carson / Business Insider:
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James Vaznis / BostonGlobe.com:
In Mass. schools, a focus on well-being
Discussion: Joanne Jacobs and Newsalert
Stephanie Ballesteros / WAVY-TV:
Tractor-trailer driver survives plunge over CBBT, ID'd by police
Discussion: WIVB-TV, KXAN-TV and WJTV
Lindsey Ellefson / Mediaite:
Trump Supporters Back Up ‘Birther’ Claims, Accuse Obama of Being Part of ‘New World Order’
Bob Cusack / The Hill:
Trump: I didn't try to ‘woo’ Megyn Kelly
 Earlier Items: 
Edward-Isaac Dovere / Politico:
Obama plugs State of the Union address in video trailer
Discussion: ABC News
M.G. Oprea / The Federalist:
How You Pronounce ‘Muslim’ Says A Lot About Your Politics
Discussion: alicublog and Instapundit
Jon Nicosia / Mediaite:
Gun Store Owner Who Gave Trump a Rifle Has Armed Standoff with CNN Hosts
Mike Cason / al.com:
Roy Moore says probate judges have duty to enforce same-sex marriage ban
 

 
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Mandy Dalugdug / Music Business Worldwide:
UMG, ABKCO, and Concord sue Believe and its subsidiary TuneCore for $500M+, alleging Believe built its business via “industrial-scale copyright infringement”

Reuters:
French judicial source: investigators searched Netflix's offices in France and the Netherlands as part of a preliminary investigation into tax fraud laundering

Manish Singh / TechCrunch:
India issues a notice to Wikipedia over bias concerns, questioning if it should be classified as a publisher, after judges called its open editing “dangerous”

 
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