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Andrew Kramer / CBS Philly:
Cops: Suspect Says He Shot Officer In Name Of Islam  —  By Justin Finch, Rahel Solomon, Walt Hunter  —  PHILADELPHIA (CBS) - Authorities say a Philadelphia police officer is recovering after he was shot several times during an ambush late Thursday night in West Philadelphia.
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Philly.com:
Police: Gunman shot cop ‘in name of Islam’  —  by , Staff Report .  —  While not classifying the shooting as a terrorist attack, police said Friday the man arrested after shooting and wounding a police officer in an ambush in West Philadelphia Thursday night confessed he acted “in the name of Islam.”
Discussion: Jihad Watch, Mediaite, KTLA and CBS Philly
Katherine Krueger / Talking Points Memo:
Suspect Who Ambushed Philly Cop Pledged Allegiance To Islamic State
Discussion: Associated Press and The Week
Philly.com:
Officer ambushed, wounded in West Philly shooting
Discussion: Bearing Arms
Jammie Wearing Fools:
Man in Muslim Garb Tries to Execute Philadelphia Police Officer; Officials Not Sure if Religion …
Discussion: Philly.com, Hot Air and Billy Penn
Ed Morrissey / Hot Air:
Whoa: Hillary e-mail instructs aide to transmit classified data without markings  —  Has the State Department released a smoking gun in the Hillary Clinton e-mail scandal?  In a thread from June 2011, Hillary exchanges e-mails with Jake Sullivan, then her deputy chief of staff …
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Guy Benson / Townhall.com:
Bombshell: In Email, Hillary Ordered Aide to Strip Classified Marking and Send Sensitive Material  —  The State Department waited until the middle of the night to execute its belated, court-ordered release of the latest tranche of Hillary Clinton's emails — the ones she and her attorneys …
Megan R. Wilson / The Hill:
Watchdog: Clinton email responses ‘inaccurate and incomplete’
Discussion: RedState, Scared Monkeys and Politico
Bradford Richardson / The Hill:
Hillary ‘surprised’ by staffer using personal email
Nick Gass / Politico:
The 8 must-read Hillary Clinton emails
Discussion: ABC News
Streiff / RedState:
SMOKING GUN. Hillary Committed A Federal Crime Handling Classified Information
Discussion: The Last Refuge and The Hayride
Frank Newport / Gallup:
Jeb Bush's Image Among Republicans Deteriorates  —  Story Highlights  —  PRINCETON, N.J. — Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush's image among Republicans has steadily worsened over the past 5 ½ months.  His current net favorable rating of -1 (44% favorable, 45% unfavorable) …
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Peggy Noonan / Wall Street Journal:
The GOP Establishment's Civil War  —  A free-for-all between Christie, Rubio, Cruz and others, while Trump hovers above it all.  —  What everyone's waiting for is the winnowing.  New Hampshire and Iowa will force some Republican candidates out.  When we know who's still in we'll have a surer sense of the contours of the race.
Sarah Ferris / The Hill:
GOP heads into 2016 fight with no clear ObamaCare plan  —  The GOP has failed to put forward a full ObamaCare replacement plan, a significant political liability in an election year that stands to permanently cement the law.  —  Republicans this week made good on a five-year-old promise …
Discussion: Politico and Daily Kos
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Veepstakes begin as Nikki Haley takes the GOP spotlight
Discussion: ABC News
Bradford Richardson / The Hill:
Gallup: Bush favorability in the red
Discussion: Joe.My.God., Politico and The Week
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Oliver Darcy / TheBlaze.com:
‘American Sniper’ Widow Taya Kyle Takes on Obama at Town Hall on Guns: ‘We Cannot Outlaw Murder’  —  The widow of “American Sniper” Chris Kyle confronted President Barack Obama Thursday night, challenging the president on the effectiveness of gun control legislation and asking …
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Justin Wm / Washington Post:
Meet the pro-gun rape survivor who challenged Obama on CNN
Eliza Collins / Politico:
Charles Koch bemoans lack of influence over 2016 race  —  Charles Koch is “disappointed” with the line-up of Republican candidates in the 2016 cycle, and is surprised by the lack of influence he and his brother have wielded so far.  —  In an interview with the Financial Times …
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Gabriel Debenedetti / Politico:
White House won't commit to supporting Sanders over guns  —  The campaigns of Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton erupted in a back-and-forth Friday over President Barack Obama's new pledge not to support anti-gun control candidates — and whether that pledge ruled out Obama backing Sanders if wins the Democratic nomination.
Discussion: Associated Press
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Bloomberg Business:
Obama Creates Task Force to Counter Terror Via Facebook
Discussion: ABC News and Politico
Beau Donelly / Sydney Morning Herald:
Melbourne man faces stiff opposition to penis signature  —  Jared Hyams' signature started as a joke.  —  Suspecting that no one at the Australian Electoral Commission would scrutinise the application to change his address, he scribbled a caricature of a penis in the box that asked for a signature.
Kelly House / Oregonian:
At Bundy encampment, outsider says militants ‘attacked’ his group  —  BURNS — Violence broke out at the Bundy compound Wednesday night between its militant occupants and members of an outside group whose leader says he wants to get women and children out of the compound.
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John Hall / Times of India:
ISIS militant Ali Saqr al-Qasem publicly executes his own mother in Raqqa after accusing her of ‘apostasy’  —  LONDON: In a shocking low even by the standards of the Islamic State, a militant has publicly executed his own mother after accusing her of apostasy.
Discussion: TalkLeft, Mediaite and Pamela Geller
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Reuters:   Islamic State member executes his mother in Syria: monitor
Hillary Clinton / BostonGlobe.com:
A make-or-break moment for Supreme Court appointments  —  THERE'S A LOT at stake in this election.  Nowhere is this clearer than in the US Supreme Court.  —  The court's decisions have a profound impact on American families.  In the past two decades alone, it effectively declared George W. Bush president …
Discussion: Above the Law
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Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Mandatory Union Fees Getting Hard Look by Supreme Court
Emily Flitter / Reuters:
Trump likes to sleep in his own bed and it may cost him votes  —  U.S. presidential candidates are spending long days on the campaign trail and their nights in a succession of budget hotels, often in small towns.  Not Donald Trump.  —  After nearly every rally, the billionaire real estate developer hops …
Discussion: The Week and The Resurgent
Jonathan Swan / The Hill:
Trump tells security to take protesters' coats: ‘Throw them out into the cold’  —  Republican front-runner Donald Trump directed security to kick out Bernie Sanders supporters from his Vermont rally and to confiscate their coats.  —  “Throw them out into the cold,” Trump ordered security, as protesters shouted “Bernie!
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Bureau of Labor Statistics:
THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION — DECEMBER 2015  —  Total nonfarm payroll employment rose by 292,000 in December, and the unemployment rate was unchanged at 5.0 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today.  Employment gains occurred in several industries, led by professional and business services …
Science:
The Anthropocene is functionally and stratigraphically distinct from the Holocene  —  1British Geological Survey, Keyworth, Nottingham NG12 5GG, UK.  —  2Department of Geology, University of Leicester, University Road, Leicester LE1 7RH, UK.  —  3Scott Polar Research Institute …
Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Obama vetoes health bill repeal  —  President Obama on Friday vetoed legislation that would repeal much of ObamaCare, the first such measure to reach his desk since it became law in 2010.  —  Obama used his veto pen without fanfare on a legislative package rolling back his signature healthcare law …
Discussion: Speaker.gov, Politico, RT and The Week
 
 
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Martin O'Malley risks missing January 17 Democratic debate
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Ed O'Keefe / Washington Post:
Jeb Bush calls for end of federal food stamp program as part of welfare overhaul
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