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7:05 PM ET, January 8, 2016

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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 who shot cop pledged allegiance to the Islamic State  —  by , Staff Report .  —  While not classifying the shooting as a terrorist attack, police said Friday that 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.”
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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Nick Gass / Politico:
The 8 must-read Hillary Clinton emails
Discussion: ABC News
Guy Benson / Townhall.com:
Bombshell: In Email, Hillary Ordered Aide to Strip Classified Marking and Send Sensitive Material
Discussion: Hot Air and JustOneMinute
Bradford Richardson / The Hill:
Hillary ‘surprised’ by staffer using personal email
Megan R. Wilson / The Hill:
Watchdog: Clinton email responses ‘inaccurate and incomplete’
Discussion: RedState, Scared Monkeys and Politico
Streiff / RedState:
SMOKING GUN. Hillary Committed A Federal Crime Handling Classified Information
Discussion: 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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Sarah Ferris / The Hill:
GOP heads into 2016 fight with no clear ObamaCare plan
Discussion: Politico and Daily Kos
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Veepstakes begin as Nikki Haley takes the GOP spotlight
Discussion: ABC News
Dana Hedgpeth / Washington Post:
Powerball jackpot, already at a record level, could reach $1 billion  —  The Powerball lottery jackpot has already jumped to $700 million.  Could it reach $1 billion?  —  By midday Thursday, lottery officials said the new high came as sales of tickets continue to skyrocket.
Discussion: CNNMoney and NPR
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Chris Isidore / CNNMoney:
You're even less likely to win Powerball than you think  —  The odds of winning Powerball have always been pretty bad.  But recently they got worse.  A lot worse.  —  The odds are now 1 in 292 million against you winning the $800 million jackpot in Wednesday night's game.
Discussion: FiveThirtyEight
Richard Orange / Telegraph:
Unprecedented sex harassment in Helsinki at New Year, Finnish police report  —  Finnish police ‘tipped off’ about plans by groups of asylum seekers to sexually harass women  —  Asylum seekers who gathered in central Helsinki on New Years's Eve “had similar plans” to commit sexual assault …
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Alison Smale / New York Times:
18 Asylum Seekers Are Tied to Attacks on Women in Germany
Joel B. Pollak / Breitbart:
Exclusive: Birth Certificate for Ted Cruz's Mother  —  Eleanor Darragh, mother of Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX), was born in Delaware on Nov. 23, 1934, establishing her citizenship by birth-and, according to U.S. law, that of her son, even though he was born in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, on Dec. 22, 1970.
Discussion: Politico and @politifact
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: Mediaite, TalkLeft and Pamela Geller
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Reuters:   Islamic State member executes his mother in Syria: monitor
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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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
Reuters:
Republican politicians jumped the gun on terrorism suspect's arrest: sources  —  Two Texas politicians made public details of an investigation into a terrorism suspect while it was still in progress, potentially jeopardizing the inquiry, three sources familiar with the matter said on Friday.
Discussion: Mother Jones, KQED News and The Week
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 …
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 …
Brandi Grissom / Trail Blazers Blog:
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott calls for Convention of States to take back states' rights  —  Texas Governor Greg Abbott speaks at the Dallas Regional Chamber at the Hyatt Regency Hotel on March 16, 2015.  (Michael Ainsworth/The Dallas Morning News) … Gov. Greg Abbott, aiming to spark …
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 Resurgent and The Week
Scott Whitlock / NewsBusters:
GOP Debates on CNN Crush Obama's Town Hall Ratings  —  Share it Tweet it  —  Compared to the two Republican presidential debates on CNN, Barack Obama's gun control town hall got crushed in the ratings.  The President's two hour-long appearance with Anderson Cooper on Thursday managed 2.4 million viewers.
Discussion: Deadline and Moe Lane
 
 
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Justin Fenton / Baltimore Sun:
Maryland appeals court halts order compelling Officer William Porter to testify
Dylan Byers / CNN:
Martin O'Malley risks missing January 17 Democratic debate
Discussion: Guardian, USA Today and The Week
Ron Lieber / New York Times:
How Should You Manage Your Money? And Keep It Short
Discussion: Scott Adams Blog and Mother Jones
Gabriel Debenedetti / Politico:
White House won't commit to supporting Sanders over guns
Ed O'Keefe / Washington Post:
Jeb Bush calls for end of federal food stamp program as part of welfare overhaul
Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Obama to honor shooting victims with open seat at SOTU
Discussion: ABC News and Mediaite
 Earlier Items: 
Austin American-Statesman:
Guns now allowed in Texas' state-run psychiatric hospitals
Oliver Darcy / TheBlaze.com:
‘American Sniper’ Widow Taya Kyle Takes on Obama at Town Hall on Guns: ‘We Cannot Outlaw Murder’
Linda Greenhouse / New York Times:
The Supreme Court and a Life Barely Lived
Discussion: SCOTUSblog, Althouse and ACS Blog
Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Obama vetoes health bill repeal
Discussion: Speaker.gov, The Week, Politico and RT
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