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7:45 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  —  The State Department's releases of Hillary Clinton's emails are winding down but are still offering up colorful glimpses into the former secretary of state's four years at Foggy Bottom.  The latest batch of roughly 3,000 pages of emails …
Discussion: ABC News
Bradford Richardson / The Hill:
Hillary ‘surprised’ by staffer using personal email
Guy Benson / Townhall.com:
Bombshell: In Email, Hillary Ordered Aide to Strip Classified Marking and Send Sensitive Material
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
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
Nick Gass / Politico:
Fox poll: Sanders soars in New Hampshire  —  Bernie Sanders has soared to a 13-point lead over Hillary Clinton in New Hampshire in a new Fox News survey out Friday, nearly a month to the day primary voters will make their decision at the polls on Feb. 9.  —  Sanders, who in November held …
Discussion: Fox News and Bloomberg.com
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Gabriel Debenedetti / Politico:   White House won't commit to supporting Sanders over guns
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.
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
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.
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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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 …
Adam Kredo / Washington Free Beacon:
Disclosure: Another 41 Foreign-Born Individuals Snagged On Terror Charges  —  Following the discovery of a terrorist cell in Texas allegedly operated by an Iraqi who entered the United States as a refugee, the Washington Free Beacon has learned of an additional 41 individuals who have been implicated …
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 …
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 …
 
 
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Linda Greenhouse / New York Times:
The Supreme Court and a Life Barely Lived
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Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Obama vetoes health bill repeal
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Emily Flitter / Reuters:
Trump likes to sleep in his own bed and it may cost him votes
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