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8:10 AM ET, January 11, 2016

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Jon Pareles / New York Times:
David Bowie, the Legendary Musician, Has Died at 69  —  David Bowie, the infinitely changeable, fiercely forward-looking songwriter who taught generations of musicians about the power of drama, images and personae, died Sunday, two days after his 69th birthday, according to his publicist.
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Hollywood Reporter:
The singer-songwriter and producer excelled at glam rock, art rock, soul, hard rock, dance pop, punk and electronica during an eclectic 40-plus-year career.  —  David Bowie has died after a battle with cancer, his rep confirmed to The Hollywood Reporter.  He was 69.
Discussion: Guardian, Florida Politics and The Week
Jake Sherman / Politico:
Obama, GOP Congress near end of long, ugly relationship  —  It's happened over and over again since 2011.  A deadline quickly approaches.  Congressional Republicans and President Barack Obama are locked in a stare-down for weeks.  Then, just before calamity hits, a deal is struck — usually.
Discussion: Bloomberg Business
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Peter Baker / New York Times:
Obama's Last State of the Union Address Aims to Set Tone for '16 Campaign  —  WASHINGTON — For the final time, President Obama will mount the rostrum in the House chamber on Tuesday to deliver a State of the Union address.  But this time, aides said, he will not bring with him a long list …
Discussion: The Week and NBC News
Alyssa Bereznak / Yahoo Politics:
The State of the Union will be digitized, live-streamed, tweeted and, oh yeah, broadcast
Discussion: Medium, Wired and Bloomberg.com
Brent Baker / NewsBusters:   CNN's Cooper Lets Slip: White House Press Corps ‘Agrees’ With Obama
Mark Murray / NBC News:
Poll: Neck-And-Neck 2016 Races in Iowa, New Hampshire  —  Three weeks until the first presidential nominating contest, Donald Trump and Ted Cruz are running neck and neck in Iowa, while Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders are also locked in a tight race in the Hawkeye State.
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NBC News:
Meet the Press - January 10, 2016  —  CHUCK TODD:  —  This Sunday, he's defying political gravity and every prediction of his imminent collapse.  —  DONALD TRUMP:  —  And who's going to pay for the wall?  —  CROWD:  —  Mexico!  —  CHUCK TODD:  —  And he now says he's in this race for the long run.
Discussion: BuzzFeed and Althouse
CBS News:
Gabby Giffords to endorse Hillary Clinton
Discussion: Refinery29 and addictinginfo.org
Gabriel Debenedetti / Politico:
Gabby Giffords to endorse Clinton amid gun feud with Sanders
Discussion: Bloomberg.com and The Week
Kyle Cheney / Politico:   Gun control feud between Clinton and Sanders escalates
Associated Press:
Senate Democrats Rammed Through Judges, Now GOP Calls Shots  —  After more than 400 days, Luis Felipe Restropo is finally getting a confirmation vote in the Senate that would make him the first Hispanic federal judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit.
Discussion: Politico and Bloomberg Business
Chang Frick / Nyheter Idag:
Exposing Major PC Cover-up in Sweden - Leading Daily Dagens Nyheter Refused to Write About Cologne-like Sex Crimes in Central Stockholm  —  STOCKHOLM The Cologne sex assault on New Year's Eve, where groups of Arab and North African men groped more than a hundred German women, has shocked Europe this last week.
Michael D'Antonio / Politico:
Trump's Campaign Is Damaging His Brand  —  If Donald Trump is nothing else, he's an American brand.  The Trump name adorns luxury condominiums, hotels and golf courses around the world; it has sold a TV show, millions of books, a line of cologne and even, briefly, an airline.
Jonathan Swan / The Hill:
Vegas billionaire donor keeps GOP candidates guessing  —  Republican mega-donor Sheldon Adelson has joked privately that he belongs to a divided household: He likes Florida Sen. Marco Rubio and his wife Miriam likes Texas Sen. Ted Cruz.  —  But the truth, more than half a dozen sources close to Adelson say, is more complicated.
Hadas Gold / Politico:
ABC severs debate partnership with Union Leader  —  ABC is cutting off their partnership with the New Hampshire Union Leader for the Republican primary debate on Feb. 6, an ABC spokesperson has confirmed.  —  The paper was set to have a co-branding relationship for the debate …
Kim Willsher / Observer:
‘I went to join Isis in Syria, taking my four-year-old.  It was a journey into hell’  —  Sophie Kasiki is one of the few women to escape from Raqqa, the stronghold of Islamic State  —  Sophie Kasiki stared at the photograph of a young English-speaking boy in a camouflage uniform …
Discussion: Guardian and Daily Mail
 
 
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Reed Tucker / New York Post:
‘We were left behind’: The Benghazi soldiers tell all
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Paul: Cruz eligibility may reach SCOTUS
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USA Today:
Gas prices could drop toward $1 a gallon
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Bradford Richardson / The Hill:
Economist: GOP may win 47 states in general election
 

 
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