Check out Mini-memeorandum for simple mobiles or memeorandum Mobile for modern smartphones.
3:00 PM ET, January 13, 2016

memeorandum

 Top Items: 
Jennifer Jacobs / Des Moines Register:
Iowa Poll: Cruz holds 3-point lead as Trump attacks  —  Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz remains the top pick among likely caucusgoers in the latest Iowa Poll.  Political reporter Jennifer Jacobs and political columnist Kathie Obradovich provide analysis.
RELATED:
Steven Shepard / Politico:
Rand Paul mounts last-minute push to get back on main debate stage  —  Rand Paul is making a last-minute push to get on the main stage at Thursday's GOP primary debate after a new poll showed he would have qualified if the survey results were not held for two days before being released.
New York Times:
Iran's Swift Release of U.S. Sailors Hailed as a Sign of Warmer Relations  —  TEHRAN — Iran's release of 10 United States Navy sailors on Wednesday, less than 24 hours after they were detained on the Persian Gulf, is being hailed in both countries as a sign that their relations have evolved since …
RELATED:
CNN:
10 U.S. sailors detained by Iran freed  —  (CNN)The 10 American sailors captured by Iran have been freed, U.S. and Iranian officials said.  —  The sailors were captured Tuesday after their two naval boats entered Iranian waters near Farsi Island, in the Persian Gulf.
Daily Mail:
Pictured: Ten U.S. sailors captured by Iran as Revolutionary Guard RELEASES them after ‘snooping’ row - including one female who was forced to wear a headscarf  —  These are the 10 American sailors who were captured by Iran after being accused of snooping when their boats drifted into Iranian waters - but they have now been freed.
Washington Post:
Iran releases captured U.S. Navy crew members
Eun Kyung Kim / TODAY.com:
Nikki Haley: Donald Trump has contributed to ‘irresponsible talk’  —  South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley defended her response to Tuesday's State of the Union, confirming to TODAY's Matt Lauer she was referring to Donald Trump as one of the “angriest voices” she mentioned.
RELATED:
Moe Lane / RedState:
Nikki Haley's response to Donald Trump. ...And, oh, yeah, Barack Obama's State of the Union speech.
John Nolte / Breitbart:
Nikki Haley Confirms She Targeted Donald Trump In SOTU Response; GOP Leaders Approved
Julia Hahn / Breitbart:
Republican Party Uses State of the Union Response to Attack Donald Trump
The White House / Medium:
President Obama's 2016 State of the Union Address  —  The White House is once again making the full text of the State of the Union available online ahead of the speech, as prepared for delivery, continuing efforts to meet people where they are and make the speech as accessible as possible.
RELATED:
Joel B. Pollak / Breitbart:
Fact Check: Top 10 Lies in Obama's State of the Union
Nancy LeTourneau / Washington Monthly:
The Source of President Obama's Optimism
John Podhoretz / New York Post:   Obama delivers the most boring speech of his presidency
Michael Quander / WREG-TV:
Employees caught doing hair in Waffle House kitchen  —  FORREST CITY, Ark. — A couple of Forrest City Waffle House customers said they got more than expected with their meals early Friday morning.  —  “He was just coughing.  Cough.  Cough.  Making noises like that,” Antonio Robinson said.
Discussion: theGrio and FOX31 Denver
Walt Hickey / FiveThirtyEight:
Everyone Is Freaking Out About The $1.5 Billion Powerball, And The Stats Agree  —  Well, this is it: the first North American lottery over $1 billion.  With an advertised jackpot of $1.5 billion, and only five other Powerball lotteries11 north of a half-billion, we are far …
RELATED:
ABC News:
Hillary Clinton Would Spend Powerball Money to ‘Fund My Campaign’
Discussion: The Week
Betsy Hammond / Oregonian:
Self-appointed ‘judge’ arrives in Burns to ask local residents to charge government officials with crimes  —  Occupiers of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge lead members of the media on a tour of some federal buildings.  The protestors believe some government officails have acted in violation …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Raw Story
RELATED:
Les Zaitz / Oregonian:
‘Every gun in house is loaded’ — scare tactics rattle residents near Oregon occupation
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Joe Pompeo / Politico:
Al Jazeera America shutting down  —  Al Jazeera, which made a massive investment in covering the United States less than three years ago, is slamming the brakes on its American operation.  —  Al Jazeera America, a cable news channel that debuted in August 2013, is shutting down.
Dallas Franklin / KFOR-TV:
Graphic: Two Oklahoma women arrested for horrific child abuse  —  MUSKOGEE, Okla. - Two Oklahoma women are accused of abusing a 5-year-old over the course of several months.  —  Rachel Stevens, 28, and Kayla Jones, 25, are charged with felony child abuse by injury and child neglect …
Discussion: New York's PIX11
Daily Mail:
Girl, 17, is ‘raped’ and her 14-year-old sister is sexually assaulted as she tried to save her when group of Syrian migrants surrounded them at German public swimming pool  —  Three Syrian teenagers have been arrested for an attack on a girl at a swimming pool in Germany …
Chris Bodenner / The Atlantic:
What If Bernie Sanders Is the Democrats' Best Bet?  Cont'd  —  In a piece from David Graham showing how close the race is between Clinton and Sanders in key polling, David notes how she is “pulling out various stops.  In particular, she has spent the last few days assailing Sanders for being …
ESPN:
Rams headed back to Los Angeles; Chargers have option to join  —  HOUSTON — The Rams are moving back to Los Angeles — and might be doing so with company.  —  The San Diego Chargers and Oakland Raiders might end up staying where they are, but leadership of the teams didn't come close to making that commitment Tuesday night.
ABC News:
The Note: When Chelsea Attacks  —  Hillary Clinton this morning defended her daughter's attacks against her Democratic challenger Bernie Sanders' single-payer health care plan, despite criticism the remark was inaccurate.  “You know, I adore my daughter and I know what she was saying,” …
 
 
 Archived Page Info: 
This is a snapshot of memeorandum at 3:00 PM ET, January 13, 2016.

View the current page or another snapshot:


 
 Who's Hiring in Media? 
 
 See Also: 
memeorandum: site main
memeorandum River: reverse chronological memeorandum
memeorandum Mobile: for phones
memeorandum Leaderboard: memeorandum's top sources
 
 Subscribe: 
memeorandum RSS feed
memeorandum on Mastodon
 
 
 More Items: 
Josh Peter / USA Today:
Lawrence Phillips found dead in prison at age 40
Discussion: The Daily Caller and FOX2now.com
Keith Laing / The Hill:
Watchdog: FAA failing to ensure pilots are trained to fly manually
Discussion: Gizmodo
Ezra Klein / Vox:
This is what makes Republicans and Democrats so different
Discussion: MSNBC
David Daley / Salon:
“A bold, knowing, charismatic creature neither male nor female”: Camille Paglia remembers a hero, David Bowie
Discussion: Instapundit
 Earlier Items: 
Chicago Tribune:
Why Mayor Rahm Emanuel is losing Chicagoans
Discussion: Fusion
John Hinderaker / Power Line:
Jane Mayer and the New York Times Dive Into the Gutter
Discussion: New York Times, RT and The Daily Caller
 

 
From Mediagazer:

Caitlin Huston / The Hollywood Reporter:
Internal memo: Hearst Magazines president announces layoffs as part of a decision to “reallocate resources” to “continue our focus on digital innovation”

Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:
FCC Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel announced she will leave the agency on January 20; she was the first woman to be confirmed to lead the agency

Lachlan Cartwright / The Ankler:
Sources: MSNBC renewed Rachel Maddow's contract early this fall, but with a pay cut; MSNBC bosses' plan to shake up daytime and weekend programming

 
Sister Sites:

Techmeme
 Top news and commentary for technology's leaders, from all around the web
Mediagazer
 Top news and commentary for media professionals from all around the web
WeSmirch
 The top celebrity news from all around the web on a single page