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3:00 PM ET, January 16, 2016

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Farsnews:
UPDATES: Jason Rezaian and 3 Other US Inmates Freed by Iran  —  TEHRAN (FNA)- 4 Iranian-American nationals who were held for various charges in Iran have been freed under a prisoners swap deal, Tehran's prosecutor announced Saturday afternoon.  —  “Based on an approval of the Supreme National …
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Washington Post:
Iran to free Post correspondent Jason Rezaian, 3 others, Iranian reports say  —  VIENNA — Iran will release Washington Post correspondent Jason Rezaian and three other detained Iranian Americans on Saturday in exchange for seven people imprisoned or charged in the United States …
Carol Morello / Washington Post:
Post reporter Jason Rezaian and others to be freed in prisoner swap, according to Iranian media  —  VIENNA — Iran has released four imprisoned U.S. citizens, including Washington Post journalist Jason Rezaian, as part of a swap, the office of Tehran's prosecutor announced Saturday, according to Iranian news media.
BBC:
Jason Rezaian and three other US prisoners freed in Iran  —  Iran has released Washington Post reporter Jason Rezaian and three other Iranian-American prisoners as it anticipates the lifting of international sanctions.  —  Rezaian, 39, was convicted of espionage in Iran last year.
New York Times:
Iran Says It Has Released Four People in a Prisoner Swap  —  Iran's judiciary said Saturday that that it had released four Iranian-American nationals as part of a prisoner swap with the United States.  The Washington Post reporter Jason Rezaian was among the prisoners freed, Iranian media reported.
Saeed Kamali Dehghan / Guardian:
Iran releases Washington Post journalist Jason Rezaian in prisoner swap with US
Discussion: Slantpoint, Hot Air and Mashable
Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
Republicans now see a Trump-Cruz race, with time for a shift running out  —  As the presidential primary moves into a more urgent and combative phase, there is growing acceptance among Republicans, including the Washington and financial elite, that Donald Trump and Ted Cruz are the two candidates …
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David Atkins / Washington Monthly:
Why We Should Celebrate The Trump-Cruz Ascendancy  —  As we enter the third week of January—just two short weeks away from the Iowa caucuses—it is beginning to dawn even on the most stolid political media figures that Donald Trump is the likeliest bet to win the Republican presidential nomination.
Will Rahn / The Daily Beast:
Face It: It's a Two-Man Race for the GOP Nomination Now
BBC:
Tsai Ing-wen elected Taiwan's first female president  —  Tsai Ing-wen has been elected Taiwan's first female president.  —  Ms Tsai, 59, leads the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) that wants independence from China.  —  In her victory speech, she vowed to preserve the status quo in relations with China …
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Moira Weigel / New York Times:
5 fast facts: Taiwan's first female president Tsai Ing-wen
Discussion: PinkNews and Joe.My.God.
Austin Ramzy / New York Times:
Tsai Ing-wen Elected President of Taiwan, First Woman to Hold Office
Discussion: CNN, The National Interest and The Week
Sasha Goldstein / New York Daily News:
Third teacher from same Louisiana school busted for sex with student after female teen fesses up  —  A Louisiana teacher faces charges for a year-long relationship with a 16-year-old female student, police in St. Charles Parish said.  —  Kimberly Naquin, 26, is a teacher at Destrehan High …
CNN:
CNN Exclusive: Email may derail case against Bill Cosby  — Email outlined details of an apparent agreement between DA and Bill Cosby's lawyers reached in 2005 over a deposition  — In July 2015 a judge unsealed Cosby's deposition given in a civil case, one of his lawyers says he gave it with a guarantee
Bradford Richardson / The Hill:
Obama unveils plan to reform unemployment insurance  —  President Obama on Saturday unveiled an unemployment insurance plan that he says will provide stability and opportunity to workers in a rapidly changing economy.  —  The president's three-pronged plan includes wage insurance of up to $10,000 …
Discussion: The Week
Ronald Bailey / Reason:
Liberals Are Simple-Minded  —  ...and often more dogmatic than conservatives, according to a new study.  —  It is almost a truism among psychological researchers that conservatives are simple-minded and dogmatic.  Liberals, meanwhile, are supposed to be more complex and open-minded thinkers.
Discussion: Power Line
Maryam Usman / The Express TribuneThe Express Tribune:
Bill aiming to ban child marriages shot down  —  ISLAMABAD:  —  Another move to ban child marriages in Pakistan has fallen at the first hurdle.  The bill to prohibit underage marriages has been withdrawn after the Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) declared it un-Islamic.
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Jonah Bennett / The Daily Caller:
Anti-Pedophilia Bill Rejected In Pakistan As ‘Anti-Islamic’
Discussion: Instapundit
The Intercept:
U.S. Radically Changes Its Story of the Boats in Iranian Waters: to an Even More Suspicious Version  —  When news first broke of the detention of two U.S. ships in Iranian territorial waters, the U.S. media — aside from depicting it as an act of Iranian aggression — uncritically cited …
John Hinderaker / Power Line:
Obama's Iran Policy, Explained  —  Many, including us, have criticized John Kerry and other members of the Obama administration for praising effusively Iran's treatment of captured U.S. sailors.  We and many others have pointed out that, far from meriting praise and thanks …
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Judd Legum / ThinkProgress:
First Member Of Bundy Militia Arrested  —  The first members of the militia illegally occupying a federal building in Oregon have been arrested.  The occupation has gone on for nearly two weeks, costing the state more than $133,000 per day.  —  Two members of the militia were finally arrested …
Discussion: Salon and addictinginfo.org
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