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Alan Blinder / New York Times:
Alabama Certifies Jones Win, Brushing Aside Challenge From Roy Moore — MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Alabama officials on Thursday unhesitatingly pushed aside a legal challenge from Roy S. Moore and certified Doug Jones as the winner of this month's Senate election.
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David Weigel / Washington Post:
Roy Moore asks Alabama court to block Doug Jones, call a new Senate election — Roy Moore, the Republican nominee who lost Alabama's closely watched Senate race this month, has filed a last-minute legal complaint alleging “election fraud” and asking the state not to confirm the victory of Democrat Doug Jones.
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Eli Watkins / CNN:
Alabama secretary of state says Jones will be certified — STORY HIGHLIGHTS — Merrill said his office had received more than 100 reports of voter fraud and had adjudicated more than 60 — (CNN)Alabama Secretary of State John Merrill confirmed Thursday morning that Democrat Doug Jones …
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Associated Press:
Roy Moore files lawsuit to block Alabama Senate result — MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Republican Roy Moore filed a lawsuit to try to stop Alabama from certifying Democrat Doug Jones as the winner of the U.S. Senate race. — The court filing occurred about 14 hours ahead of Thursday's meeting …
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Associated Press:
The Latest: Doug Jones says win is ‘new chapter’ for state — MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — The Latest on the U.S. Senate race in Alabama (all times local): — Senator-elect Doug Jones of Alabama says his victory marks a “new chapter for our state and the nation.”
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CNN:
Roy Moore files complaint to block Alabama Senate result
Roy Moore files complaint to block Alabama Senate result
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Nicole Lafond / Talking Points Memo:
Moore Files Lawsuit Hours Before State Expected To Declare Jones Winner
Moore Files Lawsuit Hours Before State Expected To Declare Jones Winner
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New York Daily News:
Eric Garner's daughter Erica declared brain dead with no chance of recovery after massive heart attack — Doctors have listed the daughter of police chokehold victim Eric Garner as brain dead with no chance of recovery — five days after the mother of two suffered a massive heart attack, the Daily News has learned.
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Avery Anapol / The Hill:
Trump asks supporters to help award ‘Fake News’ trophy — is asking his supporters to help him award a “Fake News Trophy.” — “Americans are sick and tired of being lied to, insulted, and treated with outright condescension,” reads an email sent to supporters Thursday.
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Lavanya Ramanathan / Washington Post:
Modern life too much for you? Maybe a tiny box in the woods is the cure. — To commune with ourselves, we must trek two hours to Stanardsville, a town on the edge of Virginia's Blue Ridge Mountains whose population has stairstepped down over the years to 384 people, a country store and this wooded plot …
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Blake Montgomery / BuzzFeed:
A Woman Allegedly Got Drunk On A First Date And Destroyed Her Date's Fine Art, Including Two Warhol Paintings — Lindy Lou Layman is accused of tearing down two original Andy Warhol paintings and throwing two sculptures across the room in a $14 million mansion.
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David Armstrong / STAT:
Dr. Phil says he rescues people from addiction. Others say his show puts guests' health at risk — OS ANGELES — He had won “Survivor,” the reality TV test of grit and strength. But Todd Herzog was so drunk when he appeared on the “Dr. Phil” show in 2013 that he had to be carried onto the set and lifted into a chair.
Newt Gingrich / Fox News:
Get ready for the great political surprise of 2018 — The great political surprise of 2018 will be the size of the Republican victory. — After members of the elite media have spent two years savaging President Trump, lying about Republican legislation, and reassuring themselves …
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Richard Haass / The Atlantic:
America and the Great Abdication — When great powers fade, as they inevitably must, it's normally for one of two reasons. Some powers exhaust themselves through overreach abroad, underinvestment at home, or a mixture of the two. This was the case for the Soviet Union.
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Jonathan Swan / Axios:
Scoop: White House reshuffle expected in new year — There's an operational reshuffle coming at the top level of the White House. Senior Trump administration official Johnny DeStefano is set to assume greater responsibilities and influence, including overseeing the beleaguered White House political operation.
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Timothy Cama / The Hill:
Court won't reconsider dismissing case against Obama fracking rule — An appeals court declined Wednesday to reconsider its September decision that undid a previous court ruling overturning the Obama administration's fracking rule for federal land. — In a brief order that didn't come …
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Steven Ertelt / LifeNews.com:
Planned Parenthood Closes Abortion Clinic Operating for 18 Years After It Loses Taxpayer Funding — LifeNews can report excellent news today from the state of Iowa. There, a Planned Parenthood abortion business that had been killing unborn children for 18 years is closing down.
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Abigail Geiger / Pew Research Center:
17 striking findings from 2017 — Pew Research Center studies a wide array of topics both in the U.S. and around the world, and every year we are struck by particular findings. Sometimes they mark a new milestone in public opinion; other times a sudden about-face.
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Martin Belam / The Guardian:
‘Unclear, unfunny, delete’: editor's notes on Milo Yiannopoulos book revealed — Court submissions in lawsuit over far-right provocateur's memoir reveal concerns over weak arguments, boasting and racism … Court documents filed in the US have revealed the editorial concerns …
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Megan McArdle / Bloomberg:
Bitcoin Is an Implausible Currency — It's not competitive as a payment system, so maybe its value is as money. But it makes terrible money. — Is bitcoin money, or a payment system? Mounds, or Almond Joy? Great taste, or less filling? — If bitcoin is good at both those jobs, then it's probably got a bright future.
Kevin G. Hall / McClatchy Washington Bureau:
Jailed Russian says he hacked DNC on Kremlin's orders and can prove it — WASHINGTON — A jailed Russian who says he hacked into the Democratic National Committee computers on the Kremlin's orders to steal emails released during the 2016 U.S. presidential election campaign now claims …
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Public Policy Polling:
Minnesotans Don't Think Franken Should Resign; Franken Remains Popular, Especially With Women — pppadmin — A new Public Policy Polling survey of Minnesota voters finds that a majority don't think Al Franken should resign from the US Senate, and that he remains popular in the state, particularly with women.
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New York Times:
We Asked 615 Men About How They Conduct Themselves at Work — The victims of sexual harassment who have recently come forward are far from alone: Nearly half of women say they have experienced some form of it at work at least once in their careers. But there has been little research about those responsible.
Ben Blanchard / Reuters:
China says no sanction-breaking oil sales to North Korea — BEIJING (Reuters) - China said on Thursday there had been no U.N. sanction-breaking oil sales by Chinese ships to North Korea, after a South Korea newspaper said Chinese and North Korean vessels had been illicitly linking up at sea to get oil to North Korea.
Axios:
Scoop: U.S. and Israel reach joint plan to counter Iran — The U.S. and Israel have reached a joint strategic work plan to counter Iranian activity in the Middle East. U.S. and Israeli officials said the joint understandings were reached in a secret meeting between senior Israeli …
Margaret Hartmann / New York Magazine:
If Flynn Is Just a Liar, Why Did Trump Keep Defending Him? — When former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn pleaded guilty to making false statements to the FBI a month ago, President Trump's attorney Ty Cobb released a statement that described Flynn as a “former Obama administration official” …
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Donald Judd / CNN:
GOP congressman says Trump a factor in decision to not seek re-election — Sanders: GOP should worry very much about 2018 — STORY HIGHLIGHTS — (CNN)A Republican congressman said Thursday while President Donald Trump wasn't the determining factor in his decision to retire at the end of his term …
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Maxwell Tani / Business Insider:
A top editor is leaving HuffPost amid a newsroom shift — Howard Fineman is leaving HuffPost after seven years. — His departure comes as many top figures at the site have left amid a shifting editorial focus. — Global editor and longtime television pundit Howard Fineman is leaving the Huffington Post for NBC News.
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New York Daily News:
CNBC director accused of spying on teenage nanny with bathroom cam — A CNBC director who worked on finance guru Suze Orman's show has been accused of peeping on his teenage au pair with a spy-cam in a bathroom of his Westchester home, the Daily News has learned.
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Eli Stokols / Wall Street Journal:
Trump White House Saw Record Number of First-Year Staff Departures — Administration's 34% first-year turnover rate is twice that of Reagan's 17% in 1981—the next-highest in the past 40 years — President Donald Trump's first national security adviser, Michael Flynn, was fired after 25 days on the job.
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