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12:55 PM ET, December 16, 2011

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Juli Weiner / Vanity Fair:
In Memoriam: Christopher Hitchens, 1949-2011  —  Christopher Hitchens—the incomparable critic, masterful rhetorician, fiery wit, and fearless bon vivant—died today at the age of 62.  Hitchens was diagnosed with esophageal cancer in the spring of 2010, just after the publication of his memoir …
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William Grimes / New York Times:
Christopher Hitchens, 1949-2011: Christopher Hitchens Is Dead at 62 — Obituary  —  Christopher Hitchens, a slashing polemicist in the tradition of Thomas Paine and George Orwell who trained his sights on targets as various as Henry Kissinger, the British monarchy and Mother Teresa …
Christopher Buckley / News Desk:
Postscript: Christopher Hitchens, 1949-2011  —  We were friends for more than thirty years, which is a long time but, now that he is gone, seems not nearly long enough.  I was rather nervous when I first met him, one night in London in 1977, along with his great friend Martin Amis.
BBC:
Christopher Hitchens dies at 62 after suffering cancer  —  Vanity Fair's editor said those who read him felt they knew him  —  British-born author, literary critic and journalist Christopher Hitchens has died at the age of 62.  —  He died from pneumonia, a complication of the oesophageal cancer he had, at a Texas hospital.
Discussion: Guardian
Matt Schudel / Washington Post:
Christopher Hitchens dies; Vanity Fair writer was a religious skeptic, master of the contrarian essay
Discussion: Reuters, CNN and Michael Totten
David Folkenflik / NPR:
Writer Christopher Hitchens Dies At 62
Darren Samuelsohn / The Politico:
GOP wins light bulb fight  —  The shutdown-averting budget bill will block federal light bulb efficiency standards, giving a win to House Republicans fighting the so-called ban on incandescent light bulbs.  —  GOP and Democratic sources tell POLITICO the final omnibus bill includes …
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Stephen Dinan / Washington Times:
Congress overturns incandescent light bulb ban  —  Congressional negotiators struck a deal Thursday that overturns the new rules that were to have banned sales of traditional incandescent light bulbs beginning next year.  —  That agreement is tucked inside the massive 1,200-page spending bill …
Tanya Somanader / ThinkProgress:
Rep. Allen West: 'If Joseph Goebbels Was Around, He'd Be Very Proud Of The Democrat Party'  —  Arguably the most inflammatory member in Congress, GOP Rep. Allen West (FL) outdid himself yesterday by comparing the Democratic Party to the Nazi party.  Bristling at a new poll revealing …
Discussion: Washington Post and The Hill
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Politifact.com Truth-O-Meter rulings from National:
Michele Bachmann: “After the debate that we had last week, PolitiFact came out and said that everything I said was true."  —  “After the debate that we had last week, PolitiFact came out and said that everything I said was true.”  —  DNC chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz “denied unemployment went up under Obama.”
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Washington Post:
Congressional leaders reach spending deal to avoid government shutdown  —  Congressional negotiators signed off Thursday evening on a $1 trillion spending agreement for federal agencies, just 28 hours before a deadline that would have led to a government shutdown.
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msnbc.com:
First Thoughts: It's a bird, it's a plane, it's Romney's Super PAC
Lymari Morales / Gallup:
Fewer Americans See U.S. Divided Into “Haves,” “Have Nots”  —  The majority would put themselves in the “haves” category if they had to choose  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — Americans are now less likely to see U.S. society as divided into the “haves” and “have nots” than they were in 2008, returning to their views prior to that point.
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Frank Newport / Gallup:
Americans Prioritize Economy Over Reducing Wealth Gap
Discussion: Via Meadia and The Politico
Serafin Gomez / Fox News:
SC Gov.Nikki Haley Endorses Mitt Romney on FOX and Friends  —  SIOUX CITY, IOWA— South Carolina Gov.Nikki Haley, a rising Republican star, endorsed Mitt Romney for President on FOX News Friday.  —  “Today is the day that I'm throwing all of my support behind Mitt Romney for president,"Haley said on FOX & Friends.
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Jake Shermanand Manu Raju / The Politico:
Boehner on Keystone: We're fighting for the pipeline provision  —  They're going to fight on the pipeline.  —  Speaker John Boehner Friday morning told the House Republican Conference that he's hunkering down on the Keystone XL pipeline provision in the payroll tax holiday bill.
Discussion: Daily Kos
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Larry Kudlow / National Review:   Keystone Blue-Collar Blues
Russell Berman / The Hill:
Shutdown averted: Deal reached on $1T omnibus package
Discussion: Hot Air
Sarah Maslin Nir / New York Times:
Tea Party Group Leader Is Arrested at La Guardia  —  An influential Tea Party leader was arrested at La Guardia Airport early Thursday after he tried to board a flight with a semi-automatic handgun and its ammunition in his luggage, the authorities said.  —  Mark J. Meckler, 49 …
Discussion: ThinkProgress and Gawker
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Tim Mak / The Politico:
Mark Meckler, tea party leader, arrested with gun
Discussion: Associated Press and Mediaite
Kevin Zieber / Media Matters for America:
Cartoon Regularly Featured On Big Journalism Connected To Nazi-Era Magazine  —  In at least three instances, Andrew Breitbart's Big Journalism website has used an image connected to a Nazi-era German magazine noted for anti-Semitic cartoons and pro-Hitler leanings.
Scott Peterson / Christian Science Monitor:
Exclusive: Iran hijacked US drone, says Iranian engineer  —  In an exclusive interview, an engineer working to unlock the secrets of the captured RQ-170 Sentinel says they exploited a known vulnerability and tricked the US drone into landing in Iran.  —  ISTANBUL, TURKEY
Yolanda Jones / The Commercial Appeal:
Southaven Mayor Greg Davis' expense receipts prompt frank revelation  —  Purchase at store for gay men leads to mayor's admission  —  Southaven Mayor Greg Davis addresses the media last month following a meeting with the state auditor.  —  Receipts from embattled Southaven Mayor Greg Davis reveal …
David Weigel / Slate:
The Mysterious Jeb Bush Poll  —  It started when the mayor of Merrifield, New Hampshire, tweeted that he'd gotten a robo-poll asking about a possible Jeb Bush presidential campaign.  It's continued, with random granite state citizens getting the same calls.  One of them sent over the gist of questions received last night.
Wayne Besen / Truth Wins Out:
Marcus Bachmann Backs Down and Caves on Bogus $150 ‘Ex-Gay’ Therapy Bill  —  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  —  Contact: John Becker, Director of Communications  —  BURLINGTON, Vt. - The heated standoff between Truth Wins Out and Marcus Bachmann abruptly ended today after the therapist agreed …
Discussion: Towleroad News #gay
 
 
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Josh Lederman / Ballot Box:
Pelosi: Dems can take back House
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New York Post:
Long Island high-school students suspended for ‘Tebowing’
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Rose French Updated / Minneapolis Star Tribune:
Archbishop issues “marriage prayer” for Catholics to recite at mass
Discussion: ThinkProgress and Truth Wins Out
Associated Press:
Russian fishing boat sinking in Antarctic waters
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Voting Rights Controversies Wreak Havoc in Texas
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FBI considered a sting aimed at Newt Gingrich in 1997
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Ambrose Evans-Pritchard / Telegraph:
Talk of ‘nuclear default’ sums up Left's anger at EU dictates
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Libby A. Nelson / Inside Higher Ed:
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Amie Parnes / The Hill:
Obama runs risk of overexposure with his most recent media blitz
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PR Newswire:
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Jennie Rothenberg Gritz / The Atlantic Online:
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Jonathan Garthwaite / Townhall.com:
Gingrich wins Townhall/HotAir Primary; Conservatives still not completely sold that Gingrich is the last man standing
Discussion: Hot Air
Rebecca Evans / Daily Mail:
Saviour of 2,000 Afghans who saved a baby's life executed by the Taliban
Discussion: Weasel Zippers