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12:40 PM ET, January 14, 2013

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Politico:
Double trouble: House GOP eyes default, shutdown  —  House Republicans are seriously entertaining dramatic steps, including default or shutting down the government, to force President Barack Obama to finally cut spending by the end of March.  —  The idea of allowing the country to default …
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Jennifer Epstein / Politico:
Obama press conference: No ‘ransom’ for raising debt ceiling  —  President Barack Obama on Monday repeated his call for deficit reduction but warned against the potentially catastrophic effect on the economy by tying cuts to raising the debt ceiling.  —  “While I'm willing to compromise …
Discussion: Business Insider
Wall Street Journal:
Legal Case Strained Troubled Web Activist  —  Just days before he hanged himself, Internet activist Aaron Swartz's hopes for a deal with federal prosecutors fell apart.  —  Two years ago, the advocate for free information online, who was known to have suffered from depression …
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Orin Kerr / The Volokh Conspiracy:
The Criminal Charges Against Aaron Swartz (Part 1: The Law)  —  The Internet activist Aaron Swartz has died from an apparent suicide.  Swartz was facing a criminal trial in April on charges arising from his effort to “liberate” the JSTOR database, and there has been a lot of commentary accusing …
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
MIT president orders review of Aaron Swartz episode
Chris Cassidy / Boston Herald:   MIT regrets any role in tragedy
Noam Cohen / New York Times:
A Data Crusader, a Defendant and Now, a Cause
Lydia Saad / Gallup:
Americans' Dissatisfaction With Gun Laws Spikes to 38%  —  Close to four in 10 say gun laws should be stricter, up from 25% in 2012  —  PRINCETON, NJ — In the aftermath of the Newtown, Conn., school shootings, and as Vice President Joe Biden leads a federal task force that will recommend ways …
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Washington Post:
Maryland Gov. O'Malley to push for tougher gun-control rules
Discussion: ABCNEWS and Post Politics
Michael Isikoff / Open Channel:
Newtown police chief adds voice to call for assault weapons ban
Paul Steinhauser / CNN:
Maryland's Gov. O'Malley to push for new gun control
Discussion: Ballot Box, Hullabaloo and The Hill
Jason Horowitz / Washington Post:
Bloomberg wants to change the GOP  —  Matt McClain/For The Washington Post - Michael Bloomberg, mayor of New York City, poses for a portrait at New York City Hall on Friday January 11, 2013.  He has been outspoken on the issue of gun control.  —  NEW YORK — Michael Bloomberg …
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Adam Nagourney / New York Times:
In California, It's U.S. vs. State Over Marijuana  —  STOCKTON, Calif. — Matthew R. Davies graduated from college with a master's degree in business and a taste for enterprise, working in real estate, restaurants and mobile home parks before seizing on what he saw as uncharted territory …
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Molly Davies / The Huffington Post:   A Letter to the President: My Husband Is Not the “Bigger Fish to Fry” in Your Drug War
George Packer / New Yorker:
SOUTHERN DISCOMFORT  —  The New Year's Day vote in Congress that brought a temporary truce to the fiscal wars showed the Republicans to be far more divided than the Democrats, and the division broke along regional lines.  House Republicans from the Far West and from the Northeast favored …
Wall Street Journal:
Militants in Mali Advance Despite Airstrikes  —  By DREW HINSHAW in Bamako, Mali, and DAVID GAUTHIER-VILLARS in Paris  —  Militants allied with al Qaeda on Monday pushed into territory controlled by the Malian army despite French airstrikes over the weekend on rebel strongholds in the country's north …
Discussion: The Jawa Report and Hot Air
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Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Set to Offer Limited Support For Military Effort
Discussion: New York Times, Lawfare and Wired
Jennifer Rubin / Right Turn:
Meet the softball: David Gregory and Colin Powell  —  “Meet the Press” isn't what it used to be.  After a remarkably softball interview with President Obama on New Year's Day, moderator David Gregory on Sunday let former secretary of state Colin Powell filibuster through one question after another …
Juro Osawa / Wall Street Journal:
Apple Cuts Orders for iPhone Parts  —  Apple Inc. has cut its orders for components for the iPhone 5 due to weaker-than-expected demand, people familiar with the situation said Monday.  —  Apple's orders for iPhone 5 screens for the January-March quarter, for example, have dropped to roughly half …
Newsday:
Journal News gun permit map used by burglars to target White Plains home?  —  A White Plains residence pinpointed on a controversial handgun permit database was burglarized Saturday, and the burglars' target was the homeowner's gun safe.  —  At least two burglars broke into a home on Davis Avenue …
Denise Smith Amos / Cincinnati.com:
EXCLUSIVE: Teacher claims discrimination over fear of kids  —  MARIEMONT — A longtime French and Spanish high school teacher is suing the Mariemont school district, alleging it discriminated against her because she has a disability - she has a phobia of young children.
Patrick Gavin / Reuters:
‘Game Change’ scores at the Golden Globes  —  HBO's “Game Change,” based on the 2008 campaign book by journalists Mark Halperin and John Heilemann, took home three Golden Globes at Sunday's ceremony, including in the category of best television miniseries or television movie.
Discussion: Deadline.com, CNN and Business Insider
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CNN:
Surprise! Bill Clinton appears at the Golden Globes
Discussion: Politico
Niels Lesniewski / Roll Call:
Harry Reid Disavows Report Linking Him to Bribery Case  —  (Douglas Graham/CQ Roll Call File Photo)  —  Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid broke days of silence on Sunday evening to deny any knowledge or involvement in a Utah case in which a man claims to have funneled money to others …
Farhad Manjoo / Slate:
Why you should never, ever use two spaces after a period.  —  Exactly two years ago, Farhad Manjoo ranted against people who still type two spaces after a period.  To this day, people are still talking about the article.  And some of them make a point to leave two spaces after all of their periods.
Discussion: AEIdeas
 
 
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New York Times:
‘South Park’ Creators to Start Company, Important Studios
TMZ.com:
Ann Romney — Turns Down ‘Dancing With the Stars’
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Bfearnowcbs / CBS DC:
Sen. Schumer Asks Gun Retailers To Stop Sales As Congress Debates
Lyndsey Layton / Washington Post:
Michelle Rhee, the education celebrity who rocketed from obscurity to Oprah
Discussion: Eduwonk and Lawyers, Guns & Money
Annie-Rose Strasser / ThinkProgress:
One Month After Newtown Shooting, NRA Releases Shooting Game App With Coffin-Shaped Targets
Discussion: The Next Web and The Raw Story
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David Taintor / Talking Points Memo:
Scarborough Apologizes To Mika Brzezinski For Rant On ‘Morning Joe’ (VIDEO)
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Andy Brownfield / Washington Examiner:
Maryland teachers union wants nonmembers to pay fee
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Paul Mirengoff / Power Line:
Bill Clinton fibs about gun control
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