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9:05 AM ET, December 7, 2014

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James Hohmann / Politico:
Dems' final insult: Landrieu crushed  —  Cassidy trounces incumbent with Republicans set to control 54 Senate seats in the next Congress.  —  AP Photo  —  In the final insult of a devastating 2014 election for Democrats, Sen. Mary Landrieu, the party's last remaining statewide officeholder …
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Alexandra Jaffe / CNN:
New Orleans, Louisiana (CNN) — Democratic Sen. Mary Landrieu lost her Senate runoff race Saturday night, felled by the red tide that's swept the South and ties to an unpopular President that she couldn't shake.  —  CNN called the race for her Republican opponent Rep. Bill Cassidy a little over a half hour after the polls closed.
Discussion: Raw Story
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
GOP group seizes on Landrieu's ‘I did not vote for Obama’ remark  —  Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-La.) slipped and told a conservative radio host on Friday that she did not vote for President Obama.  —  It was a heated exchange and a source close to the Landrieu campaign said the Louisiana Democrat meant …
Discussion: WGSO and ABC News
Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
GOP Senate majority grows as Cassidy crushes Landrieu  —  Rep. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) easily ousted incumbent Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-La.) in their Senate runoff on Saturday, capping off a dominating midterm election for Republicans.  —  The GOP's victory in the final race of the 2014 cycle cements …
Discussion: CNN and Washington Free Beacon
Associated Press:
LAST OF SENATE'S DEEP SOUTH DEMOCRATS DEFEATED  —  BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Republican Rep. Bill Cassidy has denied Democratic Sen. Mary Landrieu of Louisiana a fourth term, calling his Senate victory “the exclamation point” on midterm elections that put Republicans in charge on Capitol Hill …
Melinda Deslatte / Associated Press:
Louisiana's Senate Race Down to Runoff Saturday
Discussion: Politico
Harry Enten / FiveThirtyEight:
Senate Forecast: Landrieu Headed Toward Historic Defeat In Louisiana Runoff
Discussion: Scared Monkeys and Power Line
Bernie Becker / The Hill:
US to keep 1,000 more troops than planned in Afghanistan  —  The U.S. will keep as many as a 1,000 extra troops in Afghanistan early next year, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said Saturday.  —  Speaking in Kabul, Hagel said as many as 10,800 troops would be in Afghanistan for the first part of 2015, according to the Associated Press.
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Phil Stewart / Reuters:
U.S. to keep more troops in Afghanistan as violence spikes
Discussion: FOX News Radio
Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:
NYTimes Fails to Disclose Clinton Paid for Interviews About Administration  —  In a five year span, the William J Clinton Foundation gave five grants totaling $851,250 to the University of Virginia's Miller Center.  One year in particular, 2007, the Clinton gift was specifically marked: “Oral history project of Clinton presidency.”
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New York Times:
Hillary Clinton's History as First Lady: Powerful, but Not Always Deft
Discussion: National Review
Cassandra Rules / The Free Thought Project:
Arizona Cop Caught on Cam Brutally Attacking Teen Girl While Mother Begs Them to Stop  —  Mesa, AZ- A video was uploaded to Facebook on Friday of a Mesa, Arizona police officer repeatedly punching and attacking a 15 year old girl as her mother begged them to stop.
Discussion: Raw Story and Addicting Info
The White House:
Statement by the President on the Death of Luke Somers  —  The United States strongly condemns the barbaric murder of Luke Somers at the hands of Al-Qa'ida terrorists during a rescue operation conducted by U.S. forces in Yemen in partnership with the Yemeni government.
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Washington Post:
Hagel: U.S. hostage ‘murdered’ in Yemen
Alan Pyke / ThinkProgress:
Los Angeles Police Shoot, Kill Man Amid Crowd Of Tourists On Hollywood Walk Of Fame  —  Police taped off the scene of a fatal shooting on Los Angeles' Walk of Fame on Friday night.  —  CREDIT: KTLA  —  Los Angeles police officers shot and killed a man Friday night at a busy intersection …
Discussion: Liberal Values and KTLA
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Jim Dalrymple II / BuzzFeed:
Police Shoot Man In Front Of Tourists On Busy Hollywood Street Corner
Discussion: Los Angeles Times and Raw Story
Julia Horowitz / Politico:
Why we believed Jackie's rape story  —  Because it rang true for so many of us on the University of Virginia campus.  —  CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va.— It was a near-unanimous reaction: shock, but not surprise.  Disgust, but not doubt.  Those were the feelings that characterized the endless conversations …
Discussion: The College Fix
Darlene Superville / Associated Press:
Acid reflux causing Obama's sore throat  —  2 photos  —  BETHESDA, Md. (AP) — Acid reflux is responsible for the sore throat President Barack Obama has complained about for the past couple of weeks, the White House said Saturday, shortly after the president returned from undergoing diagnostic tests at a nearby military hospital.
Associated Press:
Arizona county mulls not hiring smokers  —  Associated Press 3 hrs ago  —  TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Pima County will consider later this month whether to no longer hire smokers and put a price on workers who do smoke.  —  The Pima County Board of Supervisors is scheduled to vote Dec. 16 …
Associated Press:
Funeral held for man shot by cop in NYC stairwell  —  Associated Press 6 hrs ago  —  NEW YORK (AP) — Friends and family members of a man shot by police in a New York City housing project stairwell have recited poems and said prayers at his funeral.  —  Akai (uh-KY') Gurley's loved ones …
Discussion: Liberaland
 
 
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Emily Badger / Washington Post:
There is a second Eric Garner video. It may be more disturbing than the first.
Discussion: Prairie Weather
Jordan Chariton / The Wrap:
Candy Crowley Out at CNN: Read Jeff Zucker's Internal Memo
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Zerlina Maxwell / Washington Post:
No matter what Jackie said, we should generally believe rape claims.
Elise Viebeck / The Hill:
HHS asks GOP: Keep us away from Gruber
Discussion: RedState and Politico