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1:40 AM ET, December 20, 2014

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Frank Pallotta / CNNMoney.com:
Sony exec fires back at President Obama  —  Sony Entertainment CEO Michael Lynton, denying that the studio had “caved” by scrapping next week's opening of “The Interview,” fired back Friday after President Obama said the studio had “made a mistake.”  —  “The president, the press …
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FBI:
Update on Sony Investigation … Today, the FBI would like to provide an update on the status of our investigation into the cyber attack targeting Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE).  In late November, SPE confirmed that it was the victim of a cyber attack that destroyed systems …
Joseph Marks / Politico:
What does a cyber counterattack look like?  —  President Barack Obama promised at his year-end news conference Friday that the U.S. will respond “proportionally” to North Korea's cyberattack against Sony Pictures Entertainment, but the conventional options available to him are ineffective …
Discussion: The Hill and Los Angeles Times
Brian Stelter / CNNMoney.com:
Source: Hackers send new message to Sony  —  The hackers behind a devastating cyberattack at Sony Pictures have sent a new message to executives at the company, crediting them for a “very wise” decision to cancel the Christmas day release of “The Interview,” a source close to the company told CNN.
Eric Bradner / CNN:   Obama's year-end message: North Korea, Cuba and Congress
Evan McMorris-Santoro / BuzzFeed:
Obama: Sony Made “A Mistake”
Discussion: Slantpoint
Koran Addo / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Some witnesses lied to Michael Brown grand jury, McCulloch says.  So why have them testify?  —  Certain witnesses who spoke before the grand jury investigating the Aug. 9 shooting of Michael Brown told obvious lies under oath, St. Louis Prosecuting Attorney Robert McCulloch said Friday.
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Mike Hayes / BuzzFeed:
Prosecutor Says He Knew Some Witnesses Were Lying To The Ferguson Grand Jury  —  St. Louis County Prosecutor Bob McCulloch says he knew some of the witnesses who said they saw Michael Brown get shot were lying, but he let them testify to the grand jury anyway.  —  Bob McCulloch  —  Reuters
David Weigel / Bloomberg Politics:
Rand Paul Battles Marco Rubio Over Cuba Policy  —  The libertarian-hawk fight begins.  —  Kentucky Senator Rand Paul took his time responding to this week's Cuba policy thaw.  Florida Senator Marco Rubio, the son of immigrants who fled the pre-Castro regime, called a press conference …
Discussion: Politico and Taylor Marsh
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Mary Bruce / ABC News:
In Case You Missed It, Obama Made History Today: Calls Only on Female Reporters … Mark this down as a historic day in White House history.  —  President Obama has just become the first president to field questions from only female reporters at a White House press conference.
Discussion: Politico and 6abc.com
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Hadas Gold / Politico:
Women rule Obama presser
Discussion: Vox, USA Today and Hot Air
ABC News:
How One Man Is Terrorizing Neighbors With a Hostile Holiday Decoration Display  —  Homeowners on Fairley Road in Ross Township, Pennsylvania, say their neighbor Bill Ansell is terrorizing them year round with his hostile anti-Christmas spirit.  —  “Any opportunity he has to make our life a hardship …
Discussion: 6abc.com
Michael Moynihan / The Daily Beast:
Castro's Hipster Apologists Want to Keep Cuba ‘Authentically’ Poor  —  The thawing of diplomatic relations between the US and Cuba has elicited a lot of patronizing, asinine fretting about the imminent “Americanization” of Cuba.  —  Alan Gross was in a cheery mood, having survived a grim five-year stint in a Cuban prison.
Discussion: National Review, Moe Lane and Hit & Run
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Laura Wides-Munoz / Associated Press:
Obama's Cuba switch forces exile groups to adapt
Discussion: Associated Press and ABC News
Brian Mahoney / Politico:
Obama labor board comes down hard on McDonald's  —  In a significant victory for fast-food demonstrators, the Obama administration filed 13 legal complaints on Friday against McDonald's USA, LLC, alleging 78 instances in which it violated federal labor law by punishing workers for taking part in fast food protests.
Discussion: Slantpoint
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NLRB:
NLRB Office of the General Counsel Issues Consolidated Complaints Against McDonald's Franchisees …
Chad Mills / WIS-TV:
Family finds creepy surprise after Craigslist buy  —  A Midlands family says a couch they bought just about a month ago has infested their home with bed bugs.  —  They have a warning about where they bought that couch.  —  They bought it on craigslist, and with roughly 5,000 pieces …
Rachael Bade / Politico:
How bad would an IRS shutdown be?  —  The IRS chief's warning on Thursday that drastic budget cuts may force a shutdown for perhaps days is his latest bid to illustrate the impact of starving the tax agency.  —  But how bad would it really be?  —  Story Continued Below
Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
A Vermont Senator Asks, Why Not a Socialist President?  —  AMES, Iowa — Senator Bernard Sanders, an independent from Vermont who calls himself a socialist, was riding in the back seat of a rented blue minivan this week when his aide abruptly announced they were being pulled over by the Iowa State Police for speeding.
Discussion: Washington Post
Darlene Superville / Associated Press:
Obama renews tax breaks, creates ABLE accounts  —  Associated Press 1 hr ago  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama has signed legislation renewing dozens of costly tax breaks for millions of businesses and individuals.  —  The bill signed Friday extends the breaks through Dec. 31.
Emily Dreyfuss / Wired:
MIT Computer Scientists Demonstrate the Hard Way That Gender Still Matters  —  An aerial view of the MIT campus in Cambridge, Massachusetts.  David L Ryan/The Boston Globe/Getty Images  —  “We're 3 female computer scientists at MIT, here to answer questions about programming and academia.
Discussion: The Dish
Darlene Superville / Associated Press:
Obama signs massive defense spending bill  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama on Friday signed into law a massive defense policy bill that endorses his plan to fight Islamic State militants, including air strikes and training Iraqis and moderate Syrian rebels.
Discussion: Agence France-Presse
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Charles Krauthammer / Washington Post:
How to fight the lone wolf
Discussion: DownWithTyranny!
New York Post:
Sharpton to have say over how Sony makes movies  —  Al Sharpton holds a press conference at the Greenwich Hotel following his meeting with Sony executive Amy Pascal.  —  Coming to a theater near you: Al Sharpton.  —  Hollywood came to the Rev. Al Thursday as embattled Sony …
Discussion: TPNN, Hot Air and The Gateway Pundit
 
 
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Matthew Yglesias / Vox:
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