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10:50 AM ET, December 25, 2014

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New York Post:
FDNY abandons firehouse next to police station targeted in gang threat  —  New York's Bravest deserted the city's Finest on Wednesday — abandoning a Brooklyn firehouse next-door to a police station that's the target of a threat involving the notorious “Black Guerilla Family” gang.
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New York Post:
JetBlue offering police free flights to slain NYPD cops' funerals  —  Police officers watch over a makeshift memorial in remembrance of the two NYPD cops who were slain over the weekend.  —  JetBlue airlines said Wednesday it will be offering free flights to police officers from around …
Washington Post:
CDC reports potential Ebola exposure in Atlanta lab  —  One scientist may have been exposed to the Ebola virus and as many as a dozen others are being assessed for potential exposure at a lab of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, agency officials said Wednesday.
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Susan Levine / Politico:   CDC lab breach may have exposed technician to Ebola
Agence France-Presse:
Pope likely to address year of conflicts in Christmas message  —  Sarah Benhaida, Jean-Louis de la Vaissière  —  Vatican City (AFP) - Pope Francis will celebrate Christmas on Thursday by sending the world's 1.2 billion Catholics and millions of others his traditional “urbi et orbi” …
Discussion: Slantpoint
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Agence France-Presse:
Pope urges ‘tenderness’ as millions celebrate Christmas
Discussion: Slantpoint
Associated Press:
Obama tees off in Hawaii with Malaysian leader  —  KANEOHE BAY, Hawaii (AP) — President Barack Obama is adding a new player to his golf foursome: Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak.  —  The two leaders are hitting the links on a cloudy but warm afternoon in Hawaii at a Marine Corps base near the home Obama is renting.
Discussion: Slantpoint
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David McCabe / The Hill:
Obama plays round of golf with Malaysia's prime minster  —  President Obama golfed with the prime minister of Malaysia on Wednesday as he continued his annual winter vacation in Hawaii.  —  Prime Minister Najib Razak joined the president on the golf course.  The foursome was completed by White House aides Joe Paulsen and Mike Brush.
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Renee Lewis / Al Jazeera America:
Raid on Peru village by uncontacted tribe may be related to climate change  —  A Peruvian official said climate change has triggered temperature drops which may have disrupted the uncontacted tribe  —  Climate change may be forcing increasingly large groups of uncontacted tribes out of Peru's Amazon …
RT:
Israeli serviceman shoots 5yo Palestinian in the face (GRAPHIC IMAGES)  —  Israeli police have fired a rubber bullet at a five-year-old Palestinian boy's face as he was getting out of a school bus on his way home, the child's family told Palestinian media.  He sustained a skull fracture under his eye.
Jennifer Epstein / Politico:
Oh come all ye faithful?  —  Obama rarely seen in church, but advisers say his beliefs remain strong.  —  President Barack Obama rarely goes to church and has spent just one Christmas morning of his presidency in the pews.  —  But that's not for lack of faith, members of his small circle of religious confidants say.
Lucy McCalmont / Politico:
That time Obama wore a tiara  —  Sporting a tiara in a photo posted Wednesday, President Barack Obama seems to have broken his own rule of “you don't put stuff on your head if you're president.”  —  But that's the power of the Girl Scouts.  —  Story Continued Below
Discussion: ABC News
The Hill:
GOP unveils proposal to require ‘dynamic’ scoring on major bills  —  House GOP leaders late Tuesday introduced a proposed rules change that would require the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) to apply “dynamic” scoring to major pieces of legislation in the next Congress.
Discussion: Roll Call and Moe Lane
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When Asked To Sort ‘Girls’ And ‘Boys’ Gifts, Obama Destroys Toy Gender Stereotypes (VIDEO)  —  President and Michelle Obama were sorting toys into ‘girls’ and ‘boys’ bins for the Marine's Toys for Tots program earlier this month when the President tackled toy-gender stereotypes in true Obama fashion.
Discussion: Advocate and Daily Kos
 
 
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Ben Child / Guardian:
Rush Limbaugh: Idris Elba can't be Bond because he's black
Associated Press:
Katt Williams pleads not guilty in robbery case
Discussion: EW.com
David Weigel / Bloomberg Politics:
This Christmas, Be Grateful You Didn't Put All Your Money in Oil and Gold
Discussion: New York Times
Bob Fredericks / New York Post:
CUNY newspaper editorial calls for violent protests
Discussion: BREITBART.COM and Capital New York
Associated Press:
IS captures Jordanian pilot after warplane crashes in Syria
Discussion: New York Magazine
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Daniel Strauss / Talking Points Memo:
Bachmann: Obama Supports ‘The Agenda Of Islamic Jihad’ At ‘Every Turn’
Discussion: Mediaite and Washington Monthly
The Official Google Blog:
“The Interview” now available on Google Play and YouTube Movies
Agence France-Presse:
Sony streams North Korea comedy online
Discussion: Slantpoint
Roger Cohen / New York Times:
Why Israeli-Palestinian Peace Failed
Julia Marsh / New York Post:
Woman who makes $6K a month off Airbnb rental ordered to stop
Discussion: Gothamist and Mashable