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7:30 PM ET, December 30, 2014

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New York Post:
Arrests plummet following execution of cops  —  It's not a slowdown — it's a virtual work stoppage.  —  NYPD traffic tickets and summonses for minor offenses have dropped off by a staggering 94 percent following the execution of two cops — as officers feel betrayed by the mayor and fear for their safety, The Post has learned.
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New York Times:
Police Respect Squandered in Attacks on de Blasio  —  Mayor Bill de Blasio has spent weeks expressing his respect and admiration for the New York Police Department, while calling for unity in these difficult days, but the message doesn't seem to be sinking in.
Amy Davidson / New Yorker:
No One Here Should Be Turning His Back  —  Whom are police officers turning their backs on when they refuse to face Mayor Bill de Blasio, and whom are they protecting?  On the night of Saturday, December 20th, after a man named Ismaaiyl Brinsley shot the officers Wenjian Liu and Rafael Ramos …
ABC News:
Bill De Blasio News
Discussion: Yahoo! News and The Daily Banter
Steve Scalise / New Orleans Times-Picayune:
‘I detest any kind of hate group’  —  Louisiana Rep. Steve Scalise said he doesn't support “any of the things I read about” a white supremacist group that organized an event at which Scalise appeared in 2002.  —  In an exclusive interview Monday with NOLA.com |
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Robert Costa / Washington Post:
Duke adviser Kenny Knight: Scalise didn't know about white nationalists at 2002 event  —  Kenny Knight, a longtime political adviser to former Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke, said in an interview Tuesday that he personally invited House Majority Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) to speak to a 2002 gathering of white supremacists.
Erick Erickson / RedState:
How Do You Show Up at a David Duke Event and Not Know What It Is?
Brett LoGiurato / Fusion:
David Duke: Focus on me and House GOP leader is ‘insane’
KREM-TV:
Toddler accidentally shoots Hayden Walmart shopper  —  HAYDEN, Idaho—Employees evacuated the Hayden Walmart on Tuesday following a shooting inside the store.  —  Authorities on the scene around 11:15 a.m. described the shooting as “accidental.”  —  A woman was shopping with four kids …
Discussion: Spokesman.com and KTLA
Joe Pinsker / The Atlantic Online:
The Financial Consequences of Saying ‘Black,’ vs. ‘African American’  —  One hundred years ago, “Colored” was the typical way of referring to Americans of African descent.  Twenty years later, in the time of W.E.B. Du Bois, it was purposefully dropped to make way for “Negro.”
Patrick Howley / The Daily Caller:
Obama Adviser Jonathan Gruber In 2009: Obamacare Will NOT Be Affordable  —  President Obama's health care adviser Jonathan Gruber said that the Affordable Care Act would definitely not be affordable while he was writing the bill with the White House.  —  As Gruber continues to withhold documents …
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit and TPNN
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Abby Goodnough / New York Times:
Success of Kentucky's Health Plan Comes With New Obstacles
Discussion: Washington Post
Idaho Statesman:
Boise police: Woman faces felony charges after punching officer in face  —  A 25-year-old Meridian woman who is accused of punching a police officer after trying to drive away in a stranger's car is facing two felony charges.  —  Andrea S. Espinosa was charged early Saturday morning …
Discussion: KTFT, Hinterland Gazette and Daily Mail
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Danny Jacobs / Maryland Daily Record:
Woman sues hospital after having limbs amputated  —  A 59-year-old Baltimore city woman is alleging she had to have her arms and legs amputated after Johns Hopkins doctors failed to diagnose an infection in her uterus.  —  Joyce E. Ferguson claims she went to the emergency room …
Pew Research Center:
U.S. border apprehensions of Mexicans fall to historic lows  —  For the first time on record, more non-Mexicans than Mexicans were apprehended at U.S. borders in 2014 by the Border Patrol, according to a Pew Research Center analysis of more than 60 years of Border Patrol data.
Frank Newport / Gallup:
Obama's Job Approval Reaches 48%, Highest Since August 2013  —  President Barack Obama's job approval rating is at 48% for Dec. 27-29, the highest three-day average since Aug. 21-23, 2013.  Obama's disapproval rating is also 48%, and this marks the first time his approval-disapproval gap has not been negative since September of 2013.
O'Ryan Johnson / Boston Herald:
6 teens charged in attack on cops serving warrant  —  By:  —  Two Boston police officers were hospitalized yesterday after they were cornered in a stairwell by at least six teens who “kicked, punched, and choked” them as the cops tried to arrest a family member on a warrant in Roxbury, police said.
Discussion: ABC News and Associated Press
Fox News:
At least 40 bodies, debris found in search for missing AirAsia plane  —  At least 40 bodies have been found in the area where AirAsia Flight 8501 last made contact with air traffic controllers, along with debris from the plane.  —  The bodies were found in the Java Sea about six miles from the plane's last known point of contact.
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ABC News:
AirAsia: Bodies, Debris Found in Search for Missing Jet
Discussion: abc7.com, Mediaite, The Verge and NPR
Jason Horowitz / New York Times:
Michael Grimm, in a Reversal, Will Resign From Congress  —  WASHINGTON — Michael G. Grimm, the Republican Party's lone congressional representative in New York City, announced late Monday night that he would resign effective Jan. 5, two weeks after he pleaded guilty to felony tax evasion.
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Washington Post:
Rep. Michael Grimm announces his resignation from Congress, effective Monday
Discussion: Yahoo! News and PoliticusUSA
 
 
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David Catanese / US News:
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Pew Internet:
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John Harwood / New York Times:
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Grover Norquist Just Made a Convincing Case for Raising Taxes
Associated Press:
US off war footing at year's end, but wars go on
William Deresiewicz / The Atlantic Online:
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 Earlier Items: 
Hunter Walker / Business Insider:
Potential Hillary Challenger Paid Nearly $100,000 In Campaign Donations To His Family
Discussion: Hot Air and CNN
Eric Lichtblau / New York Times:
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Suzanne Daley / New York Times:
Greek Patience With Austerity Nears Its Limit
Discussion: Eschaton and Lawyers, Guns & Money
Slate:
The 10 Worst Civil Liberties Violations of 2014
abc7.com:
Autopsy reveals Ezell Ford was shot in arm, back, abdomen
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Ezra Klein / Vox:
What is Paul Krugman afraid of?
Discussion: Slate, CANNONFIRE and EconoSpeak
Politico:
2015, the year the GOP strikes back at Obama food policies
Discussion: Hot Air