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3:05 PM ET, January 2, 2015

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Shushannah Walshe / ABC News:
Sen. Harry Reid Suffers Broken Ribs, Facial Bones … Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid was injured Thursday in an accident while exercising at his home in Henderson, Nevada.  —  According to a statement today from the Nevada Senator's office, Reid was hurt after a piece of equipment he was using broke, which caused him to fall.
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Burgess Everett / Politico:
Harry Reid injured in exercising accident  —  Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid broke a number of ribs as well as bones in his face after a Thursday accident in Nevada, his spokesman said on Friday morning.  —  The Nevada Democrat is expected to return to Washington over the weekend …
Catalina Camia / USA Today:
Harry Reid in hospital with broken ribs, facial bones
Discussion: BuzzFeed and Associated Press
Josh Kraushaar / National Journal:
The Seven Senate Races To Watch In 2016
Discussion: BizPac Review
Lydia Saad / Gallup:
Cluster of Concerns Vie for Top U.S. Problem in 2014  —  Story Highlights  —  PRINCETON, N.J. — In 2014, four issues generated enough public concern over enough months for at least 10% of Americans, on average, to identify each of them as the nation's most important problem.
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David Sherfinski / Washington Times:
Americans' dissatisfaction with government tops concerns, Gallup poll finds
Guardian:
Prince Andrew named in US lawsuit over underage sex allegations  —  In case related to banker Jeffrey Epstein, woman alleges in court filing that she was forced to have repeated ‘sexual relations’ with duke  —  A woman who claims that an American investment banker loaned her to rich …
Discussion: Gawker, Telegraph and Mashable
NY Daily News:
De Blasio's fateful anti-cop slander  —  Until he takes it back, the city risks sliding back into disorder  —  Mayor de Blasio met with union leaders Tuesday in an effort to mend his rift with police officers.  We're told the meeting was respectful.  —  The gesture will be meaningless unless …
Discussion: RedState
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Adam Nagourney / New York Times:
Mario Cuomo, New York Governor and Liberal Beacon, Dies at 82  —  Mario M. Cuomo, the three-term governor of New York who commanded the attention of the country with a compelling public presence, a forceful defense of liberalism and his exhaustive ruminations about whether to run for president …
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Dana Ford / CNN:
Mario Cuomo, former New York governor, dies at 82
Discussion: Mediaite
Agence France-Presse:
Former New York governor Mario Cuomo dies aged 82
Discussion: Yahoo! News and Slantpoint
Jesse Bogan / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Granite City man finds out what's been hidden in his arm for 51 years  —  CREVE COEUR  • Unlike the times Betty Lampitt gave birth, on Wednesday morning she was the one praying the rosary in a corner of the waiting room.  It was just an out-patient surgery procedure.
Steven Shepard / Politico:
Fiorina snags RNC staffer, Club's Keller joins Jamestown  —  Carly Fiorina has hired Republican National Committee staffer Sarah Isgur Flores to join her super PAC, the latest sign that the former Hewlett-Packard CEO is preparing for a presidential run.  —  Separately, Club for Growth …
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Chris Moody / CNN:
With eye on a presidential bid, Carly Fiorina hires Republican Party spokeswoman
Discussion: OnPolitics
WFLA-TV:
Oldsmar man arrested for decapitating mother over chores, deputies say  —  A man has been arrested for murder after deputies say he decapitated his mother at the family's Oldsmar home on New Year's Eve, all because of a chore he didn't want to complete.  —  The County Sheriff's Office …
CBS News:
Cops: Mass. man killed wife in argument over Christmas gift  —  Julio and Gloria Resto FACEBOOK VIA CBS BOSTON  —  Shares -  —  WALTHAM, Mass. - A suburban Boston man is accused of killing his wife during an argument over a Christmas gift, reports CBS Boston.
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
Twin Peaks Planet  —  In 2014, soaring inequality in advanced nations finally received the attention it deserved, as Thomas Piketty's “Capital in the Twenty-First Century” became a surprise (and deserving) best seller.  The usual suspects are still in well-paid denial, but, to everyone else …
Discussion: Hullabaloo
Burgess Everett / Politico:
Senate Dems: Don't politicize Congressional Budget Office  —  The relatively obscure job of Congressional Budget Office director is shaping up to be one of the new Congress' first partisan food fights.  —  Republican House and Senate leaders are mulling the replacement of Douglas Elmendorf …
Mary Clare Jalonick / Associated Press:
New diet guidelines might pull back from meat  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Where's the beef?  —  A panel that advises the Agriculture Department appears set to recommend that you be told not only what foods are better for your own health, but also for the environment.
Alison Spiegel / The Huffington Post:
Taco Bell Is Giving Away Free Doritos Locos Tacos For A Month, Starting Tomorrow  —  Taco Bell knows just what you need tomorrow, and let's face it, the whole month of January: a free hangover cure.  —  You've been living it up for the whole holiday season and on New Year's Eve tonight, you'll finish off the year with a bang.
Discussion: Eater, WGN-TV, Fox 59 and FOX2now.com
Jeremy Diamond / CNN:
Obama New Year's Day menu: Honolulu's high-end dining  —  Washington (CNN) — After ringing in the New Year with a low-key celebration with family and friends, the first couple enjoyed their first dinner of 2015 at one of the swankiest restaurants in Hawaii.
 
 
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Maggie Severns / Politico:
The plot to overhaul No Child Left Behind
Massoud Hayoun / Al Jazeera America:
Anti-brutality activists aim to ‘evict’ St. Louis police from headquarters
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Associated Press:
Assaults on Border Patrol agents drop again
Washington Post:
With no consequences in sight, Cuba continues to crack down on free speech
Discussion: BREITBART.COM and Babalú Blog
Dionne Searcey / New York Times:
Government Spending, Edging Up, Is a Stimulus
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Kyle Balluck / The Hill:
Jeb Bush donates $10K to fund for families of slain NYPD officers
Arutz Sheva:
Who ‘Assassinated’ Feiglin in Likud Primaries?
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WRAL-TV:
Sea level report shows increasing pace of change along coast
Rebecca Catalanello / NOLA River:
Steve Scalise defender's ties to white nationalist group closer than he disclosed, documents show
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Channel NewsAsia:
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Associated Press:
Obama kicks off 2015 with snorkeling, shave ice
Tia Mitchell / WJXX-TV:
Local counties to end courthouse weddings to avoid marrying gays
 

 
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