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8:10 PM ET, January 4, 2015

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Oregonian:
Navy vet, 100, persuades protesters to let him speak: ‘Give me a chance’  —  U.S. Navy veteran Dario Raschio was all smiles Saturday as he awaited a special honor from U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden, who joined him at Portland Community College's Southeast Campus to present the 100-year-old with a handful of medals.
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Oregonian:
Wyden town hall disrupted by 'hands up, don't shoot' protests  —  A town hall meeting with U.S. Sen Ron Wyden was called off Saturday afternoon when “hands up, don't shoot” protests broke out.  —  The event, at Portland Community College's Southeast Campus, was canceled after 45 minutes.
Steve Wulf / ESPN:
Stuart Scott dies at age of 49  —  Stuart Scott, a longtime anchor at ESPN, died Sunday morning at the age of 49.  —  Among the features of the new ESPN studio in Bristol is a wall of catchphrases made famous by on-air talent over the years.  An amazing nine of them belong to one man …
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Richard Sandomir / New York Times:
ESPN's Stuart Scott Dies at 49
Discussion: New York Magazine, WHNT-TV and Unfogged
Kyle Balluck / The Hill:
Texas Republican announces challenge to Boehner for Speaker in new Congress  —  Rep. Louis Gohmert (R-Texas) said Sunday that he will challenge John Boehner (R-Ohio) as Speaker in the new Congress.  —  “I'm putting my name out there today to be another candidate for Speaker,” Gohmert said on “Fox and Friends.”
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Frances D'Emilio / Associated Press:
Pope Francis Names 15 New Cardinals From 14 Countries  —  VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis named 15 new cardinals Sunday, selecting them from 14 nations including far-flung corners of the world such as Tonga, New Zealand, Cape Verde and Myanmar to reflect the diversity of the church …
Discussion: Washington Monthly
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Elisabetta Povoledo / New York Times:
Pope Francis Names New Cardinals  —  Pope Francis named his second group of new cardinals on Sunday, including 15 who will be eligible to elect the pope's successor after his death or resignation.  Many are from developing countries, reflecting the Roman Catholic Church's growth in Asia and Africa.
Discussion: New York Magazine and NPR
Richard Florida / New York Times:
Is Life Better in America's Red States?  —  THE new Congress that starts work this week is the latest reminder of America's stark political divisions: The parties in Washington are more polarized than they have been in decades, the partisanship gap between rural Republicans and urban Democrats has grown …
Discussion: RedState
New York Post:
How Sharpton gets paid to not cry ‘racism’ at corporations  —  Want to influence a casino bid?  Polish your corporate image?  Not be labeled a racist?  —  Then you need to pay Al Sharpton.  —  For more than a decade, corporations have shelled out thousands of dollars in donations …
Roger L Simon / Roger L. Simon:
Egypt's al-Sisi Makes Extraordinary Speech on Islam  —  Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi made an extraordinary speech on New Year's Day to Cairo's Al-Azhar and the Awqaf Ministry calling for a long overdue virtual ecclesiastical revolution in Islam.  This is something no Western leader …
Naomi Oreskes / New York Times:
Playing Dumb on Climate Change  —  CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — SCIENTISTS have often been accused of exaggerating the threat of climate change, but it's becoming increasingly clear that they ought to be more emphatic about the risk.  The year just concluded is about to be declared the hottest one on record …
Discussion: The Mahablog and Daily Kos
Alina Simone / New York Times:
How My Mom Got Hacked  —  MY mother received the ransom note on the Tuesday before Thanksgiving.  It popped up on her computer screen soon after she'd discovered that all of her files had been locked.  “Your files are encrypted,” it announced.  “To get the key to decrypt files you have to pay 500 USD.”
Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:
GOPer Mia Love: Time ‘To Move On’ From Scalise's Hate Group Speech  —  Incoming Rep. Mia Love (R-UT) on Sunday said that House Majority Whip Steve Scalise (R-LA) should remain in Republican leadership despite recent reports that he spoke at an event for a white nationalist group in 2002.
Discussion: Hinterland Gazette
 
 
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Kevin Drum / Mother Jones:
16 New Year's Predictions That Are Not For 2015
Robert Mendick / Telegraph:
Anti-terror plan to spy on toddlers ‘is heavy-handed’
Discussion: The Independent and Raw Story
Michelle Higgins / New York Times:
Year of the Condo in New York City
Discussion: Gothamist and Gawker
Douglas Martin / New York Times:
Edward W. Brooke III, 95, Senate Pioneer, Is Dead
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New York Post:
No protest as de Blasio stays for 15 minutes at slain cop's wake
Discussion: BizPac Review and Gothamist
Daily Mail:
EXCLUSIVE: David Cameron on fixing the U-bend, making Boris wait, asking Sam before saving hostages …
Cameron Joseph / The Hill:
Is Perry eying White House?
Josh Kraushaar / The Atlantic Online:
Democrats' Narrow Path Back to Controlling the Senate
Discussion: RedState and Liberal Values