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12:25 AM ET, January 6, 2015

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Robert Pear / New York Times:
Harvard Ideas on Health Care Hit Home, Hard  —  WASHINGTON — For years, Harvard's experts on health economics and policy have advised presidents and Congress on how to provide health benefits to the nation at a reasonable cost.  But those remedies will now be applied to the Harvard faculty, and the professors are in an uproar.
Zeke J Miller / TIME:
White House Turns the Screw on Steve Scalise  —  The White House is not formally taking a position on the fate of House Majority Whip Steve Scalise, who admitted last month to addressing a white supremacist group twelve years ago while a state legislator, but it's not missing the chance to turn …
Discussion: Washington Post, Daily Kos and US News
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David Edwards / Raw Story:
Gohmert warns America: 'It's going to devastate this country' if I'm not elected Speaker of the House  —  DON'T MISS STORIES.  FOLLOW RAW STORY!  —  Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX) warned on Monday that there could be dire consequences for the entire country if Republicans in Congress …
Discussion: Addicting Info and Mediaite
Politico:
Speaker Boehner staves off dissenters
Discussion: RedState and The PJ Tatler
Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Jeb Bush In '94: “Sodomy” Shouldn't Be Given Same Protections As Race, Religion  —  Two decades ago, Jeb Bush wrote there should be no special rights for LGBT people.  “This opinion editorial from 20 years ago does not reflect Gov. Bush's views now, nor would he use this terminology today,” a spokesperson says.
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New York Post:
Son allegedly killed hedge-funder dad after $200 allowance cut  —  Thomas Gilbert Sr.'s body is taken by medical examiners.  —  Police at the scene of the shooting at the Beekman Place apartments on Sunday.  —  Angel Chevrestt Angel Chevrestt Angel Chevrestt  —  Beekman Place is located near the United Nations in Manhattan.
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
NYT's James Risen pushes back in hearing on leaks  —  The Obama administration's plan to defuse a First Amendment showdown with a New York Times reporter over his confidential sources was nearly derailed at a court hearing Monday when the journalist rebuffed a series of questions concerning his reporting.
Discussion: ExposeFacts, US News and NPR
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Matt Apuzzo / New York Times:
Defiant on Witness Stand, Times Reporter Says Little
Chris McDaniel / St. Louis Public Radio:
Grand Juror Sues McCulloch, Says He Mischaracterized The Wilson Case  —  A grand juror is suing St. Louis County Prosecutor Bob McCulloch in an effort to speak out on what happened in the Darren Wilson case.  Under typical circumstances, grand jurors are prohibited by law from discussing cases they were involved in.
New York Times:
Drop in New York Police Arrests Continues for a Second Week  —  For a second straight week, New York City police officers sharply cut back on their actions in the street, arresting less than half as many people and writing more than 90 percent fewer summonses than in the same period a year ago.
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Liz Goodwin / Yahoo! News:
Police union pushes for cop killings to be included in federal hate crimes law
Discussion: TPNN and Mediaite
Matt Lewis / The Daily Beast:
Will Chris Christie Regret His Cowboy Hug?  —  Why the New Jersey governor's embrace of Jerry Jones could actually come back to haunt him.  —  Images are important and memes matter—which is why the viral screen capture of New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie hugging Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones is worth noting today.
Jonathan Bernstein / Bloomberg View:
Filibusters by Democrats Are Still Filibusters  —  Please, national media: Call it a filibuster.  —  The New York Times has a perfectly fine curtain-raiser on the 114th Congress today, except for the clunker in this part: … “Procedural obstacles”????  What the article is talking about are (likely) Democratic filibusters.
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ABC News:
‘Mysterious Beasts’ Spotted by Arizona Highway Cameras  —  A suspicious pack of what appeared to be a group of large animals has sparked a viral debate about a possible sasquatch sighting in Arizona.  —  The Arizona Department of Transportation was behind the latest announcement …
Discussion: KFOR-TV
Caity Weaver / Gawker:
Alert, Alert Olivia Pope: Where Did This Malia Obama Selfie Come From?  —  Is this photo, which surfaced mysteriously online Monday and was immediately employed by the Pro Era rap crew to promote their official merchandise on Instagram, in fact a photo of Malia Obama, or just a very very very close doppelgänger?
Discussion: The Verge and New York Magazine
David Shepardson / The Detroit News:
Ford plant will be closed during Obama visit  —  Washington — The White House confirmed Monday that President Barack Obama will visit Ford Motor Co.'s Michigan Assembly plant on Wednesday — a factory that is closed this week because of lagging demand for its small gasoline and hybrid cars.
Discussion: TPNN and National Review
Howard Kurtz / Fox News:
Sharyl Attkisson sues administration over computer hacking  —  Former CBS News correspondent Sharyl Attkisson has sued the Justice Department over the hacking of her computers, officially accusing the Obama administration of illegal surveillance while she was reporting on administration scandals.
New York Times:
Bess Myerson, New Yorker of Beauty, Wit, Service and Scandal, Dies at 90  —  Bess Myerson, a New York favorite daughter who basked in the public eye for decades — as Miss America in 1945, as a television personality, as a force in public affairs and finally, under a harsher light …
Travis AndersenGLOBE / BostonGlobe.com:
Boston officer charged with assaulting Uber driver  —  A veteran Boston police officer uttered racial slurs during an alleged assault of an Uber driver in South Boston early Sunday, according to a police report and a statement from the department.  —  Officer Michael Doherty, 40 …
Los Angeles Times:
Owner of St. Louis Rams plans to build NFL stadium in Inglewood  —  The owner of the St. Louis Rams plans to build an NFL stadium in Inglewood, which could pave the way for the league's return to Los Angeles.  —  Rams owner Stan Kroenke, who bought 60 acres adjacent to the Forum a year ago …
Emily Atkin / ThinkProgress:
A Nuclear Plant Leaked Oil Into Lake Michigan For Two Months Straight  —  The Donald C. Cook Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2.  —  CREDIT: Nuclear Regulatory Commission/Flickr  —  A cooling system attached to a nuclear power plant in southwest Michigan was steadily spilling oil into Lake Michigan …
Discussion: Shakesville
Jeff Guo / Washington Post:
The protesters who are trying to upend the ‘fantasy world’ of economics  —  At a gathering of America's top economists, a small group of students is battling for the soul of economics.  —  There were leaflets, a manifesto, and this warning: “On campus after campus, we will chase you old goats out of power.
Discussion: Greg Mankiw's Blog and Power Line
Helene Cooper / New York Times:
Obama Nears Goal for Guantánamo With Faster Pace of Releases  —  WASHINGTON — In a series of secret nighttime flights in the last two months, the Obama administration made more progress toward the president's goal of emptying the military prison at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, than it had since 2009.
 
 
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Monica Davey / New York Times:
Scott Walker, Starting Second Term as Wisconsin Governor, Resists New Union Battle
Michelle Nichols / Reuters:
Syria complains to U.N.: McCain, others illegally entered country
Discussion: LiberalAmerica.org and Mediaite
Rush Limbaugh:
El Rushbo, Back in the Saddle for 2015
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Marc A. Thiessen / Washington Post:
Democrats lose the ‘torture’ debate
Discussion: Moe Lane
Dave Majumdar / The Daily Beast:
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Ruth Eglash / Washington Post:
Archaeologists find possible site of Jesus's trial in Jerusalem
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