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7:00 PM ET, January 9, 2015

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Beth Reinhard / Wall Street Journal:
Romney Tells Donors He Is Considering 2016 White House Bid  —  Former Massachusetts Governor and 2012 Nominee Didn't Give Timetable for Decision  —  Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney , the Republican presidential nominee in 2012, told a meeting of donors Friday that he is considering …
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Maggie Haberman / Politico:
Mitt Romney says he's considering a 2016 run  —  Mitt Romney told a group of longtime supporters on Friday that he is considering running for president in 2016, POLITICO has learned.  —  “Everybody in here can go tell your friends that I'm considering a run,” the 2012 Republican presidential nominee …
Discussion: ABC News and Weasel Zippers
Daniel Strauss / Talking Points Memo:
Reports: Mitt Romney Told Donors He's Considering Running For President.  Again.  —  Former Gov. Mitt Romney (R) told a group of donors on Friday that he's considering running for president in 2016, according to The Wall Street Journal, which cited “people present” for the former 2012 Republican presidential nominee's comments.
Alexandra Topping / Guardian:
Charlie Hebdo attack: new hostage situation at Paris shop - live updates  — Second hostage situation as police evacuate area around Paris kosher shop  — Suspected Charlie Hebdo gunmen holed up in town north-east of capital  — Police linking killing of policewoman on Thursday to Charlie Hebdo attack
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New York Times:
Charlie Hebdo Suspects Dead in Raid; Hostage Taker in Paris Is Also Killed  —  PARIS — The French police on Friday killed the two brothers suspected of massacring 12 people at a Paris newspaper on Wednesday and freed a hostage they had been holding unharmed, the authorities said.
USA Today:
Gunman killed, 4 hostages feared dead at Paris market
CNN:
Charlie Hebdo attack: Suspected extremist gunmen surrounded?
Ben Miller / Talking Points Memo:
Yes, Free Community College Is Major, But Not Just For The Reason You Think  —  The Obama Administration made waves last night with its announcement of a proposal to make two years of community college free nationwide.  The idea is being called ambitious and a “potential game-changer.”  And it is.
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Fawn Johnson / National Journal:
Obama Wants Free Community College. Where's the Money?
Josh Margolin / ABC News:
EXCLUSIVE: Chris Christie Was Interrogated By Feds Over Bridge Scandal … Gov. Chris Christie, a potential presidential contender, was interrogated recently by federal investigators probing the 2013 lane-closure scandal that has threatened his political future, officials confirmed to ABC News.
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Dylan Scott / Talking Points Memo:
Report: Christie Interviewed By Feds Investigating BridgeGate
Bob Jordan / app.com:
GWB scandal investigation reaches Jersey City
Discussion: FOX News Radio and Daily Kos
David Brooks / New York Times:
I Am Not Charlie Hebdo  —  The journalists at Charlie Hebdo are now rightly being celebrated as martyrs on behalf of freedom of expression, but let's face it: If they had tried to publish their satirical newspaper on any American university campus over the last two decades it wouldn't have lasted 30 seconds.
Dylan Byers / Politico:
Dean Baquet calls N.Y. Times critic ‘a—hole’  —  New York Times executive editor Dean Baquet called an associate professor at the USC Annenberg School an “a**hole” on Facebook today after the professor took a shot at Baquet for not running Charlie Hebdo's Muhammed cartoons.
New York Times:
Prosecutors Said to Recommend Charges Against Former Gen. David Petraeus  —  WASHINGTON — The F.B.I. and Justice Department prosecutors have recommended bringing felony charges against retired Gen. David H. Petraeus for providing classified information to his former mistress while he was director …
Discussion: Political Wire and Balloon Juice
Associated Press:
Amnesty: Nigeria massacre deadliest in history of Boko Haram  —  2 photos  —  YOLA, Nigeria (AP) — Hundreds of bodies — too many to count — remain strewn in the bush in Nigeria from an Islamic extremist attack that Amnesty International suggested Friday is the “deadliest massacre” in the history of Boko Haram.
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Kansas City Star:
Four people shot during robbery-gone-bad at Shawnee gun store  —  ›  —  ‹  —  Four people were shot and another was punched in the face Friday afternoon during an attempted robbery of a Shawnee gun store, police said.  —  The gunfight broke out after four robbers entered She's A Pistol …
Ashley Parker / New York Times:
House G.O.P. Proposes Sweeping Reversal of Obama Immigration Steps  —  WASHINGTON — House Republicans on Friday unveiled a plan to drastically roll back President Obama's executive actions on immigration and strengthen the enforcement of existing immigration laws, an effort to appease …
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Cristina Marcos / The Hill:
House to move on immigration next week
Discussion: Politico and Hot Air
Ben Sheroan / TheNewsEnterprise.com:
Apology: Error should not have happened  —  No reasonable excuse exists for the horrible mistake that occurred Thursday in The News-Enterprise.  By now, many of you have heard about it.  —  The paper reported on the front page in a paraphrased statement: “Hardin County Sheriff John Ward …
Lydia Saad / Gallup:
U.S. Liberals at Record 24%, but Still Trail Conservatives  —  Story Highlights  —  PRINCETON, N.J. — Conservatives continued to outnumber moderates and liberals in the U.S. population in 2014, as they have since 2009.  However, their 14-percentage-point edge over liberals last year …
The Hill:
House votes down ObamaCare's 30-hour workweek, 252-172  —  The House on Thursday in a 252-172 vote approved legislation that would waive fees on businesses that do not offer health insurance to employees working fewer than 40 hours per week.  —  The legislation - which has been at the center …
Amitai Etzioni / The Atlantic Online:
The Left's Unpopular Populism  —  The debate between Democrats who want to play up populist themes (let's call them the Elizabeth Warren camp) and those who favor centrist ones (the Hillary Clinton crowd) ignores a major division among the various themes that carry the populist label.
Chris Geidner / BuzzFeed:
Federal Appeals Court Appears Poised To Strike Down Three Southern States' Same-Sex Marriage Bans  —  After oral arguments about Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas' bans on marriages for same-sex couples, the 5th Circuit of Appeals looks likely to strike the laws down.
Nicole Carr / abc11.com:
Fayetteville woman accidentally shoots husband  —  A Fort Bragg soldier was shot in the chest Friday morning after his wife thought he was a home intruder.  —  The shooting happened around 10:15 a.m. in the 1100 block of Christina Street.  —  Fayetteville Police say Zia Segule, 28, left for work.
 
 
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