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8:15 PM ET, January 15, 2015

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Scott Mendelson / Forbes:
Why Ava DuVernay's ‘Selma’ Oscar Snub Matters  —  The Oscar nominations were announced this morning.  There will be plenty of analysis regarding good surprises and bad surprises, and I may dip my toes in later today.  But the most egregious omission is the sadly not-entirely-surprising absence …
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Todd VanDerWerff / Vox:
Selma was snubbed because the average Oscar voter is a 63-year-old white man  —  So what happened to Selma?  —  The Martin Luther King, Jr., docudrama did just score a Best Picture nomination at the Oscars.  (Read the full list of nominees here.)  But that nomination was joined by just one other nomination, for Best Original Song.
Tatiana Siegel / Hollywood Reporter:
Oscars: Acting Nominees All White  —  For only the second time in nearly two decades, the 20 Academy Awards acting nominations went to a group made up entirely of white actors and actresses.  —  Among the notable snubs was David Oyelowo, who received praise for his turn as the late Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. in Selma.
David Sims / The Atlantic Online:
The Oscars Haven't Been This White in 19 Years  —  Today's nominations are a throwback to the year that Braveheart swept the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion.  —  Today's Oscar nominations contained a host of snubs that have critics and commentators up in arms (as they do every year).
Bryan Alexander / USA Today:
Dick Pope: ‘I have been called a lot worse’  —  Dick Pope is not going to let an already infamous name miscue detract from his Oscar nomination celebration.  —  The cinematographer for Mr. Turner made international news after Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Science President Cheryl Boone …
Mariano Castillo / CNN:
Report: Two killed in Belgian anti-terror operation  —  Video shows anti-terror raid in Belgium 01:40  —  Story highlights  —  (CNN)[Breaking news update, 2:32 p.m.]  —  The group that Belgian authorities confronted Thursday was about to carry out major terrorist attacks in Belgium imminently …
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Fox News:
3 jihadists reportedly killed in counter-terrorism raid in Belgium  —  At least 3 people were killed in an anti-terror raid in Belgium Thursday that one official confirmed was “jihadist related,” and a man suspected of selling guns used in last week's terror attacks in France was being detained …
Bruno Waterfield / Telegraph:
Two killed in Belgium police anti-terror raid in Verviers
Michael Bastasch / The Daily Caller:
SHOCK POLL: 57% Of Americans Say Global Warming Is Not A Threat  —  Is this the new climate consensus?  More than half of Americans say global warming is not a threat to their way of life, according to a CNN poll.  Furthermore, nearly half of Americans say global warming is caused by natural forces or isn't a proven fact.
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Peter Baker / New York Times:
U.S. Easing Decades-Old Restrictions on Travel to Cuba
Discussion: Jezebel
Eric Bradner / CNN:
Poll: Majority of Americans back Keystone pipeline
Discussion: Scared Monkeys and America Rising
Chris Geidner / BuzzFeed:
The Supreme Court Is Likely To Set Up The Same-Sex Marriage Showdown On Friday  —  A guide.  —  Getty Images/Alex Wong  —  This will be the second time the justices have considered whether to take any of the cases out of Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, and/or Tennessee.
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Tresa Baldas / Detroit Free Press:
Judge tells state to recognize 300 same-sex marriages
Discussion: Advocate and Joe. My. God.
Donna St. George / Washington Post:
Parents investigated for neglect after letting kids walk home alone  —  It was a one-mile walk home from a Silver Spring park on Georgia Avenue on a Saturday afternoon.  But what the parents saw as a moment of independence for their 10-year-old son and 6-year-old daughter, they say authorities viewed much differently.
Nicole Winfield / Associated Press:
Pope on Charlie Hebdo: There are limits to free expression  —  Associated Press 2 hrs ago  —  ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE (AP) — Pope Francis said Thursday there are limits to freedom of expression, especially when it insults or ridicules someone's faith.  —  Francis spoke about the Paris terror attacks …
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David Harsanyi / The Federalist:
Why Pope Francis Is Wrong About Free Expression
Discussion: TIME, FaithWorld and National Review
Ed Rogers / Washington Post:
The Insiders: Is Hillary Clinton stuck in a time warp?  —  Nothing more true has been said about the 2016 election than President Obama's observation that, “the American people will want that new-car smell.”  His line is already a classic; it perfectly captures the political zeitgeist.
Discussion: CNN, Moe Lane, Bloomberg View and msnbc.com
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John Hinderaker / Power Line:
Does the Democratic Party Have a Future?
New York Post:
Mom of teen driver who killed 4-year-old explodes at judge  —  Lilia Reyes (right) screams at the judge.  —  The mother of the teenage unlicensed driver who fatally struck a little girl on the Upper West Side exploded in court Wednesday, screaming, “There is not justice!” …
Discussion: New York Times and Gothamist
Brian Tashman / Right Wing Watch:
Nebraska Board Of Education Member Runs Racist, Anti-LGBT Blog  —  Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts started off his first term as governor this week by having to condemn a Republican member the state board of education, Pat McPherson, for running a conservative political blog that repeatedly referred to President Obama as a “half-breed.”
Discussion: AKSARBENT and FreakOutNation
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BBC:
Google calls end to Glass experiment  —  Google is ending its experimental Google Glass programme, the BBC has learned.  —  The company insists it is still committed to launching the smart glasses as a consumer product, but will stop producing Glass in its present form.
Discussion: Gigaom
Laurie Goodstein / New York Times:
John Dehlin, Mormon Critic, Facing Excommunication  —  Credit: Richard Perry/The New York Times  —  The Mormon Church has moved to excommunicate the prominent Utah-based founder of an online forum for critical or doubting Mormons, charging him with apostasy for supporting same-sex marriage …
Ron Charles / Washington Post:
‘Boy Who Came Back From Heaven’ going back to publisher  —  Tyndale House, a major Christian publisher, has announced that it will stop selling “The Boy Who Came Back From Heaven,” by Alex Malarkey and his father, Kevin Malarkey.  —  The best-selling book, first published in 2010 …
The Commonwealth Fund:
The Rise in Health Care Coverage and Affordability Since Health Reform Took Effect  —  Findings from the Commonwealth Fund Biennial Health Insurance Survey, 2014  —  Overview  —  New results from the Commonwealth Fund Biennial Health Insurance Survey, 2014, indicate that the Affordable …
Franklin Graham / WNCN:
Duke bows to pressure, cancels weekly Muslim call to prayer  —  Duke University has canceled its plans to have a Muslim prayer announcement broadcast from Duke Chapel's belltower on Friday afternoons.  —  The university announced its plans to facilitate a weekly call to prayer; but on Thursday …
Fox News:
Papa John's Pizza stands by employee who shot armed robber in self defense  —  This image shows Donquaz Stevenson, 24, who police say attempted to rob a Papa John's pizza delivery woman at gunpoint.  (DeKalb County Police Department)  —  Papa John's Pizza is standing by a pizza delivery woman …
Daniel Halper / Weekly Standard:
Joni Ernst to Deliver Republican Response to the State of the Union  —  Senator Joni Ernst of Iowa will be delivering the Republican response to the State of the Union Address, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell announced today in a press conference.  —  The State of the Union is scheduled for next week.
Discussion: Washington Monthly
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Condoleezza Rice testifies in CIA leaks trial  —  Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice made a highly unusual public appearance Thursday — taking the witness stand for the prosecution in a criminal case against a former CIA officer on trial for leaking details of a top-secret spy program.
Discussion: Firedoglake
Kate Tummarello / Politico:
GOP makes U-turn on net neutrality  —  Republicans in Congress are doing a 180 on net neutrality as the Federal Communications Commission prepares to issue new rules within weeks.  —  For years, GOP lawmakers have adamantly opposed any rules requiring Internet service providers to treat …
Discussion: The PJ Tatler
Scott Wong / The Hill:
Minutes highlight Scalise efforts to kill resolution apologizing for slavery  —  The minutes from a 1996 Louisiana House committee meeting show the efforts that then-state Rep. Steve Scalise took to water down — and try to kill — a resolution apologizing for the role slavery played in the state's history.
Discussion: Booman Tribune and Raw Story
Kevin Grasha / Lansing State Journal:
Accused mom 'can't recall' where infant boy is  —  LANSING - Approximately three months after prosecutors say Melissa Mitin killed her newborn daughter by putting the infant face-down in a wastebasket, Mitin was pregnant again.  —  That pregnancy was unknown to police …
Discussion: myfox8.com and New York's PIX11
 
 
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Laura Hancock / Casper Star-Tribune:
Bill would allow Wyoming county clerks, others deny marriage licenses to gays
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John R. Ellement / BostonGlobe.com:
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Discussion: Hot Air and The Gateway Pundit
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Adam Kredo / Washington Free Beacon:
Europe's Leading Rabbi: Jews Must Begin Carrying Guns
Jewish World Review:
Our French lineage traces back to 1727. We're leaving
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Rich Lowry / Politico:
Of Course It Is Islam  —  It is settled: The Paris terror attacks …
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Rich Schapiro / NY Daily News:
‘If you snitch, your career is done’: Former Baltimore cop says he was harassed, labeled a 'rat …
Discussion: Daily Mail and Hullabaloo
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
How Barack Obama is avoiding becoming George W. Bush
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 Earlier Items: 
Karma Dickerson / WHAS-TV:
Police call on missing teens to end crime spree and come home
Discussion: Daily Mail, ABC News and Scared Monkeys
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Cruz out at Senate campaign arm
Cameron Joseph / The Hill:
GOP frets over immigration 2016 backlash
Discussion: Politico, Daily Kos and Firedoglake