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2:05 PM ET, December 28, 2015

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Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
Clinton Most Admired Woman for Record 20th Time  —  PRINCETON, N.J. — Americans again name Hillary Clinton and President Barack Obama the woman and man living anywhere in the world they admire most.  Both win by wide margins over the next-closest finishers, Malala Yousafzai for women and Pope Francis and Donald Trump for men.
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Nick Gass / Politico:
Trump ties with Pope Francis in U.S. poll for second most-admired man in the world  —  Americans named Hillary Clinton and President Barack Obama as their most admired woman and man in the world in 2015, with Donald Trump earning the same share of admiration as Pope Francis …
Howard Kurtz / Fox News:
Trump plots big TV ad blitz that could change campaign landscape  —  When Donald Trump and his team were planning his presidential campaign, they drew up a budget of $25 million for television advertising in the third quarter of this year.  —  They wound up spending zero for the rest of 2015.
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Trump: ‘Sexist’ Bill Clinton won't help Hillary  —  Share Tweet Reddit Digg Mail Print SMS More  —  Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump, increasingly focusing on Hillary Clinton rather than his GOP rivals, says he's not concerned by reports Bill Clinton will soon hit the trail for the Clinton campaign.
CBS News:
Why Sanders thinks he can win Trump's supporters  —  Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, faulted Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump for converting voters' legitimate concerns into hatred and said he can win over some of those voters with his message about improving the economy.
David McCabe / The Hill:
DNC chairwoman: Trump represents ‘new low’ in GOP presidential politics
Discussion: ABC News, New York Times and Politico
Amy Chozick / New York Times:
How Hillary Clinton Went Undercover to Examine Race in Education
Steven Ginsberg / Washington Post:
Ben Carson on the brink: ‘A process like this is pretty brutal’  —  Two days before Christmas, with his presidential campaign fading fast, Ben Carson sought to take control at his manse in the countryside west of Baltimore.  —  A video crew was in the front living room preparing to film a campaign ad.
Bruce Weber / New York Times:
Meadowlark Lemon, Harlem Globetrotters' Dazzling Court Jester, Dies at 83  —  Meadowlark Lemon, whose halfcourt hook shots, no-look behind-the-back passes and vivid clowning were marquee features of the feel-good traveling basketball show known as the Harlem Globetrotters for nearly a quarter-century …
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Brandon Griggs / CNN:
Harlem Globetrotter Meadowlark Lemon, famed hoops jester, dies at 83
Discussion: Power Line, CBS New York, KTLA and WDTN-TV
Justin Wm / Washington Post:
Meadowlark Lemon, legendary Harlem Globetrotter, dead at 83
Discussion: American Spectator
Clark Collis / EW.com:
THIS WEEK'S COVER: BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH CASTS A SPELL AS DOCTOR STRANGE IN EW'S FIRST LOOK ISSUE  —  This week's First Look issue of Entertainment Weekly offers a very early peek at Benedict Cumberbatch in Marvel's new superhero film, Doctor Strange (out Nov. 4).  How early?
Discussion: ABC News, Mashable, Gizmodo and Deadline
Nora Kelly / The Atlantic:
Disappearing Presidential Candidates  —  Hey, remember Scott Walker?  That corn-fed, Kohls-shopping, union-busting, unintimidated governor of a blue state who had a real shot at next July's nominating convention?  —  He's probably sitting in his Madison, Wisconsin, office right now reading …
Discussion: American Prospect
Christina Carrega-Woodby / New York Daily News:
EXCLUSIVE: Queens student claims cops wrongfully arrested, beat him for walking dog without leash  —  A 25-year-old college student says he was wrongfully arrested and beaten by Queens cops for walking his puppy outside his home without a leash.  —  Nicholson Gregoire stepped outside …
Paul Sperry / New York Post:
Cleric denies ties to San Bernardino killers as phone records surface  —  The cleric acting as spokesman for the San Bernardino mosque where terrorist Syed Rizwan Farook worshipped claims he barely knew Farook and didn't know his terrorist wife at all.  But phone records and other evidence uncovered …
George Soros / Guardian:
The terrorists and demagogues want us to be scared.  We mustn't give in  —  It's not easy to resist the threats and the hysteria that surround us, but we must do, as fear is the greatest danger to open society  —  pen societies are always endangered.  This is especially true of America …
Discussion: Business Insider and Politico
Katie Kieffer / Townhall.com:
Don't Let Hillary Draft Your Daughter  —  For over 40 years, Hillary Clinton has been pushing to put women in combat and now she's close to succeeding—whether women like it or not.  —  Your daughter or granddaughter could soon be compelled to register with the Selective Service at the age of 18 alongside all American males.
Discussion: Red Alert Politics
Allysia Finley / Wall Street Journal:
Go Live Elsewhere, We're Cutting Carbon Here  —  The Newhall Ranch project near Los Angeles is green but not green enough for the antidevelopment crowd.  —  Earlier this month California Gov. Jerry Brown promised to cut greenhouse-gas emissions to 80% below 1990 levels by 2050.
Bill Zeeble / Around the Nation : NPR:
Tornado Victims In North Texas Recall Train Sound As They Sought Shelter  —  At least 11 people died when tornadoes plowed through North Texas on the night after Christmas.  At least eight of them were killed when a tornado picked their vehicles off a highway east of Dallas.
Niall Stanage / The Hill:
Winners and losers of the year  —  It's been a wild year in politics, both on the presidential campaign trail and in the halls of Congress.  —  But as 2015 draws to a close, it's time to take stock of who saw their fortunes rise, and who might want to put the past 12 months behind them.  —  WINNERS
Bradford Richardson / The Hill:
David Spade: Obamas too ‘thirsty’ for attention  —  Actor David Spade says President Obama's appearances on reality TV shows like “Running Wild with Bear Grylls” are unbecoming of the presidency.  —  “I criticized Obama because I thought, you know, a president should have a little more dignity than …
Chris Enloe / Business Insider:
A Texas restaurant chain posted a notice declaring itself ‘politically incorrect’  —  See Also  —  About two weeks ago, Berryhill Baja Grill, a restaurant chain that specializes in Mexican cuisine, posted notices outside each of their nine locations warning their customers that the restaurant is …
Timothy Cama / The Hill:
Republicans split on attacking climate science  —  The Republican Party is divided over whether to attack the science of climate change when opposing liberal policies.  —  Many of the most vocal Republicans say they have significant problems with the scientific consensus that the Earth …
Discussion: Prairie Weather
 
 
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Reed Tucker / New York Post:
Step inside the mansion built for Jesus' return
Discussion: Raw Story and Telegraph
Troy Pope / Fresno Bee:
Fresno police investigate beating of Sikh man as hate crime
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Raw Story
Sudarsan Raghavan / Washington Post:
A year of Taliban gains shows that 'we haven't delivered,' top Afghan official says
Discussion: Mother Jones
Bradford Richardson / The Hill:
Carson: We don't have to ‘inject race’ into everything
Discussion: addictinginfo.org
Joel Kotkin / Orange County Register:
Seeing the West as worse
Bradford Richardson / The Hill:
Colbert: Trump is playing my old character better than I could
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Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
Democrat: Tighten social media screening of visa applicants
John Hinderaker / Power Line:
The Enduring Popularity of Fraud
Elisha Fieldstadt / NBC News:
Kentucky's Mall St. Matthews Shuts Down After Brawls Involving Up to 2,000
Discussion: Jezebel and Bearing Arms
Diana West / Breitbart:
It's Time to Rally Around Donald Trump
Fred Siegel / Orange County Register:
New riot ideology: Results through coercion
Discussion: Betsy's Page and Instapundit
John Hinderaker / Power Line:
Islam and Minnesota: Can we hear some straight talk for a change?
Eric W. Dolan / Raw Story:
Uncle accidentally shoots 2-year-old niece in the face while trying out new Christmas gift