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2:15 AM ET, January 6, 2016

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Robert Costa / Washington Post:
Trump says Cruz's Canadian birth could be ‘very precarious’ for GOP  —  LOWELL, Mass. — Donald Trump said in an interview that rival Ted Cruz's Canadian birthplace was a “very precarious” issue that could make the Texas senator vulnerable if he became the Republican presidential nominee.
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David Siders / Sacramento Bee:
Poll: Ted Cruz surges in California, catches Trump  —  Texas senator now in statistical tie with Donald Trump in late-voting California  —  Ben Carson and Carly Fiorina tumble behind Marco Rubio … Ted Cruz has surged to a statistical tie with Donald Trump among Republicans in California …
Discussion: RedState, Hullabaloo and Political Wire
The Hill:
GOP scrambles for response to Obama's gun control actions  —  Congressional Republicans are scrambling for a way to halt President Obama's new unilateral actions on gun control.  —  One powerful appropriator, Rep. John Culberson (R-Texas), has threatened to block federal funding for the Department …
Discussion: Politico and PoliticusUSA
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CNN:
Emotional Obama calls for ‘sense of urgency’ to fight gun violence  —  Watch “Guns in America,” CNN's townhall meeting with President Obama on Thursday at 8 p.m. ET  —  (CNN)President Barack Obama grew emotional Tuesday as he made a passionate call for a national “sense of urgency” to limit gun violence.
New York Times:
Tearful Obama Outlines Steps to Curb Gun Deaths
Ali Weinberg / ABC News:
Tearful Obama on Gun Control: Excuses ‘No Longer Suffice’
Alan Pyke / ThinkProgress:
Ghoulish Wall Street Speculators Pour Money Into Gun Companies
Discussion: Reuters and Washington Post
BBC:
Germany shocked by Cologne New Year gang assaults on women  —  The mayor of Cologne has summoned police for crisis talks after about 80 women reported sexual assaults and muggings by men on New Year's Eve.  —  The scale of the attacks on women at the city's central railway station has shocked Germany.
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The Local:
Cover-up claim over NYE mass sexual assaults  —  Men of ‘Arab background’ were likely responsible for sexual assaults on dozens of women in central Cologne over the New Year, police said on Monday - as a social media storm accused police and media of a cover-up.
Spiegel Online:
Dozens of Women Sexually Assaulted in Cologne
Euan McKirdy / CNN:
North Korea says it successfully conducts hydrogen bomb test  —  Hong Kong (CNN)North Korea says it has successfully carried out a hydrogen bomb test in a region of the country where it conducted three previous nuclear tests.  —  If the claim is verified, a hydrogen bomb test …
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BBC:
Tremor detected near North Korea nuclear site
Discussion: Balloon Juice
Claire Phipps / Guardian:
North Korea nuclear test: regime says it has successfully detonated hydrogen bomb - live
Discussion: all
Guardian:
Authorities plan to cut off power to militia at occupied Oregon refuge  —  Armed militants will begin their third day at the wildlife refuge and have vowed to remain for months in protest at over the treatment of two local cattle ranchers  —  Federal authorities are planning to cut off …
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Les Zaitz / Oregonian:
Sheriff says steps being taken to end militants' occupation of federal compound
Discussion: Raw Story, MSNBC and Balloon Juice
Lydia O'Connor / The Huffington Post:
Oregon Militants Say They're Getting Worse Treatment Than Black Lives Matter Movement
Hilary Sargent / Boston Globe:
Meet the chef who decides what Tom Brady eats—and what he definitely doesn't  —  Allen Campbell talks about why our quarterback rarely eats tomatoes, where he shops for groceries, and why he doesn't serve mushrooms.  Ever.  —  Allen Campbell has never been anything but a chef.
Kurt Wagner / Re/code:
Twitter Considering 10,000-Character Limit for Tweets  —  Longer tweets are coming soon to Twitter.  —  Twitter is building a new feature that will allow users to tweet things longer than the traditional 140-character limit, and the company is targeting a launch date toward the end of Q1 …
Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
This crowd shot from Donald Trump's Massachusetts rally is absolutely mind-boggling  —  Donald Trump went to Lowell, Mass. — a town about five miles south of the New Hampshire border — for one of his now trademark big-arena rallies on Monday night.  This is what the crowd looked like per WaPo's Jenna Johnson.
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Andrew Kaczynski / BuzzFeed:
Trump: It Would Be Interesting To Ask Bill Clinton The Difference Between Him And Cosby  —  Trump added that he respects women and that he would protect them.  —  Hello, it's me.  —  David Duprey / ASSOCIATED PRESS  —  w.soundcloud.com  —  Donald Trump says it would be “very interesting” …
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
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Eliza Collins / Politico:   Trump: Bill Clinton should be asked if he's like Bill Cosby
New York Times:
Blizzard Buried Some Dairy Cows in the Snow; 35,000 Die  —  LUBBOCK, Tex. — After a mild and dry Christmas Day, a fierce blizzard whipped across the rolling plains of West Texas and eastern New Mexico.  The wind blew mercilessly for 48 hours, leaving snow drifts as high as 14 feet.
Discussion: Mother Jones and Gizmodo
Darren Samuelsohn / Politico:
Trump quietly builds a data juggernaut  —  Donald Trump's rivals cling to the hope that the surprise GOP presidential front-runner lacks the know-how to lure supporters to the polls, but POLITICO has learned that his campaign several months ago assembled an experienced data team …
Discussion: The Last Refuge
Kevin Drum / Mother Jones:
Lots of Rich People Seem to Be in Tough Financial Straits  —  Here's a fairly remarkable poll from Gallup about financial well-being.  The direction of the answers is unsurprising: if you earn more, you're more likely to have enough money to buy the things you need, and less likely to be cutting back on spending.
Reason:
You Know Less Than You Think About Guns  —  The misleading uses, flagrant abuses, and shoddy statistics of social science about gun violence  —  Brian Doherty from the February 2016 issue - view article in the Digital Edition  —  “There is a gun for roughly every man, woman, and child in America …
Discussion: Hit & Run, Vox and EconLog
David Edwards / Raw Story:
Fox host: President Obama put a ‘raw onion’ in his podium so he could cry fake tears for kids killed by guns  —  DON'T MISS STORIES.  FOLLOW RAW STORY!  —  Fox News host Andrea Tantaros suggested on Tuesday President Barack Obama had used a “raw onion” to produce fake tears for shooting victims during …
Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
Christie hits back: Rubio can't ‘slime his way to the White House’  —  MANCHESTER, N.H. — As Chris Christie's establishment rivals seize on his blue-state governing record, the New Jersey governor punched back here Tuesday with the kind of bluntness that had been his trademark …
 
 
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Carl Campanile / New York Post:
Surrogate carrying triplets sues to stop forced abortion
Discussion: National Review and LifeNews.com
Michael Cieply / New York Times:
‘13 Hours’ Gives Benghazi Attack Cinematic Treatment
Los Angeles Times:
Rams' relocation application says it's best for long-term success in L.A.
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Nick Gutteridge / Daily Express:
PEGIDA brands Islam a ‘fascist ideology’ and vows to fight ‘migrant influx’ at UK launch
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Talia Kaplan / WKRN-TV:
Man faces charges after climbing I-65 sign, causing 2-hour closure
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Chad Livengood / Detroit News:
DPS debt payments mount to unsustainable levels
Hadas Gold / Politico:
Fox Business Network to candidates: We won't show an empty podium
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Mediaite
Richard Winton / Los Angeles Times:
San Bernardino shooters' movements after massacre center of FBI probe
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 Earlier Items: 
Telegraph:
Barry Humphries: ‘Caitlyn Jenner is a publicity-seeking ratbag’
Don Clark / Wall Street Journal:
Kodak Goes Retro With New Super 8 Camera
Discussion: Gizmodo, The Verge and Engadget
Ben Wolfgang / Washington Times:
DNC under pressure to remove Wasserman Schultz amid charges of favoritism toward Clinton
Discussion: American Spectator
Lex Gray / WAVY-TV:
Norfolk woman finds cat sealed inside ‘cardboard tomb’
Discussion: KFOR-TV
Enoch Power / THE NEW REFORM CLUB:
An Open Letter to Mark Steyn, Simon Heffer, Milo Yiannopoulos, Breitbart (London), and His Grace, Archbishop Cranmer