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1:50 PM ET, December 27, 2013

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Jordan Weissmann / The Atlantic Online:
Why Gold Would Be Useless in an Economic Apocalypse  —  Since November, financial advisor David Marotta has been publishing a series of blog posts on how to manage your money in the event of a financial apocalypse—as in a world of hyperinflation, governmental collapse, and anarachic mobs.
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Paul Bedard / Washington Examiner:
Be prepared: Wall Street advisor recommends guns, ammo for protection in collapse  —  WASHINGTON SECRETS GUN CONTROL OBAMACARE NSA SURVEILLANCE WALL STREET SOCIALISM  —  A top financial advisor, worried that Obamacare, the NSA spying scandal and spiraling national debt is increasing the chances …
Tracy Jan / The Boston Globe:
Mass., Vt. halt payments to firm behind health sites  —  WASHINGTON — Even as President Obama's health insurance website limps to recovery, at least two states that used the same contractor and are still plagued with malfunctions — Massachusetts and Vermont — are taking preliminary steps to recoup taxpayer dollars.
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Robert Pear / New York Times:
Vista Workers Told Their U.S. Health Plan Fails Test
Discussion: National Review and JustOneMinute
David Nather / Politico:
Ads hit vulnerable Dems on Obamacare
Anthony Weiner / Facebook:
What's Next?  First, Let Me Say Thanks  —  There is a fundamental optimism that is wired into the DNA of America and its true capital - New York City.  We are a place that people come to improve their condition.  And once here we are unified by a common aspiration - to leave our kids a place better than the one we found.
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Alex Greig / Daily Mail:
Anthony Weiner uses social media to hint at a comeback
Discussion: NewsBusters and The Gateway Pundit
Patricia Murphy / The Daily Beast:
Five Tea Party Challengers: The Ted Cruz Wannabes  —  By Patricia MurphyDecember 27th 20135:45 AM  —  Come 2014, these five ambitious senate hopefuls might storm their way onto Capitol Hill and change the Republican Party, with Ted Cruz as their hero.  —  If Ted Cruz seems like a one-of-a-kind, give it time.
Discussion: Washington Monthly
Michael S. Schmidt / New York Times:
N.S.A. Phone Surveillance Is Lawful, Federal Judge Rules  —  WASHINGTON — A federal judge in New York on Friday ruled that the National Security Agency's program that is systematically keeping phone records of all Americans is lawful, creating a conflict among lower courts and increasing …
Discussion: Mediaite and Gawker
Paul Krugman / New York Times:
The Fear Economy  —  More than a million unemployed Americans are about to get the cruelest of Christmas “gifts.”  They're about to have their unemployment benefits cut off.  You see, Republicans in Congress insist that if you haven't found a job after months of searching, it must be because you aren't trying hard enough.
Marco Garcia / Associated Press:
President Obama's Hawaii Vacation: Day 6  —  How President Barack Obama spent the sixth day of his holiday vacation in Hawaii on Thursday:  — GYM: The president woke up early for a morning workout at a gym at Marine Corps Base Hawaii.  After about an hour, Obama returned to his vacation home.
Discussion: Weasel Zippers
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The Hill:
Obama signs budget pact
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Kevin Liptak / CNN:
Obama signs budget, defense bills in Hawaii
Discussion: The Hill and Politico
Argus Leader:
Independent voice needed, Larry Pressler says  —  Is South Dakota ready for a comeback from Larry Pressler?  —  Turned out of the Senate after three terms by Tim Johnson in 1996, Pressler will run for the same seat 18 years later.  —  “Today, I am announcing that I am running for the United States Senate …
Scott Keyes / ThinkProgress:
Homeless Couple Gets A Home On Christmas Eve, Thanks To Innovative ‘Occupy’ Group  —  For many couples, the thought of living together in a 96-square-foot house sounds awful.  But for Chris Derrick and Betty Ybarra, it's a Christmas miracle.  —  That's because Derrick and Ybarra have spent …
Discussion: The Raw Story
Gregory Wallace / CNNMoney.com:
Many Americans feel economy isn't improving  —  Despite a recent string of positive economic news, Americans say they aren't feeling the improvements.  —  A new CNN/ORC poll released Friday showed people were pessimistic that the economy was improving.  Nearly 70% said the economy is generally …
Mockarena / Chicks on the Right:
Yeah.  This'll Help Your Cause, You Psychos.  —  So guess what happened in Cologne, Germany during Christmas mass?  Liberal feminist wackjobs, that's what.  Behold:  —  I made the mistake of visiting the website run by the lunatics involved in this protest.  It's called FEMEN, and it's seriously sick and twisted.
Discussion: NewsBusters and iOwnTheWorld.com
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Utah Ruling Means No Respite for the Supreme Court on Same-Sex Marriage  —  WASHINGTON — In June, when the Supreme Court stopped short of deciding whether the Constitution guaranteed a right to same-sex marriage, many thought the court had bought itself several years before it had to confront the question again.
Steve Eder / New York Times:
For ESPN, Millions to Remain in Connecticut  —  BRISTOL, Conn. — The governor of Connecticut arrived at ESPN's expansive campus here to celebrate the groundbreaking of the sports media giant's 19th building, a digital center that would be the new home of “SportsCenter.”
 
 
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Associated Press:
NY increasing minimum wage to $8 an hour in 2014
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Jason Keyser / Associated Press:
AS CITY CYCLING GROWS, SO DOES BIKE TAX TEMPTATION
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Doug Powers / Michelle Malkin:
Caption time: John Kerry meets Snoop Dogg
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Andy Soltis / New York Post:
Professor admits faking AIDS vaccine to get $19M in grants
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