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 - Why this week’s anti-NSA court ruling could backfire
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 - Arctic 30 to be set free
 - Must-see morning clip: Who needs food stamps, anyway?
 - Mississippi school district sued for pervasive anti-LGBT harassment among students and administrators
 - New bird flu claims its first victim
 - Bee-killing pesticides may also harm human brain development
 - Stephen Colbert sings “Let It Snow” with Cyndi Lauper and Alan Cumming
 - Watch: Mitt Romney plans his concession speech in trailer for new campaign documentary
 - BP strikes oil in the Gulf of Mexico
 - How to fight sexism in the toy aisle
 - Rob Ford apologizes to reporter for implying he’s a pedophile, later dances in City Hall
 - Gun activists have a new craze — and it’s more dangerous than you think
 - Why George Zimmerman’s painting went viral: America’s fascination with infamous artists
 - “Duck Dynasty” star’s homophobic comments evoke the worst of the Bush era
 - Justin Bieber is quitting music, says Justin Bieber
 - Conservative Twitter hate-loves Organizing for Action’s new Obamacare meme
 - China just opened its first official smog clinic
 - The modern GOP’s fundamentalist godfather
 - Jamie Dimon’s perp walk: Why it could be this year’s Christmas miracle
 - The “real” Santa: Sometimes it’s a woman!
 - Hack List No. 3: Benny Johnson
 - Japan’s newly created island is actually growing
 - Tapered! Fed unexpectedly announces slowdown of stimulus measures
 - Hack List No. 2: Mark Halperin and John Heilemann
 - “Fear and concern” keeping MSNBC hosts quiet in union dispute, AFL-CIO suggests
 - Samuel L. Jackson and Tobey Maguire star in awkward “Between Two Ferns” holiday special
 - Whole Foods dropping Chobani to make room for organic and GMO-free brands
 - BBC interviews random man on the street who turns out to be the Fonz
 - Senate passes Murray-Ryan budget deal
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