A.M. Links: Obama, Reid Were Against Nuclear Option Before They Were For it, Saudi Police Arrest Men For Offering Free Hugs, Miley Cyrus’ Parents Not Worried About Her Drug Use

• Yesterday, Senate Democrats invoked the so-called nuclear
  option to prevent Republicans from filibustering most
  presidential nominations. Perhaps unsurprisingly, President Obama
  and Sen. Harry Reid (D-Nev.)
  were against the “nuclear option” before they were for it.
• Officials in the Philippines have raised the
  Typhoon Haiyan death toll to more than 4,900.  
• Religious police in
  Saudi Arabia have arrested two men for offering free hugs.
• 
  Miley Cyrus’ parents are not worried about her drug use.
• The number of
  homeless people in the U.S. has declined for the third year in
  a row.
• A
  Tennessee county judge has said that drug testing judges would
  be a waste of taxpayers’ money.

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