Bombing Kills at Least 4 in Beirut, Over 1,000 Cars Torched in France Over New Year’s, Republican Activist Wants California Legislature To Grow: P.M. Links


  • A bombing
    in a Hezbollah-controlled area of Beirut has killed
    at least four people.
  • The
    chaplain
    for New York City’s Department of Sanitation (yes,
    really) called the Big Apple a “plantation” during Mayor Bill de
    Blasio’s inauguration ceremony.
  • A Republican activist in California is working on a proposal to
    expand the
    California legislature
    to 12,000 members from its current
    120.
  • A Saudi man has been sentenced to
    90 days in jail and 80 lashes
    for accusing a Kuwaiti singer of
    adultery on Twitter.
  • According to the French interior minister,
    1,067 cars
    were torched over New Year’s.
  • Ford has unveiled a hybrid car that uses
    solar energy
    to power its battery pack.

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