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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