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OBAMA COMMUTES MANNING SENTENCE

BRITAIN TO LEAVE EU SINGLE MARKET

In one of his final acts before leaving office, President Barack Obama commuted the prison sentence of Chelsea Manning, the former U.S. military intelligence analyst behind the biggest breach of classified materials in U.S. history, the White House said. Manning has been a focus of a worldwide debate on government secrecy since she provided more than 700,000 documents, videos, diplomatic cables

Britain will quit the EU single market when it leaves the European Union, Prime Minister Theresa May said, in a decisive speech that set a course for a clean break with the world’s largest trading bloc. Setting out a vision that could determine Britain’s future for generations. May answered criticism that she has been coy about her strategy with a 12-point plan toward what has been dubbed a “hard Brexit.” May

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and battlefield accounts to the anti-secrecy group WikiLeaks — a leak for which she was sentenced to serve 35 years in prison. Manning, formerly known as U.S. Army Private First Class Bradley Manning, was born male but revealed after being convicted of espionage that she identifies as a woman. REUTERS

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promised to seek the greatest possible access to European markets, but said Britain would aim to establish its own free trade deals with countries far beyond Europe, and impose limits on immigration from the continent. For the first time, she acknowledged that those measures would require withdrawing from the market of 500 million people, founded on principles of free movement of goods and people. REUTERS

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A topless Femen activist with a sign painted on her back raises her fist as she protests in front of the wax statue of Presidentelect Donald Trump at the Wax Museum of Madrid on Tuesday. GETTY IMAGES

WAL-MART PLEDGES TO SEARCH FOR MH370 KEEP HIRING PACE IN US PLANE CALLED OFF

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Wal-Mart Stores Inc. will create about 10,000 jobs in the United States this year as part of a previously announced plan, it said on Tuesday, as President-elect Donald Trump puts pressure on companies to hire more U.S. workers. The world’s largest retailer joined companies like General Motors Co. and Amazon.com Inc., which have rushed to announce their plans to add U.S. jobs. Trump,

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who takes office on Friday, has repeatedly singled out and criticized U.S. companies across industries for not doing more to keep jobs in the United States. REUTERS

The deep-sea search for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 ended on Tuesday without any trace being found of the plane that vanished in 2014 with 239 people on board, the three countries involved in the search said. The location of Flight MH370 has become one of the world’s greatest aviation mysteries since the plane, a Boeing 777, disappeared en route to Beijing

from the Malaysian capital of Kuala Lumpur. “Despite every effort using the best science available … the search has not been able to locate the aircraft,” Malaysian, Australian and Chinese authorities said in a statement. “The decision to suspend the underwater search has not been taken lightly nor without sadness.” The last search vessel left the area on Tuesday, the three countries said. REUTERS

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Rittenhouse wall-sitting ban shelved Many park-goers stood in opposition to the ban against sitting on the wall. SAM NEWHOUSE @scnewhouse

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A new rule banning visitors to Rittenhouse Square from sitting on the park’s stone walls has been terminated after a massive backlash. “I sat on this wall for the first time in 1967, and no one’s going to tell me I can’t sit here,” said Lauren Blanchard, 68, who planted herself atop the wall Tuesday during a “Sittenhouse” protest along with dozens of others protesting the rule. But earlier in the day, the no-sitting rule had quietly been spiked. “No sitting” signs were replaced with ones reading, “This is a smoke-free park.” A police cruiser stationed in the park for weeks was also gone. Many park-goers, mostly young people, sit on the stone walls in the park and have done so for decades. Reports of police officers starting to order people off the walls after the new rule took effect last week sparked intense criticism on social media, and two protests of the ban were scheduled this week. Some Sittenhouse protesters carried signs, with messages like “Go sit on it!” and “Your racism is an eyesore.” Blanchard said the new rules was “wellintentioned but wrongheaded” and poorly timed given the political

A diverse mix of Philadelphia residents turned out to Rittenhouse Park to sit on the balustrades to protest. CHARLES MOSTOLLER

climate. “This was just the wrong time to say we would like the young and black people to get away,” she said. Even Mayor Jim Kenney had criticized the rule on social media over the weekend and told people not to obey it. This week he directed the rule be rescinded. “The concerns that park users have expressed about litter, vandalism, the structural safety of the wall and smoking [anything, not just pot] in the park are legitimate,” said Ajeenah Amir, a

spokeswoman for Kenney, “but I think everyone agrees that banning wallsitting and using police to actively enforce that was an overcorrection.” The Friends of Rittenhouse Square, which has poured millions into preserving and beautifying the park, had created the new rule in conjunction with police and the department of Parks and Recreation. It was brought about in part due to a shooting in the park in October, and reports of increased drug sales and illegal activity. Banning sitting on the

wall seemed like a good solution to worsening quality-of-life problems in the park, said Vicki Bayle,

“I sat on this wall for the first time in 1967, and no one’s going to tell me I can’t sit here.” Lauren Blanchard

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PINT-SIZED PROTEST Philly kids prepare to rally ahead of inauguration An unlikely group is leading a rally in Philadelphia Wednesday, and has attracted dozens to join its cause. Children of all ages will march outside the Liberty Bell in solidarity with movements of resistance taking place around the country ahead of Inauguration Day. With homemade signs and chants about inclusion, they are welcoming people of all ages and backgrounds to join their movement. The sight of kids leading a

protest is different, but certainly not unheard of. Perhaps most notably, Alabama schoolchildren who witnessed their parents’ involvement in the civil rights movement led a crusade more than 50 years ago. Trained in nonviolence tactics, kids in the Birmingham Children’s Crusade of 1963 were arrested, beaten with batons and threatened. Still, they marched and sang protest songs, as photos of Alabama’s violent crackdown circulated nationwide, sparking

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outcry. The kids, some of them as young as 7, persisted and were ultimately triumphant. Rally organizer and mom of four Julie Wilgus believes children deserve the opportunity to be heard, and is creating the platform to do it with the Philly Kids’ Solidarity Rally. Wilgus told Metro that while the assumption about kids in protest is that they are acting on their parents’ beliefs, the reality couldn’t be further from the truth. “It’s not really important to me

that my kids hold the exact same opinions, but rather them having the freedom to believe what they want to believe, and research what they want to believe,” Wilgus said. The rally itself doesn’t have much of a political slant, she said. While Wilgus’ kids have an Instagram account showing their support for former Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders, today’s event is more about solidarity and empathy for vulnerable communities. ALEXIS SACHDEV

If you go Where: Liberty Bell, Sixth and Market streets; the march will travel from there to Arch Street, down to Fifth Street to Independence Mall and back to the meeting place. When: 4 to 6 p.m. Wednesday, weather permitting. Get more information on Facebook by searching for “Philly Kids Solidarity Rally.”

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The number of Democratic Congress members planning to skip President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration this week is growing following a widely criticized dossier alleging close ties between Trump and Russia, and the president-elect’s sharp words for civil rights leader, Rep. John Lewis ahead of Martin Luther King Jr. Day. As of Tuesday morning, 28 members of Congress have publicly said they will protest the inauguration in Washington and in their districts instead of attending Friday’s event.

Three Pennsylvania congressmen have announced their intent to skip the inauguration. Rep. Brendan Boyle In a statement Monday, Rep. Boyle called Trump a “unique threat” to the Constitution and the U.S., adding that he won’t participate in Friday’s celebration. “I accept the decision of the people,” he said. “I respect it. But I will not celebrate it.” Rep. Bob Brady Brady, chairman of the Philadelphia Democratic Committee, told multiple news outlets Monday he does not plan to attend. Rep. Dwight Evans The Philadelphia representative said in a tweet Monday he will not attend the inauguration because “Russian hacking must be investigated and I do not support the repeal of ACA.”

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CNN announced a new set of on-air contributors Tuesday ahead of President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration this week. Former Republican U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum and former Philadelphia Police Commissioner Charles Ramsay are the latest paid contributors to join the news network, which now includes former Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter, who began in early 2016 after serving two terms. Santorum sparred with Nutter, a Democrat, on CNN last week after defending Trump’s comments on Georgia Rep. John Lewis, saying “Donald Trump is the president because he did things like this.” On CNN, Nutter called out Santorum for “normalizing” Trump’s behavior. “He doesn’t get a pass, Senator,” Nutter said. “We’re not normalizing

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Fla. airport shooting suspect inspired by Islamic State Santiago was a private first class in the National Guard who served in Iraq from 2010 to 2011. An Iraq war veteran accused of killing five people at a Florida airport told investigators he was inspired by Islamic State and previously chatted online with Islamist extremists, an FBI agent testified on Tuesday, U.S. media reported. Esteban Santiago, 26, was ordered held in jail until a Jan. 30 arraignment, court records show. At that time he would enter a formal plea to charges that he opened fire in the baggage claim area of the Fort Lauderdale airport on Jan. 6. “He has admitted to all of the facts with respect

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The Zayn and Gigi engagement rumors have finally begun Super-ish model Gigi Hadid was recently spotted wearing a delicate gold band on a very special finger, which has me and Perez Hilton wondering whether things are hashtag happening or

if she’s just, you know, wearing a random ring on her left ring finger. Gigi and former 1D-er Zayn Malik have been dating for about a year and make quite the couple. So let’s just see if that little ol’

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citing her ex-momager Dina as saying she’s just taking a break from that Insta-life — but who knows? As always, Lindsay Lohan manages to be a half-frown emoji of mystery. Never change, girl.

Amanda Seyfried is very (very) excited about getting hitched

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I love L.A. This presents a really fascinating portrait of California, too. Even though you’re a New Yorker now, you were born and raised there, so it must be particularly resonant. I’m a California girl. My brother’s still there, my sister’s there, most of my family’s there. I’m deeply related to California. It’s so odd because I don’t think anyone associates me with California. I grew up in Sacramento, and Annette grew up in San Diego. We talked a lot about the peculiarities of California that I think are often missed. When people think of California, they think of Los Angeles and San Francisco. The truth is there’s a very deep, very powerful conservative bent that runs through California, in San Diego, in Santa Barbara, in Sacramento. We are the home of Reagan. Joan Didion, when she started, she was conservative, she was a Republican, 100 percent. She thought all that hippie stuff in Haight-Ashbury was ridiculous. That’s the side of California that Annette’s character is in opposition to. It’s something I really understood. I just hadn’t had the pleasure of being in a film about that side of California.

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THE GREAT DEBATE Those sports shows where a white guy and a black guy scream at each other while a good-looking brunette female attempts to direct traffic get huuuuge TV ratings for a weekday morning. The noise from ESPN’s “First Take” and FS1’s “The Undisputed” provides great background sound for gym locker rooms and dentist offices, but it’s decidedly unhealthy to, ya know, actually listen to the manufactured things these people are saying. All cynicism and jealousy aside, here’s a fun fact about “First Take.” Wildly popular host Molly Qerim is dating wildly popular “NBA on ESPN” personality and former NBA player Jalen Rose. How about that?!

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Former Eagles linebacker Emmanuel Acho tweeted out during the Patriots-Texans game: “To think, I got traded for #DionLewis back in 2013 … someone needs to be fired for that. He a beast!” Acho is currently unemployed in football and Lewis had three touchdowns against Houston. Former Browns (and Eagles) executive Joe Banner played along, tweeting at Acho, “I traded you for Dion and got fired. Go figure! Hope you are well.” For the record, current Eagles executive Howie Roseman was the one who brought Acho to Philly and shipped Lewis to Cleveland. ALL PHOTOS GETTY IMAGES

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If you think the reason Villanova’s Josh Hart, Darryl Reynolds, Mikal Bridges and company were diving for loose balls and challenging every shot like the game was on the line — rather than playing with a 30-point lead — was because they were trying to avenge their 2016 Big East title game loss to Seton Hall, then you just don’t know these Wildcats. To them there was no hidden agenda. Pirates were simply the next game on the schedule. And if you think the fact

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“It’s nice,� said senior center Darryl Reynolds of the accolades. “You appreciate it, but then you move on. Like Coach says, it can do nothing but distract us. It’s not our job (to impress the pollsters, with the coaches poll putting Kansas on top and Nova No. 2). “Our job is to go out and play Villanova basketball and leave the numbers to the numbers guys.� But they all knew they failed to play “Villanova basketball,� against St. John’s Saturday, struggling most of the way, before finally putting away the feisty Red Storm, 7057. Wright didn’t have to say a word, He just let them watch the film and seniors Reynolds, Hart and Jenkins took it from there. The result was 40 minutes of relentless hoops, where the scoreboard seemed to-

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