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- Rex Ryan has been fired by the Buffalo Bills days before the final game of the season against the Jets.
- Republican Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker’s administration has removed the word “climate” from a Department of Natural Resources website dedicated to climate change.
- Lin-Manuel Miranda said in an interview he had a moment of clarity after Trump's election: "I know who I am, and I know what I’m going to fight for in the years to come."
- Advertisers are struggling with how to deal with fake news.
- Check out a sneak peek of Rick & Morty season three.
- Stephen Colbert got David Letterman a special Christmas gift.
- Vera Rubin, who spotted the first evidence of dark matter, has died at 88.
- An Oklahoma newspaper is still being hounded by Trump fans for endorsing Hillary Clinton.
- This TV show preference map predicted the election results.
- The NY Times Magazine writes about the rise of viral video emporium Jukin Media.
- Half of world’s cheetahs will be gone in 15 years.
- And finally, some kittens just can't wait around for the surprise:
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