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A.M. Links: Affleck Won't Run For Senate, Latest Date for First Encounter Predicted, New York Gunman Left Note, Result of Egypt's Constitutional Referendum Announced, Suicide Bomber Kills at Least Three in Afghanistan

Matthew Feeney | 12.26.2012 9:00 AM


  • Ben Affleck announed on Facebook that he won't be running for Senate.
  • A leading UFO expert believes we can expect first contact with extraterrestrial life by 2024. 
  • The gunman who shot four New York firefighters left a note saying that, "I still have to get ready to see how much of the neighborhood I can burn down, and do what I like doing best -- killing people."
  • More FOIA complaints were filed during Obama's first term than were filed in George W. Bush's second term. 
  • Egypt's controversial draft constitution was passed with 63.8 percent support, according to the supreme election committee. 
  • A suicide bomber in Afghanistan has killed at least three civilians near a military facility. 

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Matthew Feeney is a policy analyst at the Cato Institute.