So, What Is the Benghazi Cover-Up All About?  —  Shortly after the Benghazi debacle in September 2012, it was rumored that the terrorist attack occurred in the context of a CIA operation whereby Libyan arms, which presumably were either purchased or scooped up by the Agency in the wake of Gaddafi's overthrow …

Pay-up time for Brawley: '87 rape-hoaxer finally shells out for slander  —  Just $431,000 to go  —  Twenty-five years after accusing an innocent man of rape, Tawana Brawley is finally paying for her lies.  —  Last week, 10 checks totaling $3,764.61 were delivered to ex-prosecutor Steven Pagones …

Source: Terrorists behind embassy threat in place  —  PLAY CBS NEWS VIDEO  —  The terror threat prompting the U.S. government to close nearly two dozen embassies and consulates Sunday is the most specific, credible threat information in years, CBS News senior correspondent John Miller reports.

Unknown Republican blocks bill requiring email search warrants  —  An anonymous Republican senator has delayed a vote on legislation that would require police to obtain a warrant before accessing emails and other online messages.  —  Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) …

Democracy in Action (Missouri Edition)  —  ProPublica's The Payday Playbook: How High Cost Lenders Fight to Stay Legal is a little different from what they teach in high school civics classes. … Someone raised $2.8 million to fight the initiative.  We don't get know exactly who:

Schumer: Relationship with Russia ‘more poisonous’ than at any time since Cold War  —  The New York Democrat pressed President Obama to cancel a bilateral summit and move the international economic G20 summit.  —  Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) said President Obama should cancel …

Debate over NSA programs gets renewed attention amid terror threat  —  (CNN) - There's no proof that the current terror threats in the Middle East, North Africa and beyond were uncovered through a federal program that monitors domestic telephone data, Rep. Adam Schiff, D-California …

Martin O'Malley Putting Together “Framework” For Presidential Bid  —  The Maryland governor is openly making preparations for a White House run.  “I think we're on course to have a body of work that lays the framework of a candidacy for 2016,” says O'Malley.  —  Image by Charlie Neibergall, File / AP

Beyond Grades  —  Testing firms are offering new ways to measure what students learn in college.  Their next generation of assessments is billed as an add-on - rather than a replacement - to the college degree.  But the tests also give graduates something besides a transcript to send to a potential employer.

Newsweek's New Owners Say They Bought “A Lot Of Cachet”  —  IBT's plans to revive the title aren't clear.The company has ties to controversial religious leader David Jang's Olivet University.  —  Less than a year after announcing that it would cease publishing in print …

NEW YORK TIMES SELLS BOSTON GLOBE AT 93% LOSS  —  After purchasing the Boston Globe in 1993 for a then-record $1.1 billion, the financially troubled New York Times just announced it sold the 141 year-old paper to Boston Red Sox owner John Henry for a mere $70 million.  That's a straight 93% loss.