Suspect killed; teen safe  —  (CNN) — James DiMaggio — the California murder suspect who allegedly kidnapped 16-year-old Hannah Anderson — was shot and killed by an FBI agent in the Idaho wilderness, a sheriff said Saturday.  —  Authorities first spotted the pair's campsite from the air …

Reid says Obamacare just a step toward eventual single-payer system  —  In just about seven weeks, people will be able to start buying Obamacare-approved insurance plans through the new health care exchanges.  —  But already, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is predicting those plans …

Circle Sept. 10 on Your Calendar for Apple's Big iPhone Event  —  Apple is expected to unveil its next iPhone at a special event on Sept. 10, sources told AllThingsD.  —  D: All Things Digital  —  The launch comes at an important time for Apple, which continues to make a lot of money …

How the Post Was Lost  —  MANY American newspapers were doomed to decline from the moment the Internet arrived on personal computers.  But The Washington Post, just sold off unexpectedly to Amazon's Jeff Bezos, was never really one of them.  —  This is something the sentimental send-offs …

Statement from Julian Assange in response to President Obama's plans to reform America's global surveillance program  —  Today the President of the United States validated Edward Snowden's role as a whistleblower by announcing plans to reform America's global surveillance program.

Death Panels and the Apparatchik Mindset  —  Aaron Carroll reads the Wall Street Journal, which is outraged, outraged, at the prospect that Oregon's Medicaid system might seek to limit spending on treatments with low effectiveness and/or patients who aren't going to live much longer in any case.

Kansas and Al Qaeda  —  SALINA, Kan. — I'VE spent the last few months filming a Showtime documentary about how climate and environmental stresses helped trigger the Arab awakening.  It's been a fascinating journey because it forced me to look at the Middle East through the lens of Arab environmentalists instead of politicians.

After Guantánamo, Another Injustice  —  ABOUT two months ago I learned that some of my books had been banned at Guantánamo Bay.  Apparently detainees were requesting them, and their lawyers were delivering them to the prison, but they were not being allowed in because of “impermissible content.”

William P. Clark, RIP  —  Sad news comes today of the passing of William P. Clark, who passed away this morning at his ranch near Paso Robles after a long battle with Parkinson's disease.  Clark served Ronald Reagan as deputy secretary of state (chiefly to keep an eye out on Al Haig) …

Fox May Produce Clinton Biopic Reviled by G.O.P.  —  The script for the proposed mini-series on the life of the possible presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton hasn't even been written but we may already have a plot twist.  —  While NBC has come under heavy fire, especially from Republican critics …

Taming the tax code beast  —  “Colleagues,” said the June 27 letter to 98 U.S. senators, “now it is your turn.”  The letter's authors are Max Baucus (D-Mont.) and Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), the chairman and ranking Republican, respectively, on the tax-writing Finance Committee.

John McCain and Lindsey Graham: Egypt's path to a better future  —  John McCain and Lindsey Graham, both Republicans, represent Arizona and South Carolina in the U.S. Senate, respectively.  —  We traveled to Cairo this week to support a U.S. and international effort to help Egyptians end their political crisis.