Bowe Bergdahl's Vanishing Before Capture Angered His Unit  —  WASHINGTON — Sometime after midnight on June 30, 2009, Pfc. Bowe Bergdahl left behind a note in his tent saying he had become disillusioned with the Army, did not support the American mission in Afghanistan and was leaving to start a new life.

Republicans have a mandate for their Benghazi probe  —  Democrats in recent weeks weighed whether to abstain from involvement in House Republicans' new Benghazi investigative committee, labeling it an unnecessary probe into questions that have already been answered.  —  The American people disagree.

Hillary Clinton's Senate years curiously missing from her memoirs  —  BOOKS SENATE HILLARY CLINTON 2016 ELECTIONS IRAQ WAR SECRETARY OF STATE  —  Next week Hillary Clinton will release “Hard Choices,” a memoir of her years as secretary of state.  The book is Clinton's first since Living History …

Bodies of 800 babies, long-dead, found in septic tank at former Irish home for unwed mothers  —  In a town in western Ireland, where castle ruins pepper green landscapes, there's a six-foot stone wall that once surrounded a place called the Home.  Between 1925 and 1961, thousands of …

Book: Obama told donors he might be in ‘strong position’ to amend Constitution  —  President Obama told Democratic donors he might be “in a very strong position” to demand a Constitutional amendment on campaign finance reform during his second term, according to a new book.

The Political Polarization of Physicians in the United States  —  An Analysis of Campaign Contributions to Federal Elections, 1991 Through 2012  —  ONLINE FIRST  —  Adam Bonica, PhD1; Howard Rosenthal, PhD2; David J. Rothman, PhD3  —  JAMA Intern Med.  —  Figures  —  Tables  —  References

BBC News Division To Cut 500 Jobs  —  I can exclusively report today that the BBC News is preparing to announce 500 more job losses, as part of its ongoing cost-cutting programme, and that industrial action could well follow.  Including new cuts to BBC Radio, the corporation is facing a total of between 550 and 600 redundancies.

$1,000 Reward!  —  The Alabama Republican Party is serious about stopping voter fraud.  So serious we are offering a $1,000 reward for information that directly leads to a conviction of a felony for voter fraud.  Any suspicion of fraud or witnessing the willful non-enforcement of the Alabama's voter laws needs to be reported.