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10:15 AM ET, September 5, 2014

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Robert McDonnell guilty of 11 corruption counts — RICHMOND — A federal jury Thursday found former Virginia governor Robert F. McDonnell and his wife, Maureen, guilty of public corruption — sending a message that they believed the couple sold the office once occupied by Patrick Henry …

Discussion: National Review, Taylor Marsh, Hinterland Gazette, Outside the Beltway, Mashable, Gawker, The Moderate Voice, Twitchy, Prairie Weather, Politico, Washington Monthly and Booman Tribune

Fox News:
Ex-Virginia governor, wife found guilty on corruption charges

Discussion: Independent Journal Review and TPNN

Trip Gabriel / New York Times:
Former Governor in Virginia Guilty in Bribery Case

Discussion: TalkLeft, Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion and Towleroad News #gay

Bryan Lowry / Wichita Eagle:

Kobach: Democrat Chad Taylor's name will remain on ballot for U.S. Senate — Chad Taylor doesn't want to be in the race for U.S. Senate, but he's going to remain on the ballot. — Taylor, the Democratic nominee for Senate and district attorney of Shawnee County, submitted a formal letter …

Discussion: Betsy's Page, Hot Air and National Review

Jonathan Martin / New York Times:
National G.O.P. Moves to Take Over Campaign of a Kansas Senator

Discussion: Talking Points Memo, Politico, Outside the Beltway, Roll Call, OnPolitics, Christian Science Monitor, Liberal Values, Wichita Eagle, The Rothenberg Political …, Daily Kos, New Yorker, Hot Air, Associated Press and Le·gal In·sur·rec· tion

Kansas City Star:
Kobach says Taylor stays on ballot for U.S. Senate in Kansas

Discussion: RedState, The Hill, Daily Kos, Fox News and Election Law Blog

Economist:

Blood cotton — The Half Has Never Been Told: Slavery and the Making of American Capitalism. By Edward Baptist. Basic Books; 498 pages; $35. Buy from Amazon.com, Amazon.com — “FOR sale: a coloured girl, of very superior qualifications...a bright mulatto, fine figure, straight …

Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Gawker

Economist:

Our withdrawn review “Blood cotton” — Apology: In our review of “The Half Has Never Been Told: Slavery and the Making of American Capitalism” by Edward Baptist, we said: “Mr Baptist has not written an objective history of slavery. Almost all the blacks in his book are victims, almost all the whites villains.”

Discussion: Business Insider and The Huffington Post

Mitt Romney / Washington Post:

The need for a mighty U.S. military — The writer is the former governor of Massachusetts. In 2012, the Republican Party nominated him for president of the United States. — Russia invades, China bullies, Iran spins centrifuges, the Islamic State (a terrorist threat “beyond anything that we've seen …

Discussion: Fox News, Hot Air and Wall Street Journal

Charles Krauthammer / Washington Post:
Ukraine abandoned — At his first press briefing after the beheading …

Discussion: AEIdeas

Michael Brendan Dougherty / The Week:
Don't save Ukraine — President Obama is doubling …

Discussion: The Dish, Macleans.ca and RedState

Wall Street Journal:

Hacker Breached HealthCare.gov Insurance Site — A hacker broke into the HealthCare.gov insurance enrollment website in July and uploaded malicious software, but there was no evidence consumers' personal data was taken.

Discussion: Weekly Standard, MarketWatch, BREITBART.COM, TPNN, NewsBusters, Engadget, Little Green Footballs, The Verge, Fox News, National Review, Hit & Run, Business Insider, Mediaite, Hot Air and Talking Points Memo

Brett Norman / Politico: GOP on attack over health site hack

Daisuke Wakabayashi / Wall Street Journal:

Cook: Apple Will Beef Up Security but Lax Attitude Didn't Lead to Hacks — Apple CEO Denies a Lax Attitude Toward Security Allowed Hackers to Post Nude Photos of Celebrities — Apple Inc. said it plans additional steps to keep hackers out of user accounts, but denied that a lax attitude toward security …

Discussion: BBC, The Verge, Guardian, Mashable, Gigaom, Engadget and The Huffington Post

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System:

Survey of Consumer Finances — 2013 Survey of Consumer Finances — The 2013 Survey of Consumer Finances (SCF) is the most recent survey conducted. Below are links to the bulletin article, historical bulletin tables, full public dataset, extract dataset, replicate weight files, and documentation.

Discussion: naked capitalism, Wall Street Journal and ParaPundit

Matthew C Klein / FT Alphaville:
US income and wealth inequality facts of the day

Discussion: Marginal REVOLUTION and Wall Street Journal

Jason Katz / The Hill:

America's confused foreign policy in the post-Soviet sphere — As the tragedy of Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 showed, one needs to look no further than the pro-Russian Ukrainian separatists' own Facebook pages to identify the culprits of these murders and the supporters empowering them.

David D. Kirkpatrick / New York Times:

New Book Says C.I.A. Official in Benghazi Held Up Rescue — CAIRO — Five commandos guarding the C.I.A. base in Benghazi, Libya, in September 2012 say that the C.I.A. station chief stopped them from interceding in time to save the lives of Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens and an American technician during …

Discussion: Business Insider

Fox News:

Top CIA officer in Benghazi delayed response to terrorist attack, US security team members claim — A U.S. security team in Benghazi was held back from immediately responding to the attack on the American diplomatic mission on orders of the top CIA officer there, three of those involved told Fox News' Bret Baier.

Discussion: Independent Journal Review, Fox News Insider and John Hawkins' Right Wing News

David Firestone / New York Times:

Early Voting in Ohio, Despite Republican Objections — A federal judge's decision this morning to allow early voting in Ohio is a big victory for those who think voting should be easier and more accessible. It was also a remarkable decision in purely human terms, showing …

Discussion: Daily Kos

Associated Press:
Judge orders expanded Ohio early voting schedule

Discussion: The Nation, Washington Monthly, Democratic Strategist and Election Law Blog

Agencies / Telegraph:

Woman beheaded ‘with machete’ in north London garden — Palmira Silva was decapitated at her home in Edmonton in an indiscriminate rampage before armed police subdued her ‘crazed’ attacker — An 82-year-old woman was beheaded in a north London suburban garden by a man with a machete.

Discussion: Business Insider

Benjamin Goad / The Hill:

Holder: Civil rights probe into Trayvon Martin shooting still active — Attorney General Eric Holder said Thursday that the federal civil rights investigation into the 2012 killing of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin remains active, noting “recent developments” in the case.

Discussion: BillMoyers.com and Instapundit

Robert D. McFadden / New York Times:

Joan Rivers, a Comedic Stiletto, Dies at 81 — Joan Rivers, the raspy loudmouth who pounced on America's obsessions with flab, face-lifts, body hair and other blemishes of neurotic life, including her own, in five decades of caustic comedy that propelled her from nightclubs to television …

Discussion: The Wrap, CNN, National Review, No More Mister Nice Blog, Liberaland, Outside the Beltway, Gothamist, Hinterland Gazette and PUNDITGUY

Brent Budowsky / The Hill:

How to save the lives of troubled vets — After more than a decade of war, there are many American heroes who served in the military with valor and distinction who are now bravely facing the challenges of post-traumatic stress disorder when they return home.