Anti-abortion hackers claim to have breached Planned Parenthood  —  Anti-abortion hackers have apparently hit Planned Parenthood, potenially leaking the reproductive healthcare organization's internal data and employee information.  —  The hackers are also threatening to release …

'I'm No Longer Afraid': 35 Women Tell Their Stories About Being Assaulted by Bill Cosby, and the Culture That Wouldn't Listen … More has changed in the past few years for women who allege rape than in all the decades since the women's movement began.  Consider the evidence of October 2014 …

Reince Priebus: GOP candidates should pledge not to make third-party bids  —  Republican candidates for president should pledge not to run as a third-party candidate, Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus said Monday.  —  The remarks come days after current GOP frontrunner Donald Trump hinted …

Florida dad killed in front of family after road rage fight  —  FLORIDA (CNN) — A Florida man is in jail, charged with second degree murder after a road rage altercation ended in gunfire.  It was captured on two separate 911 calls.  —  Citrus County deputies say Robert Doyle shot …

A Clinton Story Fraught With Inaccuracies: How It Happened and What Next?  —  The story certainly seemed like a blockbuster: A criminal investigation of Hillary Rodham Clinton by the Justice Department was being sought by two federal inspectors general over her email practices while secretary of state.

Anti-NYC hacker takes New York Magazine offline  —  On Sunday night, New York Magazine released a groundbreaking new cover featuring 35 victims of alleged assault from Bill Cosby.  —  But you can't see it. … A self-described hacker called ThreatKing, who says he hates New York City …

Marco Rubio, absentee senator  —  The Florida senator leads the 2016 pack — in playing hooky from his day job to campaign.  —  At last week's Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing, Marco Rubio attacked the Obama administration for failing to secure the release of American hostages in Iran.

President Obama: Mike Huckabee's Iran Comments an Attempt to ‘Push Mr. Trump Out of the Headlines’  —  On his first day in Ethiopia, President Obama waded into the 2016 presidential campaign, criticizing Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee for suggesting the president is trying …

The Coming (And Hilarious) Democrat Implosion  —  Republicans fear a repeat of 1992, with a squishy Bush at the head of the ticket watching helplessly as some populist businessman/novelty act hands the election to a Clinton.  But Democrats should fear the far more likely repeat of 1968.

Tragedy of ‘golden’ daughter's fall resonates with Asian immigrant children  —  For a while, Jennifer Pan's parents regarded her as their “golden” child.  —  The young Canadian woman, who lived in the city of Markham just north of Toronto, was a straight A student at a Catholic school …

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Hillary Clinton's Bernie Sanders Problem Is Bigger Than Anyone Realizes  —  Let's all please stop asserting that Bernie Sanders can't beat Hillary Clinton in the Democratic nomination race.  Pundits and journalists galore have been declaring (alleged margin of error: zero) that the Vermont senator will lose to his party's front-runner.

Don't Be Misled by the New Poll Results for Donald Trump  —  It has been more than a week since Donald Trump's remarks about whether Senator John McCain should be considered a war hero, and many journalists and commentators have reached a conclusion: Mr. Trump has emerged unscathed.

Governors Who Would Be President Have Mixed Records on Miracles  —  Miracles are regular occurrences for governors who want to be president of the U.S.  —  Rick Perry's supporters have talked about the “Texas Miracle” of job growth.  Post-recession recoveries under John Kasich …

White officer pepper-sprays crowd at Black Lives Matter summit in Cleveland  —  An encounter with an ‘intoxicated’ 14-year-old outside the conference to discuss police brutality ends with a transit officer spraying the crowd  —  A transit police officer has pepper-sprayed a crowd …

House Democrats whip for Iran deal  —  The nuclear agreement faces a make-or-break vote this September.  —  Peter Welch, left, is one of the deal backers.  He is pictured here with Elijah Cummings.  AP Photo  —  Three days before world leaders formally unveiled an interim deal in early 2014 …

A kiss is not a kiss.  In some cultures it's just gross, researchers find.  —  Science has taught us a lot about a smooch.  —  Researchers have discovered kissing helps you choose the right mate and helps you live longer.  They have found you use 146 muscles when you pucker up and swap 80 million new bacteria when you lock lips.

Ohio Cops Hunt 70 Juveniles In Late Night “Mob And Rob” Of Circle K Store  —  Buster  —  Ohio cops are investigating the ransacking of a Circle K store that was overrun early Saturday morning by up to 70 juveniles.  —  According to Akron police, the suspects “entered the gas station …

Gawker Fires Bill Arkin  —  Gawker Geithner article retrieved before removal by Archive.org:  —  https://cryptome.org/2015/07/gawker- geithner.pdf  —  From: “William M. Arkin” <warkin@igc.org>  —  To: “William M. Arkin” <warkin@igc.org>  —  Dear Friends,

'I'm only here because of the smoke': Florida council official caught on camera telling resident the smoke from his barbecue ‘cannot leave the property’  —  A bizarre video has emerged out of Florida showing a man who says he is a council official telling a resident that the smoke from their barbecue …