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12:45 PM ET, August 1, 2015

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Washington Post:
Top Clinton aide accused of receiving overpayments at State Department  —  State Department investigators concluded this year that Huma Abedin, one of Hillary Rodham Clinton's closest aides, was overpaid by nearly $10,000 because of violations of rules governing vacation and sick leave during her tenure as an official in the department.
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Judicial Watch:
Judicial Watch: Federal Judge Orders State Department to Ask Hillary Clinton to Account for Government Records and Email Use, Turn Over All Government Records  —  (Washington, DC) - Judicial Watch announced today that U.S. District Court Judge Emmet Sullivan ordered the U.S. State Department …
ABC News:
Bill and Hillary Clinton Made $140 Million Over Last 8 Years
Discussion: Associated Press and abc13.com
Politico:
Why Jeb Bush played nice with Hillary Clinton in Florida  —  She ripped his ‘right to rise’ campaign slogan.  He thanked her for being there.  —  FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Appearing Friday at the National Urban League Conference here in the country's most important swing state …
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Wall Street Journal:   Billionaires Put Their Stamp on 2016 Presidential Campaigns
Jesse Byrnes / The Hill:
Bush at Urban League: Obama was ‘speaking the truth’ after shooting
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
Marist Poll:
7/31: Trump as Independent Gives New Meaning to Name “Billary”
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Mollie Hemingway / The Federalist:
Obama Appointee And Bundler Blocks More Video Releases By Group Behind Planned Parenthood Sting  —  A federal judge late Friday granted a temporary restraining order against the release of recordings made at an annual meeting of abortion providers.  The injunction is against the Center for Medical Progress …
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Mark Joseph Stern / Slate:
Fetal Tissue Gives Hope for One of the Worst Diseases
Jordan Fabian / The Hill:
White House threatens to veto bill blocking Planned Parenthood's funding
Roxane Gay / New York Times:
Of Lions and Men: Mourning Samuel DuBose and Cecil the Lion  —  LIKE many others, I was stunned by the story of the Minnesota dentist who hunted and killed a 13-year-old lion, Cecil, in Zimbabwe.  It was a brutal, senseless thing.  —  The story has gone viral because it offers a strange alchemy …
Discussion: Prairie Weather
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Hayley Peterson / Business Insider:
The FBI has subpoenaed lewd text messages between Subway's Jared Fogle and a former Subway franchisee  —  The FBI has subpoenaed an affidavit containing alleged texts between former Subway spokesman Jared Fogle and a former female Subway franchisee in which Fogle says he paid for sex with a 16-year-old girl …
Philip Klein / Washington Examiner:
Turns out Obamacare is a government takeover  —  Share Tweet Reddit Digg Mail Print SMS More  —  During the legislative debate over the passage of President Obama's healthcare law, supporters of the program were sensitive to any suggestion that it represented a government takeover of the healthcare system.
Discussion: Bloomberg View and Newsalert
TMZ.com:
‘Rowdy’ Roddy Piper — Dies at 61 from Cardiac Arrest  —  Wrestling legend “Rowdy” Roddy Piper has died at the age of 61 ... TMZ Sports has learned.  —  Piper — born Roderick George Toombs — died from cardiac arrest in his sleep at his home in Hollywood on Thursday night.  He was discovered on Friday.
Kay Steiger / ThinkProgress:
Huckabee Floats Plan To Deploy U.S. Troops To Stop Women From Getting Abortions  —  Presidential candidate Mike Huckabee said at a campaign stop on Thursday that he would consider sending federal troops or the Federal Bureau of Investigation to stop abortions.
Discussion: Mock Paper Scissors
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Topeka Capital-Journal:
Mike Huckabee, Republican presidential candidate, won't rule out employing U.S. troops, FBI to stop abortion
Kerry Picket / The Daily Caller:
Dem: Obama Ready To Ignore Congress If Veto On Iran Deal Is Overridden  —  WASHINGTON — California Rep. Brad Sherman warns that even if Congress were to override Barack Obama's veto of the Iran deal, the president could still get the deal he wants.  —  Sherman, a Democrat who serves …
Discussion: Freedom Outpost and Hot Air
Allen West / Allen B. West:
What's happening to this heroic Navy officer from the Chattanooga shooting will make your blood BOIL  —  I never like to be reactionary and follow anything that may just be hyperbole or conspiracy theory.  That's why I held off on addressing this issue until I got confirmation — which came Friday afternoon via text message.
Robby Soave / The Daily Beast:
The College That Hates ‘Americans’  —  A University of New Hampshire speech guide explains why just about every adjective—including “American”—is somehow problematic.  —  The administrator who added a confusing, tin-eared Bias-Free Language Guide—a 4,500-word assault on the English language …
Steven Rattner / New York Times:
We're Making Life Too Hard for Millennials  —  TO some, millennials — those urban-dwelling, ride-sharing indefatigable social networkers — are engaged, upbeat and open to change.  To others, they are narcissistic, lazy and self-centered.  —  I'm in the first camp, but regardless of your opinion …
Takashi Mochizuki / Wall Street Journal:
Japanese Police Arrest Mark Karpelès of Collapsed Bitcoin Exchange Mt. Gox  —  Police allege he manipulated the company's computer system to inflate its assets  —  TOKYO—Japanese police on Saturday arrested Mark Karpelès, the head of collapsed bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox …
Discussion: The Verge, New York Times and Guardian
Chelsia Rose Marcius / New York Daily News:
EXCLUSIVE: Gay Staten Island man says cops beat him outside of home, shouting homophobic slurs (VIDEO)  —  A gay Staten Island caterer says cops who were captured on video taking him down in his front yard, beat him while shouting homophobic slurs, the Daily News has learned.
Discussion: Mediaite, Raw Story, Hit & Run and Towleroad
Washington Post:
Cecil the lion's killer may have trouble avoiding extradition, experts say  —  Walter Palmer, the wealthy big-game hunter who killed a famous lion, could be headed back to Africa — if the Zimbabwe government has its way.  —  On Friday, officials in Zimbabwe said they intended to press ahead …
 
 
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Tyler Durden / Zero Hedge:
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Hunter Walker / Business Insider:
Top Trump adviser has a history of provocative and racial Facebook posts
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Trump GOP Favorable Image Drops, but Still Positive
Discussion: Wall Street Journal
Ashley Southall / New York Times:
Award in Lead Paint Lawsuit Can't Be Tied to Ethnicity, Judge Rules
Discussion: Addicting Info and Raw Story
Mike Levine / ABC News:
Trump Sues Chef Who Backed Out Of Restaurant Deal
Discussion: Politico
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Questions arise over gospel concert funding
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A Company Copes With Backlash Against the Raise That Roared
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