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2:50 AM ET, August 13, 2015

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CNN:
CNN / ORC Poll: Trump tops in Iowa as Scott Walker drops  —  Washington (CNN)Donald Trump has a significant lead in the race to win over likely Iowa caucus-goers, according to the first CNN/ORC poll in the state this cycle.  —  Trump tops the field with 22% and is the candidate seen …
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Harry Enten / FiveThirtyEight:
The Post-Debate Losers (Walker) and Winners (Fiorina)  —  You've already heard a lot of different takes about who won and who lost the first Republican presidential debates last week.  We've deliberately waited to name names; winning the media spin after a debate is often more important than “winning” the debate itself.
William A. Galston / Wall Street Journal:   The Five Plausible GOP Candidates
Echelon Insights / Medium:
New Poll: Trump Leads Post-Debate; Fiorina, Rubio, Carson, and Cruz Rise
Ron Fournier / National Journal:
The Queen of Paradox and Her Crumbling Stone Wall  —  Hillary Clinton is both a political colossus and a catastrophe.  —  For once, Hillary Rodham Clinton seemed to be a decent candidate.  Taking aim at weak spots in the GOP lines, she attacked Jeb Bush on women's health, Marco Rubio on abortion …
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Julian Hattem / The Hill:
Turmoil mounts surrounding Clinton emails  —  Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign on Wednesday sought to dismiss criticism that her decision to give the FBI her private email server suggested any admission of wrongdoing.  —  The vigorous pushback came as the server's handover dominated …
Peter Suderman / Hit & Run:
Hillary Clinton Keeps Making Untrue Claims About Her Use of a Private Email Server
Washington Post:
Donald Trump mocks Rand Paul, calls on him to quit presidential race  —  UPDATE: At 6:50 p.m., Donald Trump sent The Washington Post a lengthy response to Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul's ad.  Here it is, in full. … At 7:32 p.m., Paul campaign strategist Doug Stafford sent this response.
Discussion: Mediaite and The Daily Caller
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Matthew Boyle / BREITBART.COM:
Next GOP Debate Moderator Hugh Hewitt Comes Out Against Trump
Dylan Byers / Politico:
Donald Trump to ‘Meet the Press’ - in person
BBC:
China blasts: Casualties in Tianjin port city explosions  —  Massive explosions have hit China's northern city of Tianjin, leaving at least 17 people dead and hundreds more injured.  —  State media said the blasts happened in a warehouse storing “dangerous and chemical goods” in the port area of the city.
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Lisa Chiu / CCTV America:
Enormous explosion rocks China port city Tianjin, kills at least 17  —  A fire and at least two massive explosions around 11:30 p.m. Wednesday local time injured hundreds and left at least 17 people and three firefighters dead at an industrial area roughly 75 miles southeast of Beijing.
Kathleen Foody / Associated Press:
Jimmy Carter says he has cancer, revealed by recent surgery  —  2 photos  —  ATLANTA (AP) — Former President Jimmy Carter announced he has been diagnosed with cancer in a brief statement issued Wednesday.  —  “Recent liver surgery revealed that I have cancer that now is in other parts of my body …
Caitlin MacNeal / Talking Points Memo:
Huckabee: DOJ Should ‘Criminally Prosecute Planned Parenthood’  —  Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee (R) on Wednesday laid out how he would tackle Planned Parenthood without the support of Congress if he were elected president.  —  When asked on about Iowa radio host Simon Conway …
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Jason Leopold / VICE News:
The Google Search That Made the CIA Spy on the US Senate  —  John Brennan was about to say he was sorry.  —  On July 28, 2014, the CIA director wrote a letter to senators Dianne Feinstein and Saxby Chambliss — the chairwoman of the Senate Intelligence Committee (SSCI) and the panel's ranking Republican, respectively.
Discussion: Politico and Boing Boing
Frank Bruni / New York Times:
Can We Interest You In Teaching?  —  Teaching can't compete.  —  When the economy improves and job prospects multiply, college students turn their attention elsewhere, to professions that promise more money, more independence, more respect.  —  That was one takeaway from a widely discussed story …
Paul Mirengoff / Power Line:
Howard Dean and Bernie Sanders — compare and contrast  —  Joe Trippi, who managed Howard Dean's insurgent campaign in 2003-04, compares Bernie Sanders' campaign to Dean's in an interview with the Washington Post's Chris Cillizza.  —  Speaking of Trippi, why has Fox News replaced …
Discussion: Washington Post
Reason:
Whole Foods' John Mackey: Why Intellectuals Hate Capitalism  —  They're jealous, he says, they side with rulers, and they don't understand how markets work.  —  “Intellectuals have always disdained commerce” says Whole Foods Market co-founder John Mackey.  They “have always sided …
Discussion: The PJ Tatler
Los Angeles Times:
Woman killed by LAPD after robbery reported in South L.A.  —  Los Angeles police shot and killed a woman Wednesday afternoon in South L.A. after officers received a report of a robbery, officials said.  —  The incident unfolded about 1:40 p.m., when officers from the LAPD's Southwest Division went …
Discussion: KTLA
Erik Ortiz / NBC News:
Brandi Lee Weaver-Gates, Pennsylvania Beauty Queen, Arrested After Allegedly Faking Cancer  —  A Pennsylvania beauty queen is facing felony charges for allegedly raising thousands of dollars from donors whom she tricked into believing she was battling cancer, police say.
Lynh Bui / Washington Post:
5 GAO workers charged with fraud in obtaining school lunch subsidies  —  Five employees of a federal government watchdog agency, one of whom is a member of the Prince George's County school board, were indicted Tuesday on charges of illegally obtaining reduced-price school lunches for their children, officials said.
Christine Rushton / USA Today:
How to watch the Perseid meteor shower  —  Pop some kernels and head outside for the meteor show Wednesday night!  —  Skywatchers can catch the Perseid meteor shower in one of its brightest displays in years thanks to a coinciding new moon.  —  “The Perseids feature fast and bright meteors …
Matt Horn / WKBN-TV:
Youngstown woman received racist letter, had truck torched  —  YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (WKBN) - One Youngstown family is on high alert Tuesday evening.  —  In the last three weeks they found a threatening letter on a building they own, then Monday, someone torched their car.
Alexa Ura / The Texas Tribune:
Judge Gives Texas Deadline on Same-Sex Marriage Policies … A federal judge has given the state an Aug. 24 deadline to recognize same-sex marriages on death and birth certificates.  —  In a court order issued Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Orlando Garcia said Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton …
Discussion: Daily Kos and Talking Points Memo
Alejandra Cancino / Chicago Tribune:
Kraft Heinz cuts jobs as new era begins  —  Kraft Heinz on Wednesday laid off 700 workers at Kraft's corporate headquarters in north suburban Northfield, part of a cost-cutting plan that will slash the combined company's head count in the U.S. and Canada by 2,500 jobs.
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money and WQAD-TV
 
 
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Ian Kearns / European Leadership Network:
Preparing for the Worst: Are Russian and NATO Military Exercises Making War in Europe more Likely?
Kelly Wallace / CNN:
Kids have three times too much homework, study finds; what's the cost?
Discussion: Blogcritics
Peter Kafka / Re/code:
NBCUniversal Buys Big Chunks of Vox Media and BuzzFeed
Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
In U.S., 65% Favor Path to Citizenship for Illegal Immigrants
Discussion: Hit & Run and Outside the Beltway
Nicole Gaouette / Bloomberg Business:
Obama Keystone Decision Caught in Undertow of Canadian Election
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Diana Hefley / Herald:
Family files legal claim in Island County Jail dehydration death
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Union Township man charged with assault in alleged Big Mac attack
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Ian Bogost / The Atlantic:
Don't Hate the Phone Call, Hate the Phone
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New York Times:
Who Threatens America Most?  —  In what order does …
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TMZ.com:
‘The Artist’ Star Put to Sleep
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Rebecca Shabad / The Hill:
CBO: Full sequester relief could add as many as 1.4M jobs
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Jack Dunn / Variety:
Trump appoints Mark Burnett, the British TV executive who created and produced the reality show The Apprentice, as a special envoy to the UK

Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal:
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