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Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
Clinton pulls plug on testy presser over server questions — Hillary Clinton dismissed the controversy surrounding her private email server and defended her conduct as legal during a press conference in Las Vegas. — A visibly aggravated Clinton repeatedly insisted that she had done nothing wrong …
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‘Nothing to Worry About’: Clinton Dismisses Email Questions as Partisan — Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton dismissed questions over her use of a private email server at the State Department as “nothing to worry about,” saying Tuesday that the controversy was being fueled …
Daily Mail:
Hillary Clinton's email firm Platte River Networks was run from a loft in Denver — Democrat White House front runner used Platte River Networks of Denver, Colorado, to maintain her controversial ‘home brew’ server — Up to 60 emails with classified material have been found in a sample …
Annie Karni / Politico:
Hillary Clinton gets testy when pressed on email — LAS VEGAS — A restive crowd waited for an hour in a packed and warm gymnasium at a community center in North Las Vegas, one of the poorer neighborhoods of the glitzy city, for the chance to ask Hillary Clinton some questions.
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Amanda Rakes / Fox 59:
Former Subway spokesman Jared Fogle to plead guilty to child pornography charges — INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (Aug. 18, 2015)— FOX59 has confirmed Jared Fogle, the former Subway spokesman, is expected to plead guilty to possession of child pornography charges. — Sources say Fogle will accept a plea deal Wednesday.
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Kim Zetter / Wired:
Hackers Finally Post Stolen Ashley Madison Data — Hackers who stole sensitive customer information from the cheating site AshleyMadison.com appear to have made good on their threat to post the data online. — A data dump 9.7 gigabytes in size was posted on Tuesday to the dark web using …
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Dan Goodin / Ars Technica:
Data from hack of Ashley Madison cheater site purportedly dumped online [Updated] — Download includes e-mail, member profiles, and credit card transactions. — Gigabytes worth of data taken during last month's hack of the Ashley Madison dating website for cheaters has purportedly been published online …
Craig Robinson / The Iowa Republican:
Grassley Snubs Cruz, Lists Trump as a Democrat — Senator Chuck Grassley is the gold standard when it comes to Iowa politicians. The six-term U.S. Senator and powerful Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee is running for a seventh term in 2016. Even the ever-rare open U.S. Senate contest …
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Matt Latimer / Politico:
Hillary Clinton Is Rooting for Jeb Bush
Hillary Clinton Is Rooting for Jeb Bush
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Rosie.com:
CHELSEA O'DONNELL MISSING — Rosie O'Donnell's 17 year old daughter, Chelsea O'Donnell was reported missing. Nyack, New York police authorities have been looking for her in the Rockland County area since Sunday, August 16. She was last seen Tuesday, August 11.
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Kristina Wong / The Hill:
Key Democrat to oppose Iran deal — Sen. Bob Menendez on Tuesday announced his opposition to President Obama's nuclear deal with Iran, becoming the second Senate Democrat to defy the White House on a top foreign policy priority. — “I have looked into my own soul and my devotion to principle …
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Adam Kredo / Washington Free Beacon:
Sen. Menendez Comes Out Against Iran Deal
Sen. Menendez Comes Out Against Iran Deal
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Andrew Kirell / Mediaite:
Ann Coulter: I Despise Carly Fiorina with the ‘Hot, Hot Hate of 1,000 Suns’ — The headline to this article should sufficiently answer any questions about how much Ann Coulter hates Republican presidential candidate and former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina.
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Peter Sullivan / The Hill:
Planned Parenthood launches ads against vulnerable GOP senators — Planned Parenthood announced Tuesday that it is launching ads targeting vulnerable Republican senators over talk of defunding the organization. — The ads will run in the home states of Sens. Kelly Ayotte (R-N.H.) …
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Navy Times:
Navy SEALs to open to women, top admiral says — The Navy is planning to open its elite SEAL teams to women who can pass the grueling training regimen, the service's top officer said Tuesday in an exclusive interview. — Adm. Jon Greenert said he and the head of Naval Special Warfare Command …
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Margaret Sullivan / New York Times:
Was Portrayal of Amazon's Brutal Workplace on Target? — Soon after The Times's massive takeout on the culture of Amazon's workplace ("Where overachievers go to feel bad about themselves."), an Amazon employee, Nick Ciubotariu, wrote a long, passionate response in disagreement.
John Naughton / Des Moines Register:
Little League says Iowa's allegations of another team cheating were ‘credible’ — Little League International issued a Tuesday morning news release after the outcome of a Monday game was questioned. — “The Little League International Tournament Committee recently received credible reports …
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Margaret Hartmann / New York Magazine:
Video: Hillary Clinton's Intense Meeting With Black Lives Matter Activists — “Look, I don't believe you change hearts,” Clinton said. “I believe you change laws.” — Shares — In the past few weeks, Black Lives Matter protesters have disrupted Martin O'Malley …
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ABC News:
First Openly Transgender Official Hired at White House — The White House has hired its first openly transgender staff member. — The White House announced Raffi Freedman-Gurspan's appointment on Tuesday. Freedman-Gurspan is an outreach and recruitment director for presidential personnel in the Office of Personnel.
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Aminu Abubakar / Yahoo! News:
Up to 150 drowned, shot dead fleeing Boko Haram in Nigeria — Kano (Nigeria) (AFP) - Up to 150 people drowned in a river or were shot dead fleeing Boko Haram gunmen who raided a remote village in Nigeria's northeastern Yobe state, residents said on Tuesday.
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Chris Cillizza / Washington Post:
Maybe Hillary Clinton just isn't a very good candidate — Hillary Rodham Clinton pledged that her 2016 campaign would be better than her 2008 campaign. And it has been. — She has hired the best and brightest of Democratic staffers. She has purposely downplayed her celebrity and has tried …
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Héctor Tobar / New York Times:
Why Latino Children Are Scared of Donald Trump — LYNWOOD, Calif. — MANY monsters and ghosts haunt the dreams of Latino children. There is “La Llorona,” who is said to moan for her dead children. And more recently, the Chupacabra, which sucks the blood from farm animals and maybe a boy or a girl if he or she doesn't behave.
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Lindsey Bever / Washington Post:
Former Marine, 66, survives bloody hand-to-claw combat with black bear — It was just before dawn when 66-year-old Vietnam veteran Larry Yepez locked eyes with a 200-pound black bear outside his home near California's Yosemite National Park and knew it meant war.
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Yelp Official Blog:
How Many Stars Would You Give the TSA? Review Federal Agencies on Yelp...and Maybe Get a Response — Full functionality is now offered on pages of federal government services, including TSA Checkpoints, national parks, and other federal government “B2C” services.
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Kenneth P. Vogel / Politico:
Hillary Clinton 2016: Campaign wants donors to pay for their own food, parking — Hillary Clinton's campaign, which has struggled to keep costs in check, wants donors to pay for their own food and valet parking at fundraising events, according to a request it filed this month with the Federal Election Commission.
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Jason Hancock / Kansas City Star:
Missouri legislators suggest an intern dress code, but speaker nixes idea … JEFFERSON CITY — Lawmakers are weighing in with their suggestions on how to best improve the Missouri House intern policy, and one early notion being kicked around is establishing an intern dress code.
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TMZ.com:
Madonna — Cops Called After Raging 57th B-Day Party (PHOTOS) — COPS CALLED — After Raging 57th B-Day Party — EXCLUSIVE — Madonna learned the hard way this weekend you can't throw a banger in The Hamptons without neighbors calling the cops. — We're told Madge threw her 57th B …
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