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John Herrman / The Awl:
Early Notes on the Ashley Madison Hack — 1. A data dump, which allegedly contains over 35 million email addresses, 33 million accounts with more detailed information (names and addresses), and every credit card transaction from the last seven years, is reported to have been posted online.
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Cory Bennett / The Hill:
15,000 government emails revealed in Ashley Madison leak — Thousands of clients using the affair-oriented Ashley Madison website listed email addresses registered to the White House, top federal agencies and military branches, a data dump by hackers revealed.
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Kim Zetter / Wired:
Hackers Finally Post Stolen Ashley Madison Data
Hackers Finally Post Stolen Ashley Madison Data
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Brian Krebs / Krebs on Security:
Was the Ashley Madison Database Leaked?
Was the Ashley Madison Database Leaked?
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Lahav Harkov / Jerusalem Post:
Polygamist MK Abu Arrar found on hacked infidelity website Ashley Madison's membership roll
Polygamist MK Abu Arrar found on hacked infidelity website Ashley Madison's membership roll
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Israel Matzav and Jewish Telegraphic Agency
Steve Ragan / CSO:
Ashley Madison hackers publish compromised records
Ashley Madison hackers publish compromised records
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Slate, The Daily Caller, CBS San Francisco and BizPac Review
Dan Goodin / Ars Technica:
Data from hack of Ashley Madison cheater site purportedly dumped online [Updated]
Data from hack of Ashley Madison cheater site purportedly dumped online [Updated]
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Washington Post, Moe Lane and Mashable
CNN:
CNN/ORC Poll: Donald Trump now competitive in general election — Washington (CNN)Since announcing his campaign in late June, Donald Trump has quickly leapt to the top of the Republican field, leading recent polls nationally, in Iowa and in New Hampshire. And now, for the first time in CNN/ORC polling …
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Ed Kilgore / Washington Monthly:
There Goes the Electability Argument! — Gage Skidmore/Wikimedia Commons (right) — One of my working hypotheses this year is the possibility that partisan polarization has made a hash of traditional “electability” arguments for this or that “moderate” presidential candidate for the simple reason …
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Janice Min / Hollywood Reporter:
The Donald Trump Conversation: Murdoch, Ailes, NBC and the Rush of Being TV's “Ratings Machine” — In his first magazine cover interview and photo shoot as the leading Republican, the reality TV presidential candidate lets loose on Hillary's email scandal ("Watergate on steroids"), Bill Cosby …
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Steven Ertelt / LifeNews.com:
7th Shocking Video Catches Planned Parenthood Harvesting Brain of Aborted Baby Who Was Still Alive — The organization that has released six videos exposing the scandal of Planned Parenthood selling aborted babies and their body parts has released a new undercover video today with another shocking discovery.
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David Daleiden / The Center for Medical Progress:
Human Capital - Episode 3: Planned Parenthood's Custom Abortions for Superior Product
Human Capital - Episode 3: Planned Parenthood's Custom Abortions for Superior Product
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Emily Stephenson / Reuters:
Americans back federal funds to Planned Parenthood for health services: poll
Americans back federal funds to Planned Parenthood for health services: poll
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Yvonne Craig News:
YVONNE CRAIG'S OFFICIAL OBITUARY — Yvonne Craig passed away at her home in Pacific Palisades, surrounded by her immediate family and comforted by Hospice yesterday night. She died from complications brought about from breast cancer that had metastasized to her liver.
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Yvonne Craig News:
A Word from Yvonne Craig's Family
A Word from Yvonne Craig's Family
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George Jahn / Associated Press:
AP Exclusive: UN to let Iran inspect alleged nuke work site — 1 photo — VIENNA (AP) — Iran, in an unusual arrangement, will be allowed to use its own experts to inspect a site it allegedly used to develop nuclear arms under a secret agreement with the U.N. agency that normally carries out such work …
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Annie Karni / Politico:
Allies fault Hillary Clinton's response on emails — She's too legalistic and fails to grasp the need for a broader political strategy, they say. — LAS VEGAS — As Hillary Clinton faces a new round of questions about her email use as secretary of state, some longtime allies …
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Tony Raap / Greensburg Tribune-Review:
Fayette County house from ‘The Silence of the Lambs’ up for sale — Home for sale, dungeon not included. — The owners of a Fayette County house that appeared in the 1991 thriller “The Silence of the Lambs” are looking to sell. — Scott and Barbara Lloyd's three-story Victorian near Perryopolis …
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fda.gov:
FDA approves first treatment for sexual desire disorder — Addyi approved to treat premenopausal women … For Immediate Release — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Addyi (flibanserin) to treat acquired, generalized hypoactive sexual desire disorder (HSDD) in premenopausal women.
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Andrew Pollack / New York Times:
F.D.A. Approves Addyi, a Libido Pill for Women
F.D.A. Approves Addyi, a Libido Pill for Women
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Milo Yiannopoulos / BREITBART.COM:
Did Black Lives Matter Organizer Shaun King Mislead Oprah Winfrey By Pretending To Be Biracial? — An investigative blogger has accused Shaun King, a key figure in the Black Lives Matter movement, of misleading media icon Oprah Winfrey by pretending to be biracial in order to qualify for an …
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Jamie Blynn / Us Weekly:
Megan Fox and Brian Austin Green Split: Couple Has Separated After 11 Years Together — Megan Fox and Brian Austin Green are going forward as solo acts. After 11 years together, five of them as a married couple, “Megan has separated from Brian,” an insider reveals exclusively in the new issue of Us Weekly.
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
Act Two of the Trump Epic — We've gone far enough now with the Trump political phenomenon to know that it is no mere or momentary matter of name recognition which has placed him as the top contender for the Republican nomination, as bizarre an eventuality as that might appear.
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National Review, Outside the Beltway, Daily Kos and Washington Post
Nick Gass / Politico:
Trump to O'Reilly: The 14th Amendment is unconstitutional — Donald Trump clashed with Bill O'Reilly on Tuesday night over the part of his immigration plan that would take away citizenship from the children who were born in the United States but whose parents came to the country illegally.
The Hill:
Walker shakes up GOP field with plan to replace ObamaCare — Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker is jump-starting a debate on ObamaCare with the hope of getting out in front of his GOP rivals on one of the party's toughest topics. — Walker on Tuesday became the first leading presidential candidate …
Access Hollywood:
Heidi Klum On Trump Comment: ‘In My Book, Every Woman Is A 10’ — Heidi Klum isn't clear about why Presidential candidate Donald Trump chose to mention her in a recent interview. — “Personally, I have no idea what I have to do with the election,” Heidi told Access Hollywood guest …
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George Joseph / The Intercept:
Undercover Police Have Regularly Spied On Black Lives Matter Activists in New York — Documents obtained by The Intercept confirm that undercover police officers attended numerous Black Lives Matter protests in New York City between December 2014 and February 2015.
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