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7:35 AM ET, August 19, 2015

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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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NBC News:
‘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 …
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.
Discussion: RedState, Washington Blade and ABC News
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 …
Daily Mail:
Hillary Clinton's email firm Platte River Networks was run from a loft in Denver
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.
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 …
Discussion: Moe Lane and Mashable
KTLA:
LAUSD Students Head Back to School, Prompting Both Excitement and Tears … Summer vacation is officially over for hundreds of thousands of Los Angeles Unified School District students who headed back to the classroom for the first day of school Tuesday, and the occasion brought mixed emotions in some students.
Washington Post:
Fading in the polls, Scott Walker aims to attract Trump voters  —  Scott Walker has sought to reassure jittery donors and other supporters this week that he can turn around a swift decline in the polls in Iowa and elsewhere by going on the attack and emphasizing his conservatism on key issues.
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Emma Roller / National Journal:
Carly Fiorina: Raising the Minimum Wage Will Lead to ‘Less Opportunity’
Discussion: Daily Kos and ThinkProgress
Niall Stanage / The Hill:
Bush donors not panicking — yet
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 …
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.
Discussion: Political Wire
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.
Discussion: Hullabaloo
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.
Discussion: UPROXX, NBC News, Comicbook.com and Guardian
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.
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 …
Discussion: Horizons, The Daily Signal and The Week
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Lee Drutman / Vox:
What Donald Trump gets about the electorate  —  As the punditry attempts to make sense of the continued popularity of Donald Trump, the prevailing establishment narrative has been simple: He's an anti-establishment buffoon; he's channeling an angry mood; his moment will pass.
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.
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit and Jihad Watch
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.
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 …
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 …
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.) …
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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Kareem Shaheen / Guardian:
Isis beheads elderly chief of antiquities in ancient Syrian city
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Marina Koren / The Atlantic:
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Jennifer Feehan / Toledo Blade:
Man bites off part of ear of his wife's lover
Discussion: Daily Mail
Jason Hancock / Kansas City Star:
Missouri legislators suggest an intern dress code, but speaker nixes the idea
ABC News:
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Head Lice in 25 States Are Now Resistant to Treatment
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Lindsey Bever / Washington Post:
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TMZ.com:
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Eric Garland / The Hill:
WATCH: Rubio hits kid in face with football
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Trump Favorability Among Women Typical for GOP Candidates
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Financial Times:
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