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10:50 AM ET, August 20, 2015

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Ashley Feinberg / Gawker:
Family Values Activist Josh Duggar Had a Paid Ashley Madison Account  —  In 2013, conservative reality TV star Josh Duggar—of TLC's 19 Kids and Counting fame—was named the executive director of the Family Research Council, a conservative lobbying group in D.C. which seeks …
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Eliza Collins / Politico:
Donald Trump upstages, attacks Jeb Bush in New Hampshire  —  For Donald Trump, it wasn't enough to upstage Jeb Bush by booking a town hall meeting at the same time as the former Florida governor.  Trump had to attack him, too.  —  In a 30-minute press conference in Derry, New Hampshire …
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TIME:
Donald Trump Explains All  —  In an interview with TIME, the leading Republican candidate talks about what's wrong with the Clintons, his opponents' weaknesses and what it takes to be great  —  Donald Trump was interviewed by TIME Editor Nancy Gibbs, Washington Bureau Chief Michael Scherer …
Discussion: NBC News
Nick Gass / Politico:
Trump on why he's running: I did it for me
Discussion: Political Wire
And Globe / BostonGlobe.com:
Two South Boston brothers allegedly beat homeless man  —  The homeless man was lying on the ground, shaking, when police arrived early Wednesday.  His face was soaked, apparently with urine, his nose broken, his chest and arms battered.  —  Police said two brothers from South Boston ambushed …
Joe Arnold / WHAS-TV:
Yarmuth: E-mail issue could ‘upend’ Hillary Clinton campaign  —  LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WHAS 11) — Kentucky's only Democratic representative in Congress is expressing concern about Democratic Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton's e-mail controversy, calling it “very confusing,” and potentially a disqualifying scandal for her candidacy.
Discussion: Politico and The Week
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Andrew Blankstein / NBC News:
Ex-NFL QB Erik Kramer Wounded in Apparent Suicide Attempt: Sources  —  Ex-NFL quarterback Erik Kramer shot himself Tuesday in an apparent suicide attempt at a Los Angeles area motel, but survived, law enforcement sources said.  —  Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies were called to a motel …
Discussion: WOOD-TV, TMZ.com and UPROXX
Shadia Nasralla / Reuters:
IAEA says access to Iran's Parchin military site meets demands  —  The U.N. nuclear watchdog said it is satisfied with access Iran will grant it to the Parchin military site, suspected by some states of having in the past hosted Iranian experiments related to atomic bombs.
Discussion: Algemeiner.com
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George Jahn / Associated Press:
AP Exclusive: UN to let Iran inspect alleged nuke work site
Doug Criss / CNN:
Black or white?  Is Black Lives Matter activist Shaun King lying about his race?  —  Questions about Black Lives Matter activist  —  (CNN)He's either the male version of Rachel Dolezal, or the victim of a conservative conspiracy.  —  Those are the two views the world has of Shaun King …
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Milo Yiannopoulos / BREITBART.COM:
Did Black Lives Matter Organizer Shaun King Mislead Oprah Winfrey By Pretending To Be Biracial?
Ben Collins / The Daily Beast:
Presidential Sensation Deez Nuts Does Not Exist  —  The candidate polling at 9 percent in North Carolina against Trump and Clinton isn't a real person.  But 15-year-old Brady Olson, who lives on a farm in Iowa and gamed the FEC filing system, certainly is.  —  Deez Nuts, the Independent candidate …
Jesse Bogan / St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Fires set off, police confront crowds hours after St. Louis police fatally shoot teen  —  PROTESTERS BURN AMERICAN FLAG: 10:50 p.m.  —  A group of about 80 demonstrators burned an American flag in the middle of Page Avenue and chanted a vulgar anti-police slogan.
Megan R. Wilson / The Hill:
K Street betting on Hillary  —  K Street is banking on Hillary Clinton, with more than twice as many Washington lobbyists donating to the former secretary of State's presidential campaign than any other candidate.  —  While many lobbyists are holding their pocketbooks in the early stages …
Discussion: Weekly Standard and Common Dreams
Ben Kamisar / The Hill:
CNN criteria threaten Fiorina's chance at main debate stage  —  CNN's criteria for its September GOP presidential debate may keep Carly Fiorina off the stage reserved for the top 10 candidates despite her recent surge in the polls.  —  The CNN debate methodology, released earlier this year, weighs polls from July 16 to Sept. 10.
Discussion: Washington Times and BuzzFeed
Charles Lane / Washington Post:
Europe's sinister expansion of euthanasia  —  If you were a psychiatrist and a chronically depressed patient told you he wanted to die, what would you do?  —  In Belgium, you might prescribe this vulnerable, desperate person a fatal dose of sodium thiopental.
Discussion: protein wisdom
Nick Gass / Politico:
Swing-state poll shows Joe Biden's appeal  —  In hypothetical pairings, he performs as well or better than Clinton against the top GOP candidates.  —  Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton sit atop their respective parties' primary polls in the swing states of Florida, Ohio and Pennsylvania …
Discussion: The Week
Bettina Boxall / Los Angeles Times:
Another toll of the drought: Land is sinking fast in San Joaquin Valley, study shows  —  Farmland near Corcoran in the southern San Joaquin Valley sank 13 inches in just eight months last year.  To the north, near El Nido, the land surface dropped about 10 inches.
KMOV-TV:
Girl, 9, killed, mother injured in Ferguson shooting  —  FERGUSON, Mo. (KMOV.com) — Officers with the Ferguson, Missouri Police Department are investigating the fatal shooting of a 9-year-old girl Tuesday night as she laid in her bed.  —  The father of Jamyla Bolden said the girl …
Discussion: Daily Mail and Hinterland Gazette
Tal Kopan / CNN:
Donald Trump takes on Clinton, Bush and the Pope  —  Watch “CNN Special Report: The Donald Trump interview” at 9 p.m. ET for CNN's Chris Cuomo's full sit-down interview with Republican frontrunner Donald Trump.  —  New York (CNN)Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump took on an array …
David Harsanyi / The Federalist:
Trump's Immigration Plan Is Hardcore Porn For Nativists  —  Donald Trump is porn for nativists.  Now, a person can derive much political self-gratification from wishful thinking, but remember porn isn't real.  So enjoy daydreaming about mass deportations and visualizing the repeal of birthright citizenship …
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Philip Eil / The Atlantic:
The Unlikely Reanimation of H.P. Lovecraft
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Kristina Davis / The San Diego Union-Tribune stories:
Man jailed in beach drone confrontation
Alex Sherman Kiel Porter / Bloomberg Business:
Weather Channel Hires Morgan Stanley, PJT to Seek Sale
Tim Mak / The Daily Beast:
Cruz, Trump in Secret Talks
Discussion: First Draft and Trail Blazers Blog
kff.org:
Kaiser Health Tracking Poll: August 2015
Discussion: Politico and Slantpoint
Steven Johnson / New York Times:
The Creative Apocalypse That Wasn't  —  In the digital economy …
Bradford Richardson / The Hill:
Cummings hire could signal Senate run
Discussion: RedState and Washington Post
Jonah Bromwich / New York Times:
Sorority Video Generates Charges of Discrimination
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Maggie Vespa / KGW-TV:
Fed up owner closes iconic ‘Goonies’ house to visitors
Discussion: Guardian, Telegraph and Mashable
LEX18.com:
Man Caught Digging Up Grave Arrested
Discussion: Raw Story and NBC News
Julian Hattem / The Hill:
Clinton aides' BlackBerrys likely destroyed
Peter Gosselin / Bloomberg Business:
Donald Trump Has Republican ‘Reformicons’ Worried
Discussion: New York Times and National Review
Mackenzie Ryan / Des Moines Register:
Iowa kid nailed by Rubio's football speaks out
Discussion: ABC News and OnPolitics
Matthew Barakat / Associated Press:
Ex-Virginia Cop Charged With Murder Collapses In Court After He's Denied Bail
Discussion: Daily Kos
Todd Starnes / Fox News:
Tennessee courts reverse ban on ‘Mother’ and ‘Father’
Discussion: Right Wing Watch
 

 
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The New York Times names Dick Stevenson as Washington bureau chief; Stevenson has been at the paper for nearly 40 years and Washington editor since 2021

Caitlin Huston / The Hollywood Reporter:
Internal memo: Hearst Magazines president announces layoffs as part of a decision to “reallocate resources” to “continue our focus on digital innovation”

Ayodeji Rotinwa / Columbia Journalism Review:
A look at the Agora Center for Research, a Ugandan newsroom sitting between activism and investigative reporting, posting its work on various social media sites

 
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