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3:00 PM ET, July 27, 2015

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New York Magazine:
'I'm No Longer Afraid': 35 Women Tell Their Stories About Being Assaulted by Bill Cosby, and the Culture That Wouldn't Listen … More has changed in the past few years for women who allege rape than in all the decades since the women's movement began.  Consider the evidence of October 2014 …
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William Turton / The Daily Dot:
Anti-NYC hacker takes New York Magazine offline  —  On Sunday night, New York Magazine released a groundbreaking new cover featuring 35 victims of alleged assault from Bill Cosby.  —  But you can't see it. … A self-described hacker called ThreatKing, who says he hates New York City …
Cory Bennett / The Hill:
Anti-abortion hackers claim to have breached Planned Parenthood  —  Anti-abortion hackers have apparently hit Planned Parenthood, potenially leaking the reproductive healthcare organization's internal data and employee information.  —  The hackers are also threatening to release …
Discussion: LifeNews.com
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William Turton / The Daily Dot:
Anti-abortion hackers attack Planned Parenthood, release databases, employee data … One of the hackers, who goes by the pseudonym “E,” told the Daily Dot that the cyberattack was politically motivated.
Nick Gass / Politico:
Reince Priebus: GOP candidates should pledge not to make third-party bids  —  Republican candidates for president should pledge not to run as a third-party candidate, Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus said Monday.  —  The remarks come days after current GOP frontrunner Donald Trump hinted …
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Jonathan Easley / The Hill:
Two weeks to go: Republicans scramble to make debate stage
Discussion: The Moderate Voice and ABC News
Margaret Sullivan / New York Times:
A Clinton Story Fraught With Inaccuracies: How It Happened and What Next?  —  The story certainly seemed like a blockbuster: A criminal investigation of Hillary Rodham Clinton by the Justice Department was being sought by two federal inspectors general over her email practices while secretary of state.
WATE-TV:
Florida dad killed in front of family after road rage fight  —  FLORIDA (CNN) — A Florida man is in jail, charged with second degree murder after a road rage altercation ended in gunfire.  It was captured on two separate 911 calls.  —  Citrus County deputies say Robert Doyle shot …
Discussion: WTVR-TV and KTLA
Arlette Saenz / ABC News:
President Obama: Mike Huckabee's Iran Comments an Attempt to ‘Push Mr. Trump Out of the Headlines’  —  On his first day in Ethiopia, President Obama waded into the 2016 presidential campaign, criticizing Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee for suggesting the president is trying …
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Anna Brand / NBC News:
Mike Huckabee: Iran Nuclear Deal Will Lead Israelis to ‘Door of the Oven’
Cryptome:
Gawker Fires Bill Arkin  —  Gawker Geithner article retrieved before removal by Archive.org:  —  https://cryptome.org/2015/07/gawker- geithner.pdf  —  From: “William M. Arkin” <warkin@igc.org>  —  To: “William M. Arkin” <warkin@igc.org>  —  Dear Friends,
Afi Scruggs / Guardian:
White officer pepper-sprays crowd at Black Lives Matter summit in Cleveland  —  An encounter with an ‘intoxicated’ 14-year-old outside the conference to discuss police brutality ends with a transit officer spraying the crowd  —  A transit police officer has pepper-sprayed a crowd …
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Wbastone / The Smoking Gun:
Ohio Cops Hunt 70 Juveniles In Late Night “Mob And Rob” Of Circle K Store  —  Buster  —  Ohio cops are investigating the ransacking of a Circle K store that was overrun early Saturday morning by up to 70 juveniles.  —  According to Akron police, the suspects “entered the gas station …
Ian Parker / New Yorker:
The Greek Warrior … BUY THE PRINT » … “Do you have any books on the white-male experience?”  —  BUY THE PRINT » … “I know teens do stupid things, but, come on!”  —  BUY THE PRINT » … “I love the blockbusters of the summer confession season.”  —  BUY THE PRINT »
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Kurt Schlichter / Townhall.com:
The Coming (And Hilarious) Democrat Implosion  —  Republicans fear a repeat of 1992, with a squishy Bush at the head of the ticket watching helplessly as some populist businessman/novelty act hands the election to a Clinton.  But Democrats should fear the far more likely repeat of 1968.
Yanan Wang / Washington Post:
Tragedy of ‘golden’ daughter's fall resonates with Asian immigrant children  —  For a while, Jennifer Pan's parents regarded her as their “golden” child.  —  The young Canadian woman, who lived in the city of Markham just north of Toronto, was a straight A student at a Catholic school …
Mark Halperin / Bloomberg Business:
Hillary Clinton's Bernie Sanders Problem Is Bigger Than Anyone Realizes  —  Let's all please stop asserting that Bernie Sanders can't beat Hillary Clinton in the Democratic nomination race.  Pundits and journalists galore have been declaring (alleged margin of error: zero) that the Vermont senator will lose to his party's front-runner.
Nate Cohn / New York Times:
Don't Be Misled by the New Poll Results for Donald Trump  —  It has been more than a week since Donald Trump's remarks about whether Senator John McCain should be considered a war hero, and many journalists and commentators have reached a conclusion: Mr. Trump has emerged unscathed.
Discussion: ThinkProgress and Washington Post
Manu Raju / Politico:
Marco Rubio, absentee senator  —  The Florida senator leads the 2016 pack — in playing hooky from his day job to campaign.  —  At last week's Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing, Marco Rubio attacked the Obama administration for failing to secure the release of American hostages in Iran.
Discussion: BuzzFeed and Taylor Marsh
Mark Niquette / Bloomberg Business:
Governors Who Would Be President Have Mixed Records on Miracles  —  Miracles are regular occurrences for governors who want to be president of the U.S.  —  Rick Perry's supporters have talked about the “Texas Miracle” of job growth.  Post-recession recoveries under John Kasich …
Discussion: ABC News
Politico:
House Democrats whip for Iran deal  —  The nuclear agreement faces a make-or-break vote this September.  —  Peter Welch, left, is one of the deal backers.  He is pictured here with Elijah Cummings.  AP Photo  —  Three days before world leaders formally unveiled an interim deal in early 2014 …
Discussion: Washington Post and US News
Lindsey Bever / Washington Post:
A kiss is not a kiss.  In some cultures it's just gross, researchers find.  —  Science has taught us a lot about a smooch.  —  Researchers have discovered kissing helps you choose the right mate and helps you live longer.  They have found you use 146 muscles when you pucker up and swap 80 million new bacteria when you lock lips.
Discussion: NEWS.com.au and The Week
Erin Blasko / South Bend Tribune:
Man shot over Confederate flag is not racist, friend says  —  SOUTH BEND — A man who was shot Thursday while driving through a black neighborhood with the Confederate battle flag is not racist, a friend says.  —  “I've never known him to use any racial slurs,” Cally Baker said Saturday.
 
 
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Lenore Skenazy / New York Post:
Give parents back their rights to let their kids walk free
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whitehouse.gov:
FACT SHEET: White House Launches American Business Act on Climate Pledge
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Sarah Hauer / JSOnline:
‘Lion-like animal’ apparently slips out of contained area
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Samantha Marcus / New Jersey Online:
Pension fund trustees seek billions in damages from state
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Joseph E. Stiglitz / New York Times:
Greece, the Sacrificial Lamb
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Steven Shepard / Politico:
The television election  —  Despite all the hype about tools …
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CBS Baltimore:
2 Stabbed, 1 Fatally, At Frederick Co. Prayer Counseling Center
Discussion: Sputnik International
Arthur C. Brooks / New York Times:
We Need Optimists  —  MY wife, Ester, and I had just endured …
 

 
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