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9:45 AM ET, August 20, 2015

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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  —  Donald Trump has two reasons for why he decided to run for president this time rather than past cycles: his business and himself.  —  “So it was really important that I do it, for myself ... I mean I really considered it strongly last time.
Discussion: Political Wire
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 …
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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Tim Mak / The Daily Beast:
Cruz, Trump in Secret Talks  —  It's a bromance with a payoff—the senator has been developing the billionaire's support and their aides are even discussing joint events, but if Trump drops out, Cruz aims to clean up.  —  Donald Trump and Ted Cruz's mutual admiration is turning into a conservative bromance …
Discussion: First Draft and Trail Blazers Blog
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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 …
Discussion: Balloon Juice
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
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 …
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.
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 …
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.
Bradford Richardson / The Hill:
Cummings hire could signal Senate run  —  Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.) is hiring a veteran Democratic Senate fundraiser, according to The Washington Post.  —  Ashley Martens, who was a fundraiser on the campaigns of Sens. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) and Mark Warner (D-Va.), is now working …
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Rachel Weiner / Washington Post:
Md. Rep. Cummings hires Senate fundraiser
Discussion: RedState and Daily Kos
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
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Milo Yiannopoulos / BREITBART.COM:
Did Black Lives Matter Organizer Shaun King Mislead Oprah Winfrey By Pretending To Be Biracial?
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
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 and UPROXX
kff.org:
Kaiser Health Tracking Poll: August 2015  —  Bianca DiJulio, Jamie Firth, and Mollyann Brodie … The Public's Views On Prescription Drugs  —  Most Say Costs Are Unreasonable And Higher Than In Other Countries  —  Due to a renewed focus on the issue of prescription drug costs amongst policymakers …
Discussion: Politico and Slantpoint
Alex Sherman Kiel Porter / Bloomberg Business:
Weather Channel Hires Morgan Stanley, PJT to Seek Sale  —  The owners of the Weather Channel have hired the banks Morgan Stanley and PJT Partners Inc. to explore a sale, according to people familiar with the matter.  —  Preliminary discussions have taken place with technology and media companies …
 
 
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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
Mark Mueller / New Jersey Online:
EXCLUSIVE: Priest admits sex with minor, says teen ‘wanted’ it
Discussion: Raw Story and Daily Mail
George Jahn / Associated Press:
AP Exclusive: UN to let Iran inspect alleged nuke work site