CNN/ORC poll: Hillary Clinton wins debate, but Bernie Sanders rises  —  Washington (CNN)With the first Democratic debate in the books, a new CNN/ORC poll finds most who watched think Hillary Clinton had the best performance of the night, but her strong showing hasn't boosted her standing in the race for the party's nomination.

‘These have been among the worst weeks of my life’  —  <p>House Benghazi Chairman Trey Gowdy, a former federal prosecutor, used to get death threats in his previous line of work.  But watching his Benghazi investigation get slammed by accusations that it's a partisan assault on Hillary Clinton …

Dramatic motorcycle crash caught on video; DPS investigating  —  GRANBURY - The road rash and deep cuts all over Eric Sanders' body only begin to tell the story.  —  “I've got a gouge in my elbow that is bone-deep,” Sanders said.  —  The video tells the rest.

What The New York Times Didn't Tell You  —  “Nearly every person I worked with, I saw cry at their desk.”  —  If you read the recent New York Times article about Amazon's culture, you remember that quote.  Attributed to Bo Olson, the image of countless employees crying at their desks set …

Paul Ryan open to running for speaker  —  After weeks of insisting he would not run for Speaker, Wisconsin Republican Rep. Paul Ryan - according to those close to him - is now open to leading the fractured Republican conference, and seriously considering launching a bid for speaker of the House.

Something Not Rotten in Denmark  —  No doubt surprising many of the people watching the Democratic presidential debate, Bernie Sanders cited Denmark as a role model for how to help working people.  Hillary Clinton demurred slightly, declaring that “we are not Denmark,” but agreed that Denmark is an inspiring example.

Southwest Airlines flight turns back to LAX amid violence on board  —  (CNN)A Southwest Airlines jetliner bound for San Francisco had to turn around mid-flight and go back to Los Angeles after things got violent between two passengers on board the plane.  —  “Our initial information …

Terry Richardson is going to be a father  —  Controversial photographer Terry Richardson is moving into a new chapter at 50 — fatherhood.  —  Multiple sources tell Page Six that Richardson's former assistant-turned-girlfriend Alexandra Bolotow is pregnant and that the couple's been discreetly telling friends.

Seymour Hersh's story  —  Let's recap the principal claims that Hersh's article made, which largely relied on the assertions of an unnamed, retired senior U.S. intelligence official:  — That the 2011 raid on the Abbottabad compound where bin Laden was hiding in Pakistan …

Canceled Sacramento wedding leads to meal for homeless  —  Bride-to-be's parents host banquet at Citizen Hotel  —  After a groom-to-be called off a Sacramento wedding, the bride-to-be's family decided to turn the extravagant event into a feast for those less fortunate.

Americans' Desire for Stricter Gun Laws Up Sharply  —  STORY HIGHLIGHTS  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — Fifty-five percent of Americans say they want laws covering the sale of firearms to be stricter than they are now, a distinct rise of eight percentage points from 2014.

The women in the van  —  <p>A few dozen reporters who regularly cover Hillary Clinton gathered last August to watch the first GOP debate at her headquarters in Brooklyn.  MSNBC's Alex Seitz-Wald stopped for a moment and looked around.</p><p> A second later, he realized what seemed strange …

33 Times Pundits Declared The ‘Beginning Of The End’ Of Donald Trump's Campaign  —  Donald Trump has led the Real Clear Politics national polling average for 91 straight days.  Today, he leads by two points over Ben Carson and more than 13 points over the rest of the field.  He's even more dominant in key states.

Rand Paul's Campaign Into Obscurity in New Hampshire  —  The senator should be killing it in the land of libertarians—yet he continues to fall further and further behind.  But at recent campaign events, it's hard to tell if he even cares.  —  Rand Paul's campaign is not dead but he sure is acting like it.

Stoner high school student says he hacked the CIA  —  Hillary Rodham Clinton's e-mail scandal didn't stop the head of the CIA from using his own personal AOL account to stash work-related documents, according to a stoner high-school student who claims to have hacked into them.

Wealth inequality isn't a ‘crisis’ — and voters know it  —  Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton railed against inequality in the first Democratic debate.  —  Inequality is the defining challenge of our time, President Obama says.  “There's too much inequality,” Hillary Clinton said in the debate Tuesday night.

Can Any Republican Defeat Ancient Socialist Crone Hillary Clinton?  —  It's pretty clear that Hillary is going to be the nominee of the Party of Elderly Socialist White People.  Bernie Sanders isn't serious about taking her out and taking the lead - he's only interested in yelling at rich people …