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Ferguson cracks down on illegal immigration assistance

OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) - Washington state Attorney General Bob Ferguson announced he is taking action against four companies accused of offering fraudulent legal services to immigrants.

Ferguson says he took legal action Wednesday against the companies and owners of companies in Lakewood, Tacoma and Everett. He also announced a $125,000 ...

Congress Should Force The FCC To Sell Unused Spectrum

We cannot create more spectrum, we can only reallocate it or allow shared use of it.

Watch as a Giant Deep-Sea Jellyfish Looms Into This ROV Camera's Field of View

"What is something you've found while underwater that you can't explain?"

Airlines Plan More Cuba Flights as Obama Weighs Easing Rules

U.S. airlines are gearing up for regular flights to Cuba as the Obama administration pursues a deal to allow commercial travel between the two countries.

Source: Bloomberg.com news

Demonsaw Uses "Social Cryptography" To Share Files And Data Anonymously

While Demonsaw sounds like it would be an amazing metal band, it's actually a sharing system built by a senior programmer at Rockstar Games. The creator, Eijah, was part of the core team for Grand Theft Auto V and Max Payne 3 and is also a dedicated privacy activist. Demonsaw is his solution to the age-old problem of sharing information anonymously. "Privacy is very important to me. Read More

Source: TechCrunch

The loose ends accumulate

(Scott Johnson) Reflecting on his service at the Admiralty during the First World War, Churchill wrote: "The terrible 'Ifs' accumulate." In the Clinton email story, the ludicrous loose ends accumulate. In Tuesday's Best of the Web column "Party like it's 1998″ (accessible here via Google), James Taranto provides a useful summary of developments in the Clinton email saga, apparently posted before her astounding press conference (Taranto has links to each of the

Source: Power Line

Wow! The Queen Refuses to Give Supporter a Hug?

Hillary Clinton may have insulted one of her biggest fans on Tuesday in Nevada when she refused to give the supporter a hug. An enthusiastic volunteer for Clinton told the Democratic frontrunner that she attended the rally to give her a hug on behalf of New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker. Even though she was standing less ...More

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Senators: Obama Admin Hiding Secret Iran Deal Letters

Two leading U.S. senators are calling on the Obama administration to release secret letters to foreign governments assuring them that they will not be legally penalized for doing business with the Iranian government, according to a copy of a letter sent Wednesday to the State Department and obtained by the Washington Free Beacon.

Rick Perry fires up Iowa State Fair: 'I'm mad as hell'

A fired-up Rick Perry told Iowa State Fair attendees Wednesday that he's "mad as hell" and that restoring the country's belief in the American dream will involve deconstructing the "crap" going on in the nation's capital.

"Washington, D.C. has decided that they are the fount of all wisdom. Washington, D.C. ...

Jared Fogle's Wife Files For Divorce

The Subway mascot plead guilty to soliciting sex from minors

What Experts Said About Porn and the Male Brain Led to Claims They're Promoting 'Rape Culture' and 'Victim-Blaming' — Here's Their Response

"Pro-burqa."

Why Is Billionaire George Soros Suddenly Buying Up Stocks of Companies in Industry He's Demonized?

Here's one possibility.

Kasich Defends Common Core Stance Despite People 'Yelling at Me'

"I'm not going to change my position because there are four people in the front row yelling at me," Ohio Gov. John Kasich says at forum in N.H. Says law in Ohio has local control, helped raise standards in his state Says he knows there has been public concern about law, "But I have to tell you, in looking through all the facts and not getting all my information from the Internet, and looking at it over and over again, I want our state to have higher standards" Earlier story: Jeb Bush Says 'Fewer

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Only 3 Days Left To Save $1,000 On Disrupt SF Tickets

Disrupt SF is right around the corner, and the deadline for getting early bird ticket pricing to the show ends this week. You seriously don't want to miss out on the opportunity to save $1,000 on tickets to the hottest show in tech — an event you totally are going to go to anyway. Read More

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IS Militants Reportedly Behead 82-Year-Old Archaeologist in Syria, Hang Corpse in Main Square

Islamic State militants beheaded an antiquities scholar in the city of Palmyra, Syria, after which they hung his corpse on a column in the main square of the city, according to a Syrian official.

Carly Fiorina: Common Core being 'overly influenced' by testing, textbook companies

Former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina said Wednesday that Common Core K-12 education standards are being overly influenced by testing and textbook companies and that the federal government is presenting states with a tough choice by tying grant funding to the system.

"Common Core may have started out as a set ...

Two Thugs Pummel 76-YEAR-OLD WOMAN Inside Omaha Church [VIDEO]

'It was just evil'

Why Hillary Clinton's Own Signature Could Make Her Email Defense Much Tougher

"If she is indicted, they would lay that document down in front of her and say, 'Is this your signature?'"

Alleged Assault Victim Says an Incident 'Too Ugly for a General Audience' Was Left Out of Hit 'Straight Outta Compton' Movie

"Oh my god. He's trying to kill me."

America's Deputy Chief Technology Officer DJ Patil Is Coming To Disrupt SF 2015

White House Deputy Chief Technology Officer for data policy DJ Patil is coming on stage with us at TechCrunch Disrupt SF 2015. We're excited to have him come and chat with us about his role as the first national data scientist. President Obama appointed Patil to his current position this spring. Patil was formerly the head of data science at LinkedIn but came to the White House from… Read More

Source: TechCrunch

Letter: Obama Administration Releasing Violent Illegal Immigrants Back into U.S. Towns

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has been releasing illegal immigrants with violent criminal records back into local U.S. communities, where they have often gone on to commit violent crimes against American citizens, according to new disclosures by a leading lawmaker and local law enforcement agencies.

Editorials from around New York

Recent editorials of statewide and national interest from New York's newspapers:

The Post-Standard of Syracuse on the state testing opt-out movement in New York.

Aug. 14

Over three years, the number of New York parents opting their children out of state testing has grown from a handful of dissidents to ...

The Adorable Moment When This 4-Year-Old Realizes He Will in Fact Miss His Mom on the First Day of School

"We never stop thinking about our moms!"

Ex-Subway Pitchman Agrees to Plead Guilty to Paying for Sex With Minors, Possession of Child Porn: Feds

IT Firm Working for Clinton in Maelstrom Over Server: Wash. Post

The Denver-based tech firm that managed operations of e-mail server Hillary Clinton used while she was Secretary of State has received death threats and harrassing phone calls, the firm's vice president tells Washington Post. Platte River Networks' David DeCamillis says if his company had anticipated trouble, it "would never have taken it on" "It was an e-mail server, that simple," he said DeCamillis says company has undergone background checks for clients in the past, but he didn't think any em

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Electability, Shmelectability?

(Paul Mirengoff) In an article called "All the Electable Republicans Are Losing," Kristin Soltis Anderson points out that the candidates whom the polls deem most likely to beat Hillary Clinton are faltering in GOP polling. She has in mind Marco Rubio and Jeb Bush, both of whom are struggling, while candidates presumed to be unelectable, like Donald Trump and Ben Carson, have surged. The title of the article is somewhat misleading. Kristin

Source: Power Line

This Week On Bullish: The Digital Divide

Happy Wednesday, friends, and welcome back to another episode of Bullish, a new show from TechCrunch designed to force me to wear makeup at least once a week. This time 'round we're talking about education, technology, and how they don't always end up together. How much do we invest in technology in our school districts? How can we get more tech into our classrooms? And,… Read More

Source: TechCrunch

Todd: Hillary Clinton Is Now 'More Vulnerable than Ever'

Hillary Clinton on wiping email server: 'Like with a cloth or something?'

Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Tuesday maintained her private email system and server she used as the nation's top diplomat was "legally permitted" while pleading ignorance about some of the machinations behind the set-up.

She was asked repeatedly after an appearance in Nevada if she tried to ...

Kansas School District Seeks $1 Million In Emergency Funds To Handle Influx Of Refugee Students

'A dramatic increase'

Study: How Stronger Border Enforcement Changes Immigration Patterns From Mexico Into the U.S.

"It's like squeezing a balloon. The total amount of air is the same, but the shape is changed."

School Board Meeting Gets Heated as Parents Take Stand for School's 'Rebels' Mascot: 'Everything You Said Was Racist'

"You try to erase my heritage, you try to erase anything you think is racist. But the whole time you were up here, sir. I apologize, but everything you said was racist."

Where Are They Now? Startup Battlefield Competitor Cinder

Disrupt SF 2015 is right around the corner, so we thought we'd catch up on one of last year's Battlefield contestants — Cinder. Cinder didn't win the competition, but they've been doing some pretty good things since the show. Here's a bit more about the company and what they've been up to since Disrupt SF 2014. Read More

Source: TechCrunch

Wilson Calls Ann Coulter Trump's Prostitution And Then Goes Greek

GOP consultant Rick Wilson sent a tweet Tuesday afternoon suggesting that conservative author and columnist Ann Coulter is prostituting herself out to Trump. Wilson insisted on CNN over the weekend that Breitbart News is a virtual cheerleading squad for Trump. He also attacked 25% of the Republican base as "low information voters "on Friday on CNN. Breitbart wrote a response suggesting ...More

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Where the Republican Presidential Candidates Stand on Birthright Citizenship

The GOP field has expressed a range of opinions over whether to repeal the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.

Source: Bloomberg.com news

CNN: Clinton Not Handling Private Email Story Well, Looks 'Agitated' When She Should Be 'Contrite'

Longtime Ohio Congressman Louis Stokes dies at 90

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Former U.S. Rep. Louis Stokes, a 15-term congressman from Ohio who took on tough assignments looking into assassinations and scandals, has died. He was 90.

His death, confirmed by a family statement, comes a month after he announced he had brain and lung cancer.

Stokes was ...

Baker Who Just Lost Court Battle Over Refusal to Make Gay Wedding Cake Faces Major 'Financial Pressure' — but His Supporters Are Stepping Up in a Big Way

"I'm not going to make cakes for same-sex weddings."

MSNBC Guest Says He Counted Six 'Deceptions, Deflections or Flat-Out Untruths' in Hillary Clinton's Latest Statements on Email Scandal

"If you're saying something that you know is untrue, that's a lie."

Xiaomi Bakes Opera's Data Compression Tech Into Newest Version Of MIUI Android

Xiaomi may be best known for its competitively priced smartphones, which have soaked up marketshare in China at the expense of Samsung and other Android makers, but it also has its own version of Android. Today, the Chinese company unveiled the latest iteration of its MIUI platform, which was first created back in 2010 before Xiaomi had begun selling phones and now counts 150 million users. Read More

Source: TechCrunch

CNN: Poll Drops Clinton Below 50 Percent Support For First Time

Rare Phenomenon Captured on Camera From the International Space Station

"Electrical discharges can extend 20 to 30 kilometers"

Longtime Subway Pitchman Jared Fogle to Plead Guilty to Child Porn Charges: Report

Subway: We have "already ended our relationship with Jared."