Indicted speaker says ethics law unconstitutional, vague

MONTGOMERY, Ala (AP) - Indicted House Speaker Mike Hubbard said Alabama's ethics law is unconstitutionally vague, did not apply to him as Republican party chairman and that he had a free speech right to lobby for his clients, according to a court filing unsealed Friday.

In the filing, Hubbard asked ...

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New York City Marks 9/11 Anniversary With Annual Tribute in Light — Here Are 11 Powerful Images

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Pro-Perry Super-PAC Mulls How To Spend Leftover Millions

Former Texas governor's supporters say they've got more than $12 million left.

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Bipartisan Group Of Black Leaders Forms Alternative To Black Lives Matter's 'Antagonistic Approach'

'They're attacking everybody'

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Clinton Defenders Now Contend Clinton's Private Email Helped Keep Information More Secure

"Among the news media's obsessive coverage of Hillary Clinton's email practices, a simple fact has been lost."

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NYPD Releases Video Showing Moment Tennis Star James Blake Was Grabbed By Officer, Thrown to Ground

"The officer … did not identify himself as a member of law enforcement…"

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Louisiana Will Cut Planned Parenthood Medicaid Funds Monday

Louisiana will cut off Medicaid funding to Planned Parenthood on Monday, switching tactics in a legal fight against the abortion provider.

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Tackling A $5.5 Trillion Market, Betterment Enters The 401(k) World

 Betterment, the New York-based automated asset management company, is announcing a 401(k) retirement service, called Betterment for Business, aimed to make it easier for employers to establish, administrators to manage, and employees to monitor retirement savings plans. Read More

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Rick Perry Drops Out

(John Hinderaker) An hour or two ago, Rick Perry announced that he is suspending his presidential campaign. It's too bad: Perry was a tremendously successful governor, and is a good guy. His failure to get traction perhaps tells us more about flaws in the process than in his qualifications. Earlier today, Paul speculated about whether another hugely successful (and thoroughly conservative) governor, Scott Walker, is on the ropes. Ultimately, the ability of

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NYC Judge Delivers Massive Victory To Uber And Explains Modern World To Taxi Industry

'Uber and other ride-sharing platforms have been handed a major victory after Queens Supreme Court Justice Allan Weiss threw out a legal challenge to ride-sharing companies freedom to be hailed from apps'

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Rand Paul Has a Question for Republican Voters Following Rick Perry's Suspension of Campaign

"What does it say about GOP when…"

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Obama Attacks Congress Over Sequester Cuts at Military Town Hall Meeting

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Biden Schedules Stops in Michigan, Ohio Next Week

Vice President Joe Biden, pondering a possible presidential run, on Sept. 17 will give a speech on the economy in Detroit and another one in Columbus, Ohio, on combatting sexual assault, according to a statement from his office. His remarks in Ohio will focus on the White House's "It's On Us" initiative, which "seeks to engage college students, and all members of the campus community, in preventing sexual assault," according to stmt Related story: Joe Biden's Late Show Appearance With Stephen Co

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Apple Addresses Privacy Questions About 'Hey Siri' And Live Photo Features

 Though Apple has long been vocal about its stance on security and privacy, it has recently begun utilizing that stance as a sales tool. If you'd like to keep personal data — anonymized or not — to yourself as much as possible, the company has messaged, then you should invest in Apple hardware. Read More

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State Department: Radical Islam is Losing, But Also Growing

The post State Department: Radical Islam is Losing, But Also Growing appeared first on Washington Free Beacon.

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3 Florida immigration detainees on hunger strike ordered fed

MIAMI (AP) - A federal judge ordered immigration authorities Friday to force-feed three Pakistani men who are waging a hunger strike to protest the handling of their immigration cases.

The order affects three detainees at a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility near Miami. The American Civil Liberties Union of ...

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China Accuses US Of Making 'Groundless' Hacking Accusations

China said the United States' accusation hackers from the country breached personal information off the federal government's network is "groundless."

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First Responder Explains 'What a Lot of the General Public' Doesn't Understand About 9/11

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The Comment Donald Trump Made After Rick Perry Dropped Out Has Has Bobby Jindal Outraged

"…sounding like a typical politician."

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CrunchWeek: Slack, Diversity, And Have You Heard Of Apple?

 Welcome back to CrunchWeek, friends. We are glad that you are here. Very glad in fact, because the TC crew has new digs. New in that we just rebuilt a large chunk of the office — not new in that it's the same space as before. But now it's better, so we dragooned Megan Rose Dickey and Lucas Matney to come in and chat about the week's most important stories:… Read More

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