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Sports Teen Vogue
FIFA Has Reportedly Asked Broadcasters to Stop Leering at Female Fans at World Cup Games
To focus more on, you know, the game.
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Celebrity Elle
Selena Gomez Breaks Her Justin Bieber-Engagement Instagram Silence With a Thirst 'Gram
Get it, girl.
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Politics pastemagazine.com
Reporter Claims to Have Given Information to the FBI that “Directly Implicates the President”
Marcy Wheeler is one of the most trustworthy folks out there working the national security beat (and civil liberties, which are basically two sides of the same coin). Many national security journalists fall prey to essentially repeating the party line of our powerful intelligence services (paging David Ignatius), and so it can be difficult to discern what is truly going on, and what the Pentagon wants us to think (ie: the NYT helping lead us into Iraq). The vast apparatus that is “national security” is simply an area that’s difficult for any non-expert to wrap their head around-including this one-which is why I’m thankful for people like Marcy Wheeler and the wealth of talent on her blog, Emptywheel.
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U.S. Yahoo Lifestyle
'People judge me': Woman with lupus scars denied a manicure due to her inflamed skin
The California woman says that her lupus essientially makes her "allergic to the sun."
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U.S. People
Suspects' Mom and Girlfriend Allegedly Knew Missing 16-Year-Old Was Murdered - but Said Nothing
Girlfriend of Wash. Teen's Suspected Killer Allegedly Knew of Murder
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Politics Fox News
Washington Post slammed for ‘pathetic’ report that Kavanaugh used credit card on baseball tickets
The Washington Post is being mocked for a “pathetic” report that Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh racked up credit card debt on Washington Nationals baseball tickets -- even though he paid off the bill. The Associated Press ran a similar story that focused on Kavanaugh not being particularly wealthy and mentioned the baseball tickets without painting it as a national scandal. The Post, on the other hand, homed in on Kavanaugh incurring “tens of thousands of dollars of credit card debt buying baseball tickets over the past decade” and waited until the fourth paragraph to mention that he paid the bill. Post investigative reporter Amy Brittain’s piece was headlined, “Supreme Court nominee Brett
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U.S. USA Today
Child molester beaten to death in California prison days after he arrived
A convicted child molester was beaten to death by another inmate the same week he was booked at a California prison, officials say. Wasco State Prison officials are investigating the death of Agustin Duran, 66, as a homicide, according to a Wednesday news release. Inmate Andres Ayon, 19, attacked Duran on Saturday night, punching him in the face and chest. When Ayon refused to stop striking Duran, prison staff released a pepper spray grenade. Ayon then fell to the ground and cooperated. Staff handcuffed him and placed him in a temporary holding cell, according to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. An hour after the attack began, Duran was airlifted to a hospital. He
