By Lauren Weber
Wednesday August 5th, 2015
TOP STORIES
FERGUSON, ONE YEAR LATER "The decades between [law professor T.E.] Lauer's warning and 2014 brought no significant reforms to Missouri's municipal courts. Then, on Aug. 9, a Ferguson police officer's bullet that killed 18-year-old Michael Brown brought an end to the inaction." [Ryan Reilly, Julia Craven and Mariah Stewart, HuffPost]
THE 10 GOP CANDIDATES TO MAKE THE FIRST DEBATE CUT Donald Trump, Jeb Bush, Scott Walker, Mike Huckabee, Ben Carson, Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio, Rand Paul, Chris Christie and John Kasich will take the stage Thursday night for the first GOP primary debate. [Igor Bobic and Natalie Jackson, HuffPost]
BEHIND THE CALAIS MIGRANT CRISIS "Thousands of migrants are living in a makeshift shanty village in the northern French port town of Calais known as 'the Jungle.' Night after night hundreds journey from the Jungle toward the nearby Channel Tunnel. The tunnel is a direct route to England, where migrants believe they can have a better life. Many are arrested, and some have died -- just how many make it across successfully is unknown." Calais has been called a shantytown and a horror movie, and Britain and France continue to blame each other for the migrant crisis. [Nick Robins-Early, HuffPost]
OBAMA TO GIVE MAJOR IRAN SPEECH TODAY The president plans to argue that discussion of this plan is "the most consequential foreign policy debate since the decision to go to war in Iraq." [USA Today]
A LOOK INSIDE THE NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL The Washington Post does a deep dive into how the president addresses foreign policy through the National Security Council. [WaPo]
HOW THE TALIBAN IS KILLING THE FIRST AFGHANISTAN FEMALE PILOT'S DREAM "At age 21, Niloofar Rahmani became Afghanistan’s first female fixed-wing military pilot, living out her father’s dream and emerging as a symbol of her country’s revolutionary assent to roles for women outside the home. That was also when her life began to unravel. 'This was my dream job,' the Afghan Air Force captain said. 'I never thought I would want to quit.'” [WSJ]
JOE BIDEN CONSIDERED RESIGNING THE VICE PRESIDENCY After losing his son Beau, the vice president briefly considered resigning the vice presidency to spend more time with his family. [NYT]
AT LEAST 380 ILL OVER CONTAMINATED CILANTRO At least 26 states have seen cases of a stomach bug from cilantro contaminated by human feces. [AP]
WHAT’S BREWING
THERE ARE 1.2 MILLION OPEN ARREST WARRANTS IN NEW YORK "Many of the people who have them have no idea that these warrants exist, and many of the warrants themselves date back years, even decades." [Talking Points Memo]
NETFLIX ANNOUNCES UNLIMITED MATERNITY, PATERNITY LEAVE And at the end of the day, those folks still work at Netflix. [HuffPost]
ORDERING PIZZA ONLINE IS BAD FOR YOU Because you go hog wild on all the toppings as it's just you, the computer or mobile screen, and your ticket to cheesy goodness. [HuffPost]
BAD NEWS FOR ALL OF US PERFECTIONISTS OUT THERE Burnout is imminent. [HuffPost]
MISS PIGGY AND KERMIT THE FROG ALSO CALLED IT QUITS Nothing is sacred anymore. [HuffPost]
IF LENNY KRAVITZ SPLITS HIS PANTS MID-CONCERT, YOU CAN BET HE'LL KEEP PLAYING Even if it's all out there. [HuffPost]
88 PERCENT OF TEENS ARE LOOKING AT THEIR PHONE WHILE DRIVING According to a study from Students Against Destructive Decisions and Liberty Mutual Insurance, teenagers need to be getting more sleep and paying more attention to the road. [HuffPost]
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WHAT'S WORKING
FUNDING HARLEM LACROSSE "According to Up2Us Sports, $3.5 billion was cut from school sports budgets from 2009 to 2011, and, by 2020, an estimated 27 percent of U.S. public high schools will no longer have any sport teams or programs of any kind." [HuffPost]
ON THE BLOG
'MY WIFE IS MY ANTI-STEREOTYPE' "Meeting her frightened me. Jill is open, honest, trusts her intuitions and is not afraid to display her emotions freely. She was everything I felt I was, but was too afraid to show. She was my anti-stereotype. She challenged me, made me see my habits and made me realize that my hand-talking was just a way of trying to express the emotions that wanted so desperately to break free." [HuffPost]
BEFORE YOU GO
~ The world's top free diver went for a dive Sunday and hasn't come back.
~ The FBI is investigating how secure Hillary Clinton's email system was.
~ Behind New York's Legionnaires' fight.
~ Meet the donors funding Hillary Clinton and Jeb Bush.
~ Watch out for your washing machine. It could hack you.
~ Ride the craziest water slides around the world.
~ Blake Shelton gave his first interview post-divorce with a red Solo cup in hand.
~ Yes, the Lexus hoverboard is real. We don't want to crush your dreams, but it's all a commercial ploy.
~ A look into the numbers behind 50 Cent's net worth.
~ How to win all the giveaways on Twitter.
~ Yes, Ryan Reynolds' "Deadpool" trailer is worth the wait.
~ The history of the vending machine.
~ Kelly Osbourne apologizes for racist comments.
~ And the last asbestos mine.
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