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Monday, August 14, 2017

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Seriously Funny
In the Scheme of Things
By Mordechai Schiller

Charles Ponzi wasn't the first confidence man. And far from the last.

Does someone you know and trust have his hand in your pocket?

Hate
Could Charlottesville tragedy have been prevented? Fields' former history teacher: 'I admit I failed.'
By T. Ress Shapiro, Ellie Silverman, Laura Vozzella and John Woodrow Cox

What was known --- and later revealed

Humanity
Have You Seen This? Toddler teaches shocked crowd about true sportsmanship
By Mary Dalrymple

Senn Swieters is a 2-year-old champion. As the 29-second video embedded in the article reveals, he understands that what really matters isn't winning gold

War on Jihad
How ISIS nearly stumbled on the ingredients for a 'dirty bomb'
By Joby Warrick & Loveday Morris

The Muslim menace was "that much" from reigning hell on earth

Wealth Strategies
5 Stocks to Cash In on Cloud Computing
By Ryan Ermey

No, it's not a comprehensive list. But each of the companies listed is well-positioned, in its own way, to capitalize on the ongoing cloud revolution

Wellness
Plant-based diet? Sure, but first understand what it means
By Carrie Dennett, M.P.H., R.D.N.

Don't be too quick in committing to a new lifestyle

Ess, Ess/ Eat, Eat!
The Kosher Gourmet
By Ellie Krieger

This slow-cooker caponata is a pungent, Sicilian stew studded with textures and tastes. It will keep your kichen cool and your palate pleased

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• Sean Delonas

• Lisa Benson

• Chip Bok

• Tim Campbell

• Jake Fuller

• Bob Gorrell

• Rick McKee

• Steve Sack

• Steve Sack BONUS!

• Gary Varvel

• Monte Wolverton

• Michael Ramirez

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On this day in . . .

• 1846, the Cape Girardeau meteorite, a 2.3 kg chondrite-type meteorite strikes near the town of Cape Girardeau in Cape Girardeau County, Missouri

• 1848, the Oregon Territory was created

• 1900, international forces, including U.S. Marines, entered Beijing to put down the Boxer Rebellion, which was aimed at purging China of foreign influence

• 1911, United States Senate leaders agree to rotate the office of President pro tempore of the Senate among leading candidates to fill the vacancy left by William P. Frye's death

• 1917, China declared war on Germany and Austria during World War I

• 1935, President Franklin Roosevelt signed the Social Security Act into law

• 1941, during World War II: Winston Churchill and Franklin D. Roosevelt sign the Atlantic Charter of war stating postwar aims

• 1945, President Harry Truman announced that Japan had surrendered unconditionally, ending World War II

• 1947, Pakistan became independent of British rule

• 1969, British troops went to Northern Ireland to intervene in sectarian violence between Protestants and Roman Catholics

• 1973, the U.S. bombing of Cambodia came to a halt

• 1980, workers went on strike at the Lenin Shipyard in Gdansk, Poland, in a job action that resulted in the creation of the Solidarity labor movement

• 1994, Ilich Ramirez Sanchez, the terrorist known as "Carlos the Jackal", is captured

• 1997, an unrepentant Timothy McVeigh was formally sentenced to death for the Oklahoma City bombing. ALSO: Two cosmonauts (Vasily Tsibliyev and Alexander Lazutkin) made it safely home to Earth after a luckless six-month mission aboard the Mir space station

• 1998, a federal appeals court in Richmond, Va., ruled that the Food and Drug Administration had no authority to regulate tobacco, striking down FDA rules making it harder for minors to buy cigarettes; the Clinton administration said it would appeal. (The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in 2000 that the government lacked the authority to regulate tobacco as an addictive drug.)

• 2003, a huge blackout hit the northeastern United States and part of Canada; 50 million people lost power

• 2006, Israel halted its offensive against Hezbollah terrorists as a U.N.-imposed cease-fire went into effect. ALSO: Cuban state television aired the first video of Fidel Castro since he stepped down as president to recover from surgery, showing the bedridden Cuban leader talking with his brother Raul as well as Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez

• Mattel, the world's largest toy company, recalled nearly 19 million toys made in China, about half of them distributed in the United States. Included were more than 400,000 toy cars said to be coated with lead

• 2008, President George W. Bush signed consumer-safety legislation that banned lead from children's toys, imposing the toughest standard in the world

• 2011, Syria used gunboats for the first time to crush the uprising against Bashar Assad's regime, hammering parts of the Mediterranean coastal city of Latakia after thousands marched there to demand the president's ouster

• 2012, at least 43 people were killed and dozens injured in suicide bombings in three Afghan provinces. ALSO: Vice President Joe Biden sparked a campaign commotion, telling an audience in southern Virginia that included hundreds of black voters that Republican Mitt Romney wanted to put them "back in chains" by deregulating Wall Street. (Biden later mocked Republican criticism over the remark while conceding he'd meant to use different words.)

• 2013, authorities said hundreds of people were killed and thousands injured in clashes between Egyptian security forces and demonstrators calling for the reinstatement of ousted President Mohamed Morsi

• 2015, after 54 years, the U.S. Embassy in Havana, Cuba was re-opened amid a thawing in relations

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Hugh Hewitt: The Charlottesville driver isn't the only one who should lawyer up

News of the Weird by Chuck Shepherd: Ewwww! | And a Partridge in a Pear Tree

Argus Hamilton's News In Zingers

• White House: What Trump really meant to say about Charlottesville

• Militia chief says rally presence was to guard free speech

• US officials downplay idea that nuclear war with North Korea is imminent

• Shouting 'trust black women,' protesters disrupt white candidate's speech at progressive pow-wow

Debra J. Saunders: Why Is This Not a Story?

Cheryl K. Chumley: 'Nation,' mag of the far left, finds Russia hack nonsensical

Robert Costa: Trump's feuding base faces showdown in Senate race

Declassified by Eli Lake: Are we ready for the alternative to nuclear war?

Bruce Bialosky: Changing Our Open Door Immigration Policy

Dan Balz: Dems' midterm election obstacles are growing

Charles Hurt: Between alt-right and 'antifa,' media still manages to be worse

Michael Reagan: Appeasement's proven track record

• Dry Bones by Ya'akov Kirschen

• Mallard Filmore