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 - LeBron scores 38, Cavs down Bulls 106-101 in heated Game 5
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 - The Ebola buffoons get humiliated: The politicians and pundits who were the wrongest about Ebola
 - “You need to ally yourself with the future”: What Hillary Clinton can learn from Labour’s British defeat
 - Eyewitness accounts of Amtrak derailment paint a grisly picture
 - Bill Clinton tells Letterman he’ll move back into the White House — if Hillary will let him
 - Rachel Maddow delights in Jeb Bush’s cascade of failures: “He’s running a terrible campaign so far!”
 - Everybody hates David Vitter: How the wingnut managed to tee off everyone in Washington
 - Donald Trump is a hero among men — tweets about #Trump2016 in wake of Amtrak crash
 - Jon Stewart eviscerates the Bush family: Praising George W. is like wearing an “I F*ck Dogs” tee
 - “No one makes my mother wetter than David Letterman!”: Adam Sandler salutes the notorious flirt with a musical ode
 - Fox News’ Megyn Kelly and Kirsten Powers whine that mean, intolerant liberals don’t consider Sarah Palin and Michele Bachmann feminists
 - NYT correspondent defends Sy Hersh’s bin Laden exposé: “My own reporting tracks”
 - Bill O’Reilly: America will fall like Rome if the secular “rap industry” has its way
 - M. Night Shyamalan’s “Wayward Pines”: This “Twin Peaks”-lite thriller aims straight for the middle
 - Texas stripper requests police protection from conservative Christian state senator
 - Jeb Bush’s worst week yet: How his Iraq debacle could doom his White House hopes
 - David Letterman’s classic Johnny Carson appearance after Jay Leno gets “Tonight”: “Just how pissed off are you?”
 - Hours after deadly Philadelphia derailment, House GOP proposes Amtrak cuts
 - Vatican recognizes state of Palestine in new treaty
 - “Deal with your sh*t, white people”: Professor ignites a right-wing firestorm over “white college males as a problem”
 - “The Daily Show” weighs in on “Dad Bod” sexism: Society will never value “Mom Bods” in the same way
 - Bernie Sanders’ golden bin Laden opportunity: Could the Seymour Hersh controversy shake up 2016?
 - “Always maintain your masculinity”: Misogynists freak out over Charlize Theron’s role in “Mad Max”
 - Dear Facebook “friends”: No, we shouldn’t protest when police are killed
 - Indie cinemas fight back against bullying by corporate movie chains
 - Jerry Seinfeld’s masterful David Letterman appearances: Four killer 1980s stand-up sets from “Late Night”
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 - “SNL’s” Leslie Jones fires back at racist trolls: “If you call me a gorilla, I’m gonna call your momma one”
 - Badass of the day: Marijuana activist lights a joint on live television
 - Jay Smooth: Maybe having Harriet Tubman on the $20 bill isn’t the best idea
 - Poisonous cops, total immunity: Why an epidemic of police abuse is actually going unpunished
 - Our food system is still a toxic mess: Mark Bittman on changing the way America eats
 - Bruce Springsteen sends off David Letterman: The raucous “Glory Days” which ended “Late Night”
 - “God I want you right now”: Missouri House Speaker allegedly exchanged sexually charged texts with an intern
 - Snapshots of a racist teacher: What a principal’s bigoted rant shows us about American education
 - Here’s how we make Twitter suck less: The bold steps needed to drain the misogynistic cesspool
 - This is why Amtrak train derailed: The real story behind our disastrous infrastructure neglect
 - “SNL” signs off for the season with a spectacularly uncomfortable Louis CK promo
 - Scott Walker can’t believe it’s been 505 years since settlers arrived in Jamestown — maybe because it hasn’t?
 - Do-It-Yourself Dentistry: It’s a real thing. We watched the videos. We don’t recommend it.
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 - Amy Schumer skewers David Letterman’s obsession with the “chick who can hang”
 - Iggy Azalea and Britney Spears lean in: “Pretty Girls” celebrates a macho, winner-take-all feminism — and not much more
 - Jeb calls in the troops: His cynical new Iraq answer sounds all too familiar
 - California judge: Abstinence-only sex education isn’t sex education at all
 - Barack Obama’s cynical game: Why his strategy to pass the Trans-Pacific Partnership is so disappointing
 - “Welcome to Sweden: Gay since 1944”: Swedish peace group places Morse code-spouting sign to deter Russian subs
 - Christian fundamentalism is a capitalist construct: The secret history of American religion
 - “Shark Tank” funder says the only companies making money have female CEOs
 - Figures on government spending and debt
 - Samantha Bee crushes the late-night TV sausage fest in teaser for new show: “I think I’m kind of done with sausages!”
 - New packaging, same odious garbage: The GOP didn’t “fix” its 20 week abortion ban
 - This is what ripping holes in Obamacare looks like: The horrific human cost of the GOP’s anti-reform crusade
 - Fairy tales, fantasy and dangerous female desire: Celebrating Angela Carter, the literary link between Bros. Grimm and “50 Shades”
 - Sex: The last taboo of YA literature? Not anymore!
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 - “Pitch Perfect 2”: Anna Kendrick’s larger-than-life sing-along sequel earns a standing ovation
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