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PBC News & Comment Friday, August 10

Ohio Republicans scheme to steal another presidential election;  San Francisco mayor drops "stop'n'frisk" proposal after protests...--new Consumer Protection Bureau publishes new rules for mortgage administration, bringing Dodd-Frank law to about 20% implemented

--Google hit with biggest-ever FTC fine, for gathering data from the Safari web browser

--Afghan files legal action in Britain to disclose British role in designation of targets for Obama's kill list

--counterterrorism czar John Brennan spins about Yemen in CFR speech, and Wired writer Spencer Ackerman deduces what Brennan left out of his speech

--new computer virus hits computers at banks in Lebanon

--right wing billionaire Sheldon Adelson has sued the National Democratic Jewish Council for urging Romney and GOP to reject Adelson money until investigations are complete