It's Monday, and it's gonna be hot.

Hot like the deserts of Iraq, where, beyond the sectarian hyperviolence, we might also be looking at a military coup. The prime minister doesn't want to stop being the prime minister.

Did a prominent Nascar driver murder a guy on Saturday? Opinions vary. Will Tony Stewart be charged with a criminal act? Almost certainly no.

Cops in suburban St. Louis killed an unarmed 18-year-old on Saturday, days before he was set to begin college. Two days—and some burning and looting—later, Ferguson, Mo., is in shambles.

Remember that commission in Salem trying to figure out whether Oregon cities should be able to mandate affordable housing? They've sort of dropped that question, and advocates are troubled.

In all seriousness, do you know how hot it's supposed to get today? Very, very hot.

In Gaza, a new ceasefire. For whatever it's worth. Hundreds of thousands are still displaced.

These jerks who leave people stupid notes about apples and the Affordable Care Act aren't finished yet, apparently.

You don't necessarily need to fear Ebola, say the liars at the Associated Press.

Fancy, racist Barney's New York will pay out more than half a million dollars because it was racist. It'll try to be less racist, too. And still fancy.

You always expected Arkansas' internet was relatively terrible, which is a bizarre thing for you to be thinking about. But here are the numbers to back you up.

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I love a smiling face.