Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., like many other red state Democrats, is a supporter of the Iran nuclear deal. Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., is still undecided but has signaled he could support the agreement. (Photo: AP/J. Scott Applewhite)
Fewer than a half-dozen Democratic senators remain undecided about whether to approve the Iran nuclear agreement, but among those who have already pledged their support, one notable trend has emerged: Democrats from more conservative states have opted to back the framework.
And while that might come as a surprise to some — given the propensity of moderate Democrats to find issues upon which to create separation from President Obama — in this case, the decision of the vast majority of Senate Democrats to support the deal reflects the basic reality of Senate electoral politics, especially for members from more conservative states.
More than anyone, those members need strong Democratic base turnout and support to hold their seats. And Democratic voters largely support the Iran deal.
Recent polling suggests that 70 percent of Democrats support the nuclear agreement. To date, only three Senate Democrats have announced their opposition to the deal, while 38 have declared their support. If 41 Senate Democrats opt to support the agreement, then legislation disapproving of the deal will not make it to the president’s desk and he will not have to issue a veto, which would be an ideal outcome for the White House. Both the House and the Senate are expected to hold votes on the multilateral agreement upon returning to Washington next week.
A good point of reference to consider the importance of base voters for Senate Democrats from more conservative states is the 2012 election, when many moderate Democrats won and Obama was at the top of the ticket.
While conventional wisdom suggests winning independents is the key to taking those statewide races, data from that election suggests otherwise.
Take the examples of Sherrod Brown of Ohio, Bob Casey of Pennsylvania, Tim Kaine of Virginia, Claire McCaskill of Missouri, Joe Donnelly of Indiana and Tammy Baldwin of Wisconsin.
All of those Senate Democrats, many of whom serve in states also represented by a Republican, have already announced their support for the Iran deal. And none of them won more than 50 percent of their state’s independent voters in 2012.
Brown, for example, won 92 percent of Democrats, who made up 38 percent of 2012 Ohio voters. He actually lost independents by 4 points, but those voters made up only 31 percent of the electorate. Casey also lost independents by 4 percent, but he won 92 percent of Democrats, and Democrats were 45 percent of voters.
Sherrod Brown, who serves alongside a Republican to represent Ohio in the Senate, announced his support of the Iran nuclear framework in August. (Photo: AP/Andrew Harnik)
In 2012, Kaine had the biggest deficit with independents, 44-55, but those voters made up only a 29 percent share of the electorate, while 39 percent of voters were Democrats and 95 percent voted for him.
These splits across the board were similar in each of the races mentioned, where Democratic turnout was driven in part by the top of the ticket: Between 34 and 45 percent of the electorate was Democratic, and Democratic candidates won between 92 and 96 percent of those votes.

Stephen Colbert begins his tenure as host of the Late Show the night after Labor Day, and I’ve realized that I’m looking forward to it the way other people look forward to the first day of baseball or football season. Late-night is my sports — I follow it avidly, keep track of the stats, and root for my favorite teams. From this perspective, count me as rooting, at least until his performance proves otherwise (sports fans are fickle), for Team Colbert. 
Colbert has already distinguished himself decisively from the David Letterman reign. Unlike Dave, who had no use for self-promotion, Colbert relishes the opportunity to use this commercial tool as vehicle for funniness, making lots of videos and podcasts for his show website, giving interviews to the press, partnering with the Waze travel app, even taping amusing local-affiliate spots with some cities’ CBS news personalities. When I saw him at a panel at this summer’s Television Critics Association gathering in Los Angeles, he looked out upon the hundred-plus members of TV-criticdom and smiled a beaming smile of beneficence, as though to say, “You may follow me or you may crucify me — do with me as you will.” 
Just so you know where I’m coming from: I think Letterman was the guy who brought the late-night tradition to its peak, and who also destroyed the idea of a tradition forever. Dave absorbed the rigor of Carson, the absurdism of Steve Allen, the neurotic impulses of Jack Paar; who created a talk-show format that made everyone after him — including Conan O’Brien; Jimmy Fallon; his disciple, Kimmel; and his Judas, Leno — look as though they were living in his long shadow. 
So with Colbert I see the possibility of a fresh era in late-night, some melding of the old with the new to yield a broadcast that appeals to a mass audience (not just the sizable cult he had on Comedy Central) yet offers a smart, conversation-based alternative to the fun-and-games approach of Jimmy Fallon and James Corden. Colbert is also far more willing to engage in antic, crazy comedy that partakes of improvisational spontaneity that a control-freak like Letterman would never have risked.
In this area, tone is important. Unlike Letterman, Colbert has little use for irony — that once-novel, powerfully disarming rhetorical device has been run into the ground in every area of the culture, especially if you swap out the word “irony” for its 21st-century little brother, “snark.” Heaven knows we don’t need any more of that, and Colbert most likely doesn’t want to add to it.
Unlike Fallon, however — who also sees the dead-end of snark but whose solution for it has been a giggling, essentially adolescent false insistence that everyone he encounters on The Tonight Show is superior to him — Colbert sees himself as the host of a show conducted between equals, one adult speaking to another. How do I know this? From some of the more mask-dropped interviews he did on the Colbert Report (think of his sessions with Maurice Sendak and Steven Sondheim, artists he held in high regard) and from some of the interviews he’s given throughout his career and leading up to Tuesday night. 
If you look at late-night history, the host he shares the mostest with is Dick Cavett, whose 1968-75 ABC Dick Cavett Show became a place where movie stars and comedians, novelists and rock stars, politicians and political extremists, mingled at a sit-down cocktail party whose host was (as is true of Colbert) a neatly dressed man with a deceptively sedate demeanor. Cavett, who started out as a joke-writer for other comedians as well as Jack Paar’s Tonight Show—in other words, the last century’s equivalent of Jon Stewart’s Daily Show—was, like Colbert, culturally curious. 
Although Johnny Carson booked his share of guests outside the realm of Establishment show-biz (he’d take an occasional risk, like inviting Ayn Rand on to glare some Objectivism at him, and Johnny indulged personal interests by having astronomer Carl Sagan on frequently), Cavett was more likely to have longer, more probing interviews — not necessarily more serious; Cavett was a middle-brow who liked to think he was high-brow — and as a consequence, he lost big segments of America to Carson’s Tonight Show by not seeming slick or energetic enough. 
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BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — The fence Hungary wants to build on the Serbian border to stem the flow of illegal migrants is a "forced measure" not aimed at its southern neighbor, Hungary's prime minister said Wednesday.

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Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic, center left, and his Hungarian counterpart Viktor Orban, center right, preside over plenary talks in the Parliament building in Budapest, Wednesday, July 1, 2015. Vucic is on a one-day official visit to Hungary. (Szilard Koszticsak/MTI via AP)

Prime Minister Viktor Orban said in a press conference alongside Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic that he believed the issue of large-scale migration toward Europe would be an enduring problem.
"It's an illusion for anyone to think that people from the African crisis areas will keep arriving in Europe only until the crises there are pacified," he said after a joint Serbian-Hungarian government meeting. "If we allow it, a modern mass migration could take place of millions, even tens of millions and even hundreds of millions."
The planned 4-meter (13-foot) high fence along the 175-kilometer (109-mile) border between Hungary and Serbia has been criticized by Hungary's neighbors, the European Union and human rights groups, but Orban said its only purpose was to protect Hungary.
"We consider the whole issue of the fence an issue of border control," Orban said. "We don't consider it an issue of human rights, of foreign policy or of bilateral relations." Vucic said the fence was "not pleasant" for Serbia and that, with Hungary's help, controls would be increased at Serbia's border with Macedonia, where many of the migrants and refugees enter his country.
"We all know that Hungary is not building a fence against Serbia, because Hungary is friendly toward Serbia and Serbia feels the same about Hungary and Hungarians," Vucic said. "It is in Hungary's interests to defend its own territory."
Hungary says that police have detained more than 67,000 illegal immigrants this year, nearly all arriving from Serbia, including an average of more than 1,000 people a day over the past week. Many request asylum in Hungary, though most leave for Germany, Austria and other destinations further west as soon as they can.
Most refugees in the past months have come from Afghanistan, Syria and Iraq while Hungary's refugee camps are filled far beyond normal capacity. A camp in Bicske, 40 kilometers (25 miles) west of the capital, Budapest, is meant to accommodate about 350 people but with the addition of tents it now holds some 1,100 refugees.
"The conditions are very poor," said Vladislav, a refugee from northeast Ukraine who has been at the camp since October. He said sports activities in a large hall had been suspended because about 100 were sleeping there now.
Despite the overcrowding, Vladimir said there was a "very good atmosphere" in the camp. "In most situations, people try to help each other," he said.

Things No Woman Should Ever Do In Front of Her Husband

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1. Wax.
2. Talk about his rotten parallel parking skills.
3. Clip her toenails. (Think: Should he do it on the couch? Ick.)
4. Pee.
5. Take a number 2.
6. Put in a tampon. Or (and at this point, this should go without saying), take one out.
7. Watch The Business of Being Born if they haven't had kids yet. He doesn't need the visual of a baby crowning any earlier than necessary.
8. Compliment her best friend's husband's body. Like, "Wowza, Jerry's been working out, huh?"
9. Talk to her girlfriends about former boyfriends—even if she's remembering how awful he was.
10. Say exactly how much that new handbag cost.
11. Dye her roots. They really don't know about the gray hair.
12. Wonder aloud if his mom ever made anything that didn't come out of a can.
13. Say "again" when he says the reason the DVR didn't tape her favorite show is because it's broken.
14. Laugh when he swears the reason he can't put the IKEA bookshelf together is because there are pieces missing.
15. Any chore he thinks he did perfectly just a minute ago.
16. Talk about that one time she had that amazing orgasm with that college boyfriend…
17. Bend over if you are not in the mood—even if it's just to put something in the dishwasher. Sadly, their brains are still stuck in sixth grade when it comes to some things.

Not too long ago, my boyfriend and I went to the Dominican Republic to visit his family. I was prepared for the humidity, the fast-paced Spanish, and the endless servings of plantains, but I wasn’t ready for the hordes of mosquitoes. “They bite foreigners more than natives,” my boyfriend warned, and he was right. After just one evening (despite sleeping under a netted canopy!), my legs were covered in huge, blotchy marks that were nearly impossible to resist itching.
After seeing all my bites, my boyfriend’s mother passed me a tub of Vicks VapoRub ($5), swearing it would cure them. I was pretty apprehensive. I seem to be particularly sensitive to mosquitoes, because each of my bites turns into a quarter-sized welt that mars my skin for over a week. But I tried out the remedy on a few spots, mostly out of respect to my potential mother-in-law. To my great surprise, not only was the itching quickly soothed, but each bump faded in a few short days! Turns out the product is used for many ailments in DR, including headaches, fevers, toenail fungus, and more. (It reminded me a lot of Windex in My Big Fat Greek Wedding.)
According to NYC dermatologist Dr. Neal Schultz, host of DermTV.com and creator of BeautyRx by Dr. Schultz, there’s some solid science behind this homeopathic remedy. “Three of the ingredients (menthol, camphor, and thymol) are topical analgesics,” he explained. “They create a cooling sensation and stop the itching.”
The VapoRub was also responsible for flatting each bite, thanks to the formula’s nutmeg oil. This essential oil has anti-inflammatory properties, as well as pain-relieving and redness-reducing benefits. (That’s why it makes such a good at-home acne treatment.) Finally, the cedarleaf oil in Vicks acts as a natural mosquito repellent! Sometimes moms really do know best — I’ll never go on another tropical vacation without stashing a jar in my suitcase.


Perhaps she was just looking for a game of Marco Polo.

There are lots of creepy things lurking in rivers— catfish, water bugs, discarded PBR cans left behind by burly fisherman—and according to one Australian woman, adolescent ghosts.
While Kim Davidson was swimming in Murphy's Hole in Queensland, a photo was snapped of her, Kim's pal Jessie Lu and three kids but when they looked back at the picture they realized another child, one who hadn't been splashing with them, was also captured.


Going Clear, a forthcoming exposé on the Church of Scientology claims Tom Cruise has dome some shifty deeds.

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Alex Gibney, the creator of Going Clear, the hotly anticipated documentary on Scientology, just slammed Tom Cruise for refusing to comment on the ugly accusations made against him and his church.
Gibney says Cruise's silence is "irresponsible," adding "Cruise is the big kahuna and that's why we've gone to the trouble of calling him out."
We can't say we totally blame Cruise for not addressing all the claims made in the movie, like the idea that Scientology head David Miscavige hated Nicole so much that he coerced Tom into divorcing her. To sweeten the pot, Miscavige allegedly bought Tom planes, motorcycles, and limos. To maintain his personal cargo— seriously who needs that many modes of transportation—church workers were reportedly paid less than $1 an hour, which isn't much considering the fleet they had to upkeep, or you know, minimum wage.
Besides severely underpaying workers, Going Clear also suggests that Tom ordered the church to tap Nicole's phone while they were off filming Eyes Wide Shut together. Frankly, we can see how working on that flick would make you a little untrusting of your spouse but phone tapping? That's just too far.
Marty Rathbun, who was at one point second-highest ranking official at the church before he left, told Gibney that he was appalled when he was asked to bug Nicole's phone but he did as he was told.
Rathbun, who was allegedly physically abused by Miscavige, wouldn't share what info they gathered from her phone calls, but Tom and Nicole did split several years later, at which point, Tom became even more involved in Scientology, so draw your own conclusions.

Selena Gomez is looking pretty in pink!
The Spring Breakers star joins Seth Rogen, Rose Byrne, and Zac Efron for Neighbors 2, the follow-up to last year's massively successful summer comedy, and looks totally sexy and cool for the summer in a layered pink mini-dress in a new on-set shot!
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Selena, who plays a sorority sister in the sequel to the 2014 film, was captured shooting a scene where her sorority sisters surprise her with a shiny red new car.
An eyewitness tells ET that a happy-looking Selena brought her bodyguard to set and acted super nice with fans who waited for her outside.
One person who's also filming in Atlanta is Selena's good friend, Jennifer Aniston! Hopefully, the two have time to catch up, as the 23-year-old actress has absolutely raved about the Friends star in the past.
"I have not only been following her career as a fan since I was 8," wrote Selena in an Instagram post in December 2014. "I have gotten to have real conversations with such a real heart, made my entire year."
WATCH: Selena Gomez Talks Friendship With Jennifer Aniston: ‘She Gives Me Maternal Advice’
What we'd like to know, of course, is how Justin Bieber must feel about his ex acting in a movie with Seth Rogen, who has publicly shamed the 21-year-old singer in the past. On top of that, apparently Selena was subtly referenced by Bieber in his new music video for "What Do You Mean?" A blink-if-you-miss-it moment seems to feature her name spray-painted on the wall.
Meanwhile, Selena exited the venue at the 2015 MTV VMAs just before Justin's emotional set last Sunday, thereby robbing us all of her reaction to the "What Do You Mean?" singer breaking down crying after his set.
Selena did open up about Justin recently, where she expressed some frustration that the two are so linked by the public.
"It's difficult for people to separate us," Selena admitted. "The Internet wants to freeze this moment in time and constantly repeat it."

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After 17 years of marriage, Robin Rinaldi spent a year sewing her wild oats. The result of the experiment was unexpected to say the least.



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We think it's fair to say that every married gal gets a little antsy on occasion and Robin Rinaldi, author The Wild Oats Project is no exception. But unlike those of us who simply wonder what it would be like to take a break from our husbands—Rachel and Ross style—Robin actually acted on it.
After being hitched to her spouse, Scott Mansfield, for 17 years, she made the critical decision to enter into a year-long open marriage so that she could experience life (and by life we mean sex) with other people.

She's all grown up

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​It's been eight years since Anna Nicole Smith passed away, leaving behind her little girl, Dannielynn Birkhead.
Although Dannielynn​, 8, was dealt two great tragedies at a young age—three days after she was born, her half-brother, Daniel Wayne Smith, who she's named after, overdosed—​and five months later, her mother died, Dannielynn​ has blossomed into a sweet young lady. 

"She is doing great, getting super tall and just has become this funny, intelligent, beautiful girl that I am so proud of," her dad, Larry Birkhead, told USA Today.​Dannielynn, who is the spitting image of her mother, is gradually following in Anna Nicole's modeling footsteps. At six she was featured in a Guess campaign, paying homage to her mom, the former Guess girl. She's also starred in Celebrity Wife Swap and an E! special Life After Anna Nicole.​
President Barack Obama has won certain approval for the deal with Iran that will supposedly contain their nuclear weapons program for the next fifteen years. Or rather, the President has won the non-rejection of the deal by Congress. Actually, that’s still not quite accurate: Obama has guaranteed that he can veto an expected rejection by Congress and avoid a veto override.
This is what passes for victory in Washington these days.
Ever since the negotiating nations announced an agreement on a deal that would lift sanctions on Iran in exchange for restrictions on their nuclear program, including inspections to verify compliance, the American public has reacted with increasing pessimism. Before the announcement of the deal, the electorate favored its pursuit by a wide margin--in principle. With this specific deal, though, voters overwhelmingly want Congress to reject it. A Quinnipiac poll this week shows only 25 percent in favor of the deal, and a majority of 55 percent opposing it. There are literally no demographics with a majority in favor of the deal, not even Democrats, where support only comes to a plurality, 46/25.
Normally, a policy with this kind of negative consensus would be rejected by Congress. That should be especially true of treaties, which require two-thirds of the Senate to ratify. However, thanks to machinations by both the Obama administration and Congress, it now takes a two-thirds vote in both chambers to reject the deal.
Earlier this year, as the prospects for an agreement with Iran appeared to brighten, the White House made it clear that it would not submit the deal to Congress as a treaty. Instead, they would consider it an executive agreement and use whatever authority they had to ensure US compliance with its terms. Most of the sanctions against Iran were passed by Congress as statutes and would require repeal, but they also include an unlimited ability for presidents to waive them for diplomatic purposes. The rest of the terms could be met by executive orders.
Congress tried countering that strategy by threatening to repeal the waivers. This eventually evolved into a bill authored by Senators Bob Corker (R-TN) and Robert Menendez (D-NJ), both opponents of a deal, in which the entire Congress could invalidate the waivers by rejecting the deal. The catch: Obama could veto such a bill, which then requires a two-thirds vote in both chambers to override.
Essentially, the White House has reversed the normal check on treaties and foreign engagements –- and did so with Congressional cooperation. That means that Obama only needed 34 Senators to endorse the deal in order to ensure Congress could not sustain a rejection. On Wednesday, Maryland Democrat Barbara Mikulski made it official by announcing her support.

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(Credit: Wikimedia Commons / Billy Hathorn) Bob Evans restaurant.
Bob Evans is a company in the midst of a major transition and somewhat of a corporate identity crisis. The company has been reinventing itself over the last several years with new healthier menu options and revamped stores. However, its prepared foods division has continued to suffer as an increasing amount of consumers move towards healthier, fresh, and organic food options.
In the company's 2016 first-quarter results report, Chief Financial Officer Mark Hood laid out four priorities to drive the company's turnaround success. 

1. Improve the brand experience for restaurant guests and grocery customers.

According to Hood, the company has already been partially successful in this approach through the launch of its "best in class breakfast" initiative. That approach features a menu with more fresh products, few processed ingredients, and mugs already placed on tables to deliver more coffee sales to customers. The company has also revamped the physical appeal of its restaurants under its "Farm Fresh" renovation program, which began in 2013.

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(Credit: Flickr/Stephanie McCratic) Bob Evans restaurant menu.

2. Increase sales and consumer food distribution.

The company revamped its stores in an attempt to increase bakery, carryout, and catering services. That plan has been underway since 2013 and has been attributed to increases in some of the company's recent sales. In 2013, the company reported 2% increases in same-store renovated locations.
The company's biggest play may be its ability to introduce new food lineups. In mid-June Hood said the company's retail locations offering its new roasted chicken line were experiencing sales 1.2% higher than restaurants without the chicken. Leadership at the company is also putting more emphasis on breakfast customers, a segment that offers higher profits for the restaurant chain.
Specific plans for increasing consumer food distribution have not been fully disclosed at this time.

3. Reduce costs, particularly at the corporate level.

In June, Hood announced the company was cutting 60 jobs to help inch the organization closer to its goal of cutting $35 million in annual expenses over the next three years. Details about the job cuts were not discussed during a conference call with analysts.

4. Allocate capital efficiently.

In April, the company announced the closure of 20 underperforming restaurant locations, which is expected to improve annual operating income by approximately $2.5 million to $3 million.
The company also plans to go to market with some of its 561 restaurants across the US. The restaurant chain, under pressure from activist shareholder Sandell Asset Management, plans to sell some of its physical properties and then lease them back from the new owner.
The company hopes to raise $165 million to $170 million in the move, which will then be used to pay down debt and buy back shares. Hood said the firm will "maintain a prudent adjusted leverage level" moving forward. 
"We have completed our review of alternatives concerning a transaction for our owned restaurant properties and determined … that given our current business and market conditions, a sale-leaseback transaction of up to $200 million is the most appropriate path to further enhance shareholder value," Hood said in a release on Tuesday.
"We would anticipate net proceeds of $165 to $170 million from such a transaction," he added.


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 The Wall Street Journal has reported that the restaurant chain could split its business in two. Currently Bob Evans Farms operates its retail locations and sells food directly to grocers through its prepared-food line. The report says Sandell fully supports the separation because of the company's "woeful track record for underperformance." Officials at Bob Evans said in March that an in-house analysis found that splitting the brands would not provide a benefit to the company.
In his earnings call on Tuesday, Hood said the company has not ruled out the possibility of splitting up the businesses various interests. However, he would prefer to "unlock" the value of BEF Foods in an "accretive way."
The spotlight is on "The Biebs" again. Justin Bieber’s new song, What Do You Mean, has officially dropped. He will perform it live at Sunday’s Video Music Awards. But Bieber has made more headlines of late for his social life and run-ins with the law than for his musical talent.
Here’s a look at Justin Bieber, by the numbers.
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Welcome you weary traders. It's finally the weekend which means we're mixing up a fresh round of Yahoo Finance's weekly cocktail.
Stocks sent investors on a bit of a roller coaster ride this week with a mix of sour down days and sweet rallies. So we thought we should follow suit with a real classic that's a little bit of both -- the Bee's Knees. But after the week we've had, here at Yahoo Finance we're calling it the Wild Ride.
You have two full days of closed markets to sit back, relax and make yourself and your fellow investing warriors a nice cocktail. Here's how to do it:
Take an empty cocktail shaker and add two ounces of your favorite gin, a half ounce of fresh lemon juice and a half ounce of honey syrup - that's equal parts honey and hot water.
Give it all a stir to dissolve the honey syrup and then fill the shaker full of ice.
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