Obama Taking Brief Vacation Break, ‘Please Delete This Email’ Writes White House Official, The Sexbots Are Coming: P.M. Links

President Obama is still at
Martha’s Vineyard, but on Sunday he’s making a trip back in
D.C. that is “shrouded
in mystery,” and will be back on vacation on Tuesday.
The Ferguson Police Department this afternoon released the name
of the officer who shot Michael Brown:
Darren Wilson. The shooting and subsequent protests are a
“turning
point” in race relations and police action, “and we must learn
from it,” says Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.).
“Please
delete this email,” begins a message uncovered from a top Obama
administration health official, and House Republicans want to know
why.
Ukraine claims that it partially “destroyed” a
column of Russian military vehicles that crossed the border
after nightfall. Russia denies having sent the convoy, but a few
journalists say they saw it.
Iraq’s Sunni minority is eager to work with the new prime
minister and end political
deadlock.
Jeb Bush doesn’t want
medical marijuana to be legalized in Florida. Sounds like he
doesn’t want to ever get elected president, either.
Distraught by low voter turnout, Los Angeles is considering

giving out cash prizes for casting ballots.
A new FBI statistic suggests that
80 percent of law enforcement officials throughout the U.S. are
overweight. Put the donut down and back away slowly.
The
saddest who-said-it quiz all week pits Hillary Clinton against
John McCain.
You’ll be
boning a robot by 2025 says one team of optimistic, frisky
researchers.