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Washington Post : 2015June05Friday

OPEC stays the course on oil production - Washington Post

Islamic State 'moron' bragging online brings an airstrike on himself - Washington Post

Jobs report drives bond yields higher; stocks edge up - Washington Post

Massive data breach could affect every federal agency - Washington Post

The most interesting lines in Rick Perry's big speech - Washington Post (blog)

Philippines wants defense pact for Japanese troops - Washington Post

China calls US hacking accusations 'irresponsible and unscientific' - Washington Post

Miss Piggy gets feminist award from Gloria Steinem - Washington Post

FDA advisory panel recommends approval of 'female Viagra' - Washington Post

Edward Snowden celebrates victory on surveillance in NYT op-ed - Washington Post

Politics : 2015June05Friday

The Fix: John Cusack says Obama is worse than Bush. But he’s just a guy with a boombox.

The Fix: Hillary Clinton wants you — but she’ll settle for your couch

GovBeat: How did Arizona and Nevada, neighbors under GOP control, end up on such wildly different paths this year?

The Fix: Over the last decade, one of every eight governors has run for president

Federal Eye: Top Weather Service official creates consulting job — then takes it himself with $43,200 raise, watchdog says

The Fix: Jeb Bush’s pre-campaign tap dance is now a late-night joke

In the Loop: Bill Clinton wanted to mirror his post-presidency after Jimmy Carter. Instead, he mirrored himself.

The Fix: Why U.S. elections are all about voting against something

Federal Eye: Bill would undermine protections for all VA workers

Fact Checker: Walker’s claim that a controversial abortion law allows a choice of ultrasounds

World News : 2015June05Friday

Pakistan shifts trial account in shooting of famed activist; all but 2 freed

eyWill U.S. back new Nigerian leader’s tough stance against Boko Haram?

Physicist Stephen Hawking says he would consider assisted suicide

China calls U.S. hacking accusations ‘irresponsible and unscientific’

WorldViews: Map: The remarkable distances you can travel on a European train in less than a day

Workers turn capsized Chinese ship upright and recover more bodies

WorldViews: Did Canada commit a ‘cultural genocide’?

Turkey’s Kurds find themselves on threshold of unprecedented power

China rights capsized ship, abandons hope of finding any more survivors

Quietly, al-Qaeda offshoots expand in Yemen and Syria

Technology - Business: 2015June05Friday

This idea that technology destroys jobs is garbage - Business Insider

4 Technology Trends For Small Business - Huffington Post (blog)

Forrester: Manage business technology outcomes, not IT assets - ComputerWeekly.com

Goodbye! Tech reporter is on to new adventures after thrill ride covering ... - San Francisco Business Times

Technology companies are multiplying in Sacramento, report says - Sacramento Business Journal

Google's new finger control technology is straight out of a science fiction movie - Business Insider

Technology stocks in focus ahead of US job data - Business Standard

Should governments be favouring startups over small business? - StartupSmart

World Wide Technology buys Asynchrony - STLtoday.com

We have reached a tipping point where technology is now destroying more jobs ... - Business Insider

Business News: 2015June05Friday

What to expect from Apple’s big event next week

Wonkblog: As much as 90 percent of Americans could eat food grown within 100 miles of their home

Wonkblog: What to say — and what not to say — on a first date, according to science

Wonkblog: Economy added 280,000 jobs in May, while unemployment ticked up to 5.5 percent

Wonkblog: The most interesting lines in Rick Perry’s big speech

Wonkblog: Hillary Clinton is tied with Snoop Dogg when it comes to online influence

A college graduate’s guide to managing money in the real world

Apple and Google set their sights on their next battleground: your home

How Wal-Mart is hoping to change grocery shopping

National News: 2015June05Friday

Federal Eye: Bill would undermine protections for all VA workers

Strauss: Why a simple 30-year-old chart is an ingenious teaching tool today

Strauss: Is Gov. Scott Walker putting the University of Wisconsin system in jeopardy?

Volokh Conspiracy: Websurfing and the Wiretap Act

Strauss: ‘But it’s just a theory!’ — How to teach evolution to a skeptical crowd

Strauss: Are Wisconsin politicians about to wreck the University of Wisconsin?

Chinese breach data of 4 million federal workers

Hillary Clinton calls for sweeping expansion of voter access

IMF urges Fed to delay short-term interest hike until first half of 2016

Caitlyn Jenner comes out, and social conservatives take an apocalyptic view