AP - William Saxbe, a Republican maverick who became the fourth attorney general to serve under President Richard M. Nixon and presided during the Watergate investigation, died Tuesday. He was 94.

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Excuse me while I geek out for a moment. I am obviously, publicly a proud feminist, but I also happen to be an avid gardener and terrarium-maker in private. (Like, I actually receive shipments of moss in the mail and have begun to memorize the Latin names for my favorite succulents.) These two worlds rarely converge -- but I just came across a rare exception: Planted stripper heels. I repeat: Planter stripper heels.

Study after study has shown that users are the weak link when it comes to security. Some of it, however, is not their fault: best security practices often go against everything we know about human behavior or mental capacity. A study that will be published in the Journal of Consumer Research adds another one to this list. It turns out that the warning signs that might tip users off to a web site that's more likely to compromise their personal information actually causes many users to treat said information casually.

The authors approached the issue with a simple question: what motivates people to reveal personal information on the Internet? Understanding the phenomenon could go a long way towards explaining everything from blogging to phishing victims, but the authors chose to focus specifically on whether people would hand over embarrassing personal information, including sexual habits and illegal acts. After several rounds of tests, they conclude, "A central finding of all four experiments, is that disclosure of private information is responsive to environmental cues that bear little connection, or are even inversely related, to objective hazards."

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Former FEMA Director Michael Brown is taking his Denver radio show on the road for live broadcasts from New Orleans in advance of Sunday's fifth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina.

• In 2006, Glenn Beck called Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf one of the "good Muslims." In 2010, Beck claims that never happened, because of George Soros.
• Did you know that Rhode Island has a problem with anchor embryos?
• Only some people are allowed to criticize America's foreign policy. (Hint: White, conservative people.)
• Martin Peretz: "I apologize to my readers and to Liza Minnelli for quoting from Tunku Varadarajan's otherwise estimable column about John McCain a remark slighting to her and her gifts." Plus: "And, by the way, what an exemplary private life she has had."
• Why isn't Rick Scott winning?
• Mitt Romney is now, officially, easy-going.
• More terrible groups are fighting corporate political spending disclosure laws.
• Why do people blame voters for thinking Obama's a Muslim, and not the "elites" who spread the misinformation?
• The "pain ray" was too cruel for the battlefield, but it's A-OK at an L.A. prison!
• Here is a New York Times article about Reshma Saujani's Kate Spade three-inch wedge heels (price tag: $300). " They are apparently something of an 'it' shoe right now for women in politics." And: "Ms. Maloney, who declined to name her footwear of choice...."
• Kickass Mitt Romney photo gallery.