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Today: Lisa Murkowski Backs Gay Marriage , Save Aleppo! , Feds End Hunt for Hoffa June 19, 2013 PUNISH ME, JESUS 1. Inside the Unholy World of 'Christian Domestic Discipline' What do you call it when a husband beats his wife with a paddle for disobeying him? Some would say domestic abuse. Followers of "Christian Domestic Discipline" say he's doing God's work. Brandy Zadrozny reports. Read it at The Daily Beast JOINING THE PARTY 2. Lisa Murkowski Backs Gay Marriage Everybody seems to be evolving these days! Ahead of the much-anticipated Supreme Court decisions on DOMA and California's Prop 8, Alaskan Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski has come out in support of gay marriage, joining Rob Portman of Ohio and Mark Kirk of Illinois as the third member of the GOP in recent months to do so. In an op-ed, Murkowski said she had changed her previous stance, called marriage equality a "personal liberty issue," and said, "I support the right of all Americans to marry the person they love ... It keeps politicians out of the most private and personal aspects of people's lives—while also encouraging more families to form and more adults to make a lifetime commitment to one another." Read it at NBC News RED LINE 3. Last Chance to Save Aleppo Assad's destruction of the ancient city of Aleppo would be an offense against the international community, like spitting in the face of the world. Bernard-Henri Lévy reports. Read it at The Daily Beast SHOCKER 4. Feds End Hunt for Hoffa The FBI has called it quits on the umpteenth search for Jimmy Hoffa's remains, leaving empty-handed from a farm field in suburban Detroit after two and a half days of digging. The latest hunt for the ex–Teamsters boss's remains was prompted by 86-year-old Tony Zerilli, a former Mafia man. For $4.99 online, Zerilli is selling a secondhand account of how Hoffa was supposedly dragged from a car, hit repeatedly with a shovel, and buried alive by a few of Zerilli's associates. Zerilli's lawyer has denied claims that his client was only looking to profit from the media attention and search for a man whose disappearance nearly 40 years ago continues to be the subject of evergreen fascination. Read it at USA Today EYE IN THE SKY 5. FBI Uses Surveillance Drones Today in government surveillance: FBI Director Robert Mueller told the Senate Judiciary Committee that his agency uses surveillance drones in the U.S. Asked about the FBI's use of drones, Mueller said that the agency does use them, but "in a very, very minimal way, very seldom." Federal agencies use drones to patrol the northern and southern borders of the U.S. and occasionally for law-enforcement operations, like earlier this year when an Alabama man held a boy hostage in his bunker. Mueller said he wasn't sure what happens to the images recorded by the drones. Read it at The Wall Street Journal IT WORKS HPV Infection in Teen Girls Drops By 50 percent in the last 10 years. WALK BACK Serena Sorry for Rape Comments Says she has always fought for women's rights. FOILED Death-Ray Terror Plot Uncovered in NY FBI says KKK member tried to sell radiation device. KIMYE BABY Kardashian May Have Had Preeclampsia Doctors reportedly chose to deliver her baby early. THAT'S NOT OK Report: Paula Deen Uses N Word Wanted black servers to be "slaves." GET The Cheat Sheet A speedy, smart summary of news and must-reads from across the Web. You'll love the featured original stories on politics, entertainment, and more from The Daily Beast's diverse group of contributors. GET Culture Beast Weekly cultural recommendations from The Daily Beast. Can Brad Pitt Sell Zombies? by Marlow Stern The Taliban Peace Movement by Sami Yousafzai , Ron Moreau Wrong Winner on 'The Voice' by Kevin Fallon

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