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Worth a Click: 6 Stories You Should Read Today

By DNAinfo Staff | August 20, 2015 4:56pm 

 Queen Bey hasn't spoken an unscripted word in public since 2013.
Queen Bey hasn't spoken an unscripted word in public since 2013.
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Josh Duggar Gets Busted

Ashley Madison is a site for married people looking to have extramarital affairs, so conventional wisdom dictates that someone would eventually try to hack it. Turns out, one group made good on a threat, and now we know that conservative reality TV star Josh Duggar allegedly had a paid account on the site.

Remember, this is the man who lost his job as a conservative lobbyist after it came out that he had molested five girls including four of his sisters. In the wake of this most recent scandal, Duggar has admitted to cheating on his wife and being a porn addict.

And in case you were wondering, Washington, D.C. has the most members on Ashley Madison, which has some wondering how many government officials are on the site. New York is ranked fourth. [Reuters]

A Worker at Trump SoHo Speaks Out About The Candidate’s Comments about Mexicans

Ricardo Aca, who works at the Trump SoHo hotel restaurant Koi, took a risk this week speaking out against Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s controversial comments about Mexican immigrants. According to the New York Times, Trump has so far said he won’t press Aca’s employer to fire him, but added, “I want to check his file.”

On top of his job at the restaurant, Aca is also a photographer — check out his website to see some of his work, including a photo project in reaction to Trump. [NY Times]

FDA Approve Female Libido Pill

The Food and Drug Administration approved the female libido pill Addyi — which is also known by its generic name flibanserin — on Tuesday. Two days later, we found out that the maker, Sprout Pharmaceuticals, is being acquired by Valeant Pharmaceuticals for $1 billion, confirming once again that sex is big business.

Now can we all stop incorrectly calling Addyi "female Viagra?" [NY Magazine]

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The Great and Silent Bey

With all the Instagram posts, paparazzi shots, red carpet appearances and music videos, it's easy to forget one simple fact: Beyoncé has hardly said a single unscripted thing in public for about two years. That includes inside the 832-page September issue of Vogue, where she appears on the cover, but for which she did not grant an interview — a distinct rarity for celebrity covers. A New York Times Style section article outlines Beyoncé’s near-complete silence from sometime in 2013 to now, all of which comes to no big surprise to those who follow her hyper-managed image machine, and ends with the words everyone saw coming from a mile away: "Beyoncé, via her spokeswoman, declined to comment.” [NY Times]

Is Mixed-Use Development the Future of NYC Real Estate?

Gotham sat down with some of the city's biggest mixed-use residential property developers to talk about why the buildings just make sense for the state of the city's real estate market. And love it or hate it, condos are the future. So. Many. Condos. [Gotham]

The Bail Trap

This New York Times Magazine story follows a Brooklyn man arrested for drug paraphernalia for a having a drinking straw he was using for soda. Because his bail is set at $1,500, which he couldn't afford, the man spent three weeks on Rikers Island before his case was dismissed. [NY Times]